Dean Kahler, who was paralyzed when he was shot in the May 4
shootings, looks at an exhibit in the new May 4 Visitors Center
in Taylor Hall at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. Back in
1970, the Vietnam War was at its height, and student protests
were spreading across the country. The clash at Kent State began
when guardsmen began to fire at students for reasons that are
unclear. Here, Mary Ann Vecchio screamed as she knelt by the
body of a student. Four people were killed and nine wounded.
Alan Canfora, who was shot during the Kent State University
incident, now serves as the director of a nonprofit organization
called the Kent May 4 Center. Franco Ruffini, who was on campus
the day of the shootings but said he didn't witness them, now
works at the Ohio Historical Society. His team approved on the
state level the addition of the location of the Kent State
shootings onto the National Register of Historic Places. Dean
Kahler, who was paralyzed by a rifle wound to the spine, said
that he used exercise as a w