Comment on Vigil to mourn those killed in New Zealand massacre draws crowd to Orono mosque

Tracey Hair was at the Margaret Chase Smith Federal Building in Bangor preparing to take the oath of citizenship March 15 when she heard that a fellow native Australian had massacred 50 people at prayer at two Christchurch, New Zealand, mosques. Hair, who lives in Bucksport, was one of more than 150 people who attended a vigil Friday afternoon at the Islamic Center of Maine in Orono to remember the lives lost when a 28-year-old lone gunman opened fire in what has been described as a right-wing terrorist attack. “I’m deeply sorry for the actions of a fellow countryman,” a tearful Hair said.