CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — Eleven years after a gunman walked into Mother Emanuel AME Church and opened fire, killing nine church worshippers at Bible study, a new documentary is telling one survivor’s story in her own words.
“Be Still and Know: The Polly Sheppard Story” follows Sheppard’s journey through the night of the shooting and her path to forgiveness and healing.
Polly Sheppard was one of five survivors from the Mother Emanuel AME Church shooting, where she was told by the gunman, who aimed to start a race war, that she was left alive to tell the story of that night…