Reddit User Claiming To Be Cinemark Employee Complains About Lack Of Aurora Theater Memorial

Aurora Theater Employee Criticizes Lack Of Memorial On Reddit
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Nearly one year after one of the worst mass shootings in United States history, the movie theater where the massacre took place has reopened for business but a memorial has yet to take shape and some, including one employee of Cinemark, are unhappy about it.

According to a BuzzFeed report, a Reddit user claiming to be an employee of the Aurora theater where 12 died and 70 were injured last summer during a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" hosted an Ask Me Anything chat.

Asked whether the theater had built a memorial to the victims of the shooting, the user named Rorschachismyhubby replied that there isn't and expressed a a wish to have one.

We get crap for this alot (sic), the mayor asked us not to as he wanted to handle it as a community event and not a commercial business' memorial. Besides, the company would have to buy the land to put the memorial on, making it not a public space. So no we don't :( ... I would like one because I feel like right now it seems like we are trying to pretend like it never happened. Alot of people come in simply to pay respects and all I can do is show them the fancy new chairs we used to replace the ones people had died in.

Rorschachismyhubby also claimed to be working on the night of the shooting but said she was clocking out and was getting into her car as the 911 calls were coming in.

Six months after the shooting, Cinemark reopened the theater and renamed individual theaters with letters rather than numbers. The theater where suspected gunman James Holmes opened fire has been renamed Theater I and has been turned into an "XD" or an "extreme digital cinema" with a screen that stretches wall-to-wall and floor-to-ceiling.

Though a decision on a permanent memorial has not yet been announced, Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan had said that reopening the theater would be "part of the recovery process" and said the Aurora community had expressed support in reopening it.

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The Aurora Theater Shooting Victims
Rebecca Ann Wingo(01 of12)
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This undated photo provided by the family shows Rebecca Ann Wingo. Wingo, 32, was one of the victims killed in the Friday, July 20, 2012 movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colo. (AP Photo) (credit:AP)
Alex Teves(02 of12)
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The undated photo provided by the family shows Alex Teves. Teves, 24, was one of the victims killed in the Friday, July 20, 2012 movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colo. (AP Photo/Teves Family) (credit:AP)
Jessica Ghawi(03 of12)
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This undated photo provided by the family shows Jessica Ghawi. Ghawi is one of the 12 people killed when a gunman barged into a crowded theater, set off gas canisters and opened fire as spectators dove for cover and tried to flee, Friday, July 20, 2012, in Aurora, Colo. Dozens of others were injured, including 11 in critical condition. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the family) (credit:AP)
John Larimer(04 of12)
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This undated photo provided by the Larimer family shows John Larimer. Relatives have identified Larimer, a U.S. Navy sailor, as one of the victims killed by a gunman at a showing of the new Batman movie, early Friday, July 20, 2012, in Aurora, Colo. (AP Photo/Larimer family) (credit:AP)
Veronica Moser-Sullivan(05 of12)
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This undated photo provided by Robert Sullivan shows Veronica Moser-Sullivan, the youngest person slain in the July 20 attack that left 12 dead and dozens wounded during the Aurora theater shootings. Robert Sullivan, Veronica's grandfather, wants a thief to return pictures of the child that were stolen from his home in a burglary this week. He said Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012 that four cameras were stolen, including one that had a memory card with more than 40 photos of Veronica at a school celebration. Other images show her at a playground. (AP Photo/Robert Sullivan)

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Jonathan T. Blunk(06 of12)
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This undated photo provided by the family shows Jonathan T. Blunk, 26, of Aurora, Colo. with his two children. Blunk was one of the victims in the Friday, July 20, 2012 Aurora, Colo. movie theater shooting. (AP Photo)

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Jesse Childress(07 of12)
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This undated photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows Jesse Childress. The 29-year-old, from Thornton, Colo., was one of the victims in the Friday, July 20, 2012 Aurora, Colo. movie theater shooting. Childress was an Air Force cyber-systems operator based at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force)

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Alexander J. Boik(08 of12)
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This undated image provided by the family shows Alexander J. Boik, known as AJ. Boik was one of the victims in the Friday, July 20, 2012 Aurora, Colo. movie theater shooting. (AP Photo) (credit:AP)
Matt McQuinn, Samantha Yowler(09 of12)
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This undated photo provided by the family shows Matt McQuinn, left, and Samantha Yowler. McQuinn was killed and Yowler was wounded in the Friday, July 20, 2012 Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooting. (AP Photo) (credit:AP)
Gordon W. Cowden(10 of12)
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This photo provided by The Cowden Family shows shooting victim Gordon W. Cowden. Twelve people were killed and dozens were injured in the attack early Friday, July 20, 2012 at the packed theater during a showing of the Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises." in Aurora, Colo. Police have identified the suspected shooter as James Holmes, 24. (AP Photo/The Cowden Family) (credit:AP)
Alex Sullivan(11 of12)
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This Sept. 20, 2011 photo provided by The Sullivan Family, shows shooting victim Alex Sullivan. Twelve people were killed and dozens were injured in the attack early Friday, July 20, 2012 at the packed theater during a showing of the Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises." in Aurora, Colo. Police have identified the suspected shooter as James Holmes, 24. (AP Photo/The Sullivan Family)

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Micayla Medek(12 of12)
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A sign for Micayla Medek, 23, is seen during a memorial service outside the Aurora Municipal Center July 22, 2012 in Aurora, Colorado. (Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images) (credit:Joshua Lott via Getty Images)