Maine MILL Executive Director Rachel Ferrante pauses for a moment Monday afternoon in a special room at the Maine MILL in the Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston that is dedicated to Lewiston’s darkest day, Oct. 25, 2023, when 18 people were killed in a mass shooting. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Maine MILL Executive Director Rachel Ferrante pauses for a moment Monday afternoon in front of photos in the main exhibit room at the museum in the Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston. The photos were taken of items left at memorials in front of the two locations of mass shootings in Lewiston on Oct. 25, 2023. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Maine MILL Executive Director Rachel Ferrante, right, is interviewed by Sun Journal reporter Steve Collins on Monday afternoon at the Lewiston museum as an NBC film crew documents the interview for a story they will be airing Thursday night. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Maine MILL Executive Director Rachel Ferrante, left is interviewed by Sun Journal reporter Steve Collins on Monday afternoon at the Lewiston museum as an NBC film crew documents the interview for a story they will be airing Thursday night. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Napkins with messages from Southwest Airlines passengers written shortly after the Oct. 25, 2023, mass shooting in Lewiston were used by L.L. Bean to create a book for a museum dedicated to Lewiston’s darkest day. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Items left at memorials from Lewiston’s darkest day are displayed Monday at the Maine MILL in the Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston. The room, adjacent to the main exhibit room at the museum, is filled with tributes from the memorials or sent to the museum after the Oct. 25, 2023, mass shooting that killed 18 people. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Maine MILL Executive Director Rachel Ferrante pauses Monday afternoon in a special room at the Maine MILL in the Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston. The space is dedicated to Lewiston’s darkest day, the Oct. 25, 2023, when 18 people were killed in a mass shooting. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A giant stuffed moose is one item in a special room at the Maine MILL in the Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston. The room, adjacent to the main exhibit room, is dedicated to Lewiston’s darkest day, Oct. 25, 2023, when 18 people were killed in a mass shooting. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A tribute from the West Coast hangs on the wall in a special room Monday at the Maine MILL in the Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston. The room is filled with tributes from the memorials sent to the museum after the Oct. 25, 2023, mass shooting. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

One of four tiny white statues of hands forming the “I Love You’ sign used by the deaf community sits on a pedestal Monday in the Maine MILL in the Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal