Wednesday is the 30th anniversary of the night when John Lennon was shot and killed outside the Dakota apartment building on Central Park West. City Room asked readers for their recollections. Here is a selection, lightly edited.

According to WNYC, "Until now, investigators have maintained there were four victims that night, two men and two teenagers. But the grand jury has named two new victims, Bryan Almonte and Brian Cepeda.

While discussing a significant event here in the United States with a friend of mine, we discovered that another friend, Robert, has a life story that truly speaks volumes to that event.

A radio interviewer asked me the other day if I thought bigotry was the only reason why someone might oppose the Islamic center in Lower Manhattan. No, I don't.

There is a book that has inspired people to kill others, causing grief, panic, and sorrow for millions upon millions of people. A book that has changed the lives of others, and has ended the lives of others still. I'm sure you know the book I'm talking about, too.

It came as no surprise when I learned this morning that the mosque protests in New York City have assisted terrorists in their recruiting efforts.

Twelve months ago, many of today's most vocal opponents of the Cordoba House, the planned community center and mosque in New York City, were in favor of the plans, praising Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf on Fox News and celebrating the concept as a move toward unity.

If you've only left ten comments on Newsvine in the past few weeks, there's a strong chance that at least one of them was directly related to the Mosque being built near ground zero in New York City.

On September 11th of 2001, religious zealots attacked The United States. In those attacks, friends and acquaintances of mine were viciously murdered. It is in their memory, speaking on their behalf, that I write this article. I knew these people well.