The flags outside of Travelers Rest High School fly at half-mast this week as the Travelers Rest community grieves with and stands beside Townville, South Carolina. Six-year-old Jacob Hall, a first-grader at Townville Elementary, faced a fatal injury to the leg after a school shooter opened fire on the playground September 28. Hall passed Saturday, October 1, after a determined fight against blood loss.

Neighboring school districts have joined in support of the Halls and Townville. Today, Supermen and Wonderwomen fill the halls of schools across the Upstate as students and faculty don superhero apparel in honor of Hall. His mother, Renae Hall, told CNN he “loved superheroes and always wanted to save people from danger.”

Anyone who stepped inside a local store to purchase DC or Marvel attire could see the passion for Jacob Hall. Bianca Parajon, senior, wanted to buy a Superman shirt from Walmart but found the racks picked clean by other students. “Walmart usually has a wide variety of superhero clothing,” Parajon says, “but nothing was left. Target was sold out too.”

Travelers Rest High School principal Lou Lavely solemnly says, “I am once again proud of the TRHS student body for coming together to show support and consideration for those who are going through a difficult time. I never had any doubts the student body would rise to the occasion.”