Members of the Signal Mountain community gather to pray Saturday at Signal Point before releasing balloons and holding a candlelight vigil for Gail Palmgren.Most of the people gathered Saturday to release balloons and light candles in memory of missing local Gail Palmgren don’t even know her.
The sun was just beginning to set over Signal Point as about 10 people joined hands to pray for her return.
“I know what it feels like to lose somebody, and I think about what it would be like to lose my wife or my daughter,” resident Don Davis said. “Hopefully they’ll find her.”
The group was concerned not just with keeping up hope for Palmgren’s return, but spreading hope to anyone missing loved ones. They released several balloons strapped with note cards bearing their names and contact information.
The group wanted to see how far the balloons would travel and hope whoever picks them up will contact them.