Newtown families urge kindness as shooting anniversary nears
Source: Reuters
(Reuters) - The families of many of those who died last year in a shooting rampage at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, gathered on Monday to encourage people to perform an act of kindness on the anniversary of the slayings.
In a tearful procession, representatives from 14 Sandy Hook Elementary School families stood up to say they would light a candle to mark the anniversary this Saturday.
"We hope that some small measure of good may be returned to the world," said JoAnn Bacon, who lost her 6-year-old, Charlotte, last December 14, when a gunman entered the school and shot 20 children and six adults before turning a gun on himself.
The families also announced the launch of a new website, Mysandyhookfamily.org, to honor the victims. The website is intended to create a "singular place of sharing, communication, and contact with the families of those who lost their lives that day."
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/09/us-usa-shooting-newtown-idUSBRE9B80U120131209?p=BRE9B80U4
Gun nuts are ramping up more and more pro-gun activities for that day.
Gun Activists = Westburo Baptist Church of Guns
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I cannot imagine how much hurt there is! How much hurt there STILL is. How do you ever get over something like that? If you're a parent or guardian of small children, if you're a teacher or school administrator...
I just feel so incredibly bad. And aside from just the general tragedy, the added fact that it happened so close to Christmas...
Just beyond imagining. Their Christmas will never be the same again. Never again, for those poor families. For the rest of their days, they'll always be thinking about their lost loved ones at a time that should otherwise be so happy and celebratory. It's supposed to be a time for families to get together and rejoice - rather than remembering the one who'll never be there to join them again.
