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IT'S SUPPORT LIKE THAT
BRIEF NOTE... THAT IS HELPING
MANY MOVE FORWARD IN THE WAKE
OF NEWTOWN'S SCHOOL MASSACRE.
HERE IN THE MIAMI VALLEY --
OUR TEACHERS ARE ALSO FINDING
HOPE.. IN THE MOST UNLIKELY
PLACES.
NEW AT SIX... ALEXA ASHWELL
SHOW US THE NOTE... INSPIRING
ALL OF US TONIGHT.
ITS A SIMPLE, HANDWRITTEN
LETTER BY A DAYTON MOTHER.
THE TRAGEDY IN CT PROMPTED HER
TO PUT PEN TO PAPER AND WRITE
THE HEARTFELT MESSAGE TO HER
SON'S SCHOOL.
WHEN 5-YEAR-OLD
DE'MARCIS MCCUTCHEN WALKED
INTO HIS CLASSROOM MONDAY
MORNING AT WORLD OF WONDER
SCHOOL HE HAD A SPECIAL NOTE
FOR HIS TEACHER. 45:55 "IT
COULD HAVE HAPPENED ANYWHERE,
TO ANYONE AND THE FEELING OF
BEING A PARENT OUTSIDE OF THE
SCHOOL MAKES ME THAT MUCH MORE
APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT YOU DO."
:04 WORDS SPOKEN AND
WRITTEN BY HIS MOTHER, MYAH,
WHO LIKE COUNTLESS OTHER
PARENTS, IS DEEPLY DISTRAUGHT
BY THE SHOOTING AT SANDY HOOK
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 44:29 "MY
HEART HURTS SO BAD FOR THE
PARENTS, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
IN THAT SITUATION THAT I FELT
IT WOULD ONLY BE RIGHT FOR ME
TO SAY THANK YOU." :37
WORDS THAT ARE KEEPING
TEACHERS, LIKE MS. BERRO,
GOING DURING SUCH A TRAGIC
TIME. 03:12 "WE ARE TRYING
REALLY HARD TO DO THE RIGHT
THING AND OUR PRAYERS AND
THOUGHTS DEFINITELY GO OUT TO
THOSE AND WE HAVE PARENTS LIKE
THIS THAT MAKE OUR JOBS WORTH
WHILE EVERY SECOND OF EVERY
DAY." :21 MYAH'S LETTER
WAS ALSO A PRAYER ANSWERED.
51:25 "I HAD KIND OF BEEN
PRAYING ABOUT WHAT TO SAY AND
WHAT WORDS TO SAY." :28 SHE
HELPED THE SCHOOL'S PRINCIPAL,
DR, JACKSON, FIND THE RIGHT
WORDS IN THE WAKE OF TRAGEDY.
52:43 "IT KIND OF
SAID EVERYTHING WE WANTED TO
SAY TO OUR STAFF, TO OUR
TEACHERS, TO OUR STUDENTS. OUR
COURSE WE REVIEVED OUR SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS. ITS A LOT OF
RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE WHEN
PARENTS BRING THEIR KIDS TO
YOU, THEY EXPECT YOU TO KEEP
THEM SAFE." :55 46:17 "WE
LOVE AND APPRECIATE YOU SO
MUCH. THANK YOU." :20
THE LETTER WILL HANG ON THE
CLASSROOM DOOR FOR 27 DAYS IN
HONOR OF ALL THE LIVES LOST.
RL AA 2NEWS.