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OFF. THE INVESTIGATING INTO
WHAT LED TO THE CONNECTICUT
ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL SHOOTING CONTINUES
TONIGHT.
BUT THE QUESTION OF WHY REACHES
FAR BEYOND
DETECTIVES. PEOPLE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY
ARE ASKING THEMSELVES THAT VERY
SAME QUESTION.
TONIGHT.. A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL
"870" MILES FROM THE SITE OF
THE SHOOTING OFFERS LOCAL FOLKS
THE CHANCE TO COPE.
NEWS 10S MICHAEL CLOUSE WAS AT
TONIGHT'S VIGIL..
AND BRINGS US MORE.
"WE JOIN TOGETHER TO LET THOSE
OF NEWTOWN,
CONNECTICUT KNOW THAT WE IN
TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA ARE
GREIVING WITH THEM AND SENDING
MESSAGES OF
COMPASSION FROM MILES AWAY." A
SOMBER SCENE.. PARENTS AND
CHILDREN.. GATHERING TOGETHER TO
MOURN WITH A COMMUNITY THEY'VE
NEVER MET. BUT THEIR PAIN CAN
BE FELT BY
THE ENTIRE NATION. "I JUST FEEL
SO BAD FOR THE FAMILIES IN
CONNECTICUT; IT'S JUST TERRIBLE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THEIR
GOING TO DO THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.
IT'S A REALLY REALLY HARD AND
TOUGH TIME RIGHT NOW." FOR LORI
PERELLE AND
OTHER PARENTS.. THEIR FIRST
THOUGHTS ON FRIDAY WERE OF
THEIR OWN SONS AND DAUGHTERS. "I
WANTED TO GO HOME AND HOLD
MY KIDS AND SQUEEZE THEM TIGHT,
AND JUST REMEMBER,
NOTHING LASTS FOREVER. "IT'S A
SICKENING FEELING IN THE
PIT OF YOUR STOMACH, AND YOU
DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. YOU
DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO CRY, TO
SCREAM, OR FOR SOME OF US
WE JUST WANTED TO RUN TO THE
SCHOOL AND PICK UP OUR CHILDREN
NOW, SO THAT WE KNEW THAT THEY
WERE OK." "JESSICA RECOSE,
AGE 6." ONE BY ONE.. BALLONS
WERE
RELEASED IN MEMORY OF EACH
VICTIM. "EMILY PARKER, AGE 6"
GATHERERS ALSO WROTE NOTES
THAT'LL BE TAKEN TO SANDY HOOK.
HOPING SOMEHOW.. THEY HELP THOSE
STRUGGLING TO
COPE.. CARRY ON. "THE VICTIM,
THE SHOOTER, WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT THEY WERE GOING THROUGH; SO
THE BEST THING WE CAN DO IS TO
SHOW COMPASSION." KNOWING FROM
NOW ON.. THEIR
LIVES AS WELL AS THE LIVES OF
THOSE ACROSS THE NATION ARE
FOREVER CHANGED. "I DON'T THINK
I'LL EVER FEEL THE
SAME WAY SENDING MY KIDS TO
SCHOOL OR ANYWHERE FOR
THAT MATTER BECAUSE YOU JUST
DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEXT
MOMENT CAN BRING." IN TERRE
HAUTE.. MICHAEL CLOUSE..
NEWS 10.
THE CITY OF NEWTOWN RECEIVED
ANOTHER SCARE
EARLIER TODAY. POLICE EVACUATED