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NEWTOWN... IS A SMALL,
TIGHTLY-KNIT COMMUNITY THAT'S
COMING TOGETHER NOW TO SUPPORT
THE FAMILIES THAT ARE DEALING
WITH SO MUCH LOSS, AND GRIEF.
NEWS 8'S JACQUI SLATER
SPENT MUCH OF THE DAY THERE ..
TWENTY-SEVEN CANDLES. ONE FOR
EACH OF THE LIVES LOST IN
UNIMAGINABLE HORROR.EVERYWHERE
YOU LOOK IN NEWTOWN THERE ARE
SIGNS OF A COMMUNITY COMING
TOGETHER. A TOWN THAT LOST
TEACHERS, FRIENDS, FAMILY AND
TWENTY PRECIOUS LITTLE ANGELS.
ROSE MCMILLAN @ :17"I JUST
WENT UP TO THE SCHOOL AREA AND
I JUST PUT THE BLANKET OVER A
TEDDY BEAR AND THAT'S ALL I
COULD THINK OF. TO SHARE MY
COMPASSION. I JUST FELT THAT I
NEEDED TO PROVIDE SOME WARMTH.
THIS WHOLE TOWN, IT'S WHAT
WE'RE ALL ABOUT IS PROVIDING
AND CARING."EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING, PEOPLE CAME TO
TOGETHER, AND PAY THEIR
RESPECTS.JONATHAN RICHES AT
:42 "I'M OVERWHELMED BY THE
PRESENCE HERE. THE COMPASSION.
I SEE A LOT OF CARDS AND A LOT
OF WARMTH AND A COMMUNITY
UNITING TOGETHER."JACQUIE
STAND UP AT :53"THE COMMUNITY
IS BEING EMBRACED BY PEOPLE
FROM ACROSS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY. ACROSS THE WORLD.
HERE IS A CANDLE FROM EAST
PROVIDENCE. THERE ARE CARDS
FROM SCHOOL CHILDREN IN NY AND
SIGNS FROM TEXAS. I EVEN SPOKE
TO ONE MAN WHO TRAVELED ALL
THE WAY FROM ONTARIO, CANADA."
KIERNAN KENNEDY AT : 1:10
"THERE'S A FEELING OF
EMPTINESS AND PEOPLE JUST
REACHING OUT FOR EACH OTHER
AND AT A LOSS OF WORDS."
TEDDY BEARS, CARDS,
FLOWERS.....SIGNS OF
COMPASSION, GRIEF AND LOSS
THAT HAS THE WORLD WONDERING
HOW AND WHY THIS COULD HAPPEN.
KIERNAN"WHEN IT HAPPENS WITH
LITTLE CHILDREN, THE INNOCENCE
AND THE FUTURES THAT ARE LOST,
YOU CAN'T EVEN COMPREHEND."IN
NEWTOWN, JACQUIE SLATER NEWS 8.