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LAFAYETTE AND WEST
LAFAYETTE RESIDENTS ALSO CAME
TOGETHER FOR A CANDLE LIGHT
VIGIL THIS EVENING.. TO
REMEMBER THOSE WHO LOST THEIR
LIVES IN NEWTOWN CONNECTICUT.
26 CANDLES WERE LIT FOR THE 20
CHILDREN AND 6 ADULTS KILLED
INSIDE SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL.THE VIGIL TOOK PLACE
AROUND 5:30 THIS EVENING.. ON
THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE IN
LAFAYETTE. EVENT ORGANZER AND
MOTHER SANDRA WARTHAN SAYS
EVEN THOUGH THE VICTIMS'
FAMILIES LIVE NEARLY 900 MILES
AWAY.. SHE STILL THINKS
IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO SHOW
THEIR SUPPORT. #@WARTHAN: I
CAN'T IMAGINE HOW THE PARENTS
FEEL WHEN THEIR FIRST GRADERS
DIED. I'M A MOTHER OF A FIRST
GRADER SO IT HITS ME AT HOME
BECAUSE MY SON'S SIX AND MOST
OF THEM THAT DIED WERE SIX.
MITCHELL: I CAME HERE TO PRAY
FOR ALL THE FAMILIES THAT LOST
THEIR CHILDREN AND ALL THEIR
SIBLINGS THAT HAVE DIED IN
IT'S REALLY SAD THAT THE
CHILDREN LOST THEIR LIVES AND
WE HAVE SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN
AND IT'S KIND OF SCARY AND I
WOULD WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE
RESPECT AND PRAY AND HAVE
THINGS LIKE THIS IF IT WAS MY
WARTHAN SAYS SHE WAS ALSO
COLLECTING MONEY TO SEND TO
THE FAMILIES OF VICTIMS TO