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HE HEADED OFF TO WORK.
THIS TRAGEDY WILL NOT ONLY HAVE
A LASTING IMPACT ON PARENTS,
MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TRAVELING
FROM ALL PARTS OF NEW ENGLAND IN
AN EFFORT TO SUPPORT THAT
GRIEVING COMMUNITY. 22NEWS
REPORTER LAURA HUTCHINSON IS IN
NEWTOWN AND HAS THE STORY.
COMMUNITIES ALL AROUND
CONNECTICUT AND THE COMMUNITY
ARE ORGANIZING CANDLELIGHT
VIGILS, BUT THE ONES HAPPENING
HERE IN NEWTOWN, ARE
WELL-ATTENDED, AND IT'S NOT JUST
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY OR THE
CHURCH, THESE ARE PEOPLE
TRAVELING FROM ALL OVER TO LEND
A HAND.
NOT A DRY EYE IN THE HOUSE AS
PEOPLE GATHER IN SERVICES AND
AROUND NEWTOWN CONNECTICUT ON
THIS FIRST FULL DAY OF MOURNING
AFTER TRAGEDY STRUCK THIS
WESTERN CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY. A
GUNMAN KILLING DOZENS OF PEOPLE,
INCLUDING 20 YOUNG CHILDREN,
AGES SIX AND SEVEN. A TRAGEDY SO
HORRIFIC - PEOPLE LIKE ROBERT
YOUNG FELT COMPELLED TO TRAVEL
UP FROM NEW JERSEY.
I WOKE UP WITH TEARS IN MY EYES
THIS MORNING AND I JUST LOOKED
AT HER AND SAID WE'RE GOING AND
WE JUST HOPPED IN THE CAR AND WE
WENT. A SIMILAR STORY FROM
NORTHAMPTON'S GREG CHIARA
(KEY-ARA) WHO FREQUENTLY ATTENDS
MEETINGS AT THE LOCAL FIREHOUSE
HERE, THAT'S NOW A DISASTER
STAGING AREA.
I WAS JUST TOTALLY DEVASTATED.
NO FAMILY, NOBODY, NO
COMMUNITY, NO TOWN SHOULD HAVE
TO GO THROUGH SOMETHING AS
HORRIFIC AS THIS. AS THESE
OUT-OF-TOWNERS TRICKLE IN, THEY
NOTICE A DISPLAY OF SYMPATHY
RIGHT OFF THE HIGHWAY - ONE
BALLOON FOR EVERY ADULT AND
CHILD WHO LOST THEIR LIFE IN
SUCH A TRAGIC WAY THIS WEEK.
52:22 IT'S MORE THAN YOU CAN
TAKE IN. OUT-OF-TOWNERS JOINING
LOCALS ON THE STREETS AND IN
SERVICES IN AN ATTEMPT TO GIVE
THEM STRENGTH, OR THEMSELVES
STRENGTH, TO COPE WITH SUCH A
TERRIBLE LOSS.
59:37 JUST BEING ABLE TO COME TO
THE CHURCH, WITH THE CHURCH
BEING OPEN AS A PLACE WHERE YOU
CAN GO AND SIT IN AND PRAY OR
MEDITATE IS VERY HELPFUL TO
PEOPLE, HELPFUL TO ME ANYWAY.
59:43
YOU CAN SEE OUTSIDE THE CHURCH
HERE - A FLAG FLYING AT
HALF-STAFF. AGAIN, SOMETHING YOU
WILL SEE IN OTHER COMMUNITIES
INCLUDING WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
BUT THE ONE HERE I SEEN BRING
PEOPLE TO A STAND STAND-STILL
AS THEY DROP OFF FLOWERS AROUND
THE BASE, EVEN SAY A PRAYER
BEFORE CONTINUING ON WITH THEIR
DAY. REPORTING IN NEWTOWN
CONNECTICUT TONIGHT, I'M LAURA
HUTCHINSON FOR 22NEWS.