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HARD DAY AT
MAGGIE CORDOVA
ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL IN RIO
RANCHO.
EMILIE PARKER --
ONE OF THE
YOUNGEST
VICTIMS OF
FRIDAY'S
CONNECTICUT
SCHOOL
SHOOTINGS, WAS
A KINDERGARTNER
HERE LAST YEAR.
COUNSELORS
WERE AT THE RIO
RANCHO SCHOOL
TODAY -- TO HELP
EMILIE'S FORMER
CLASSMATES ...
PARENTS WHO
KNEW THE FAMILY
... AND SCHOOL
STAFF .. DEAL
WITH THEIR GRIEF.
THE GRIEVING
CONTINUES
TONIGHT.
PEOPLE WILL BE
COMING
TOGETHER
SHORTLY -- FOR A
VIGIL IN A PARK
NEAR EMILIE'S
FORMER SCHOOL.
NEWS 13'S KAYLA
AYRES IS THERE
LIVE ... KAYLA?
PEOPLE ARE
SETTING UP HERE
IN CABEZON
PARK-- WHERE
THE VIGIL SHOULD
START WITHIN THE
NEXT THIRTY
MINUTES.
SCHOOL STAFF
AND THE PARKER
FAMILY'S CHURCH
FRIENDS WERE
INSTRUMENTAL IN
ORGANIZING THIS
EVENT.
THEY WANTED A
PLACE TO COME
TOGETHER,
REMEMBER AND
GRIEVE AS ONE.
"...
you just feel so
helpless because
there's just so little we
can do to help them.
anything to come
together and pray for
them and pray for their
strength. and
everyone's just willing
to do anything they
can..."
ELIZABETH JONES
IS A FAMILY
FRIEND WHO
HELPED ORGANIZE
TONIGHT'S
EVENT... WORKING
WITH LOCAL
BUSINESSES
WHO'VE DONATED
FOOD AND HOT
CHOCOLATE.
EMILIE WAS A
LITTLE GIRL WHO
TOUCHED A LOT
OF LIVES HERE IN
RIO RANCHO.
AS WE
MENTIONED ... SHE
ATTENDED
KINDERGARTEN AT
MAGGIE CORDOVA
ELEMENTARY
LAST YEAR.
HER FAMILY
MOVED TO
CONNECTICUT
ABOUT A YEAR
AGO.
AND THIS
WEEKEND --
MEMBERS OF THIS
COMMUNITY WERE
SHOCKED TO
LEARN SHE WAS
AMONG THE MANY
VICTIM'S IN
FRIDAY'S MASS
SHOOTING IN
NEWTOWN.
HER PARENTS
WERE AMONG THE
FIRST TO SHARE
THEIR STORY WITH
THE MEDIA.
STUDENTS FROM
MAGGIE CORDOVA
ARE SELLING
RIBBONS THEY
PUT TOGETHER
TODAY.
VINYL DECALS
AND BALLOONS
ARE ALSO FOR
SALE.
THE PROCEEDS
FROM THIS WILL
GO TO THE EMILIE
PARKER
MEMORIAL
FUND...TO HELP
THE PARKER
FAMILY WITH
FUNERAL COSTS.
"...
the family's going to
have a lot of expenses.
and i'm sure they're
going to want to honor
emilie. and how they
use those funds will be
up to them. but there's
no doubt they will do
every penny justice... "
FAMILY FRIENDS
SAY EMILIE'S
FUNERAL WILL
TAKE PLACE ON
SATURDAY IN
UTAH.
BACK TO YOU.
OKAY KAYLA.
RIO RANCHO
SCHOOL
OFFICIALS TRIED
HARD TO MAKE
TODAY'S SCHOOL
DAY AT MAGGIE
CORDOVA
ELEMENTARY AS
NORMAL AS
POSSIBLE.
ALL BUT ONE OF
EMILIE PARKER'S
KINDERGARTEN
CLASSMATES
STILL GO TO