Tragedy in Newtown
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On Friday December 14, tragedy struck the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Morgan Freeman’s words have inspired the King Street Chronicle staff to remember the names of the victims, rather than the name of the shooter.
The children:
- Charlotte Bacon, 6
- Daniel Barden, 7
- Olivia Engel, 6
- Josephine Gay, 7
- Catherine V. Hubbard, 6
- Madeleine F. Hsu, 6
- Chase Kowalski, 7
- Jesse Lewis, 6
- Ana Marquez-Greene, 6
- James Mattioli, 6
- Grace Audrey McDonnell, 7
- Emilie Parker, 6
- Jack Pinto, 6
- Noah Pozner, 6
- Caroline Previdi, 6
- Jessica Rekos, 6
- Benjamin Wheeler, 6
The adults:
- Rachel Marie D’Avino, 29
- Dawn Hochsprung, 47, School Principal
- Anne Marie Murphy, 52, School Aide
- Lauren Rousseau, 30, Substitute Teacher
- Mary Sherlach, 56, School Psychologist
- Vicki Leigh Soto, 27, First-Grade Teacher
The King Street Chronicle offers a prayer for God’s new angels and the people they leave behind.
“On Eagles Wings” by Michael Joncas
And He will raise you up on eagle’s wings,
Bear you on the breath of dawn,
Make you to shine like the sun,
And hold you in the palm of His Hand.
– Compiled by Catherine Considine, Online Editor & Kim Benza, Editor-in-Chief
– Photos Courtesy of Mr. Karl Haeseler