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27 Killed in Connecticut Shooting, Including 20 Children
« on: December 15, 2012, 04:51:46 AM »
A gunman killed 26 people, 20 of them children between the ages of 5 and 10, in a shooting on Friday morning at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., about 65 miles northeast of New York City, the authorities said.

 The gunman, who was believed to be in his 20s, walked into a classroom at Sandy Hook Elementary School where his mother was a teacher. He shot and killed her and then shot 18 students in the classroom. He also shot five other adults, and then killed himself inside the school. Various news outlets identified the shooter as Ryan Lanza. The shooting ranks among the worst in recent United States history.

“The marjority of those who died today were children, beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old,” a visibly distraught President Obama said during a nationally televised address.

After pausing to compose himself for perhaps five long seconds, Mr. Obama said, “They had their entire lives ahead of them: birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own.'’

Then the president wiped the corner of his eye.

Some witnesses described a harrowing scene inside the school with the sounds of gunfire followed by sounds of screams.

One 9-year-old student said he was in the gym when the shooting erupted.

“We were in the gym, and I heard really loud bangs,'’ said the boy, as he stood shivering and weeping outside the school with his father’s arms draped around him. “We thought that someone was knocking something over. And we heard yelling, and we heard gunshots. We heard lots of gunshots. We heard someone say, ‘Put your hands up.’ I heard, ‘Don’t shoot.’ We had to go into the closet in the gym. Then someone came and told us to run down the hallway. There were police at every door. There were lots of people crying and screaming.'’

Another student at the school told an NBC affiliate in Connecticut: “I was in the gym and I heard like seven loud booms, and the gym teachers told us to go in the corner and we huddled. We all heard these booming noises, and we started crying. So the gym teachers told us to go into the office where no one could find us. Then a police officer told us to run outside.”

State police said the Newtown police called them shortly after 9:30 a.m., according to Lt. J. Paul Vance of the Connecticut State Police. “On- and off-duty troopers responded to the school, and with Newtown police immediately upon arrival entered the school and began an active shooter search,” Lieutenant Vance said.

Eighteen of the students were pronounced dead at the school and two others were taken to hospitals where they were declared dead.

Meredith Artley, the managing editor of CNN.com, said that someone who works at the school told her the shooting happened in the hallway. “She described it as a ‘Pop, pop, pop,'” Ms. Artley said. “She said three people went out into the hall and only one person came back, the vice principal, she said, who was shot in the leg or the foot, who came crawling back. She cowered under the table and called 911. She never saw the shooting. There must have been a hundred rounds.”

Mr. Obama was briefed on the shooting at 10:30 a.m., the White House said.

“We’ve endured too many of these tragedies in these past few years and each time I learn the news I react not as a president but as anyone else would as a parent and that was especially true today,'’ Mr. Obama said on Friday afternoon. “I know there’s not a parent in America who doesn’t feel the same overwhelming grief that i do.”

One nearby hospital, Danbury Hospital, said it was treating three patients from the shooting scene. At the hospital, stunned-looking personnel in white coats looked shaken as they gathered in small groups talking about the shooting. In a corner near the gift shop, one woman comforted a weeping colleague.

In the coffee shop, a few customers finished their sandwiches at the lunch counter and the cashier wiped tears from her eyes as she rang up customers.

A nurse at the hospital, Maureen Kerins, lives close to the school and after learning of the shooting from the television hurried to the school to see if she could help. “I stood outside waiting to go in, but a police officer came out and said they didn't need any nurses so I knew it wasn’t good,'’ Ms. Kerins said.

 Gov. Dannel P. Malloy arrived at the scene of the shooting on Friday afternoon.

The school, located among wooded hills and suburban tracts in Fairfield County, 12 miles east of Danbury, serves kindergarten through fourth grade. The school has about 700 students.

“It’s just a little country school,'’ said Robert Place, 65, as he stood near the scene. “The look is very ‘50s or ‘60s. One floor. It’s always had a good reputation. People come to Newtown for the schools.'’

The school’s principal, Dawn Hochsprung, was reportedly one of those shot. But at the home of her daughter Cristina Hassinger, in Oakville, Conn., the family was still awaiting any news of her fate.

“We’re looking for any hope,” said Ryan Hassinger, the son-in-law of the principal. “If she’s in the hospital, any chance is better.”

He said that his wife, Cristina, 28, and “her sister are there now,” with Connecticut state troopers, and that he and other relatives were awaiting word on any news.

“I looked on Twitter and it says that she is passed,” said Mr. Hassinger. But, he added, the family was “just waiting.”

A photograph published by a local newspaper, The Newtown Bee, showed a line of children being escorted out of the school with some of the children crying.

In front of a senior center next door to the school, a 20-year-old woman was with her 4-year-old sister, who was in the school at the time of the shooting. The older woman came to pick up her younger sister along with their mother. The girl had her arms and legs wrapped around her older sister.

When a reporter asked the woman what the little girl knew of what had happened, the woman said, “Absolutely nothing, and we don’t plan to tell her anything.”

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Re: 27 Killed in Connecticut Shooting, Including 20 Children
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2012, 04:55:04 AM »
Lord, havemercy on him (her)
Christ, havemercy onhim(her)
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All you holyAngels andArchangels, pray for him(her)
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Re: 27 Killed in Connecticut Shooting, Including 20 Children
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2012, 04:56:18 AM »
C. Come to his (her) rescue, Saints of God; run out to meet him (her),
angels of the Lord.
A.Welcome his (her) soul. Lead him (her) into the presence of the Most
High.
C. May Christ, who called you, receive you. May the
angels lead you to Abraham's bosom.
A.Welcome his (her) soul. Lead him (her) into the presence of the Most
High.
C. Eternal rest grant to him (her) O Lord; and let perpetual light shine
upon him (her).
A. Lead him (her) into the presence of the Most High
C. Lord, have mercy
A. Christ, havemercy
C. Lord, have mercy. Our Father...
A. ...who art in heaven
C. Eternal rest grant to him (her), O Lord
A. And let perpetual light shine upon him (her)
C. From the gates of hell
A. Deliver his (her) soul, O Lord
C. May he (she) rest in peace
A. Amen
C. O Lord, hear my prayer
A. And let my cry come unto you

C. The Lord is with you
A. And with you also
C. Let us pray.
To you, Lord, we commend the soul of your servant (handmaid) N. Being
dead to this world, may he (she) live unto you. In your most merciful
goodness forgive whatever sins he (she) has committed in this life
through human weakness: through Christ our Lord
Amen
Grant O God, that while we lament the departure of your servant
(handmaid), we may always remember we aremost certainly to follow
him (her). Give us grace to prepare for that last hour by a good Life. May
we not be surprised by a sudden and unexpected death, but may we be
ever watching. May we thus, when you call, enter into eternal glory:
through Christ our Lord

Amen

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Re: 27 Killed in Connecticut Shooting, Including 20 Children
« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2012, 05:04:36 AM »
Receive, Lord, your servant (handmaid) into the place of salvation, which
he (she) hopes to obtain through your mercy. Amen

Deliver, Lord, the soul of your servant (handmaid) from all danger of hell;
and from all pain and sorrow. Amen

Deliver, Lord, the soul of your servant (handmaid), as you delivered Enoch
and Elias from the common death of the world (Genesis 5.21-24; 4 Kings
2.1-13). Amen

Deliver, Lord, the soul of your servant (handmaid) as you delivered Noah
from the flood (Genesis 6.6-9.17). Amen

Deliver, Lord, the soul of your servant (handmaid) as you delivered
Abraham from themidst of the Chaldeans (Genesis 12.1-9). Amen

Deliver, Lord, the soul of your servant (handmaid) as you delivered Job
from all his afflictions (Job 42) . Amen

Deliver, Lord, the soul of your servant (handmaid) as you delivered Isaac
from being sacrificed by his father (Genesis 22). Amen

Deliver, Lord, the soul of your servant (handmaid) as you delivered Lot
from being destroyed in the flames of Sodom (Genesis 19). Amen

Deliver, Lord, the soul of your servant (handmaid) as you delivered Moses
from the hands of Pharaoh, king of Egypt (Exodus 2; 5 to 15). Amen

Deliver, Lord, the soul of your servant (handmaid) as you delivered Daniel
from the lions' den (Daniel 6). Amen

Deliver, Lord, the soul of your servant (handmaid) as you delivered the
three children from the fiery furnace, and from the hands of an unmerciful
king (Daniel 3). Amen

Deliver, Lord, the soul of your servant (handmaid) as you delivered
Susanna from her false accusers (Daniel 13). Amen

Deliver, Lord, the soul of your servant (handmaid) as you delivered David
from the hands of Saul and Goliath (Kings 17 to 31). Amen

Deliver, Lord, the soul of your servant (handmaid) as you delivered Peter
and Paul out of prison (Acts 12.1-19 >' 21 to 28). Amen

We commend you, Lord, the soul of your servant (handmaid) N. We pray
you, Lord Jesus Christ, Saviour of the world, that as in mercy to him (her)
you became man, so now you would be pleased to admit him (her) to the
embrace of your Patriarchs.

Remember, Lord, he (she) is your creature, not made by strange gods, but
by you, the only living and true God. For there is no other but you. None
can equal your work. Let his (her) soul rejoice in your presence. Do not
remember his (her) former sins and excesses, which he (she) has fallen
into, through the violence of passion and the corruption of his (her)
nature. For although he (she) has sinned, yet he (she) has always firmly
believed in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. He (she) has had a zeal for
your honour. He (she) has faithfully served you as his (her) God and the
Creator of all things.

AMEN.

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Re: 27 Killed in Connecticut Shooting, Including 20 Children
« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2012, 06:34:26 AM »
My heart bleeds...please, please, dear friends, pray for the family of those who were lost today. Pray also for the souls of the children and adults who were taken today... :'(

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Re: 27 Killed in Connecticut Shooting, Including 20 Children
« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2012, 06:59:00 AM »
Have mercy on America, Lord God of the heavens. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.

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Re: 27 Killed in Connecticut Shooting, Including 20 Children
« Reply #9 on: December 15, 2012, 07:26:21 AM »
this is difficult to take.  i still have to understand that this is true.  lord have mercy, christ have mercy.

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Re: 27 Killed in Connecticut Shooting, Including 20 Children
« Reply #10 on: December 15, 2012, 07:44:01 AM »
i am sad. people at facebook are still talking about their vanities (what they wear, what they do, etc) while america is grieving.

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Re: 27 Killed in Connecticut Shooting, Including 20 Children
« Reply #12 on: December 15, 2012, 11:15:01 AM »
REst in Peace , children of God. Yours is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 19:14, Jesus, however, said, "Let the little children come to me, and stop keeping them away, because the kingdom from heaven belongs to people like these."

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« Reply #13 on: December 15, 2012, 11:19:54 AM »
My prayers to those victims... as a teacher, mabati gyud nako ang horror and trauma sa mga children ani.. Lord have mercy.. Rest in peace little angels and teachers

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« Reply #14 on: December 15, 2012, 12:59:01 PM »
The killing, who's to blame? Is its God will, or Satan, or circumstances beyond mans control.

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« Reply #15 on: December 15, 2012, 01:48:04 PM »
God of the traumatized, grant Your empathetic, all-understanding comfort to Your beloved and innocent children  victims who have suffered the unspeakable terror of  death,  Hold with gentle firmness the hands, hearts, and souls of those who cannot see Your light right now; those who cannot express what happened to them or how traumatic their experience was and is.Cause your Holy Spirit to reassure them that You understand what happened, and to those who's for their medical care be with them at the whole time. Grant them understanding that they may not now or ever know why they were so devastatingly mistreated; but that You do, and that all will be revealed in Your time. Let them realize that You may have some plan for them, some positive change that may result from their terror. Lord have Mercy. AMEN

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