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Posted 12/14/2012 6:07 PM (GMT 0)
What an absolutely tragic day today....I pray with all my heart that there isn't anyone from HW that is directly affected by the shootings....

I am crying for all those children and adults who lost their lives.....

Posted 12/14/2012 6:13 PM (GMT 0)
Please tell me what happened. I didnt get any news here ......
Posted 12/14/2012 6:16 PM (GMT 0)
Mass shooting that has killed 20 children and 6 adults in an Elementary school in Newton, CT. The gunman was 20 years old (he was killed)...

There is another adult that is dead in a nearby location in a home.

The news so far is that they "think" that the mother of the shooter was also killed at the home...Facts are still coming out......

Our hearts are broken for all involved.

Post Edited (Snowbunny21) : 12/14/2012 5:46:27 PM (GMT-7)

Posted 12/14/2012 6:27 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks .....snowbunny21 for letting me know. I just looked online and what a horrible horrible thing to happen. What in the world would bring a mad man to a childrens school and kill those sweet innocent angels???? I just dont understand what in the world is happening at these schoools these days??? I will say many prayers for these children and the parents and family and friends and everyone affected by this trajedy.....thoughts and prayers >>>>>>>

((((((((huggssss)))))))))
Posted 12/14/2012 7:09 PM (GMT 0)
honestly cried when I just read that on front page of msn.

KARMA shall get him.

Posted 12/14/2012 7:27 PM (GMT 0)
Just makes you sick to your stomach. Everytime you think it can't get worse, it does. Most of the children killed were kindergartners. And the number keeps rising.

I just got home from Duke and will pick up my son in about 15min for swm team practice. I'll be hugging him extra long and tight today. So much can change in the blink of an eye.
Posted 12/14/2012 7:52 PM (GMT 0)
I live 20 min away. This is shocking, but most of all, heartbreaking. You never think something like this could happen so close to home. And kids?! Just devastating. My thoughts and prayers go out to all of those effected. This completely ruined my previously wonderful day. Now I'm crying instead of smiling. I know that my entire community is mourning, regardless of whether or not they are personally connected to any individual or family effected by this tragedy. This was way too close to home.

Skeye

Post Edited (skeye) : 12/14/2012 1:28:30 PM (GMT-7)

Posted 12/14/2012 9:03 PM (GMT 0)
My heart is hurting so bad today. As I sit here watching the news reports of this awful, awful tragedy, I think of the literally THOUSANDS of people that are directly affected by the deaths of those 20 babies and 6 adults: mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, grandmothers, grandfathers, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, neighbors, and the other children, teachers, and faculty at Sandy Hook Elementary. In addition to all of those people, there are the members of law enforcement at the scene, local police, deputies, state troopers, FBI, crime scene techs, and the medical personnel involved: EMTs, firefighters, paramedics, doctors, nurses, and others: coroner's office personnel, funeral home employees, counselors, and psychologists. No one involved will EVER be the same. There will be grieving, misery, anger, rage, sadness, darkness, and millions of tears shed - all because some evil monster (and he was exactly that) decided one day to make others as miserable as he was. All those futures gone......
Posted 12/14/2012 9:07 PM (GMT 0)
Heartbreaking. Been in tears since I heard....

Skeye -- that is way too close to home.... I'm sorry that your community has been impacted by this.

Been talking to my kids about it all today..... hard to make sense of something to your kids - when it's truly a senseless act of violence.

So, so sad.

--Tina
Posted 12/15/2012 2:13 AM (GMT 0)
Mental health is probably the #1 root cause of most things that don't show up on an x-ray these days. From obesity to homicide, mental health has been swept under the rug for so long by so many, that those who need it don't have access to it, or have become stigmatiazed to the point of refusing any care offered when a professional reaches out to them. From PTSD to sociopathic occurrences, from depression to full blown bipolar disorder, it's all lumped under the same category by the uninformed.

While I am never going to understand a grown man walking into an elementary school and killing innocent children, for whatever reason, it made sense to him at the time. I do understand being at "ground zero" of an event. One of the first Catholic priests brought to trial for his behavior with altar boys was tried at the courthouse of my hometown. It was very strange to see the CBS, NBC, and ABC (Don't think CNN was on quite then) news satellite trucks parked downtown in a city of about 10,000 people.

I take some solace from this, we are all born, and we all die. It's what we do in between that makes the difference. Some just have a shorter time to make an impact. I pray for the families, and for all of the others involved, like the teachers, and the emergency services who responded to the call. Pure nightmare fuel for an adult, but children who are just learning about their place in the world are obviously going to be some of the hardest hit.

I know there will be counseling available for those affected. Too bad it's for the survivors, after the fact.
Posted 12/15/2012 6:09 AM (GMT 0)
Personally, I am dreading the coming days when the psychologists and psychiatrists will be interviewed and asked their opinions on the state of mind of the murderer who took the lives of those 20 innocent children and 6 adults. Childhood abuse, mom didn't hug him enough, dad wasn't around, 'mental issues', whatever - it's all bunk to me (in cases like this). I truly believe that there are evil people in this world and this 'man' was exactly that - an evil monster who decided to take the lives of innocent, defenseless children. Maybe he wanted to make others as miserable as he was or maybe he just felt like doing it. But at the end of the day he was nothing but a pathetic, evil parasite.
Posted 12/15/2012 6:37 AM (GMT 0)

LivingColor said...
Mental health is probably the #1 root cause of most things that don't show up on an x-ray these days. From obesity to homicide, mental health has been swept under the rug for so long by so many, that those who need it don't have access to it, or have become stigmatiazed to the point of refusing any care offered when a professional reaches out to them. From PTSD to sociopathic occurrences, from depression to full blown bipolar disorder, it's all lumped under the same category by the uninformed.

While I am never going to understand a grown man walking into an elementary school and killing innocent children, for whatever reason, it made sense to him at the time. I do understand being at "ground zero" of an event. One of the first Catholic priests brought to trial for his behavior with altar boys was tried at the courthouse of my hometown. It was very strange to see the CBS, NBC, and ABC (Don't think CNN was on quite then) news satellite trucks parked downtown in a city of about 10,000 people.

I take some solace from this, we are all born, and we all die. It's what we do in between that makes the difference. Some just have a shorter time to make an impact. I pray for the families, and for all of the others involved, like the teachers, and the emergency services who responded to the call. Pure nightmare fuel for an adult, but children who are just learning about their place in the world are obviously going to be some of the hardest hit.

I know there will be counseling available for those affected. Too bad it's for the survivors, after the fact.

 

 

you said it exactly LC.....this tragedy happened I believe ( from what I have read ) that the young man was mentally disabled. That is sad for him and most of all for all those killed and all the others that SPLASHDANCER  and others mentioned...This is very very upsetting...!!! prayers>>>

Posted 12/15/2012 7:31 AM (GMT 0)
Such a tragedy on so many levels. In the end, I think, the evil that struck that poor town is testiment to the fact that people want to turn the other way when they see someone up to no good.

My ex wife has schizophrenia, I didnt find out that fact until after many bad things happened, including her attempt to take both my life, and the life of my son. Had I not acted when things started getting weird, my son would be gone, and so would I. If people would rely on their gut more, and stop worrying about pleasing everyone, some of these crazy people might get the help they need. Just my opinion, but I think so many people are so scared of "hurting some ones feelings", that a lot of things are going unreported, that would otherwise possibly get the person some mental help.

As a parent, it is just beyond me to even try to comprehend what kind of pain those parents are going through tonight. Politicle or any other points of view aside, I pray that the great architect of this universe will find a way to give peace to everyones hearts, and give the people in this country the wisdom to learn from this horrible tragidy, that it will possibly be prevented in the future.
Posted 12/15/2012 2:23 PM (GMT 0)
Prayers and much sympathies to all in Conn. Our hearts go out to you and your families and I wish we could offer up better comfort to you...many prayers.....
Posted 12/15/2012 4:32 PM (GMT 0)
Then again, parallels can be drawn between mental health and pain management. Something that works for someone may not work for others. That's even if he was getting some kind of mental help at the time, and hadn't slipped through the cracks like so many of us have. Meds, dosages, timing, all of that comes into play. Just like dialing in pain meds. It takes a while to get all of that straight.

What really sickens me is, during a news conference they just held, the Conn. State Police are going to station a Trooper or Sheriff's officer with each family to keep the media in check. The families have, reasonably, asked for privacy. They will tell their story publicly if they want to, when they want to. But they know they are going to need help from the police to do it, and I am glad that the troopers are doing that. Why hassle the families at a time like this? What more are you going to learn trying to feed the 24 hour news machine? That's disturbing to me.
Posted 12/15/2012 11:51 PM (GMT 0)
Everyone has expressed everything so well, I am at a loss of words,what a tragic thing to happen especially so close to Christmas! It seems in allot of ways, that "we" (as a whole in the human race) as advanced as we would like to think we are, we really are just as barbaric now as we were back in the Dark ages and long before that!

LivingColor you made an excellent point about the press, and it is something that always angers and upsets me! Where is their compassion as a human being for their fellow members of our race? Does their job and the "press machine", trump common sense, compassion and diginity? One tragic situation piled on top of another!

It saddens me!

White Beard
Posted 12/16/2012 3:26 AM (GMT 0)
Now I have seen the list of names and ages. Mostly 6 years old. Mostly girls, 12 girls and 8 boys, plus 6 adult females plus the shooter, and his mother.

Way too much to comprehend.

Think all the media has done a terrible job, first blaming the wrong brother, getting most of the facts of the case wrong, pushing to get gory details. Does anyone really want to see a dead child's body after multiple rounds of a high powered rifle slug tearing through it? What's the point? What sick mind needs those details?

Hoping our president can bring some comfort to the families tommorow when he makes what will be a heart breaking visit. I don't envy him, when he looks into the faces of the young victim's families.

I don't own any guns, don't want any guns, don't feel a need for any guns. My entire family practices non-violence, we like it that way better. Live and let live.

It will take me a long long time to get over this horrific and senseless tragedy. It will never make sense.

david in sc
Posted 12/16/2012 4:32 AM (GMT 0)
I, too, just saw the list of names...

And I would agree w/ you, David re: the media.

LivingColor - I think you make such good points about mental health care. So many of these shooters fit the same profile - 18 to 24 years old, *loner*, overly intelligent, etc... This is also the age range when so many of these mental health issues (schizophrenia for one thing) start to really manifest itself.

Ugggh. I could go on and on....

The police are now saying they have "good evidence" as to motive. Wonder what that will be.

So very tragic. It's been very hard to talk to my kids about all of this.... because, even as an adult, I have no answers... As David said - it's just senseless.... :(

--Tina
Posted 12/17/2012 2:55 PM (GMT 0)
Today the gravity of this has really hit me. I am unable to contain the tears for the deaths of these beautiful children and these loving and wonderful educators. I pray that peace will come to these families in whatever ways they can find to help them. I simply cannot imagine what these families are suffering.

God bless them.
Posted 12/18/2012 4:48 PM (GMT 0)
This entire thing is so depressing and sad and I just had to hug my babies. I don't understand how someone, no matter how troubled, could murder helpless little ones, they were just babies! I am praying for those families, wish there was more I could do.
Posted 12/18/2012 6:16 PM (GMT 0)
Seeing the line of little boys walking into a funeral yesterday is what got me. One of them was wearing a shirt that my son owns. I know that it makes no sense, but I felt sick to my stomach when I saw that shirt.

I talked to my son about it on Friday. He's 9, so he hadn't heard about it at school. He had swim team practice that afternoon and a number of those kids are in middle school. They were talking about it. I just told him the basics-a bad guy went to a school and hurt some kids. That's all he needs to know. I did stress to him the importance of always listening to his teachers during any sort of drill-lockdown, tornado, fire.

We had a lockdown when I was teaching biology in a middle school. Turns out it was a hunter close to campus. Those 30min were awful, I can't even begin to imagine what those babies and teachers went thru. 3 of those teachers were younger than me. Just makes me sick...
Posted 12/19/2012 1:56 AM (GMT 0)
It breaks my heart that he killed those 20 innocent babies and those wonderful adults. :( It is so horrible.

My prayers go out to their parents and the rest of their families.

Skeye I'm sorry that this happened so close to home. ((((hugs)))

God Bless them all

love
Loretta
Posted 12/19/2012 3:02 AM (GMT 0)
My heart continues to ache for those children and their families. I have decided that I am going to do my best to forget the murderer's name, as he deserves to be forgotten, and to remember each and every child's name. I read something today that bothered me to my core. One 6 year old little girl apparently survived the massacre in one of the classrooms by pretending to be dead. When she was reunited with her mother, she told her, "I'm ok, but all of my friends are dead." Now that is something that a child should NEVER have to say and I pray that no other child ever will.
Posted 12/19/2012 4:19 AM (GMT 0)
I just watch the news over and over again. When I see the young babies, just 6 and 7 years of age. So many tears just flow as I try to comprehend my own feelings if something like this happened to my own 7 yr old son, I don't know if I could handle it. The parents of a child named Grace 6, told their story of their precious young daughter to Anderson Cooper, and they talked about the peace that this fallen angel wanted, and they appeared that through their daughters life that they were at peace with her death. I tip my hat off to these parents, you really have to have a Godly heart to feel like this so early in this death of a child. Something really needs to be done about the gun laws. You really have to be evil to take the lives of innocent babies, less talking bout putting 4 holes in the head of your own mother. Lets not forget that the shooter also murdered his own mother while she slept.

Lynn
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