Tragedy in Newtown: The World Mourns
December 21, 2012 2:10 PM
Holding photos of shooting victims from the December 14 tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Conn., participants in a memorial walk circle the track at the Wabash County YMCA for 27 minutes Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in Wabash, Ind. less
Holding photos of shooting victims from the December 14 tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Conn., participants in a memorial walk circle the track at the Wabash County YMCA for 27 minutes ... more
Photo: JEFF MOREHEAD, (AP Photo/Jeff Morehead, Plain Dealer)
MIAMI, FL - DECEMBER 21: A card written by a student at St. Rose of Lima School reads, ''Im Sorry 4 What Happened'' on a card to be sent to the victims of the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut on December 21, 2012 in Miami, Florida. Across the country people marked the one week point since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut that killed 26 people. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) less
MIAMI, FL - DECEMBER 21: A card written by a student at St. Rose of Lima School reads, ''Im Sorry 4 What Happened'' on a card to be sent to the victims of the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut on ... more
Photo: Joe Raedle, Getty Images
People participate in a remembrance ceremony for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, at the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala.
People participate in a remembrance ceremony for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, at the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala.
Photo: JULIE BENNETT, AP Photo/AL.com, Julie Bennett
Casper residents hold candles Friday evening, Dec. 21, 2012 during a vigil for the 27 victims of the Newtown, Conn. shootings at Conwell Park in Casper, Wyo. Organizers gathered people together on the longest night of the year to symbolize an emergence from the darkness of the violence. The vigil was one of several local observances for the Newtown victims that took place Friday. less
Casper residents hold candles Friday evening, Dec. 21, 2012 during a vigil for the 27 victims of the Newtown, Conn. shootings at Conwell Park in Casper, Wyo. Organizers gathered people together on the longest ... more
Photo: Alan Rogers, AP Photo/The Casper Star-Tribune, Alan Rogers
Mourners release lanterns during the community memorial vigil at Ben Lomond High School in Ogden for Emilie Parker, one of the children murdered during the recent school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Deseret News, Ben Brewer) less
Mourners release lanterns during the community memorial vigil at Ben Lomond High School in Ogden for Emilie Parker, one of the children murdered during the recent school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, ... more
Photo: Ben Brewer, Associated Press
MIAMI, FL - DECEMBER 21: Elissa Irwanto prays during a service, at St. Rose of Lima School, for the victims of the school shooting one week ago in Newtown, Connecticut on December 21, 2012 in Miami, Florida. Across the country people marked the one week point since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut that killed 26 people. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) less
MIAMI, FL - DECEMBER 21: Elissa Irwanto prays during a service, at St. Rose of Lima School, for the victims of the school shooting one week ago in Newtown, Connecticut on December 21, 2012 in Miami, Florida. ... more
Photo: Joe Raedle, Getty Images
Larissa Vitoria, 7, who lives across the street from the Tasso da Silveira school where 12 children were killed by a gunman in April 2011, holds a cross made of pencils during a demonstration to protest violence in schools in the Realengo neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Family members and neighbors of the victims held the protest in light of the recent school shooting in Newtown, Conn. A Brazilian flag hangs behind her. less
Larissa Vitoria, 7, who lives across the street from the Tasso da Silveira school where 12 children were killed by a gunman in April 2011, holds a cross made of pencils during a demonstration to protest ... more
Photo: Felipe Dana, AP Photo/Felipe Dana
WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 29: In this handout from the White House, President Barack Obama (C) pauses during a meeting with (L-R) Director of Communications Dan Pfeiffer, Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, Chief of Staff Jack Lew, and Pete Rouse, Counselor to the President, to observe a moment of silence in the Oval Office December 21, 2012 in Washington, DC. The President observed a moment of silence at 9:30 a.m in remembrance of the 20 children and six adults killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut one week ago. less
WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 29: In this handout from the White House, President Barack Obama (C) pauses during a meeting with (L-R) Director of Communications Dan Pfeiffer, Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, Chief of ... more
Photo: The White House, Photo By Pete Souza/White House Via Getty Images
Lexi Blakely, a first grader in Alisha Hill's class at Southridge Elementary School in Casper, Wyo., colors a paper heart on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. All the students at the school made hearts to send to the children of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/Casper Star-Tribune, Alan Rogers) less
Lexi Blakely, a first grader in Alisha Hill's class at Southridge Elementary School in Casper, Wyo., colors a paper heart on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. All the students at the school made hearts to send to the ... more
Photo: Alan Rogers, Associated Press
First graders look up into the sky after releasing 26 balloons into the sky in memory of those who were killed in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school at Devers Elementary School in York, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 in York, Pa. less
First graders look up into the sky after releasing 26 balloons into the sky in memory of those who were killed in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school at Devers Elementary School in York, Friday, Dec. ... more
Photo: KATE PENN, AP Photo/York Daily Record, Kate Penn
People participate in a remembrance ceremony for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, at the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala.
People participate in a remembrance ceremony for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, at the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala.
Photo: Rebecca S. Gratz, Associated Press
People attend a candlelight vigil honoring victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut at Balboa Park Thursday Dec. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/U-T San Diego, Bill Wechter
People attend a candlelight vigil honoring victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut at Balboa Park Thursday Dec. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/U-T San Diego, Bill Wechter
Photo: Bill Wechter, Associated Press
Kerin Sovern, center, who is from Sandy Hook, Connecticut, but now lives in San Diego, attends a candlelight vigil honoring victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut at Balboa Park Thursday Dec. 20, 2012 with her parents Maureen and Michael Sovern who are visiting her from Sandy Hook. (AP Photo/U-T San Diego, Bill Wechter less
Kerin Sovern, center, who is from Sandy Hook, Connecticut, but now lives in San Diego, attends a candlelight vigil honoring victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut at Balboa Park Thursday ... more
Photo: Bill Wechter, Associated Press
Notes from Heritage High School in Leesburg, Va. are placed at a memorial to the Newtown shooting victims in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012. The funerals for the victims of the school shooting are wrapping up after a wrenching week of farewells. Twenty children and six adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14. Adam Lanza, the lone gunman, killed his mother before going on the rampage and then committed suicide. less
Notes from Heritage High School in Leesburg, Va. are placed at a memorial to the Newtown shooting victims in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012. The funerals for the victims of ... more
Photo: Seth Wenig, (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
US Ambassador in Germany, Philip D. Murphy, writes in a condolence book in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, for the death of the children and teachers of the Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown.
US Ambassador in Germany, Philip D. Murphy, writes in a condolence book in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, for the death of the children and teachers of the Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown.
Photo: Michael Sohn, (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
Episcopal Church Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Bishop of Washington, direct a prayer with other religious leaders to remember the lives lost in Newtown, Conn., at Washington National Cathedral on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Interfaith religious leaders brought together by the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism and Washington National Cathedral, to honor the lives of those lost in Newtown, Conn., by insisting that Congress and the President continue to act swiftly to end the national epidemic of gun violence. less
Episcopal Church Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Bishop of Washington, direct a prayer with other religious leaders to remember the lives lost in Newtown, Conn., at Washington National Cathedral on Friday, Dec. 21, ... more
Photo: Jose Luis Magana, AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana
BRIDGEPORT, CT - DECEMBER 22: Members of the Bridgeport Sound Tigers wear jerseys emblazoned with the names of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims Jesse Lewis, Jack Pinto and James Mattioli during a moment of silence before a game against the Adirondack Phantoms during an American Hockey League game at Webster Bank Arena at Harbor Yard on December 22, 2012 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. less
BRIDGEPORT, CT - DECEMBER 22: Members of the Bridgeport Sound Tigers wear jerseys emblazoned with the names of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims Jesse Lewis, Jack Pinto and James Mattioli during a ... more
Photo: Jeff Zelevansky, Photo By Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images
Detroit Lions middle linebacker Stephen Tulloch (55) and his teammates bow their heads in a moment of silence for Sandy Hook Elementary school before an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons at Ford Field in Detroit, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012. less
Detroit Lions middle linebacker Stephen Tulloch (55) and his teammates bow their heads in a moment of silence for Sandy Hook Elementary school before an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons at Ford ... more
Photo: Rick Osentoski, (AP Photo/Rick Osentoski)
York Suburban Middle School 6th grader Adrianna Pinto, left, talking to classmate Allyssa Klin, wears a shirt with the names of the victims of the Newtown shootings, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 in York, Pa.
York Suburban Middle School 6th grader Adrianna Pinto, left, talking to classmate Allyssa Klin, wears a shirt with the names of the victims of the Newtown shootings, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 in York, Pa.
Photo: Jason Plotkin, AP Photo/York Daily Record, Jason Plotkin
Suburban Middle School 8th grader Jillian Ducker, talks to her teacher Peggy Zirkle, creates snowflakes to send to Newtown to help with the healing process, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 in York, Pa..
Suburban Middle School 8th grader Jillian Ducker, talks to her teacher Peggy Zirkle, creates snowflakes to send to Newtown to help with the healing process, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 in York, Pa..
Photo: Jason Plotkin, AP Photo/York Daily Record, Jason Plotkin
MIAMI, FL - DECEMBER 21: A child holds rosary beads as she prays during a service at St. Rose of Lima School, for the victims of the school shooting one week ago in Newtown, Connecticut on December 21, 2012 in Miami, Florida. Across the country people marked the one week point since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut that killed 26 people. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) less
MIAMI, FL - DECEMBER 21: A child holds rosary beads as she prays during a service at St. Rose of Lima School, for the victims of the school shooting one week ago in Newtown, Connecticut on December 21, 2012 in ... more
Photo: Joe Raedle, Getty Images
MIAMI, FL - DECEMBER 21: Nicolette Schurhoff prays during a service, at St. Rose of Lima School, for the victims of the school shooting one week ago in Newtown, Connecticut on December 21, 2012 in Miami, Florida. Across the country people marked the one week point since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut that killed 26 people. less
MIAMI, FL - DECEMBER 21: Nicolette Schurhoff prays during a service, at St. Rose of Lima School, for the victims of the school shooting one week ago in Newtown, Connecticut on December 21, 2012 in Miami, ... more
Photo: Joe Raedle, (Photo By Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Second grade students Suhailah Elgewili, left and Farhana Hassan, center observe a moment of silence Friday morning, Dec 21, 2012, at the Annur Islamic School in Colonie, N.Y. in memory of the 20 children and six teachers who perished at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. one week ago. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union) less
Second grade students Suhailah Elgewili, left and Farhana Hassan, center observe a moment of silence Friday morning, Dec 21, 2012, at the Annur Islamic School in Colonie, N.Y. in memory of the 20 children and ... more
Photo: SKIP DICKSTEIN
Fourth grader Husna Majid, who lost her father to a terrorist attack in Afghanistan on June 12, observes a moment of silence Friday Dec. 21, 2012, at the Annur Islamic School in Colonie, N.Y. in memory of the 20 children and six teachers who were gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. one week ago. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union) less
Fourth grader Husna Majid, who lost her father to a terrorist attack in Afghanistan on June 12, observes a moment of silence Friday Dec. 21, 2012, at the Annur Islamic School in Colonie, N.Y. in memory of the ... more
Photo: SKIP DICKSTEIN