Virginia to Newtown: Share Your Love
Help Patch build a huge virtual card to the Newtown, Conn. community and let them know they are in your heart and on your mind.
When unthinkable tragedy strikes, we grapple for a way to come to terms with the how and the why. We search for ways to make sense of what happened, even when it doesn't make sense. The horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. on Friday stunned a nation as the news broke that not one child, but 20 six- and seven-year-old children and six of their teachers had been shot and killed by a gunman who then took his own life. Most communities can only begin to imagine sorrow washing over this Connecticut town described as close-knit and quiet, a suburban community just 60 miles outside of New York City. It is something we've never imagined, so many lives cut so unbelievably and inexplicably short. Patch is in more than …
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Beth Lawton
6:59 pm on Thursday, December 20, 2012
Hi all, We are shutting down comments on this thread. We hoped that people would take this opportunity to upload positive images and leave comments supporting those in Newtown who have lost loved ones right at the holidays without turning this into a political debate. Unfortunately, we aren't seeing that sentiment from some of our readers. Thanks to those who followed the spirit of this post. … more ›