Bells toll in Newtown for school shooting victims
Source: AP:Excite.
By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - Bells tolled 26 times to honor the children and educators killed one year ago in a shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School as local churches held memorial services and President Barack Obama observed a moment of silence.
With snow falling and many homes decorated with Christmas lights, Newtown looked every bit the classic New England town, with long lines at a coffee shop and general store. But reminders of the private grief were everywhere. "God bless the families," read a sign posted at one house in the green and white colors of the Sandy Hook school, and a church posted that it was "open for prayer."
Andrew Snow, a 49-year-old mechanic who was drinking coffee at the general store with a friend, said it was an especially difficult day.
"You kind of hope the town can put it behind without actually forgetting about the victims," said Snow, who grew up in Newtown and is moving back from nearby Southbury to support the community. "But it's not easy to do. I think about it every day."
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama take a moment of silence in honor of the Newtown shooting victims on the one year anniversary of the tragedy, in the Map Room of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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