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Michelle Obama Tears Up During An Emotional Gun Violence Speech In Chicago (VIDEO)

Michelle Obama Tears Up During An Emotional Gun Violence Speech In Chicago (VIDEO) Are we truly meeting our obligations to our children?” said an emotional Michelle Obama while addressing a Chicago audience regarding gun violence and to vote for stricter gun laws.

She talked about the death of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, who had performed at President Barack Obama’s second inauguration just days before she was shot, and asked if the nation was doing enough for children like Pendleton.

You can watch The First Lady’s moving speech in the video

Sandy Hook Students Sing ‘Over The Rainbow’ For Newtown Charities (VIDEO)

January 16, 2013 Leave a comment

Sandy Hook Students Sing 'Over The Rainbow' For Newtown Charities (VIDEO) Children who survived last month’s shooting massacre at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School have recorded a version of “Over the Rainbow” to raise money for charity.

21 children from Newtown, Conn., sang the song Tuesday with singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” Most of them are current and former students of the school where 20 kids and six staff members were killed.

Watch ‘Over The Rainbow’ video

Christmas Provides Connecticut Town A Break From Mourning (PHOTOS)

December 27, 2012 Leave a comment

Christmas Provides Connecticut Town A Break From Mourning (PHOTOS)Christmas has helped some people in the grieving Connecticut town of Newtown cope a little better with the shooting tragedy that killed 20 schoolchildren, while others have yet to feel the holiday joy.

Watch: Christmas Provides Connecticut Town A Break From Mourning (PHOTOS)

Anderson Cooper Reads Newtown Victim’s 10-Yr-Old Sister’s Letter To Obama VIDEO

December 21, 2012 Leave a comment

Anderson Cooper Reads Newtown Victim’s 10-Yr-Old Sister’s Letter To Obama VIDEOHorrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementaryhas drawn significant attention to gun control around the nation, with politicians thinking over weapons ban, and stricter checks and balances when it comes to obtaining a weapon. But perhaps no one’s plea has been as affecting as of a 10-year-old, Natalie Barden.

Watch: Newtown Victim’s 10-Yr-Old Sister’s Letter To Obama

Firefighters Gather To Pay Tribute To 7-Year-Old Sandy Victim

December 20, 2012 Leave a comment

Firefighters Gather To Pay Tribute To 7-Year-Old Sandy Victim 7-Year-Old Sandy Hook Victim, Daniel Barden, didn’t get the chance to grow up and become a firefighter, but on Wednesday he got a firefighter’s funeral.

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Newtown’s Sandy Hook Victim Jack Pinto’s Best Friend Writes Him a Note

December 19, 2012 Leave a comment

Newtown’s Sandy Hook Victim Jack Pinto’s Best Friend Writes Him a Note As the nation and the entire world mourns in the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre, one first grader pens down a heartbreaking note to his best friend lost in the horrible shooting.

As the elementary students in Newtown are trying to resume their studies now, there is one kid who is now going back to school without his best friend!

Watch  letter

Sandy Hook’s Unlikely Survivor: Six Year Old Played Dead, Only One In Her Class To Live

December 18, 2012 Leave a comment

Children’s Chorus Performs “Silent Night” For SNL Cold Open

December 17, 2012 Leave a comment

Children's Chorus Performs "Silent Night" For SNL Cold OpenSaturday Night Live rose to the unenviable challenge of putting on a comedy show the day after Sandy Hook Elementary shooting took place.

Watch: Children’s Chorus Performs “Silent Night”

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