‘These 20 children lit up this community better than all the Christmas lights we have. There are 20 brighter stars in the heavens.’
— Monsignor Robert Weiss of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn., paying tribute to the first-grade students killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14; six staff members also lost their lives
Charlotte Bacon, 6 • Daniel Barden, 7 • Rachel Davino, 29 • Olivia En Gel, 6 • Josephine Gay, 7 • Ana Marquez-Greene, 6 • Dylan Hockley, 6 Dawn Hochsprung, 47 • Madeleine Hsu, 6 • Catherine Hubbard, 6 • Chase Kowalski, 7 • Jesse Lewis, 6 • James Mattioli, 6 Grace Mcdonnell, 7 • Anne Marie Murphy, 52 • Emilie Par Ker, 6 • Jack Pinto, 6 • Noah Pozner, 6 • Caroline Previdi, 6 Jessica Rekos, 6 • Avielle Richman, 6 • Lauren Rousseau, 30 • Mary Sher Lach, 56 • Victoria Soto, 27 • Benjamin Wheeler, 6 • Allison Wyatt, 6