On the ninth anniversary of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Matthew Comeau, 11, second from left, reads the names of those killed, during a vigil on the Norwich, Vt., green, on Dec. 14, 2021. Twenty children, six educators and the gunman died at Sandy Hook that day. Sharon Comeau, right, remembers reading their names in 2012 to her then infant children, Matthew and Nora, now 10, second from right, so she brought them and her youngest, Margaret, 6, third from right, to join the Tuesday's vigil which was organized by Kathleen Shepherd, of Norwich and sponsored by Gunsense VT. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
On the ninth anniversary of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Matthew Comeau, 11, second from left, reads the names of those killed, during a vigil on the Norwich, Vt., green, on Dec. 14, 2021. Twenty children, six educators and the gunman died at Sandy Hook that day. Sharon Comeau, right, remembers reading their names in 2012 to her then infant children, Matthew and Nora, now 10, second from right, so she brought them and her youngest, Margaret, 6, third from right, to join the Tuesday's vigil which was organized by Kathleen Shepherd, of Norwich and sponsored by Gunsense VT. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Credit: Valley News — James M. Patterson