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December 10, 2013

Newtown Residents Issue Privacy Appeal Ahead of 1-Year Anniversary 
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Residents of Newtown, Connecticut, have issued an appeal for privacy
from visitors and the media ahead of this week's one-year anniversary of
the mass killing at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Jo Ann Bacon, whose
daughter was among 20 children killed in the massacre, asked that
well-wishers focus on their own communities.

Jo Ann Bacon: "On the one-year mark of this horrific day, we know that
many people across the country will be thinking of our children and
educators so tragically taken from us and wondering how to help. We ask
that you consider performing an act of kindness or volunteering with a
charitable organization in your own local community. We hope that some
small measure of good may be returned to the world."

 

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