Remembering the Victims of the #Newtown #Connecticvut Massacre: December 14th 2012-2013

Today we pause to remember a sad event in Connecticut's history. On this December 14th, NBC Connecticut remembers those lost and those who continue to grieve. As the state reflects, the families of Newtown ask everyone to consider doing something for someone else…to perform an act of kindness to honor the 26 who will never be forgotten.

"If we want to live in a country where we can go to work, send our kids to school, and walk our streets free from fear, we must keep trying. We must keep caring. We must treat every child like they’re our child. Like those in Sandy Hook, we must choose love. And together, we must change." —President Obama on the one-year anniversary of the Newtown school shooting

In remembrance:

Charlotte Bacon, 6
Daniel Barden, 7
Rachel Davino, 29
Olivia Engel, 6
Josephine Gay, 7
Ana M. Marquez-Greene, 6
Dylan Hockley, 6
Dawn Hochsprung, 47
Madeleine F. Hsu, 6
Catherine V. Hubbard, 6
Chase Kowalski, 7
Nancy Lanza, 52
Jesse Lewis, 6
James Mattioli, 6
Grace McDonnell, 7
Anne Marie Murphy, 52
Emilie Parker, 6
Jack Pinto, 6
Noah Pozner, 6
Caroline Previdi, 6
Jessica Rekos, 6
Avielle Richman, 6
Lauren Rousseau, 30
Mary Sherlach, 56
Victoria Soto, 27
Benjamin Wheeler, 6
Allison N. Wyatt, 6

My heart is heavy, I cannot contain the grief. For those of us who care, this is why I became a guns victims advocate. Rest in Peace. Suffer little children to come unto me, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.

Dr Olukemi Olunloyo 

News Director @HNNAfrica on twitter