"She was transformed from a fearless little girl to one startled at the sound of shoes falling..."

[Robb]

SANDY HOOK, Conn. -- There's a question that Eric Milgram's 10-year-old son, Dalton, asked him in the days after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School that he admits he'll never be able to answer.

Dalton, a fourth-grader there, had asked: "I know there are bad people in this world, but what would make someone come into a school," recalled Milgram.

"I didn't know what to say," Milgram said. "We're not psychologists, we're parents. They have told us just to be honest."

The Milgrams have been attempting to answer tough questions since that fateful December day when gunman Adam Lanza shot his way through the school, killing 20 children and six staff members before turning the gun on himself. They have seen their 6-year-old daughter, Lauren transformed from a fearless little girl to one who is startled at the sound of a pair of shoes falling to the floor....

Read More: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/09/dad-newtown-survivors-gun-reform-debate/2148815/

[russspeakeasy]

1. Damn !

[Cha]

2. Of course, the little sweetheart is.

Violent gun massacres will do that to us.

Just reading about this is so vividly frightening.. poor little things.

thanks Robb

[Wernothelpless]

3. My niece wept yesterday ...

at her 4 year old son's Mother's Day Tea ... she was overwhelmed by emotion and the thought of the upcoming Mother's Day the Sandy Hook families are facing ... it's shook people to their very core ...

But not Congress ... apparently they have no feelings ... for them it's only money ...

[freshwest]

4. Unfortunately it's that but more their hateful ideology. They don't care how many die for their

fantasies of overthrowing the government and taking this country back a few hundred years. Everything the GOP does shows that is their goal. No matter how many die, how young or innocent they are, or how horrible their deaths. Their goals are inhuman.

[Robb]

5. That's the only sane response.

[newmember]

6. PTSD for a 6 year old shouldn't happen in our country

[uponit7771]

7. I have a "fearless little girl" I almost want her to fear a little more...not after reading this...

...sigh the innocence stolen is a crime itslef

[lapislzi]

8. I also want to know.

And nobody, nobody, will ever be able to answer.

"You can see no reason, 'cause there are no reasons, what reason do you need to be shown?"

This tragedy is so far beyond the pale that adequate words of comfort don't even exist.

We have a new ritual in our workplace (I work with a Sandy Hook parent). We use a quick shorthand gesture to indicate the need to give, or receive, a hug. It's not much, but it seems to help.