C'est le site internet du Daily Beast qui a compilé plusieurs histoires poignantes au sujet des victimes de la tragédie de l'école primaire de Sandy Hook, à Newtown (photo Emmanuel Dunand/AFP). En voici un extrait:
Dawn Hochsprung
was a beloved principal who lost her life trying to lunge at the
gunman. Jesse Lewis was praised as always being able to “put a smile on
your face.” Jessica Rekos dreamed of horses and asked for new cowgirl
boots and a hat this Christmas. See photos of the victims, young and
old, who tragically lost their lives on Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary.
Charlotte Bacon, 6
On
Friday morning, Charlotte Bacon begged her mother to let her wear a new
pink dress and white boots to school—her Christmas outfit—and won. “She
was going to go some places in this world,” her uncle said in an interview with Newsday.
The Bacon family tragedy could have been worse yet—Charlotte’s older
brother, Guy, also attended Sandy Hook but survived the attack.
Daniel Barden, 7
Daniel Barden’s father, a longtime area musician,
affectionately called his red-headed boy “Daniel the Maniel” on his
blog, and Daniel and his family would often go to his father’s shows.
“Words really cannot express what a special boy Daniel was…a constant
source of laughter and joy. He earned his ripped jeans and missing two
front teeth. Despite that, he was, as his mother said, ‘Just so good.’
He embodied everything that is wholesome and innocent in the world. Our
hearts break over losing him,” the Barden family wrote of their son.
Olivia Engel, 6
Olivia Engel’s parents, too distraught to speak in public, asked a cousin to relay some memories
about their little girl to the press. The brightly smiling child seen
in pictures loved school, drawing, soccer, and theater, and danced
ballet and hip-hop. Olivia had landed the role of an angel at a nativity
performance on Friday night, which she had been looking forward to. On a
Facebook memorial, one post remembered
her bright demeanor: “I can not stop thinking about her beautiful
smile, her sweet voice, and her infectious laugh. Heaven got a beautiful
little angel and I know her grandpa is loving every moment, getting to
know this precious little girl.”
Josephine Gay, 7
Josephine Gay had just celebrated her seventh birthday three days before she was tragically killed in the Sandy Hook shooting.
Ana Marquez-Greene, 6
Ana
Marquez-Green moved to Newtown just this past summer from Manitoba,
Canada, with her parents and older brother. “As we work through this
nightmare, we’re reminded how much we’re loved and supported on this
earth and by our Father in heaven. As much as she’s needed here and
missed by her mother, brother and me, Ana beat us all to paradise. I
love you sweetie girl,” her father, Jimmy Greene, a jazz saxophonist,
wrote on his Facebook page. Ana’s brother, 9-year-old Isaiah, escaped
the school unharmed. A friend of the family described
Ana and her brother as “really talented, beautiful children.
Picture-book children and obedient and spiritual—you know, the kind of
kids you want moving in next door.”
Dylan Hockley, 6
The
Hockley family moved to Connecticut almost two years ago from England,
where they had lived for the last 18 years. Tragically, on Friday,
6-year-old Dylan was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary by a man who lived just 100 feet
from the Hockleys’ house. “I didn’t know there was a killer in my
street,” Dylan’s devastated mother reportedly told his grandmother.
“Dylan was a lovely boy. He had dimples and blue eyes and a mischievous
grin,” his grandmother told the Daily Mail. “We are shattered and will never be the same.”
Madeleine Hsu, 6
Catherine Hubbard, 6
“We
are greatly saddened by the loss of our beautiful daughter, Catherine
Violet, and our thoughts and prayers are with the other families who
have been affected by this tragedy,” Jennifer and Matthew Hubbard said in a statement. “We ask that you continue to pray for us and the other families who have experienced loss in this tragedy.”
