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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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EXPRESSING PROFOUND SYMPATHIES ON THE TRAGIC LOSS OF LIFE FROM THE | |
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SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHOOTING IN NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT | |
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Introduced By: Senators Metts, Hodgson, Kettle, Algiere, and Cote | |
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Date Introduced: January 08, 2013 | |
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Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration | |
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WHEREAS, It is with great sadness that this Senate has learned of the passing of twenty |
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young children, Charlotte Bacon, Daniel Barden, Olivia Engel, Josephine Gay, Ana Marquez- |
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Greene, Dylan Hockley, Madeleine Hsu, Catherine Hubbard, Chase Kowalski, Jesse Lewis, |
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James Mattioli, Grace McDonnell, Emilie Parker, Jack Pinto, Noah Pozner, Caroline Previdi, |
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Jessica Rekos, Avielle Richman, Benjamin Wheeler, and Allison Wyatt, and six teachers and |
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staff members, Rachel DaVino, Dawn Hochsprung, Anne Marie Murphy, Lauren Russo, Mary |
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Sherlach, and Victoria Soto, who were tragically killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in |
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Newtown, Connecticut; and |
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WHEREAS, In the early morning hours of Friday, December 14th, 2012, shortly after the |
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beginning-of-school bell sounded, shots rang out in the halls of the Sandy Hook Elementary |
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School. As the news unfolded, the entire world watched in shock, empathizing with the plight of |
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frightened parents and family members, and praying for a merciful conclusion to the nightmarish |
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ordeal; and |
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WHEREAS, Ultimately, the unimaginable occurred when a lone gunman shot and killed |
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twenty beautiful and cherished, innocent little six- and seven-year-olds and six of the dedicated |
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teachers and staff working at the school. In a profoundly heartrending journey of spiritual and |
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corporeal loss, these twenty-six souls lost their futures and their lives; and |
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WHEREAS, To the parents who faced the unnatural and unimaginable act of burying |
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their children, to the husbands who are forever separated from their wives, to the children who |
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lost their mothers, sisters or brothers, and to a community that lost its innocence and trust, know |
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that the citizens of Rhode Island and indeed millions of people across the country mourn with |
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you; and |
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WHEREAS, These twenty-six individuals enriched the lives of all who knew them and |
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they will be dearly missed and always remembered; now, therefore be it |
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RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
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hereby offers our deepest sympathy and prayers to the families and friends of those killed at the |
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Sandy Hook Elementary School; and be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to |
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transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the families of Charlotte Bacon, Daniel Barden, |
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Olivia Engel, Josephine Gay, Ana Marquez-Greene, Dylan Hockley, Madeleine Hsu, Catherine |
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Hubbard, Chase Kowalski, Jesse Lewis, James Mattioli, Grace McDonnell, Emilie Parker, Jack |
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Pinto, Noah Pozner, Caroline Previdi, Jessica Rekos, Avielle Richman, Benjamin Wheeler, |
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Allison Wyatt, Rachel DaVino, Dawn Hochsprung, Anne Marie Murphy, Lauren Russo, Mary |
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Sherlach, and Victoria Soto. |
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