User blog:Jeremiah Garland/Condolences for those Killed in Newtown, Connecticut

I'm sure you've all heard about the dire and tragic events in Newtown Connecticut that have been all over the news stations, even here in Cyprus. At approximately 9:30 AM, EST, yesterday (Dec. 14), Adam Lanza opened fire on a group of students and faculty members in Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Newtown, Connecticut. Lazna, aged 20, went into the scene of the crime wearing all black, carrying four guns (including an automatic rifle), and wearing a bullet proof vest. The shooter was described by his 24 year-old brother, Ryan Lanza, as being an outcast, goth, nerdy, and having slight mental retardation. All in all, 28 people were killed and 1 person was injured, although the casualties number is still uncertain. Of these 28 people, 20 of them were elementary school students, aged between 5 and 10 years-old. Both the principle and vice-principle of the school were killed in the act, and the gunman himself took his own life afterwards. Rumours are circulating that the gunman, who lived with his mother (who taught at Sandy Hook Elementary), was angry at his mother for whatever reason, stole her own guns, and used them as a way to get back at her, for he knew she loved the children she taught.

After hearing about this news yesterday, I was immediately sickened. One should know that while tragic events like this happen in the US, they also occur throughout the world every day, filling everybody with grief. What sort of pyscho would kill 20 children? This is truly a heart-breaking story, and it sickens me further to think of the parents whose children were killed, and the emotional trauma they must be going through, especially during such a happy time of the year.

Comments are open for discussion below. Please keep comments respectful to those whose lives were lost and whose lives were affected by this tragedy.