美国有线新闻 CNN 2012-12-26（在线收听） |
Good evening everyone, we are live once again tonight from Newtown, Connecticut, a community struggling with grief, reaching out to one another for comfort, begining the long long process of saying goodbye to so many young lives cut far too short. Makeshift memorials remind the people of this community that they are not alone in their grief. People stop by to leave candles, and flowers, teddy bears, notes of comfort. It's a daunting concept, the idea of trying somehow to move on without the 20 six and seven year olds who lost their lives Friday, trying to move on without the six adults who were also killed at Sandy Hook elementary school, moving on may not be possible for a very long time, if ever, it's not clear just when the students in Sandy Hook willl return to class, but when they do it will be a different building, a different school in neighboring town, everything is different now, everything. For the families here, this week is about trying to find a way to say goodbye and to honor the lives of their children, the lives of their teachers and school administrators. There are three funerals scheduled for the rest of the week, for three 6 year olds, and there were two funerals today also today for 6 years olds, for Jack Pinto and Noah Pozner. Tonight we remember Jack, Noah, and we wish their families and their friends, their classmates a modicum of peace, and lots of strength at this unimaginably difficult time. In the tribute to the little boy who loves sports, teammates from the local Youth Wrestling Association wore their uniforms and medals to 6-year-old Jack Pinto's funeral. Jack was an avid sports fan, not just wrestling, but baseball, basketball and skiing. His first love, however, was football, he idolized the New York Giants' Victor Cruz, who paid tribute to his little fan by writing his name on his cleats before a game this past weekend. According to the New York Time, a family friend who gave a eulogy at the funeral described Jack as the kind of boy who commanded all the attention in the room. And that he wanted nothing more than to catch up with his older brother Ben, whom he would follow anywhere. In his obituary, Jack's family wrote, in life and in death, Jack will forever be remembered for the immeasurable joy he brought to all who had the pleasure of knowing him, a joy whose wide reach belied his six short years. Also laid to rest today, Noah Pozner, who just celebrated his sixth birthday last month with his twin and best friend, Areille. They were both first graders at Sandy Hook elementary, on Friday, Areiille's class reportedly hid in the bathroom during the attack. She survived, Noah did not.
"We are all completely shattered, it's been a very very rough few days, noboday's getting very much sleep. You know, we are holding together as best as we can. But you never ever think that something like this could happen to your family."
Noah's aunt says he loved to read and loved to figure out how things worked. She said he was extremely lively, the light of the room. She remembered his big blue eyes, a boy with a big heart, who loved his parents, his older sisters and brother, and his twin most of all.
"They don't know the way in which Noah passed away. But, obviously they were there during the whole event, and were led out. And, it's not something that, you know, she just turned six, Arielle just turned six. And their older sister, Sophia, she's not even quite eight yet, you know, how do you tell, tell them that's just how their brother died. It's just not, it's the unthinkable, really."
In his obituary, his family says he was impish and larger than life. And call him a little soul devoid of spite and meanness. They wrote, "Everything he did conveyed action and energy through love, he was the light of our family, he will be forever missed." |
| 原文地址：http://www.tingroom.com/lesson/cnn2012/12/233526.html |