The names of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings were released yesterday, and glimpses into their lives, snapshots, and tributes are emerging this morning. Dad Robbie Parker last night remembered 6-year-old Emilie, reports the LA Times, the first parent to speak publicly of his lost child. "All those who had the pleasure to meet her would agree that this world has been a better place because she has been in it," he said tearfully. To Adam Lanza's family, he said: "I want you to know that our family and our love and our support goes out to you as well." And he recounted Friday morning, when Emilie said good morning and told him she loved him. I gave her a kiss,” Parker said, “and I was out the door.” A look at some of the other victims, via the AP:
- Charlotte Bacon, 6: After much begging, Charlotte's mom let her wear a new pink dress and boots to school. It was the last outfit the redheaded girl would ever pick out. "She was going to go some places in this world," says her uncle.
- Olivia Engel, 6: Olivia was looking forward to coming home Friday, to make a gingerbread house. "She loved attention," says a family friend. "She had perfect manners. She was the teacher's pet, the line leader. Her only crime is being a wiggly, smiley 6-year-old."