Day of Mourning for Newtown victims

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP/WTNH) — It's been one week since the tragedy at Sandy Hook and tonight, Newtown came together to hold a vigil.

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"This is a place to raise your family. How could this happen here," said Janet Robinson the Newtown Superintendent.

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"Out of this horrible experience this week, I have witnessed the most incredible unity of purpose and I'm seeing that here tonight," Robinson said.

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"Out of the ashes of an indescribable event, I have seen the spirit of Newtown. We are going to make it," Robinson said.

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"We little knew that morning that God was going to call your name. In life we loved you dearly, in death we do the same. It broke our hearts to lose you, you did not go alone. For part of us went with you, the day God called you home," one man said during the vigil.

Places of worship and buildings with bells across the state were asked to ring them 26 times at 9:30 a.m. for the victims of the Newtown school shooting.

Gov. Dannel Malloy asked residents to observe Day of Mourning on Friday for the 20 children and six adults who were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School one week ago.

Officials and clergy in many other states around the nation will also hold observances.

Malloy attended the observance in Newtown. A moment of silence was held and the bells from Trinity Episcopal Church tolled 26 times at 9:30 on Friday.