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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- An internal alarm has sounded in mothers across the nation. This bell can't be silenced. We were awakened on Dec. 14 by the nightmare images of 6- and 7-year-olds crying and clinging to teachers as they were led from Sandy Hook Elementary School. It was the unthinkable unfolding before our eyes. These were children just like our own: innocent, filled with optimism and brightness, sent off each day to schools like Sandy Hook Elementary.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- An internal alarm has sounded in mothers across the nation. This bell can't be silenced. We were awakened on Dec. 14 by the nightmare images of 6- and 7-year-olds crying and clinging to teachers as they were led from Sandy Hook Elementary School. It was the unthinkable unfolding before our eyes. These were children just like our own: innocent, filled with optimism and brightness, sent off each day to schools like Sandy Hook Elementary.
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