President Barack Obama wiped away tears and struggled to compose himself Friday, December 14, as he mourned the dead in the Connecticut school shooting, and promised "meaningful" action to stop gun tragedies.
"The majority of those who died today were children, beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old," Obama said. "They had their entire lives ahead of them, birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own."
"Our hearts are broken today for the parents and grandparents, sisters, and brothers of these little children. And for the families of the adults who were lost," he added.
Obama said he mourns the Connecticut shooting as well as similar incidents in the past. If the death toll is confirmed, this would be the second deadliest US school shooting incident.
"Each time I learn the news, I react not as a president but as anybody else would -- as a parent. And that was especially true today. I know there is not a parent in America who doesn't feel the same overwhelming grief that I do," Obama said
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