雅思时事阅读：康涅狄格州哀悼枪击案被害儿童_雅思英语阅读

雅思时事阅读：康涅狄格州哀悼枪击案被害儿童

　　According to media reports, some of the children were told to close their eyes and hold hands as they were led from the building.

　　Once in the safety of the local volunteer firehouse, the trauma ended, but the tragedys second phase played out. Parents, having been alerted to a school shooting by a reverse 9-11 call rushed to the fire house where they frantically searched for their children. For many, there were tearful reunions, but for several other parents, the searches ended when police officials asked them to go into a separate room. There, they were told that their children were among those believed to be dead.

　　For many of the young children emerging from a nightmare, it was a confusing scene. They were kind of torn, whether they wanted to go home with their parents or they wanted to stay there and protect their friends, Monsignor Robert Weiss, pastor of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church said. He was one of the first of the towns clergy to arrive at the firehouse and counseled parents whose children had been killed. It was brutal, he said. I cant think of a better word. It was just brutal to witness the pain today.

　　Shortly after darkness fell, nearly a thousand of the towns residents packed the St. Rose of Lima church. Every single seat in the 650-person chapel was filled, and people stood shoulder to shoulder in the sanctuarys aisles. They packed the choir pews and spilled out into the parking lot from every open door. People stood dozens-deep in the narthex and out into the parking lot.