Wny Vigils Honor Lives Lost in Newtown

A LITTLE GIRL FROM WESTERN NEW YORK IS JUST ONE OF MANY, DOING THEIR PART TO HONOR THE INNOCENT LIVES LOST FRIDAY MORNING. NEWS 4'S EMILY GUGGENMOS HAS MORE ON THIS STORY, EMILY. THERE WERE TWO VIGILS HELD LAST NIGHT. ONE OF THOSE VIGILS TOOK PLACE IN NIAGARA COUNTY AND THE ORGANIZER...A GIRL WHO WAS CLOSE TO THE SAME AGE AS SOME OF THE VICTIMS FROM NEWTOWN... ((ABBY WILSON/BARKER VIGIL ORGANIZER: I COULDN'T STAND TO THINK THAT ALL THESE CHILDREN AREN'T GOING TO WAKE UP FOR CHRISTMAS DAY. AND WHILE I WAS AT DANCE CLASS I JUST COULDN'T GET IT OFF MY MIND AND I WANTED TO HELP IN JUST SOME SMALL WAY.)) 10-YEAR OLD ABBY WILSON OF BARKER WAS TRULY SADDENED BY THE CONNECTICUT SCHOOL SHOOTING. AFTER TALKING WITH HER MOTHER ABOUT THE INCIDENT, ABBY DECIDED SHE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES. SO WHAT STARTED OUT AS JUST HER FAMILY HOLDING THE VIGIL TURNED IN TO A BIG EVENT. ((ADRIENNE LAROCCO/BARKER RESIDENT: I'M A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER. THE 3 KIDS I HAVE IN MY SUNDAY SCHOOL ARE THE SAME AGE AS THE KIDS THAT ARE THE VICTIMS. I COULDN'T IMAGINE LOSING ONE OF THEM.)) ((RICHARD WESTGATE/BARKER RESIDENT: EVERYBODY'S KIND OF LOST, AND HAS MIXED EMOTIONS. I KNOW MANY HAVE CHILDREN, AS I DO, I JUST WOULDN'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN TO YOUR OWN CHILDREN, AND YOU FEEL THE PAIN FOR THE ONES THAT DID LOSE THEIR'S.)) THE FEELINGS WERE THE SAME AS PEOPLE GATHERED AT EBENEEZER UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST. SENIOR PASTOR, THE REVEREND DOCTOR RALPH ANDERSON, TALKED TO PEOPLE ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT IT CAN BE TO DEAL WITH TRAGEDIES LIKE THIS. ((REV RALPH ANDERSON/EBENEZER UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST: TRAGEDY COMES TO ALL PEOPLE, BUT ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR IS SO POIGNANT AND POWERFUL. WHAT HAPPEND IN CONNECTICUT, AND OUR HEARTS JUST GO OUT TO THEM.)) REVEREND ANDERSON SPOKE TO CHILDREN DURING SUNDAY SERVICE.. AND SUGGESTED THEY RELY ON THEIR