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Eight years have passed since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on Dec. 14, 2012. (John Moore/Getty Images)
NEWTOWN, CT It s been eight years since Dec. 14, 2012 the most tragic day in Newtown s history when 20 young children and six educators were killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
We have passed a point when all the child victims have been gone longer than they were alive, but they will never be forgotten. The legacy of the victims lives on through the memories of loved ones and many foundations and charities that have been founded in their memories.
that we re here with you. we will not walk away from the promises we ve made. the bardens were ready to take on washington. but they were about to run into a wall of opposition. avielle richman s parents are having a smoother time in their quest to honor their daughter. welcome to avi fest 2013, complete with barbecue, blues, and fundraising for the avielle foundation. and thank you for supporting us. this event outside milwaukee was run by liz levy and her husband leon. liz ace old friend of jennifer s. the goal of today, i think, obviously there s the fundraising component. but more than that it s about awareness. i think it takes a community to create a healthy community and a safe community. and we have to work on that as a country. work. there s only a handful that actually do this research. the way aviele s parents want
expert in the field and is now an adviser to the avielle foundation. we have 41 normal controls, motors in the group. this is illustrating the key finding. good frontal lobe functioning in the normal individual. but if you look at the motor here, there s a distinct lack of activation in that prefrontal cortex. the the research jennifer and jeremy want to fund will ask what might cause that low functioning and how a person with it could be treated early before becoming an adult. on top of the scientific work, aviell s parents want to reduce the stigma that keeps people from getting the help necessary to treat what most of us call mental illness. you don t really use that term. we don t use it. because? because there s an underlying pathology in our brain. there are genes, there are
research to answer why. and the avielle foundation was up and running and beginning to grow. what we were shocked by was how this was such unmet need. nobody does this yet. very few people do. there are several reasons for that. ahead. there s quite a lot of opposition to biological research on crime. [ female announcer ] feed a man a cookie and he eats a cookie. feed him a fresh baked cookie and he eats a much, much better cookie. bake the world a better place with nestle toll house. the day building a play set begins with a surprise twinge of back pain. and a choice. take up to 4 advil in a day or 2 aleve for all day relief. [ male announcer ] that s handy. thanks for giving me your smile. thanks for inspiring me. thanks for showing me my potential.
going to listen to the bells chime in recognition of their loss. it s going to ring 26 times. and i said, i didn t know that. she said, where do you live? an i said, i m one of those parents that lost their kid. and i didn t know. and she just embraced me and wouldn t let me go. soon after that, the man who had spent his life in labs was behind podiums. my wife jennifer and i lost our only daughter, avielle, and 19 of her classmates and six of her educators. we want to look at neuroscience research to answer why. and the avielle foundation was up and running and beginning to grow. what we were shocked by was how this was such unmet need. nobody does this yet. very few people do. there are several reasons for that. ahead. there s quite a lot of opposition to biological