I know how deeply personally affected he has been. And i guess i tell you why i am doing this as a means of telling you why senator blumenthal and i are doing this, and i tell it through a prism of a story that just awful, awful series of days following the shootings in sandy hook. Senator blumenthal and i went through the first of what were umpteen wakes and funerals, and we were standing in line at the first wake about to talk to the first set of parents who had lost in this case their young daughter, and i remember being so uncertain about what we were supposed to say to these parents, not just what you were supposed to say to provide some measure of condolence, but we were their elected representatives. We had some additional obligation to show them that we were ready to act, but was it too soon to make that offer . Was it not the right moment to suggest that there was a Public Policy response to the slaughter of their children . It was senator blumenthal that very gently and appro
Everyone. This morning the sad reality sinking in for a family from nebraska. Their little boy snatched by an alligator while on vacation at disney world. We now know his name is lane graves, and his body was found underwater nearly 18 hours after he was dragged away. And earlier this month guests at a wedding spotted this gator in that same lagoon though its not clear whether its the same one that attacked the toddler. Abcs gio benitez has the latest from orlando. Reporter officials making the heartbreaking announcement after more than 16 hours of searching by dive teams and choppers flying overhead, crews finally finding the body of 2yearold lane graves. Theres likely no question in my mind that the child was drowned by the alligator. Reporter the little boys body found intact not far from where he had been dragged into the water by that alligator. Just across from disneys magic kingdom, the Graves Family of four from nebraska, three days into their vacation enjoying the sandy beach,
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