behind. taking a lesson from the people of aurora themselves. from the families and from the president of the united states. i had a chance to visit with each family. and most of the conversation was filled with memory. it was an opportunity for families to describe how wonderful their brother or their son or daughter was. and the lives that they have touched. and the dreams that they held for the future. i confessed to them that words are always inadequate in these kinds of conversations. i also tried to assure them that although the perpetrator of this evil act has received a lot of attention over the last couple of days, that attention will fade away, and in the end, after he has felt the full force of our justice system, what will be remembered are the good people. who are impacted by this tragedy. you saw there on your screen the pictures we have of the 12 who died in theater nine just after midnight. the youngest, veronica moser-sullivan, was just 6 years old. her n
day here in aurora as people here merge from shock and descended into grief. they re being confronted by the grotesque cartoon-colored image of the man police say was behind their nightmare. we will, of course, update you on the alleged gunman s day in court and the many days in court ahead for him. tonight though and throughout our many nights ahead, the main story will not be about that person. we re giving the suspect as little air time as we can. giving him as little publicity as possible. trying not even to say his name, instead we re trying to focus on the victims, the survivors and heroes. and the many heroes who have emerged from this. and we re taking a lesson from the people of aurora themselves, the governor of aurora and the president of the united states. i had a chance to visit with each family. and most of the conversation was filled with memory. it was an opportunity for families to describe how wonderful their brother or their son or daughter was. and the l
survivors and the heroes. and many heroes have emerged from this horror. in this, we re taking a lesson from the people of aurora themselves, from the mayor of aurora, the governor of colorado, and the president of the united states. i had a chance to visit with each family. most of the conversation was filled with memory. it was an opportunity for them to describe how wonderful their brother or son or daughter was. and the lives they had touched and the dreams they held for the future. i confessed to them that words are always inadequate in these kinds of situations. i also tried to assure them that although the perpetrator of this evil act has received a lot of attention, that attention will fade away. in the end, after he has felt the full force of our justice system, what will be remembered are the good people impacted by this tragedy. you saw there on your screen the pictures we have of the 12 who died in theater nine after midnight thursday night. the youngest ver
heroes who have dedicated their lives to helping people in need. none of them wear a spandex leotard or cape, at least not while working, not that i m aware of, but they are true heroes. we are live tonight in los angeles and around the world and we have a group of famous folks joining us tonight. they ve generously given their time to share our hero stories with you. some have journeyed to see our honorees. jerry seinfeld, will.i.am. he went to meet one of our heros in wisconsin. my colleague dr. sanjay gupta is streaming live all night with our presenters and honorees. also ice cube, laura dern, christie turlington who went to indonesia. to learn more about one of our heros. if you would like to share these amazing stories with your friends, follow us on facebook, on twitter, use hash tag cnn heroes to bring more attention to these important issues. as i said, we are live tonight. i promise i ll try very hard not to giggle. i laugh like a 13-year-old girl meeting justin b