"I think if there were a Daniel Barden in Adam Lanza’s class this may not have happened."
— Mark Barden, father of slain Sandy Hook first-grader Daniel. On Thursday, search warrants were released that indicate the Newtown gunman had an arsenal of firearms and Samurai swords in his home. Mr. Barden remembered his own son’s kindness and said Daniel used to sit with the lonely kids in class.
"At least if [Adam Lanza] went to the high school, he would be shooting people that knew what a gun was. They have no idea what’s happening because they’re 6 years old."
— Julia Faxon, a Newtown High School freshman. Read Matthew Kauffman’s “A Deeper Divide: The Gun Control Debate After Newtown,” a story in collaboration with PBS FRONTLINE.
"She’s part of my happiness. If she’s not here, my life will not be the same."
— Jorge Altamirano after giving his wife, Neidi Maldonado, one of his kidneys on Valentine’s Eve at Hartford Hospital.