First-grader Jesse Lewis loved working on hismom’s farm. Six year old James Mattioli had chubby cheeks, wore his hair in a mohawk and liked to sport an “Angry Birds” shirt. Friends of his family described him as a “sweet angel.”
Grace McDonnell, 6, had blond hair and eyes so blue that neighbors said she “was like a little doll.” They all went to Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday as they always did, but they would never return home.
Savage gunman Adam Lanza, 20, stole the tender lives of 20 children, all just 6 or 7 years old. He randomly slaughtered sons and daughters and one child’s twin sister. He cut down six adults as well.
Strong-willed Charlotte Bacon, 6, couldn’t wait to wear her Christmas outfit — a pink dress and white boots — to kindergarten. Her mom finally relented, so she wore it to school Friday. “She was going to do a lot of things in her life,” uncle John Hagen told The Post. “She would light up a room.”
Emilie Parker was an upbeat 6-year-old who always put others’ feelings first. “She always had something kind to say to anybody,” said Emilie’s grieving father, Robbie Parker. “I’m so blessed to be her dad.”
Ana Marquez-Greene, 6, daughter of jazz saxophonist Jimmy Greene, was gunned down but her older brother escaped unharmed.
Yesterday, police concluded the painful process of showing families photos of their murdered loved ones after autopsies were conducted in a makeshift morgue set up near the school.
Here are the innocents taken from us.
Emilie Parker, 6Emilie was a loving 6-year-old who lit up a room.
The kindergartner and her family had moved to Newtown, Conn., from Utah in the past year. She had two younger sisters.
Emilie’s father, Robbie Parker, fought back tears yesterday and gasped for breath as he spoke about losing his beautiful, happy angel soon after the list of victims was released.
“She was beautiful. She was blond. She was always smiling,” he said outside his home.
It was difficult to explain to her little sisters why they will never again get to play with Emilie, he said.
“They seem to get the fact that they have somebody they’re going to miss very much,” he said.
The little girl was always happy to cheer up anyone who was down, her father said.
“She never missed an opportunity to draw a picture or make a card for those around her,” he said.
His daughter loved to try new things, and she made the world a better place, he said.
“I’m so blessed to be her dad,” he said.
JESSE LEWIS, 6First-grader Jesse loved math, riding horses and working on his mom’s farm. His father, Neil Heslin, said he was a happy boy that everyone knew — and he loved animals.
