Video: Connecticut school shooting: vigil held for victims one week on Hundreds from the Newtown community gathered on the day that marked one week since the tragedy in Sandy Hook Elementary school, where 20 children and six adults were gunned down. As the names of the victims were read out loud, candles were lit in memory of the children, teachers, and school officials who lost their lives in the classroom last Friday. We're a close knit community. And when something like this happens with children in our community, it's like our own children. So we just want to come out and support everyone," said parent Jenel Siebern. Under a chilly and leaden sky, students and families paid a minute of silence for the victims that were laid to rest this week. I think it's important to acknowledge the light that each one of us bears. And that light has not been extinguished and that it's gathering more strength as we gather together and we support the community. And just to affirm the positive and the goodness in each person and in our country and the goodness of humanity in general and support one another in our grief," said Alice Unschuld, a resident of Connecticut.