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Mom of Sandy Hook Child Victim Shares Daughter’s ‘Message From Beyond the Grave’ in Incredibly Moving CNN Interview

Dec. 24, 2012 1:35pm

Grace McDonnell was one of the 20 children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School this month. As her parents are grieving the loss of their bright-eyed, seven-year-old daughter, they can take at least some solace in a sign of comfort that she left behind.

Grace was known for leaving messages on the family’s bathroom window — notes and symbols that would show up once fog clouded the room from shower steam. And the day after her death, seemingly on cue, one of these notes appeared to her mother.

Grace McDonnell Leaves Sign for Her Mother Lynn on Bathroom Window | Sandy Hook

Grace McDonnell, one of the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre (Photo Credit: CNN)

On the first day without her daughter, Lynn McDonnell said that the message on the window was a peace sign, Grace’s favorite symbol. Above it were the words, “Grace, Mom.” CNN was moved to call the family’s finding “a message from beyond the grave.”

“I looked and there was her peace sign in the window and I was like, ‘That’s a sign from my Grace,’” Lynn said.Β ”She was all about peace and gentleness and kindness.”

Lynn described her daughter as immensely happy, claiming, “She was just the light and love of our family.”

Watch the incredibly-moving interview between CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Grace’s family, below:

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  • Jerry Frey
    Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:16pm

    NEWTOWN SHOOTING | THE VICTIMS
    Charlotte Bacon, 6
    Daniel Barden, 7
    Olivia Engel, 6
    Josephine Gay, 7
    Ana Marquez-Greene, 6
    Dylan Hockley, 6
    Madeleine Hsu, 6
    Catherine Hubbard, 6
    Chase Kowalski, 7
    Jesse Lewis, 6
    James Mattioli, 6
    Grace McDonnell, 7
    Emilie Parker, 6
    Jack Pinto, 6
    Noah Pozner, 6
    Caroline Previdi, 6
    Jessica Rekos, 6
    Avielle Richman, 6
    Benjamin Wheeler, 6
    Allison Wyatt, 6
    Rachel Davino, 29
    Teacher
    Dawn Hochsprung, 47
    School principal
    Nancy Lanza, 52
    Mother of gunman
    Anne Marie Murphy, 52
    Teacher
    Lauren Rousseau, 30
    Teacher
    Mary Sherlach, 56
    School psychologist
    Victoria Soto, 27
    Teacher

    http://napoleonlive.info/what-you-think/pray-for-the-children-1/

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  • Steve LeMaster
    Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:05pm

    Hmmmmm
    http://atruthsoldier.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/meet-sandy-hook-victim.jpg?w=780&h=804

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  • PALE RIDER
    Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:52pm

    This is the weirdest thing I have ever seen….. their child died yet there is no visable grief? something has changed in the world…. not sure how o express it… but this is just weird behavior.

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    PALE RIDER  
    • LogCabinRepublican
      Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:25pm

      Something just doesn’t seem right with this interview – I know my mother would be devastated if this had happened to me right now and I’m 43. This is just all so fake.

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    • Pouncing Porcupine
      Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:31pm

      That might be an effect of prolonged marijuana or other substance abuse.

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    • Pouncing Porcupine
      Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:45pm

      Yeah, they seem pretty happy-go-lucky for parents who just had their baby girl shot to death ten days ago.

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    • YAHSHUARULES
      Posted on December 25, 2012 at 5:42am

      Yes something has changed in the world, especially in America – because America was different:

      Agenda to separate us from our Judeo/Christian roots. Our Founders knew that only a moral and biblically literate people could handle the freedoms of our Republic Representative form of government. Freedom without morality destroys. There is so much filth and depravity it is just background noise. So much of what is acceptable today would horrify our Founders that we have sunk so low. When I grew up there we had God in schools and prayer and 10 Commandments. Not not the filth that is not only accepted but fought for the right to…

      This is by design of a cadre of intellectuals
      got one question for anyone on this blog – do you know who Fabians (with logo of wolf in sheep’s clothing), Frankfurt School, Antonio Gramsci, Mattechine Society, Alinksi (who dedicated his book “Rules for Radicals to Lucifer), Committees of Correspondence, SDS, Weathermen, all the way to Obama waltzing into the white house? Connect all the dots find out!

      This is the most comprehensive, best movie I have seen pulling all this together. Watch it. Share it.
      It is free on line for the moment
      https://vimeo.com/52009124

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    • YAHSHUARULES
      Posted on December 25, 2012 at 6:07am

      Just a note on observation – I believe those parents are sincere – the father hides his pain less successfully, the mother is trying to process. I don’t think there is anything sinister in their grieving. It is an unspeakable tragedy to parents to lose a child – that turns upside down the natural order – parents are supposed to die first – but when not only do you lose a child but lose a child in such a unexpected and horrific way you are in shock mode, grieving will come in waves as you try to make sense of the senseless. I pray for all the families marred and scared by this tragedy.

      This shooting is tragic on so many levels, my heart just breaks for what the intellectuals who wanted to destroy a Judeo/Christian country from within have wrought. When I grew up we had prayer in schools and no massacres. But the godless left that wants to replace God with big government as Marx hated God and have twisted everything and society is coming apart just like they wanted…Destroy the family – replace with government
      Knowledge is power see how it all fits together and connect the dots.

      This is the most comprehensive, best movie I have seen pulling all this together. Watch it. Share it.
      https://vimeo.com/52009124
      if that is not working try this: https://vimeo.com/16647512

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    • crowflies
      Posted on December 25, 2012 at 11:52am

      Maybe many of you have never been through a tragic event before. Your statements are horribly judgmental. Everyone experiences grief in their own way. It is likely many of these parents are still in shock. This poor woman wants to express something kind and good about her child-which may be the only thing holding her together right now– and these are the kinds of responses you make? Her baby is dead. It is NOT your place to judge her. You have no idea what she experiences in private or how she behaves. And if any of you claim to be Christians, shame on you.

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    • ScottyRawdy
      Posted on December 25, 2012 at 11:51pm

      I didn’t see the clip , but I agree…. I CAN’T understand how people nowadays aren’t in tears when talking about their murdered or dead loved ones ??? My Father died of cancer & I had several months to prepare for it…. I did his eulogy sobbing & shaking and even to this day 3 years later I cry when talking about him. This folks must be in shock or something , cuz if it were either one of my 2 kids…. I’d be inconsolable & probably unavailable for comment (if U know what I mean)

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    • rebel4Christ
      Posted on December 26, 2012 at 2:10am

      “Operation Shh…Sandy Hook Hoax part 1″
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1WDShvryRI

      “Operation Shh…Sandy Hook Hoax part 2″
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo694fszPzA

      “Operation Shh…Sandy Hook Hoax part 3″
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r1IFaR_LEY

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    • lalala
      Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:55pm

      Everyone grieves in their own way.

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      lalala  
  • grand slam grandam
    Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:00pm

    Very hard to believe parents of a slained child could possibly muster such aplomb only days after a beloved daughter is murdered. Smiling and casually chatting with a reporter. By being so laid back and seemingly calm, cool, and collected, are they giving potential murderers some kind of tacit permission to keep up the carnage? Can their faith in God and the hereafter be so unshakably strong? Somehow the interview seems a bit disingenuous and untimely.

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  • RightWingLeftyGolfer
    Posted on December 24, 2012 at 7:38pm

    And the Rahmism continues – never let a good crisis go to waste – and this poor mother plays right into their game plan!! Unfortunately, it continues to work on some!!

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  • Small World
    Posted on December 24, 2012 at 7:35pm

    Just read that there are 11 armed guards at the school that Obama’s kids attend…interesting also 440+ school age children shot in gun controlled Chicago.Ah yes it’s all about peace & love.

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  • LeadNotFollow
    Posted on December 24, 2012 at 7:23pm

    Drunk drivers kill ten thousand people per year in America.
    How many of those victims were kids?
    Ban booze first!!!

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  • deadend
    Posted on December 24, 2012 at 6:27pm

    alright now let me see if I have this right. Assault weapons kill a few people a year in this country and I need to give up a written constitutional right because it might save some lives. If i do not go along I am being unreasonable. but we can put no restrictions on a made up right, abortion or we are headed down the slippery sloop of coat hangers and back alley abortions. You can crack the head of an unborn baby open suck the brains out like a walnut and throw it in the garbage and that is ok. Libs are so @@@@ in the head I can’t even pretend to wrap my head around their distorted sense of priorities.

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    • YAHSHUARULES
      Posted on December 25, 2012 at 5:36am

      If you have not seen this it is well worth taking the time and sharing it with anyone you can:

      do you know who Fabians (with logo of wolf in sheep’s clothing), Frankfurt School, Antonio Gramsci, Mattechine Society, Alinksi (who dedicated his book “Rules for Radicals to Lucifer), which Obama taught in Chicago for years, Committees of Correspondence are? Connect all the dots that allowed Obama to waltz into the White House…

      All part of the Agenda to create an America so corrupt it stinks and to drive this culture in a direction designed to destroy it. If you don’t know all this you need to find out!
      This is the most comprehensive, best movie I have seen pulling all this together. Watch it. Share it. It is free on line for the moment
      https://vimeo.com/52009124
      if that is not working try this: https://vimeo.com/16647512

      Report this comment

      YAHSHUARULES  
    • j_blaze14
      Posted on December 25, 2012 at 7:06am

      its called pretzel logic

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  • BlasberryStrat
    Posted on December 24, 2012 at 5:21pm

    I CALL B/S ON THIS LADY AND THE ENTIRE REPORT. This is a CLEAR way to try and PREY on the public’s feelings. The Left is furious about the statement from the NRA, as well as not getting their call of a complete ban of all firearms.

    THIS IS ALL MADE UP B/S! Next we’ll see a story that “Elvis burned a message to “ban all guns” in the screen door of some NY resident”!

    B/S! And VERY sad that this mother AND CNN is using this little girls death to “PUSH” the gun ban agenda.

    Where is the SHAME to the Left!?

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  • Guitar Master
    Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:49pm

    zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
    From THE REPORTER
    zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

    You know, it dawned on me the other day: In November, a week prior to the election, a rare event occurred. A hurricane hit the North Eastern coast of the United States in the winter. Some say this was a twist of fate that helped Mr. Obama win the election.

    Then just recently, a mass murder occurred which may end up in the ban of assault weapons or worse. The incredible part of all of this is that the hurricane that hit the North East was called SANDY and the school that suffered the massacre was called SANDY.

    In the scheme of things how likely that two horrible events such as these would have the same name when you consider there are thousands of women’s names? Some say horrible coincidence, I say a demonic force of evil. And it all makes sense if you get the deeper meaning.

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    • Pouncing Porcupine
      Posted on December 24, 2012 at 5:21pm

      Yeah, and tonight Sandy Claus will make his annual loot drop. I’m contacting Alex Jones right away!

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    • USA5
      Posted on December 24, 2012 at 5:24pm

      Sandy Storm and Sandy School
      There is no such thing as a coincidence. There is a book with that title.
      We get warnings, prophecy, clues, patterns help us read warning signs.
      It is more of the substance that exist in NY to look at, the crazy liberal
      policies and laws, it spreads….and yes it creates violence.

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    • llleslie
      Posted on December 25, 2012 at 8:36am

      Hurricane Sandy, Sandy Hook, Jerry Sandusky…? A hurricane does not have original sin.
      —–
      Where is the peace that the Prince of Peace was supposed to bring on that first Christmas? As you look around the world, the landscape is filled with turmoil, disaster, wars between nations and wars within hearts and you ask, β€œWhere is the peace that was promised over 2,000 years ago?”

      Every Christmas, we hear the story of the angels announcing the good news of peace. Yet, each succeeding year, we seem to have less peace than the year before.

      Although there are many things that people mislabel as peace, the angels are proclaiming a divine peace with God that can only come through Jesus Christ. When you have peace with God through grace by faith in Jesus Christ, you will have peace of mind, heart and conscience. You will have peace with others, your environment and the world.

      When you have peace with God, you will also be peaceful like Jesus, the One who slept soundly in the middle of the storm. Jesus, the One who was at peace while the whole world was panicking. Jesus, the One who was peaceful in His crucifixion. Jesus, the One who was peaceful in His resurrection.

      When you have divine peace, you will not have a problem-free life. What you will have is peace in the midst of your problemsβ€”a peace that surpasses all understanding. Only Jesus Christ can give you that peace.

      May the peace of the Lord be always with you and may you and your family have a Merry

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  • Guitar Master
    Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:39pm

    zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
    From THE REPORTER
    zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

    Can’t say why but something just doesn’t feel right about this interview.

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    • USA5
      Posted on December 24, 2012 at 5:17pm

      YES, something is very off. Just wait, a political statement will follow with peace and guns.

      Anyone who comments on obama being just like a dad is the first Red Light.
      obama is a cold fish with political agendas.
      The peace sign feels fabricated.
      No one will question a grieving mother. I worked with a mother who lost a child, everyone allowed her to use that loss, to not do her job. It is a narcissistic world.

      This just doesn’t feel honest. It feels fabricated to set up for another purpose.

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    • BlasberryStrat
      Posted on December 24, 2012 at 5:27pm

      You are exactly right.

      Notice the “Peace sign”…..uhhhh….just like Bill Ayers lives by. Hmmmm. Kind of like “maybe” the “spirit” was “guided” by a post “Hippy Activist” doesn’t it.

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  • DisgustedinUSA
    Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:38pm

    These little babies are in Gods presence. They are happy and healthy. No parent needs to worry. Watch this moving video about a guy who died and went to Heaven. The BEST one I’ve seen to date:

    http://jesus-loves-you.org/?p=7975

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  • SaturdaysWarrior76
    Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:06pm

    When people are grieving, the best medicine for them is to talk about the person they lost. Sometimes they have to talk continually about that person in order to grieve in a healthy way. It’s the best thing we can do for someone in that situation.. just let them talk and talk, and we listen with our hearts. God bless these parents. God comfort them at this time!

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:32pm

      Not on national television.

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    • DisgustedinUSA
      Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:39pm

      You’re name is fitting The_Jerk. Its been on national TV since it happened, if this is a way for this mother to grieve, let her. who are YOU to DICTATE what avenue a person should grieve??

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    • USA5
      Posted on December 24, 2012 at 5:19pm

      I agree Not In Public
      when grieving as a parent ..you want privacy.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on December 24, 2012 at 6:42pm

      DisgustedinUSA, there was no grieving on the segment I saw. It was sick.

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  • Marcia
    Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:38pm

    So sad. What a beautiful child. I hope the parents are able to find peach themselves in the face of this senseless tragedy.

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  • katzkiner
    Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:33pm

    The world is getting crazier by the minute. We need to protect our children. Take the money from foreign aid an nation building and protect the kids. Now that the wackos have seen how this grieves us they will be coming for more. Let them be greeted with a bullet.

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  • oldslori
    Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:23pm

    Wow Congrats to CNN for pimping out the family of a Dead child and you wonder why your ratings are in the toilet… well there ya go.

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    • GeorgieJo
      Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:20pm

      ummmm I think its called CLINTON NEWS NETWORK and Andy Cooper (ugh) is a shill for ********.

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  • dannyo
    Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:09pm

    imagine that, the 360 man invokes obama into the conversation…heil barry!!!!!

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    • jimdep
      Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:36pm

      I know I noticed that right away. What a freakin’ spell this king hussein has on these people. They are like Charlie Manson followers. Long live King Hussein Obutthole!

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  • truthnstuff
    Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:59pm

    There is a whole class of emotional invalids who will jump in line with a tear to show how caring they are, and a whole class of people who know they can exploit tragedy to stoke these people into a reaction. Unbelievable, and shameful!

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    • PrzLesu
      Posted on December 24, 2012 at 5:01pm

      Agreed. Something very off about this- a peace sign appears in the bathroom window?

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      PrzLesu  
  • joannariv
    Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:57pm

    Glad to know that the CNN interview wasnt focusing on the cowardly shooter. I really feel for this parents because I don’t know what I would do if it were my child.

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  • IMCHRISTIAN
    Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:28pm

    I thought the mother was sincere. God Bless and may they be comforted by the memory of their child always.

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  • Alborn49
    Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:23pm

    I am not able to watch these media outlets use the death of these beautiful children for ratings. I pray for these families and hope they will not let their children’s death be exploited for political purposes. My heart breaks for them. I cannot imagine the pain.

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  • dynaflow1
    Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:20pm

    CNN the TRASH Network!!!!!!!!

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  • inxy
    Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:16pm

    Well parents, you ruined a special moment that you had one morning by going public with it. I don’t grieve any more or less now that I am aware of foggy words. I am quite sure the other parents of fallen children have had unintended reminders of their lost loved ones.

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  • piper60
    Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:59pm

    Leave it to CNN to exploit the parents. Sorry. That’s just how I feel.

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    • FeralHuman
      Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:07pm

      I agree PIPER60! After a sudden unexpected loss you are not capable of making good decisions. I know I have been there. The best thing to do is not to do anything for six months. That is when your decision making comes back for some and after one year you can think clearer.

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  • The_Jerk
    Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:55pm

    This girls parents like the media spotlight just a little too much for my liking. I was sickened watching their ‘performance’ several days ago.

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