60 Minutes: The Newtown Families Speak Out (VIDEO)

Some of the families of the Newtown victims reached out to 60 Minutes to share their stories in an emotional piece. While they touch upon gun control, the piece not really about firearms or even violence in America. Rather, the segment centers around their individual lives, their memories of the day of the tragedy and their work to cope moving forwards – their journey to find meaning and purpose living in a world where the unimaginable suddenly became all too real.

[You can click here to view 4 clips from 60 Minutes Overtime: More from the parents of Newtown victims]
The following script is from “12/14” which aired on April 7, 2013. Scott Pelley is the correspondent. Henry Schuster, producer. And you can go to the 60 Minutes website to read the full script.

“Newtown” is now synonymous with unimaginable tragedy. But many of the families who suffered through it call it something else,”12/14,” the December day that they lost a son, daughter, or wife when a dark young man with dark dreams awoke, murdered his mother and drove to Sandy Hook Elementary School.

More from parents of Newtown victims

Nearly four months later, just last week, Connecticut passed a gun control law that expands background checks and limits ammunition magazines to 10 rounds. Tomorrow, these families will push for the same in Washington. They believe that their only chance is to keep the resonance of that date ringing. Something else we noticed about “12/14,” add them together, and you get 26, the number of lives lost at Sandy Hook.

At the Newtown town hall we met seven families. They’re part of a group called Sandy Hook Promise which works for change and remembrance.

PART ONE

PART TWO

[You can click here to view 4 clips from 60 Minutes Overtime: More from the parents of Newtown victims]

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