"Sometimes, I close my eyes and all I can remember is that awful day waiting at the Sandy Hook Volunteer Firehouse for the boy who would never come home the same firehouse that was home to Ben's Tiger Scout Den 6, " Francine Wheeler said.

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"My dear child is dead, and all I want now is justice so I can close my eyes and know she didn't die in vain, " the mother, Syeda Mohammed Ali, told CNN.

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"I go to bed and close my eyes and feel so incredibly serene, " he said.

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"I'll close my ears and eyes during the scary scenes, " she promised.

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His shirts were always crisply ironed, and I used to watch him across the hedge, then close my eyes and imagine that he was walking toward me, coming to claim me as his.

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"There are times when I put stuff on my credit card and close my eyes, " she says.

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