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GOVERNMENT SQUARE Grand Turk Turks and Caicos Islands British West Indies
15/12/2012
STATEMENTontheTragedyatSandyHook,Newtown,Connecticut AsPremieroftheTurksandCaicosIslands,asafriendoftheUnitedStatesandasa father,IspeakformyCabinet,thepeopleofmycountryandmyfamilyinexpressing heartfelt condolences for the heartbreaking suffering inflicted on those who must now struggle with the losses that came at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Newtown,Connecticut. Wearedeeplysaddened,ourconsciencesareshockedandweareoutragedbythis assault against innocence and the prospects of an ordinary day; the pain of which echoesacrosstheocean,inthewordsofPresidentObama:Ourheartsarebroken. WestandwiththepeopleofSandyHookinNewtown;westandwithgoodhearted AmericanswhohavebeenthefriendsofTurksandCaicosforover200yearsin theirhourofunimaginablesorrow. Andasweareaprayingpeople,wemakeandsendourprayersandouraffection, andwelookeverforward,drivenbythatinspiringhopewhich,forsolonghasbeen Americasgreatgifttotheworld. TheHon.Dr.RufusEwing,MP PremieroftheTurksandCaicosIslands BRITISHWESTINDIES