Robbie Parker Gives an Emotional Interview (Sandy Hook)

A father has paid an emotional tribute to his murdered six-year-old daughter, as police named the school gunman's 26 victims.

Robbie Parker said his final conversation with Emilie was in Portuguese, the language he was help to teach her.

"She told me 'good morning' and asked how I was doing, and I said that I was doing well," he told reporters.

"She said that she loved me, and I gave her a kiss and I was out the door."

The youngster was one of 20 children killed by Adam Lanza, who went on a gun rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown after shooting dead his mother.

The 20-year-old also killed six adults, before turning the gun on himself.

Headteacher Dawn Hochsprung and school psychologist Mary Sherlach both died as they tried to confront the gunman.

The pair were in a meeting with therapist Diane Day on Friday, when the gunman began shooting at 9.30am.

On hearing the shots, they both jumped out of their seats and ran out of the room.

"They didn't think twice about confronting or seeing what was going on," Ms Day said.

Ms Hochsprung is also believed to have switched on a loudspeaker system in the school to alert students and staff to the danger.

"She was just an amazing woman... the kids loved her. It's a huge loss for our school and our town," said assistant librarian Maryanne Jacobs.

Fourth-grade teacher Theodore Varga said: "You could hear the hysteria that was going on.

"Whoever did that saved a lot of people. Everyone in the school was listening to the terror that was transpiring."

Police said first-grade teacher Vicki Leigh Soto, 27, "put herself between the kids and the gunman's bullets".

Her body was found huddled with the students in a classroom closet, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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[andystla]

the worst actor the CIA has ever hired.

[Kyle Clements]

There's a video of him laughing and 'getting into character' right before this interview. Check it out.

[SoundsLikeMami]

Watch 1:32-1:39 and pause. He's got that "oh shit, lemme try that again" face on. Then he repeats "do whatever I can " different and goes on about his "family" . ACTOR!! This whole thing is nutso..

[DaShneeko]

Uhhhh.....robbie....the camera is on...stop smiling and get into character

[Jesse White]

My friend lost his father last year, the day after his death my friend was back to making jokes and laughing, he LOVED his father. For someone to judge a man's way of grieving is just fucking hateful. America has sunk to a new low, you really have to get all the crazies out of your country.

[KnokKnokProductions]

That was her sister genius. sisters tend to look alike. They staged this whole conspiracy but accidentally took a picture of the supposedly dead girl, released it, and noone noticed? You have to be fucking kidding me, they had 3 blonde girls there were 2 in the photo. I would hate to insult your intelligence by doing basic math now lol

[eoj rednop]

the little girl is still alive. she is in a photo with obama of kids who wrote letters to the president about gun violence... the photo was taken after sandy-hook-event...???

[KoKaneZombie]

Fake!!

[7sixesssss]

He is just a weirdo. Get your heads out of your asses.

[KnokKnokProductions]

I DID SEE IT. JUST BECAUSE HE LAUGHED DOESN'T MEAN THE WHOLE THING WAS STAGED LOL TRY TO THINK A BIT. I SAW A MAN BARELY ABLE TO BREATHE, NOT GETTING INTO CHARACYER. YOUR 6 YEAR OLD GIRL IS SHOT TO DEATH IN SCHOOL, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT TO THE NATION, YOU WOULD BE A LITTLE FUNNY TOO

[eoj rednop]

YOU REALLY NEED TO SEE THE VIDEO OF HIM LAUGHING JUST SECONDS BEFORE THIS INTERVIEW. YOU CAN EVEN SEE HIM GET INTO CHARACTER FOR THIS INTERVIEW.

GO SEE IT WITH YOUR OWN EYES.

[Bob Humble]

Anyone who has spent any time looking at Sandy Hook on the internet cannot deny the strong possibility that this was a faked event. The question now is why. I, for one, believe it is part of a plan to take away the 2nd amendment. We must not allow ourselves to suffer from "Normalcy Bias". Instead we must explore the possibilities of what our government might be trying to do.