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NBC staffer reflects on growing up in Newtown | Redux

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NBC staffer reflects on growing up in Newtown

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Mourners gather at a memorial in front of the St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn. Worshippers filled Sunday services to honor the victims of a gunman's elementary school rampage. By Tricia Culligan, NBC News“So where are you from? ” my freshman year roommate at Villanova University asked me.“Newtown!” I answered promptly as I started to unpack. Follow @NBCNewsUS After a few seconds of silence, I turned to look at her confused face and added, “You know, in Connecticut? ”Still silence. I was shocked. My new roommate had just told me she lives less than an hour away from me in Westchester, N.Y.“It’s right next to Bethel? Near Danbury? … OK, well, it’s about 90 minutes outside of New York City.   You’ve heard of that haven’t you? ”I learned quickly in college that unless you are from Connecticut there is no chance that you’ve heard of Newtown.

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