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Vigil marks 2 weeks since Conn. school massacre

By John Christoffersen
Published December 28, 2012 6:22pm ET
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Vigil marks 2 weeks since Conn. school massacre
From left, Naveera Karim, Ayesha Akhtar and Anwar Abdulrehman, members of the Islamic Society of Western Connecticut, attend an interfaith prayer vigil to remember the victims of the Sandy Hook elementary school shootings Friday, Dec. 28, 2012 in Newtown, Conn. Friday morning marked two weeks since a gunman killed 20 children and six educators at the Sandy Hook Elementary School. (AP Photo/Danbury News-Times, Carol Kaliff) | Carol Kaliff

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Religious leaders from different faiths gathered Friday on a wind-swept, snowy soccer field to mark two weeks since the Connecticut elementary school massacre and pray for healing.

A few dozen residents joined representatives from Roman Catholic, Episcopal, Methodist, Congregational, Buddhist, Muslim and other places of worship.

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