In Newtown, An Effort To Preserve A Mountain Of Sympathy Cards - NYTimes.com

In Newtown, An Effort To Preserve A Mountain Of Sympathy Cards
Kelly McLean sorts generally addressed condolence mail from other mail at the US Post Office December 21, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut. The US Postal Service has set up a special PO Box for receiving condolence and support mail for those effected by last Friday's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School where 20 students and 6 adults were gunned down however the post office still has to sort through mail generally addressed to the victims too. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
Kelly McLean sorts generally addressed condolence mail from other mail at the US Post Office December 21, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut. The US Postal Service has set up a special PO Box for receiving condolence and support mail for those effected by last Friday's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School where 20 students and 6 adults were gunned down however the post office still has to sort through mail generally addressed to the victims too. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

NEWTOWN, Conn. -- In the 1,500 or so cards and letters in Box 58 at the Newtown Municipal Center, a mother named Ursula recalled the 6-month-old she lost in an auto accident; a 9-year-old, Hayden Toland-Yeh, pondered mortality; and Robert M. Sutton, a lawyer from Myrtle Beach, S.C., wrote movingly about the gun violence that ravaged his family when he was 6.

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