I'll talk to you in prayers: 6-yr-old’s final goodbye

“Jack,
You are my best friend.
We had fun together.
I will miss you.
I will talk to you in my prayers.
I love you Jack.
Love, John.”

That’s the handwritten goodbye message of a six-year-old John to his best friend Jack Pinto, who was among the 20 tender six- and seven-year-olds that were gunned down in cold blood by Adam Lanza last week in Connecticut.

The funeral for six-year-old Jack Pinto, one of the 28 victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, was held on Monday in Newtown, Connecticut.

Following the service, USA Today reporter Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) tweeted this photo – a letter to Jack from his best friend, John, with pictures of the boys. The tweet with the image, which is overwhelming and enough to bring even hard-hearted close to tears, has gone viral.

Local media reports said that kids as young as 5 attended Jack’s funeral, including his wrestling teammates, wearing their grey Newtown T-shirts. Jack was remembered as a huge New York Giants fan and was buried in a jersey.

The tweeted picture shows that, under the handwritten letter, are two pictures of the boys together.

Police say Adam Lanza, 20, gunned down his victims at Sandy Hook Elementary School with a semi-automatic assault rifle belonging to his mother, who he had shot and killed earlier. Lanza went on to take his own life as police closed in.

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