Churches Ring Bells to Remember Newtown Shooting Victims

On Friday at 9:30 a.m., the North Church, South Church and several other churches in downtown Portsmouth and the Seacoast rang their bells 26 times to remember the victims of the Newtown, Conn., shootings that happened on Dec. 15.

The Middle Street Baptist Church, St. John's Episcopal Church and the First United Methodist Church along with churches in Kittery, Maine, and Rye rang their bells for the victims.

On the morning of Friday, Dec. 14, 20 Sandy Hook Elementary School students and six educators were shot and killed by 20-year-old Adam Lanza. ABC News reported the names of all 26 victims that were released by Connecticut State Police:

Charlotte Bacon, 6

Daniel Barden, 7

Rachel Davino, 29

Olivia Engel, 6

Josephine Gay, 7

Ana Marquez-Greene, 6

Dylan Hockley, 6

Dawn Hocksprung, 47

Madeline Hsu, 6

Catherine Hubbard, 6

Chase Kowalski, 7

Jesse Lewis, 6

James Mattioli, 6

Grace McDonnell, 7

Anne Marie Murphy, 52

Emilie Parker, 6

Jack Pinto, 6

Noah Pozner, 6

Caroline Previdi, 6

Jessica Rekos, 6

Avielle Richman, 6

Lauren Russeau, 30

Mary Sherlach, 56

Victoria Soto, 27

Benjamin Wheeler, 6

Allison Wyatt, 6

What follows is a video of the North Church bells ringing out to remember the victims.