NEWTOWN, Conn. — Seven Bruins players and coach Claude Julien will depart at 3:15 today aboard team owner Jeremy Jacobs' Gulfstream corporate jet and make the short flight to the Waterbury-Oxford Airport near this lovely little town in the Connecticut hills.
It's a way for one professional sports team to lend its support to the still-suffering residents of this town, where on Dec. 12, 20 children and six adult staff members at the Sandy Hook Elementary School were murdered by 20-year-old Adam Lanza.
The B's players — Tyler Seguin, Andy Ference, Doug Hamilton, Daniel Paille, Adam McQuaid, Chris Bourque and Rich Peverley — will take part in various activities, sign autographs and pose for photos.
The Bruins are not the first team to come here — the New York Knicks, UConn men's basketball teams, members of the Red Sox and ex-manager Bobby Valentine, MLS players and several other pro, amateur and Olympic athletes have also made the trip. It's obvious how much these visits mean here, especially to the kids.
"It's been amazing, it's been absolutely amazing," said Sandy Hook resident Robin Moore, mom of 11-year-old Eric, who was playing basketball with a B's team official.
The Moores knew many of the shooting victims and Eric was an especially close friend of two.
"I think a lot of the adults would still be curled up in a corner somewhere, but for the kids, we keep things going," said Moore. "We want them to be kids and just forget for a while.
"The outpouring from everyone has been fantastic. We're a town that's reeling, so it's nice to have this for the kids. We need it. We need some escape, we need some relief. We just need to let the kids be kids."
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