"Little Emilie is in a good place. We need to remember that," he urged. "We all grieved at her grandfather, Doug Cottle's, passing with his bike incident. Doug's got a little granddaughter on his lap, and she's being taken care of."
Dozens of Utahns gathered at the state Capitol on Friday night to mourn those affected by the school shootings.
Meredith Krannich organized the vigil, saying she "wanted to be able to do something."
"(I) knew I couldn't make schools safer over night, and I couldn't have a loud enough voice in the gun debate, but I thought if I could get people together to let the people in Connecticut know that there are people across country thinking about them, that's something I wanted to do," Krannich said.
"This gathering is a reminder to take the time to think about the people who lost family members and loved ones today and to value every second you have with yours," she said.
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