"Eight-year-old Dante Williams had only one thing on his mind..."

[Amerigo Vespucci]

In this photo shot by a pool photographer and later vetted and approved for release by the Green family, John Green, top right, kisses his son Dallas on the head as the family follows the casket of daughter and sister Christina Green, at her funeral mass in Tucson, Ariz. Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2011. At left is mother Roxanna and right is Camden Grant, Christina's godmother's son. Christina Green was the youngest gunned down in last Saturday's shooting rampage in Tucson. (AP Photo/Rick Wilking, Pool)

Meanwhile, the youngest victim from Saturday's deadly rampage, nine-year-old Christina Taylor Green, was laid to rest on Thursday in Tucson.

Some 2,000 mourners packed a Catholic church to honor her, while hundreds more lined streets outside in a show of unity and support.

Eight-year-old Dante Williams had only one thing on his mind: he wanted to leave a giant teddy bear, Brownie, for his slain friend.

The third-grader who attended school with the dark-haired girl recalled chasing her at recess and having dance contests with her in the schoolyard - mostly break-dancing, he said. He bought the stuffed animal, a toy nearly as tall as himself, to leave by Christina's casket because she loved animals, but there was no room.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/14/house-members-continue-me_n_809022.html

[blondeatlast]

1. The eyes--it's all in the eyes; just like his dear friend. I've seen other pics of this

young man. they will haunt me like seeing John Jr. saluting his father...

[Amerigo Vespucci]

2. And yet, the recs just went from 2 to 1. Evidently this displeases someone.

I won't even pretend to understand it...but it's not my Website. I don't need to.

[blondeatlast]

3. It's a weird, scary world and I'm often thankful that DU isn't

real life...

[liberalmuse]

4. I think it's user error...

I have accidentally hit 'unrec' when I've meant to hit 'rec'. Now I'm more careful.