{"id":5934,"date":"2012-12-15T15:27:13","date_gmt":"2012-12-15T20:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/?p=5934"},"modified":"2012-12-16T07:59:39","modified_gmt":"2012-12-16T12:59:39","slug":"victoria-sotos-body-found-blocking-the-way-to-the-children-she-hid-in-a-closet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2012\/12\/victoria-sotos-body-found-blocking-the-way-to-the-children-she-hid-in-a-closet.html","title":{"rendered":"Victoria Soto"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/81\/2012\/12\/VictoriaSoto.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/81\/2012\/12\/VictoriaSoto-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"VictoriaSoto\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5935\"><\/a><br>\n\u201cWhen I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, \u201cLook for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.\u201d To this day, especially in times of disaster, I remember my mother\u2019s words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers ? so many caring people in this world.\u201d Fred Rogers <\/p>\n<p>Now, the details are unclear, the fog of such events. It is no longer appears she was able to successfully hide her children.<\/p>\n<p>What we do know is that her body was covering theirs.<\/p>\n<p>Worlds of scripture follow\u2026<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"kaltura_player_1355603299\" height=\"221\" width=\"392\" style=\"border: 0px solid #ffffff;\" src=\"http:\/\/cdnapi.kaltura.com\/index.php\/kwidget\/wid\/0_sjhmjb8c\/uiconf_id\/3775332\/st_cache\/20062?referer=http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/GMA\/video\/vicki-soto-sandy-hook-teacher-killed-protecting-students-17983086&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;addThis.playerSize=392x221&amp;freeWheel.siteSectionId=nws_offsite&amp;closedCaptionActive=true&amp;\">Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames.<\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;font-size:x-small;margin-top:0;\">\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/video\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Watch More News Videos at ABC<\/a><br>\n  |<br>\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/OTUS\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">2012 Presidential Election<\/a><br>\n  |<br>\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/entertainment\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Entertainment &amp; Celebrity News<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhen I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, \u201cLook for the helpers. 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