9-year-old victim of deadly rampage identified

Sunday, January 9, 2011

9-year-old victim of deadly rampage identified

Posted: Jan 8, 2011 8:41 PM
Updated: Jan 9, 2011 1:55 AM

TUCSON - The identity of the 9-year-old tragically killed in this morning's deadly rampage is Christina Taylor Greene.

Family says she was vibrant, excited about life, and she was the "best daughter in the world."

Born on September 11, 2001, Greene was excited about the political process, was on the student government, and went to the Giffords event today to learn more about the political process, family members say.

Greene attended Mesa Verde Elementary School. She was the only girl on the CDO baseball team - she loved the sport, as well as horseback riding and swimming.

_KellyO tweets

Mother of 9 yr old says her slain daughter was "proud" being born on Sept 11, 2001. Only girl on all boys baseball team. Loved ballet.

Mother of slain child "they tried their best to save her but they just couldn't." "I want her memory to live on." "Face of hope."

Roxanna Green talks to Alex Witt about her daughter Christina

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AZDawg52 at Jan 8th 2011 8:49 PM
This is beyond sad. My sympathies to her family and friends.
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VanTykoon at Jan 8th 2011 8:50 PM
Heartbreaking irony...this sweet little girl was born on the day of our most infamous terrorist attack; she died at the hands of a homegrown terrorist. I weep for the future of our children...
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Lindy at Jan 8th 2011 8:51 PM
RIP lil angel! My prayers to your family! You will be missed. God Bless!
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Gumatz at Jan 8th 2011 8:53 PM
I struggle with the "everything happens for a reason" philosophy, but is her birthday *really* a coincidence? If we don't find a way to come together instead of railing at each other apart, I fear for the future our beloved country.

Bless the soul of this sweet, innocent little girl and somehow please comfort the aching hearts of her loving family and friends. May she rest in peace.
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MC at Jan 8th 2011 8:57 PM
It breaks my heart. All my thoughts and prayers to the family.
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el kistch at Jan 8th 2011 8:57 PM
Bless the soul of this little girl.
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Desertdiva at Jan 8th 2011 9:02 PM
Wow that's really sad that this little girl was born on 9/11 and died on another horrific day. Prayers and sympathy to her family.
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Poppy at Jan 8th 2011 9:06 PM
What a horrific day...this child will live in our hearts..
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Gemfather at Jan 8th 2011 9:08 PM
From Nashville, Tennessee, we send heartfelt feelings of love for this little girl and her family . We pray the peace of God upon her family and the people of Tucson as they struggle to deal with this tragedy.
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jeannine1997 at Jan 8th 2011 9:15 PM
sad but true!!! My thoughts and prayers go out to her family and friends!
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Victorya12 at Jan 8th 2011 9:17 PM
She was born on 9-11 and became an angel on 1-8 (=9) and 11 (2011)...how ironic?
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BlueSpruce at Jan 8th 2011 9:36 PM
My heart goes out to this little girl's family. She is so beautiful, and had so much to live for. I can't imagine the heartbreak and sorrow they must be feeling or the shock they felt when they found out she was one of the victims. May they find comfort and love in this time of horrible tragedy in their lives, and know that the community, and the world ache for their loss as well.
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jf at Jan 8th 2011 9:40 PM
My heart goes out to the Greene's, their family and friends. You are all in my thought's and prayer's. God Bless
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jf at Jan 8th 2011 10:10 PM
Very well said......I pray for your cousin as well as family and friends of Christina and all the others who were involved in
this tragedy... from Spokane, WA
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CheleD at Jan 8th 2011 9:40 PM
This was the daughter of my cousin's best friend. My heart bleeds for the loss of innocence. I do believe in standing and fighting for what you believe in but I will never ever understand violence such as this. From Seattle Washington, my friends and I are praying for everyone touched by this senseless tragedy.
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A.S. at Jan 8th 2011 9:56 PM
I am so sorry for your loss, Greene family.
Please know that you are in my thoughts and prayers.
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A.m.s. at Jan 8th 2011 10:14 PM
Poor little angel, so sad when children lose their lives, especially like this. I hope justiced is served to the monster that did this.
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sara87 at Jan 8th 2011 11:12 PM
Condolences (from New Mexico) go out to those who lost their lives today, including Christina Taylor Greene. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected by today’s horrible event. God Bless.
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Felix in Conn at Jan 8th 2011 11:13 PM
From Connecticut, we send our deepest sympathy. Our thoughts and prayers are with you, Greene family. God bless you all.
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GivePeaceAChance at Jan 8th 2011 11:46 PM
Dear Greene Family, from San Francisco we send our sympathy and keep you in our prayers. May God hold you close and comfort you.
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GivePeaceAChance at Jan 8th 2011 11:46 PM
Dear Greene Family, from San Francisco we send our sympathy and keep you in our prayers. May God hold you close and comfort you.
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Hannahsdaddy at Jan 9th 2011 12:09 AM
To the Greene Family: My most heartfelt sorrow for your loss. I cannot imagine your grief and I hope that God will bless you through this terrible tragedy. Christina sounds a lot like my daughter, and I could not imagine...I am so sorry. She sounded like an exceptional young lady. God bless her and you all. I will pray for you all.
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Oversightofgovt at Jan 9th 2011 12:43 AM
Heard this song on the radio before hearing of TODAY's events:

http://bit.ly/BreatheGreenwheel
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afterbang at Jan 9th 2011 12:44 AM
this story is absolutely heart breaking and my deepest condolences to the family of this little girl. from portland, oregon, i pray that you can find peace and healing from all of this with time. know that an entire country has the greene family in their hearts.
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nixlife80 at Jan 9th 2011 1:01 AM
Tragic, to think about what was stolen from her and what might have been stolen from us because of the senseless actions of Jared Lee Loughner. May she rest in peace, and may God bless her and her family.
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BattleramSam at Jan 9th 2011 1:03 AM
Reading things like this make me feel like vomiting. I am so so sorry for your loss.
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KimA at Jan 9th 2011 1:41 AM
From Australia...sending thoughts and prayers to the Greene family, as well as those of the other victims.
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JaneyB at Jan 9th 2011 4:06 AM
Members of the Jewish community of Baltimore join the rest of he nation is sending you our love and heartfelt prayers. May you be bound up in the bonds of eternal life and comforted.
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Bettie at Jan 9th 2011 5:10 AM
I'm in Toronto, Canada, reading this with horror and deep sadness. My sympathies, of course, to all people and families directly affected. A child victim is desperately heartbreaking. I wonder if it is possible that we can channel our shock into a way of learning from it. I believe we must be careful not to respond with anger or more violence. I pray for the individuals, for your nation (which I love and admire) and for us all. God bless.
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Pernilla at Jan 9th 2011 6:29 AM
It's very sad, and a story that no doubt will resound around the world. I just hope that she won't be remembered for her fateful dates of birth and death but for the nine years she gave to all those whose paths she crossed.
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NJJen at Jan 9th 2011 6:56 AM
From New Jersey, I cried for your daughter this morning; and the others in this tradgedy. No one deserved this hate crime to happen to them, but she was a little angel with a long life ahead. She lived big while she was with us...she must have had amazing parents.
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Steve K at Jan 9th 2011 7:06 AM
We grieve together with Christina's family and friends. Senseless tragedy has taken away her beautiful smile, but her beautiful soul and spirit lives on. May God comfort her family, and strengthen the hope that Christina and her family will one day meet again!
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Betty in Texas at Jan 9th 2011 10:20 AM
Well stated Steve K. God bless you, brother.
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LG50 at Jan 9th 2011 7:18 AM
Such a sick and senseless tragedy. I cannot imagine what this family must be going through. My love and condolences go out to you (from Detroit, MI). I am so very sorry for your loss.
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Hugh Penri-Williams at Jan 9th 2011 8:51 AM
I was celebrating my 55th birthday with colleagues in my office in Paris, France, when news of the WTC attacks broke. Now I have a second reason to cry, namely for this poor sweet child, with whom I am proud to have shared nine birthdays, but killed by your gun crazy culture. I despise the false interpretation of the 2nd Amendment. Don’t you (wish to) understand the meaning of commas? My heart goes out to her family.
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Betty in Texas at Jan 9th 2011 9:18 AM
My sympathies to Christina's family and the people of everyone hurt and killed in this event. This is truly a national heartbreak. Thank you for posting Christina's lovely photo, God be with you all.
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Jolan at Jan 9th 2011 11:52 AM
She was my son's classmate at Kindergarten in Tucson. Last night I told him about this bad news that his classmate from Tucson was killed and remembered her and started crying, started to ask many questions, asked me that why God allows her to be killed, why God did not prevented the bad guy from shooting. I told him that God did not allow her to die, it's the work of devil, God cannot control the bad people, but told him that we should never ask God why it happened, we may cry, we may weep, but i know that God can control where Christina's going, yes she's going to heaven and there there's no violence, no hatred, no killings, and then he started saying that he too wanted to go there, i said yes In His Time...
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A Mother at Jan 9th 2011 12:29 PM
I am so sorry for the loss of your daughter, she was a perfect little angel you can tell by her face. Why God lets tragedies like this happen only he knows. Your daughter is vibrant and beautiful God will take of her in his arms. My prayers go out to you and your family may God help ease your pain. A mother in California
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Web at Jan 9th 2011 12:58 PM
Breaks my heart! My prayers are with the Greene family today as with the other victims of this senseless tragedy!
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jupiterzeus19 at Jan 9th 2011 1:06 PM
This is so sad. I am beside myself for the Greene Family that lost such a wonderful daughter. Please know you are in all of the country's prayers. It is aweful that your lives will never be the same. God Bless You All in the hard times to come.
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Debbie52 at Jan 9th 2011 1:12 PM
From Georgia,Dear Greene family you are in our prayers your little angel is now sitting in Gods loving arms!
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GivePeaceAChance at Jan 8th 2011 11:46 PM
Dear Greene Family, from San Francisco we send our sympathy and keep you in our prayers. May God hold you close and comfort you.
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Hannahsdaddy at Jan 9th 2011 12:09 AM
To the Greene Family: My most heartfelt sorrow for your loss. I cannot imagine your grief and I hope that God will bless you through this terrible tragedy. Christina sounds a lot like my daughter, and I could not imagine...I am so sorry. She sounded like an exceptional young lady. God bless her and you all. I will pray for you all.
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Oversightofgovt at Jan 9th 2011 12:43 AM
Heard this song on the radio before hearing of TODAY's events:

http://bit.ly/BreatheGreenwheel
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afterbang at Jan 9th 2011 12:44 AM
this story is absolutely heart breaking and my deepest condolences to the family of this little girl. from portland, oregon, i pray that you can find peace and healing from all of this with time. know that an entire country has the greene family in their hearts.
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nixlife80 at Jan 9th 2011 1:01 AM
Tragic, to think about what was stolen from her and what might have been stolen from us because of the senseless actions of Jared Lee Loughner. May she rest in peace, and may God bless her and her family.
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BattleramSam at Jan 9th 2011 1:03 AM
Reading things like this make me feel like vomiting. I am so so sorry for your loss.
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KimA at Jan 9th 2011 1:41 AM
From Australia...sending thoughts and prayers to the Greene family, as well as those of the other victims.
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JaneyB at Jan 9th 2011 4:06 AM
Members of the Jewish community of Baltimore join the rest of he nation is sending you our love and heartfelt prayers. May you be bound up in the bonds of eternal life and comforted.
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Bettie at Jan 9th 2011 5:10 AM
I'm in Toronto, Canada, reading this with horror and deep sadness. My sympathies, of course, to all people and families directly affected. A child victim is desperately heartbreaking. I wonder if it is possible that we can channel our shock into a way of learning from it. I believe we must be careful not to respond with anger or more violence. I pray for the individuals, for your nation (which I love and admire) and for us all. God bless.
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Pernilla at Jan 9th 2011 6:29 AM
It's very sad, and a story that no doubt will resound around the world. I just hope that she won't be remembered for her fateful dates of birth and death but for the nine years she gave to all those whose paths she crossed.
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NJJen at Jan 9th 2011 6:56 AM
From New Jersey, I cried for your daughter this morning; and the others in this tradgedy. No one deserved this hate crime to happen to them, but she was a little angel with a long life ahead. She lived big while she was with us...she must have had amazing parents.
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Steve K at Jan 9th 2011 7:06 AM
We grieve together with Christina's family and friends. Senseless tragedy has taken away her beautiful smile, but her beautiful soul and spirit lives on. May God comfort her family, and strengthen the hope that Christina and her family will one day meet again!
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Betty in Texas at Jan 9th 2011 10:20 AM
Well stated Steve K. God bless you, brother.
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LG50 at Jan 9th 2011 7:18 AM
Such a sick and senseless tragedy. I cannot imagine what this family must be going through. My love and condolences go out to you (from Detroit, MI). I am so very sorry for your loss.
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Hugh Penri-Williams at Jan 9th 2011 8:51 AM
I was celebrating my 55th birthday with colleagues in my office in Paris, France, when news of the WTC attacks broke. Now I have a second reason to cry, namely for this poor sweet child, with whom I am proud to have shared nine birthdays, but killed by your gun crazy culture. I despise the false interpretation of the 2nd Amendment. Don’t you (wish to) understand the meaning of commas? My heart goes out to her family.
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Betty in Texas at Jan 9th 2011 9:18 AM
My sympathies to Christina's family and the people of everyone hurt and killed in this event. This is truly a national heartbreak. Thank you for posting Christina's lovely photo, God be with you all.
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Jolan at Jan 9th 2011 11:52 AM
She was my son's classmate at Kindergarten in Tucson. Last night I told him about this bad news that his classmate from Tucson was killed and remembered her and started crying, started to ask many questions, asked me that why God allows her to be killed, why God did not prevented the bad guy from shooting. I told him that God did not allow her to die, it's the work of devil, God cannot control the bad people, but told him that we should never ask God why it happened, we may cry, we may weep, but i know that God can control where Christina's going, yes she's going to heaven and there there's no violence, no hatred, no killings, and then he started saying that he too wanted to go there, i said yes In His Time...
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A Mother at Jan 9th 2011 12:29 PM
I am so sorry for the loss of your daughter, she was a perfect little angel you can tell by her face. Why God lets tragedies like this happen only he knows. Your daughter is vibrant and beautiful God will take of her in his arms. My prayers go out to you and your family may God help ease your pain. A mother in California
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Web at Jan 9th 2011 12:58 PM
Breaks my heart! My prayers are with the Greene family today as with the other victims of this senseless tragedy!
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jupiterzeus19 at Jan 9th 2011 1:06 PM
This is so sad. I am beside myself for the Greene Family that lost such a wonderful daughter. Please know you are in all of the country's prayers. It is aweful that your lives will never be the same. God Bless You All in the hard times to come.
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Debbie52 at Jan 9th 2011 1:12 PM
From Georgia,Dear Greene family you are in our prayers your little angel is now sitting in Gods loving arms!
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  msaz1620 at Jan 9th 2011 2:41 PM
  MAY OUR DEAR LORD KEEP YOU CLOSE TO HIS HEART ALWAYS.