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Newtown hero Anne Marie Murphy of Katonah laid to rest

Mourners, including Anne Marie Murphy's parents Alice and

Photo credit: Xavier Mascarenas | Mourners, including Anne Marie Murphy's parents Alice and Hugh McGowan at center, follow Murphy's casket after her funeral Mass at St. Mary's in Katonah. (Dec. 20, 2012)

Anne Marie Murphy, the teacher who stirred a nation when she wrapped a 6-year-old boy in her arms as they both fell in a hail of bullets at a Newtown, Conn., school, was laid to rest in Katonah Thursday.

The 52-year-old special-education teacher was found dead with Dylan Hockley's body in her arms in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting rampage Dec. 14.

In a funeral...

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