1,000 Words: The parents

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There isn’t a good parent in the world who doesn’t understand the pain of Tom Sullivan, center, who is shown in this AP photo embracing family members outside Gateway High School in Aurora. He’s looking for his son, Alex, who celebrated his 27th birthday by going to see “The Dark Knight Rises.”

(Photo: Barry Gutierrez/ASSOCIATED PRESS)

There’s already a fair amount of political squabbling going on in the wake of the tragedy in Colorado. But this is the story today. It’s the only story for today.