Sandy Hook victims mourned for lives cut short
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Published 6:24 p.m. ET Dec.16, 2012 - Updated 1:01 a.m. ET Dec. 18, 2012

Jack Armistead Pinto, 6

Jack Pinto was a sports fan. His obituary in the Newtown Bee said the first-grader participated in all kinds of sports, including flag football, baseball, basketball, wrestling, and snow skiing."

His love of football was remembered by New York Giants wide-receiver Victor Cruz, who dedicated Sunday's game to Jack, after learning he had been a huge fan. Cruz wrote a "RIP Jack Pinto" on a pair of cleats before Sunday's game against the Atlanta Falcons, and said he planned to give them to the family.

"Jack was an incredibly loving and vivacious young boy," appreciated "for his lively and giving spirit and steely determination," says the newspaper obituary. "In life as in death Jack will forever be remembered for the immeasurable joy he brought to all who had the pleasure of knowing him, a joy whose wide reach belied his six short years."

In addition to his parents, Dean and Tricia (Volkmann) Pinto, Jack's survivors include his brother Benjamin.