President Barack Obama attempted to console the nation on Sunday night as he met with the distraught families of those gunned down in a minute and a half of horror at a midnight movie showing in Colorado. Hundreds gathered to hear the President’s remarks holding white balloons and with black ribbons pinned to their shirts in mourning. Speaking of the family members he had the opportunity to console, he had a somber message. ‘I come to them not so much as president as I do as a father and as a husband,’ he said to the crowd gathered outside the hospital. ‘I confessed to them that words are always inadequate.’ A vigil for the victims commenced after his remarks: ‘I hope that all those in attendance understand that the entire country will be there in prayer and reflection today.’ He began his address by thanking local law enforcement for their ‘extraordinary example of strength,’ saying that they ‘they have done everything right, by the book, with great courage and great determination.’ During the brief visit, just under 2½ hours, he met with Jordan Ghawi, the brother of victim Jessica Ghawi. Mr Ghawi has been urging the public not to glorify the massacre by naming the shooter, asking that everyone focus on the victims instead. ‘Sat down with President Obama. He has been incredible. He too has agreed not to mention the shooter’s name,’ Mr Ghawi tweeted. Mr Ghawi also got confirmation from the press secretary that Sat down with President Obama. He has been incredible. He too has agreed that the president ‘will not utter the name of the suspect who committed this act.’  Mr Obama stayed true to his pledge, speaking about the heroism of the emergency responders and family and friends that worked together during the shooting. ‘Although the perpetrator has received a lot of attention, that attention will fade away,’ he said. ‘In the end, after he has felt the full force of our justice system, what will be remembered are the good people who were impacted by this tragedy.’ In dramatic detail, Obama offered a glimpse inside the horror that took place in the Denver-area movie theater early Friday, relaying a story he said spoke to the courage of young Americans. With two fingers pressed to his own neck, Obama recalled how one woman saved the life of a friend who had been shot by keeping pressure on a vein that had ‘started spurting blood’ and later helping carry her to safety. ‘Out of this darkness, a brighter day is going to come,’ he said. ‘The reason stories like this have such an impact on us is because we could all understand what it would be to have somebody we love taken from us in this fashion.’ Mail Online