Newtown's Only Undertaker Describes His 'Week From Hell' As First Shooting Victims Are Buried

Dec. 17 2012, Published 7:00 a.m. ET
By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter
The one and only undertaker in the rural town of Newtown, Conn., had to endure the agonizing task of handling the multitude of little bodies and tiny caskets following the tragic shooting on Friday and he is now opening up about his "week from hell."
Daniel Honan, the director of Honan Funeral Home on Main Street, has never been so busy but he is far from happy about the extra business and the need to hire between 25 and 30 new staffers to handle the 11 grade-school victims that he must bury in the coming days, reported the New York Daily News.
"I've never seen anything like this, never," said the undertaker who normally only has two employees. "We added staff to meet the demand and do what we do."
Showing obvious signs of exhaustion and emotional stress from his grim task, Honan revealed how his phone has been ringing off the hook requesting funeral arrangements since lone gunman Adam Lanza, 20, opened fire inside Sandy Hook Elementa