Jeter makes special call to mom of slain Newtown teacher

Jeter makes special call to mom of slain Newtown teacher

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NY Yankees star Derek Jeter rached out to Donna Soto, the mother of fallen Newtown teacher Vicki,  just hours after she laid her daughter to rest. 

The mother of slain teacher Victoria Soto received a surprise phone call Wednesday from one of her courageous daughter’s heroes: Yankee Derek Jeter.

The Bronx Bombers captian rang Donna Soto the same day she laid her 27-year-old daughter to rest. The Sandy Hook Elementary School teacher was killed Friday as she shielded her first-grade students from deranged gunman Adam Lanza.

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“Vicki loved the Yankees â€" that was part of her eulogy,” her cousin James Wiltsie said Wednesday night. “No one in the family reached out, so (Jeter) must have heard about it and ... reached out.

Wiltsie did not give details of the conversation but did say it was uplifting.

“It was a surprise and unexpected. Donna was ecstatic over it and very happy. She spoke to him for quite some time.”

Vicki’s sister Carlee tweeted the family’s excitment.

“Derek Jeter just called my mom!!!!! Thanks Vicki, she needs it thank you @yankees this meant a lot to my mother and all of us.”

Jeter followed the lead of Giants receiver Victor Cruz, who met Tuesday with the family of another Newtown victim, 6-year-old Big Blue fan Jack Pinto.

Donna Soto is devastated over the loss of her sweet child, Wiltsie said. But her spirits lifted when she heard the voice of the legendary shortstop on the line, he said.

“Nothing is going to fix the fact that she had to bury her daughter today," said Wiltsie, 39.

“But I’m happy that it brought some comfort ... People like Jeter have reached out. It brings some comfort to know that people recognize Vicki as a hero.”

A Yankees spokesman Wednesday night said he couldn't confirm the call.