12 years ago today, police escort scared children after the Sandy Hook Elementary Shooting

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ACpony12 on December 14th, 2024 at 17:32 UTC »

I always have this small worry when my son is in school. So much shit can happen there, but I shouldn't have to worry about him or any of those kids getting shot.

piperonyl on December 14th, 2024 at 18:05 UTC »

Only time i ever saw Obama lose his composure was speaking about this tragedy.

HiddenSquish on December 14th, 2024 at 19:21 UTC »

I will not type the name of the person who committed this act, because he wanted to be remembered. Instead, remember the names of those he senselessly murdered;

Charlotte Bacon, age 6 Daniel Barden, age 7 Olivia Engel, age 6 Josephine Gay, age 7 Dylan Hockley, age 6 Madelein Hsu, age 6 Catherine Hubbard, age 6 Chase Kowalski, age 7 Jesse Lewis, age 6 Ana Márquez-Greene, age 6 James Mattioli, age 6 Grace McDonnell, age 7 Emilie Parker, age 6 Jack Pinto, age 6 Noah Pozner, age 6 Caroline Previdi, age 6 Jessica Rekos, age 6 Avielle Richman, age 6 Benjamin Wheeler, age 6 Allison Wyatt, age 6 Rachel D’Avino, age 29 Dawn Hochsprung, age 47 Anne Marie Murphy, age 52 Lauren Rousseau, age 30 Mary Sherlach, age 56 Victoria Leigh Soto, age 27 Nancy Lanza, age 52 Jeremy Richman (taken by grief over loss of his child in 2019), thanks u/Yikesor

ETA: since several people have mentioned it, I debated if I should include Nancy or not. I did in the end because, while I absolutely believe she was partly responsible for her sons actions, I don’t think many parents could bring themselves to truly believe their child is capable of something like this, even if the signs are there. Had she lived, I think she should absolutely have been held responsible for her enabling and neglect, but I don’t think she deserved the death penalty for it. In the end she was just a parent who was likely trying to do her best, even if from the outside we can see it clearly wasn’t enough. Ultimately, he chose to do what he did and she was one of his victims.