On December 14, 2012, a gunman entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut and murdered 20 children and 6 adults in one of the deadliest school shootings in American history. In this video, we walk through what happened inside the school, the actions of the teachers and staff who tried to protect their students, and the lives of the children and educators who were lost.
Find a Grave (Sandy Hook children)
- Charlotte Bacon, age 6
- Daniel Barden, age 7
- Olivia Engel, age 6
- Josephine Gay, age 7
- Ana Marquez-Greene, age 6
- Dylan Hockley, age 6
- Madeleine Hsu, age 6
- Catherine Hubbard, age 6
- Chase Kowalski, age 7
- Jesse Lewis, 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
Find a Grave (Sandy Hook teachers and staff)
Also: Nancy Lanza
This is not a story about the shooter. His background is discussed only briefly for context. The heart of this video belongs to the victims, the survivors, and the community of Newtown, and it focuses on their courage, their final acts of protection, and the ways they were honored in the days that followed.
In this video:
- Timeline of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
- How staff and teachers protected students and saved lives
- The 20 children and 6 adults who were killed, remembered by name
- Funerals, memorials, and the long shadow of Newtown
As always, the newspaper featured in the thumbnail is available at GrimSilence.com for anyone who wants to look deeper into the contemporary coverage of this tragedy.
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Please take care of yourself while watching this one.
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