Feelings described as lost innocence, heartfelt grief, survivor’s guilt. And emotions that have prompted change, pride and an united community. “It’s hard.
When Jackie Haggerty was just 7 years old, she huddled by her cubby in her second-grade class as a gunman killed 20 of her schoolmates and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Nearly a decade later, Haggerty stepped in front of hundreds of people gathered at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Washington D.C. on Wednesday evening to share her story of survival.
On the 10-year remembrance of the tragic event at Sandy Hook Elementary, the Hartford Courant remembers the 20 students and six educators that were lost, examines how school safety has changed, highlights what laws have been enacted and reflects on the continued fight of families and loved ones to make a change.
Feelings described as lost innocence, heartfelt grief, survivor’s guilt. And emotions that have prompted change, pride and an united community. “It’s hard.
Erica Lafferty, whose mother Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung was killed in the Sandy Hook massacre, said she knew “she was opening a new door to hell” when she decided to sue Alex Jones.