TODAY.com compiled a list of 26 organizations and charities that were started in honor of the victims. If you want to help, this is one place to start.
Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is directing U.S. and State of Connecticut flags to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Wednesday, December 14, 2022, in remembrance of the twenty children and six adults who were killed ten years ago in the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.
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.