It seems that almost everything I read online or hear on the TV is later disputed. I am not sure what more anyone needs to know other than that 26 human lives were senselessly cut short, 20 of them were children ages 6 & 7. The other 6 were courageous teachers who did their best to protect the children in their classrooms and paid for that with their own lives while managing to save some young lives if not all.
Why does this story need to be dissected and rehashed unmercifully? Is this how some folks deal with their grief? By going on the attack and nit picking the facts apart? "That teacher didn't do what the news said she did, it was really another teacher who did that". Does the fact that a teacher died shielding her students with her own body rather than hiding them in closets, cupboard and bathrooms make her any less a hero? Come on!
And there is the Facebook user who posted a piece about glorifying all the rampaging shooters there have been this year, thus giving an explanation of why they think it continues to happen. They then attributed the commentary to Morgan Freeman. It was later disclosed that Morgan Freeman didn't release the statement at all. I say, So what, perhaps he should have released the statement! I completely agree that the shooters get more press than any of the victims and this has got to stop. Let them die a "sad nobody".
On that note, I close with the names of the Sandy Hook victims as read online in the Huffington Post on Sunday, 12.16.12 <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/15/sandy-hook-shooting-victims-names_n_2307354.html>
- Charlotte Bacon, 2/22/06, female
- Daniel Barden, 9/25/05, male
- Rachel Davino, 7/17/83, female.
- Olivia Engel, 7/18/06, female
- Josephine Gay, 12/11/05, female
- Ana M. Marquez-Greene, 04/04/06, female
- Dylan Hockley, 3/8/06, male
- Dawn Hochsprung, 06/28/65, female
- Madeleine F. Hsu, 7/10/06, female
- Catherine V. Hubbard, 6/08/06, female
- Chase Kowalski, 10/31/05, male
- Jesse Lewis, 6/30/06, male
- James Mattioli , 3/22/06, male
- Grace McDonnell, 12/04/05, female
- Anne Marie Murphy, 07/25/60, female
- Emilie Parker, 5/12/06, female
- Jack Pinto, 5/06/06, male
- Noah Pozner, 11/20/06, male
- Caroline Previdi, 9/07/06, female
- Jessica Rekos, 5/10/06, female
- Avielle Richman, 10/17/06, female
- Lauren Rousseau, 6/1982, female (full date of birth not specified)
- Mary Sherlach, 2/11/56, female
- Victoria Soto, 11/04/85, female
- Benjamin Wheeler, 9/12/06, male
- Allison N. Wyatt, 7/03/06, female
- Josephine Gay, 12/11/05, female
- Ana M. Marquez-Greene, 04/04/06, female
- Dylan Hockley, 3/8/06, male
- Dawn Hochsprung, 06/28/65, female
- Madeleine F. Hsu, 7/10/06, female
- Catherine V. Hubbard, 6/08/06, female
- Chase Kowalski, 10/31/05, male
- Jesse Lewis, 6/30/06, male
- James Mattioli , 3/22/06, male
- Grace McDonnell, 12/04/05, female
- Anne Marie Murphy, 07/25/60, female
- Emilie Parker, 5/12/06, female
- Jack Pinto, 5/06/06, male
- Noah Pozner, 11/20/06, male
- Caroline Previdi, 9/07/06, female
- Jessica Rekos, 5/10/06, female
- Avielle Richman, 10/17/06, female
- Lauren Rousseau, 6/1982, female (full date of birth not specified)
- Mary Sherlach, 2/11/56, female
- Victoria Soto, 11/04/85, female
- Benjamin Wheeler, 9/12/06, male
- Allison N. Wyatt, 7/03/06, female
