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Newtown School Shooting

Thursday, December 20, 2012

National Sandy Hook Sympathy Card Shared Widely on Social Media

More than two million people have signed an online national sympathy message for Newtown, Conn.

Among dozens of social media items related to the Sandy Hook school shooting, perhaps the most popular is the "PETITION: SIGN the Sandy Hook Elementary School National Sympathy Card." As reported on the cause's page, in less than 48 hours, one million people signed the card, and it was shared more than a million times. The "cause" post serves as both a sympathy card and petition, which will be delivered to Newtown, CT. The card reads, in part, "Our Sincere Condolences. We wish to express our deepest sympathies to all of the families of those lost, to the survivors and their families, and to the others impacted by the senseless and unthinkable tragedy that unfolded at Sandy Hook Elementary School. We cannot begin to comprehend the depth of …

chris carrier

7:03 pm on Saturday, January 12, 2013

Greeting my students each morning will never be the same for me after Sandy Hook. It is my sworn duty to protect every one of them. I pray I shall have the courage of those six teachers should my turn come. Chris Carrier   more ›

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Mary Sherlach, CT School Shooting Victim, Looked Ahead to Next Stage of Life

Sherlach was school psychologist at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, the site of a deadly shooting rampage on Friday.

WEST DEPTFORD, NJ -- Mary Sherlach looked forward to spending more time on Owasco Lake during her retirement.  She and her husband, Bill, owned a cabin along the Finger Lakes in upstate New York.  Mary Sherlach was one year away from retirement.  But on Friday morning, her life ended in the second most deadly school shooting in American history.  Sherlach, 56, was school psychologist at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, where a gunman opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children. The gunman, identified as 20-year-old Adam Lanza, also killed his mother, who was a teacher at the school, according to reports. He died in the rampage at the school, bringing the death toll to 28.  Sherlach, who lived in Trumbull, CT, had …

Heather

8:17 pm on Tuesday, January 8, 2013

I've read most of the comments. There is one thing in common with all of the posts. Everyone is trying to make sense out of something that makes no sense. I am truely sorry for the loss of Mary and can't imagine what her family has gone through. Thank you Mary for choosing to be a School Psychologist and making a difference in children's lives.   more ›

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