The children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012, should have spent this year thinking about college. Instead, the families of the 20 students and six educators slain in the mass shooting will mark a decade without them.
Co-founder and CEO of Sandy Hook Promise Foundation Nicole Hockley shows photos of her son, Dylan, in her office, Dec. 5, 2022, in Newtown, Conn.The children killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012 should have spent this year thinking about college, taking their SATs and getting their driver’s licenses. Maybe attending their first prom.Instead, the families of the 20 students and six educators slain in the mass shooting will mark a decade without them Wednesday.
After the massacre, Nicole Hockley and Mark Barden were among many victims’ relatives who turned to activism. They helped form Hockley, who lost her 6-year-old son, Dylan, and Barden, who lost his 7-year-old son, Daniel, both find it difficult to believe their children have been gone for a decade. Sandy Hook Promise’s programs have been taught in more than 23,000 schools to over 18 million children and adults. Key components include education about the warning signs of potential school violence or self-harm and an anonymous tip system to report a classmate at risk for hurting others or themselves.
“Even though it’s been 10 years, like this is still a problem that a lot of us still have to handle in our everyday lives and it still affects us greatly,” she said.“We’ve had 10 years to change things and we’ve changed so little, and that’s just disgusting to me,” she said.“I feel like everyone just tries to pretend like everything is normal and then when it gets to that day, I’m sure people will reach out and I’ll reach out to people.
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