On Dec. 14, 2012, 20 first-graders and six employees were shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
Mary Sherlach, 56, school psychologistOn the day of the shooting, President Barack Obama, delivered a statement, saying,
The majority of those who died today were children - beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. They had their entire lives ahead of them - birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own. Among the fallen were also teachers - men and women who devoted their lives to helping our children fulfill their dreams.
As a country, we have been through this too many times. Whether it’s an elementary school in Newtown, or a shopping mall in Oregon, or a temple in Wisconsin, or a movie theater in Aurora, or a street corner in Chicago - these neighborhoods are our neighborhoods, and these children are our children. And we’re going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics.
“use whatever power this office holds” to stop massacres like the one at the school in Newtown, Conn., that shocked the nation, hinting at a fresh effort to curb the spread of guns as he declared that there was noObama said, “No single law, no set of laws can eliminate evil from the world,” he said. “But that can’t be an excuse for inaction. Surely we can do better than this.”
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