Sandy Hook Memorial

Sandy Hook Memorial
A Sandy Hook Memorial
A Sandy Hook Memorial opens in November 18, 2022.
TypeUrban park
LocationWashington Avenue., Sandy Hook, Newtown, Connecticut, United States
CreatedDecember 16, 2012
Operated bySandy Hook Elementary School
StatusOpen

Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial in Newtown, Connecticut, honors the 26 victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that occurred on December 14, 2012. The memorial is situated near the site of the original school, which was demolished after the tragedy.

The memorial commemorates the mass school shooting and is dedicated to the 26 victims, including 20 children and six educators.[1]

A Sandy Hook Memorial shooting on 12/14/2012

Victims

Killed:
Mother of the killer Nancy Lanza, 52 (shot at home)

School personnel

  • Anne Marie Murphy, 52, special education teacher
  • Dawn Hochsprung, 47, principal
  • Lauren Rousseau, 30, teacher
  • Mary Sherlach, 56, school psychologist
  • Rachel D'Avino, 29, behavior therapist
  • Victoria Leigh Soto, 27, teacher

Students

  • Allison Wyatt, 6
  • Ana Márquez-Greene, 6
  • Avielle Richman, 6
  • Benjamin Wheeler, 6
  • Caroline Previdi, 6
  • Catherine Hubbard, 6
  • Charlotte Bacon, 6
  • Chase Kowalski, 7
  • Daniel Barden, 7
  • Dylan Hockley, 6
  • Emilie Parker, 6
  • Grace McDonnell, 7
  • Jack Pinto, 6
  • James Mattioli, 6
  • Jesse Lewis, 6
  • Jessica Rekos, 6
  • Josephine Gay, 7
  • Madeleine Hsu, 6
  • Olivia Engel, 6
  • Noah Pozner, 6

Perpetrator

  • Adam Lanza, 20 (suicide)

Survivors: Wounded

  • Natalie Hammond, 40, lead teacher
  • Deborah Pisani

Survivors

  • Ashley Hubner, 6
  • Andrew
  • Jackie
  • Daniel Sibley
  • Nicole
  • Maggie LaBlanca
  • Lauren Milgram
  • Noah Pozner, 6
    Noah Pozner, 6
  • Jesse Lewis, 6
    Jesse Lewis, 6

Ceremony

  • Raise the flag of U. S.
    Raise the flag of U. S.
  • Raise the flag of U. S.
    Raise the flag of U. S.

References

  1. ↑ "Sandy Hook 10 Years Later: Remembering the 89 Students Killed in School Shootings from that Day Until Now".