Newtown Quietly Marks 3rd Anniversary of School Shooting

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Source: ABC News

Flags are flying at half-staff across Connecticut in honor of the 26 people killed three years ago in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.

Monday is the anniversary of the attack in which a gunman killed 20 first-grade children and six educators after shooting his way into the school on the morning of Dec. 14, 2012. The shooter also fatally shot his mother inside their home and killed himself after the rampage.

Houses of worship are holding memorial services, but the town is not planning any events to mark the anniversary. An interfaith community service at a Newtown church Monday evening is expected to include prayers, music and the lighting of candles.

Local groups are offering counseling and support services for residents who might want to use them Monday.



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And how have we served their memory? Pretty piss-poorly, I think.

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1. Moms hold in our hearts those who died at #SandyHook three years ago today, and pledge to never be s

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Moms hold in our hearts those who died at #SandyHook three years ago today, and pledge to never be silent again.

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2. Never ending sadness..

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3. Simon's Rock Quietly Marks 23rd Anniversary of School Shooting

An article from December 20, 2012.

http://berkshirebeacon.com/news/?p=3358

Simon’s Rock shooting, 20 years later

Some of those watching the aftermath of the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., may wonder what would happen if such a disaster were to take place in The Berkshires. Long-time area residents, however, know that a school shooting has already happened here.

On Dec. 14, 1992, Wayne Lo, an 18-year-old student at Simon’s Rock College in Great Barrington, went on a shooting spree, wounding four people and leaving 18-year-old poetry major Galen Gibson and 37-year-old Spanish Professor Ñacuñán L. Sáez dead. After his gun jammed during the shooting, Mr. Lo called the police and surrendered to them.

Guns suck.

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4. given the hold the nra seems to have on this country, it looks like this insanity will never end.