Summary of Elizabeth Williamson's Sandy Hook

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#1 Neil asked me if I saw the stars. He was pointing at the large copper stars on the roof of the firehouse, one for each of the children and six educators who died trying to protect them.

#2 Neil was one of the survivors who referred to the shooting as the tragedy. Others called it 12/14, a term that denotes a reverberating catastrophe.

#3 Neil’s search for meaning after the shooting took him to places that his logical mind knew held no answers. Why had the shooting happened in this peaceful, prosperous place.

#4 The last day that Neil was with his son, Jesse, was on Friday morning, when he dropped him off at school. Jesse seemed off-kilter, and when Neil asked him if he was okay, he replied, I’ll know Grandma when I see her.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 1, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669381068

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 22

Insights from Chapter 23

Insights from Chapter 24

Insights from Chapter 25

Insights from Chapter 26

Insights from Chapter 27

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Neil asked me if I saw the stars. He was pointing at the large copper stars on the roof of the firehouse, one for each of the children and six educators who died trying to protect them.

#2

Neil was one of the survivors who referred to the shooting as the tragedy. Others called it 12/14, a term that denotes a reverberating catastrophe.

#3

Neil’s search for meaning after the shooting took him to places that his logical mind knew held no answers. Why had the shooting happened in this peaceful, prosperous place.

#4

The last day that Neil was with his son, Jesse, was on Friday morning, when he dropped him off at school. Jesse seemed off-kilter, and when Neil asked him if he was okay, he replied, I’ll know Grandma when I see her.

#5

Neil arrived at the firehouse shortly after it was secured. He saw kids and teachers carrying signs with classroom numbers on them. He didn’t see Jesse’s number, 10, and he didn’t see Jesse.

#6

As the search for the children continued, a police officer informed Scarlett that Jesse was with a few kids who had run past him not long before. She ran to the house, where psychologist Gene Rosen had seen the children playing on his lawn.

#7

When Governor Dannel Malloy of Connecticut heard the first reports that morning, he thought it was a domestic incident. But within an hour, he was in a car speeding south on I-84 to Newtown.

#8

Malloy, as the governor of Connecticut, was tasked with informing the families of the deceased children. He decided to bring each family to a small social service center several hundred feet away from the firehouse.

#9

As the governor of Connecticut, Dan Malloy, said there were no more survivors in the school, Neil quietly went to see his son. When he cradled his son in his arms, Jesse’s rugby jersey was untucked, as usual.

#10

On December 20, 2012, Jesse was buried in a funeral with thousands of people attending. His uncle spoke about the battles and secrets they shared, and Scarlett came forward to deliver a speech about