What would you say about an elementary school shooting where 20 kids and 6 adults lost their lives? Most people would say, “That would never happen!” or “Who would even do such  a thing?” Well, unfortunately on December 14th, 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School, this is exactly what happened. Adam Lanza, 20 years old, broke into the school and opened fire. Within minutes he looked into the eyes of beautiful, innocent first graders and took away their lives. Teachers, like Victoria Soto who hid her kids in the closet and told the gunman they were in the gym, was also killed during this tragedy.

 
My main question about this shooting is, how could you look into the eyes of first graders and still be able to pull the trigger? And I think many people are wondering the same thing. These kids were so innocent, way too young for their lives to be over. Thinking about how the parents must’ve felt makes me sick. It was just like any other day in the morning, they gave their kids a hug and a kiss and sent them off to school where they thought they would be safe. Then about an hour later, they get a call saying there was a shooting at their child’s school. Hearing those words would make ANY parent sick to their stomach. Seeing their kid walk out of the school, probably was the happiest moment of their life. But then you think of the parents whose kids never returned. That was the last hug, the last kiss that they gave to their daughter or son. Words cannot describe how horrible I feel for these families and how I think this should never happen again.

~Allison Leonetti