Catherine Rusoff
NEWTOWN, Conn. – Many of the survivors of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting are forming on Wednesday.
As they prepare to go to college, they are honoring their fallen colleagues who should have been there with them.
Twenty first graders and six educators were killed that day.
Twelve years later, 60 members of that first-grade class are graduating from Newtown High School.
The victims will be honored at Wednesday’s graduation ceremony, but details were not revealed.
“Sending love and light to all graduates,” said Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont wrote on X.
Survivors reflect upon graduation
Emma Ehrens was in classroom 10 at Sandy Hook Elementary when the shooting happened.
“The shooter actually entered my classroom. So I had to watch all my friends and teachers get killed, and I had to run for my life at six years old,” Ehrens said.
She escaped when the gunman stopped to reload.
“Just growing up with fear and what could have happened if I stayed? Because I would be next,” Ehrens said.
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Graduation day arrives with mixed emotions, like other milestones.
“I mean, you’ve been waiting for this day your whole life since you’re in kindergarten. You can’t wait to graduate. And it seemed so far away for so long. But now it’s here and you’re ready, but I think We can’t forget that a large part of our class is missing,” said survivor Lilly Wasinak.
“So even going to prom, you think, well, what if they were my prom date? Or, you know, what if they were my prom date? What if they could go on stage with me,” said survivor Ella Seaver. .
The shot motivates your defense
Graduates say their fallen classmates motivated them your anti-gun defense. Last week, some of them met with Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House.
They say that even at the beginning of the next chapter, they will not stop fighting for change.
“I knew I wanted to do something more since I was younger when the tragedy first happened. I wanted to turn such a terrible thing into something more, and for these children and educators not to die in vain,” Wasilnak said.
Since the Sandy Hook shooting, there have been more than 4,200 mass shootings in the United States, including several dozen in schools.
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