Summary of Elizabeth Williamson's Sandy Hook

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#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.

Sujets

• Murder
• Mass murder

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 06 avril 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669381068
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Elizabeth Williamson's Sandy Hook
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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 turning angry thoughts into loving ones.

#11

Neil took me to visit Jesse’s grave in Zoar Cemetery. He had told me that Jesse had ordered hot chocolate and a breakfast sandwich with sausage. He had kissed his first two fingers and touched them to the porcelain image of his boy.

#12

Nancy told friends in Newtown how fortunate she was to be able to stay at home, since it seemed as though Adam needed her. She had stopped seeking mental health treatment for him by 2009, when his parents divorced.

#13

After the shooting, the state police assigned a trooper to each victim’s family to protect them, help them navigate its aftermath, and serve as a liaison with investigators. Two weeks after Jesse’s death, Neil told a state trooper that he wanted to meet Peter Lanza.

#14

Neil told Lanza that if his son hadn’t died, he would have killed him. Lanza seemed nervous and even fearful, like he didn’t know what to expect from Neil.

#15

We visited the school, and while it was a beautiful building, the state gave Newtown $50 million to build it, but what about the people who died there.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The Parkers, who were parents of a murdered child, were thrust into public notoriety. The image of them walking through blurred space, covered in media attention, brought home the devastation of the worst elementary school shooting in American history.

#2

The media’s constant presence in the town, and the families’ struggle to maintain control of their life stories, only served to exacerbated the victims’ families’ suffering.

#3

The media’s mistakes were inevitable, but their bad journalistic practices fueled a lasting reluctance in Newtown to engage with national media.

#4

The Parkers had moved to Newtown just eight months before the shooting. They had met in middle school in Ogden, Utah, where they had grown up. They had married in 2003, and their only child, Emilie, had been a Sandy Hook student for just less than a year when she died.

#5

After the shooting, the Parkers were contacted by the media. Robbie told them to send a Connecticut-based reporter to the LDS church in Newtown at five that evening. He would meet the reporter there and give a statement.

#6

Robbie Parker was the first family member to speak publicly about the shooting. He had prepared a few notes and memories of Emilie, but when he arrived at the church, he was shocked by the media presence.

#7

The killing of such young children and their teachers just before the winter holidays prompted a global spasm of heartbreak and generosity. Thousands of letters, cards, and murals decorated and signed by schoolchildren flowed in.

#8

Americans tried to heal Newtown’s pain and their own under a tsunami of cash and goods.

#9

The church was flooded with donations after the shooting. People sent cash, as well as hams and Christmas cookies. The priest limited volunteers to two-hour shifts because the work was so emotionally taxing.

#10

The town of Newtown received many offers of help and support following the shooting. But not everyone could attend the events or feel like going.