President Biden Issues Statement Marking 11 Years Since the Sandy Hook Shooting
December 15, 2023
December 15, 2023
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- President Biden issued the following statement on Dec. 14, 2023, marking 11 years since the Sandy Hook shooting:
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Eleven years ago today the soul of Newtown, the soul of Connecticut, and the soul of the nation were pierced forever when twenty-six souls were stolen at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Within minutes, a shooter armed with a weapon of war took the lives of twenty first grade students who had their whole lives ahead of them and six e . . .
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Eleven years ago today the soul of Newtown, the soul of Connecticut, and the soul of the nation were pierced forever when twenty-six souls were stolen at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Within minutes, a shooter armed with a weapon of war took the lives of twenty first grade students who had their whole lives ahead of them and six e . . .