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Three teachers at Sandy Hook sacrificed themselves to save their pupils

Miss Soto, who had taught at the school for five years was described by one of her deeply distraught 10-year-old boy pupils as ‘really nice and funny’, was trying to shield her students and usher them into a closet when she came face-to-face with the gunman.

Miss Soto’s cousin, Jim Wiltsie, said: “She put herself between the gunman and the children and that’s when she was tragically shot and killed,’ Mr Wiltsie said.

“I’m just proud that Vicki had the instincts to protect her kids from harm. It brings peace to know that Vicki was doing what she loved, protecting the children and in our eyes she’s a hero,’ he added.

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Indeed, and then you have this – the one who s/b presidentin’ displayed indecency, twice, yesterday and today; he offered political fodder instead of just sincere condolences to the families, over an incredible tragedy, due to illness.

The media and him can go straight to Hades, with Bloomberg leading them.

Schadenfreude on December 15, 2012 at 4:01 PM

Heroes

rbj on December 15, 2012 at 4:02 PM

God bless these brave teachers. They died heroes and we will all be eternally grateful for what they did.

Kataklysmic on December 15, 2012 at 4:13 PM

Four teachers murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School all died heroes as they attempted to save their young pupils from a gunman they recognised as the son of one of the school’s kindergarten teachers.

There we go again. Did she or didn’t she work at the school?

dont taze me bro on December 15, 2012 at 4:15 PM

Wherein I wonder if it shouldn’t be national policy that teachers be armed.

Count to 10 on December 15, 2012 at 4:15 PM

Media vultures
I remember one of these bastards with a camera filming a man who had broken his neck being being placed on stretcher and taken to an ambulance while the man’s fiance was begging and screaming at him to back off.

agmartin on December 15, 2012 at 4:28 PM

The reporting continues to be contraictory. The state ME says all wounds were caused by a long rifle while in the same story, they say handguns were used.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/15/us-connecticut-towns-idUSBRE8BD0U120121215

Blake on December 15, 2012 at 4:50 PM

if only these teachers had a gun and could have shot the guy. =(

Sachiko on December 15, 2012 at 5:21 PM

God bless those that resisted Evil.

Kenosha Kid on December 15, 2012 at 5:34 PM

Wherein I wonder if it shouldn’t be national policy that teachers be armed.

Count to 10 on December 15, 2012 at 4:15 PM

“We are disinclined to engage in another round of historical analysis to determine whether eighteenth-century America understood the Second Amendment to include a right to bear guns outside the home. The Supreme Court has decided that the amendment confers a right to bear arms for self-defense, which is as important outside the home as inside,” the judges ruled.

“The theoretical and empirical evidence (which overall is inconclusive) is consistent with concluding that a right to carry firearms in public may promote self-defense. Illinois had to provide us with more than merely a rational basis for believing that its uniquely sweeping ban is justified by an increase in public safety. It has failed to meet this burden.”

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-us-appeals-court-strikes-down-states-concealedcarry-ban-20121211,0,7034171.story

davidk on December 15, 2012 at 5:38 PM

God bless those that resisted Evil.

Kenosha Kid on December 15, 2012 at 5:34 PM

This, X gazillions.

Limerick on December 15, 2012 at 5:47 PM

Rest in peace.

NavyMustang on December 15, 2012 at 5:56 PM

Sign the petition to repeal Gun Free Zones: http://goo.gl/uxQw5

OBVIOUSLY, the Feel-Good idea of banning guns in certain places is a miserable failure.

In Israel, this was happening in their schools. They trained and armed their teachers and it didn’t happen anymore.

The recent mall shootings in Clackamas stopped because the shooter was confronted by an armed citizen

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2012/12/daniel-zimmerman/clackamas-shooter-confronted-by-ccw-holder/

People die when they are disarmed. They are denied their ability to defend themselves and others…whether against a crazy shooter or a tyrannical government.

ProfShadow on December 15, 2012 at 6:27 PM

So many heroes that day…

Kaitlin Roig, another teacher who survived the attack, explained how she kept her class safe by ushering them into a bathroom when she heard shots being fired.

“I said to them, I need you to know that I love you all very much and that it’s going to be OK, because I thought that was the last thing they were ever going to hear,” she added.

txhsmom on December 15, 2012 at 6:58 PM

if only these teachers had a gun and could have shot the guy. =(

Sachiko on December 15, 2012 at 5:21 PM

I understand the thinking but the killer was equipped with a bullet proof vest and a high power rifle. Would someone armed with a handgun really stand a chance against this kind of assailant? Frankly I am not sure if a regular policeman could have stopped someone armed and equipped this way and you can see why law enforcement showed up in full gear with assault rifles.

Should our teachers really be kitted out for combat? I wish there was an easy answer.

lexhamfox on December 15, 2012 at 7:08 PM