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A year ago today, a disturbed 20-year old man walked into an elementary school and killed 20 students, and 6 staff members. In one of the most chilling recollections, Vanity Fair writer David Kamp reconstructed what the town – and people there – were like the day before the shooting. It is a frightening reminder about how fragility “normal” is, and how easily that can be shattered.

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Remembering Sandy Hook

by Phil Busse, The Source - Bend, Oregon
December 14, 2013

<h1>Remembering Sandy Hook</h1> <p class="byline">by Phil Busse, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />December 14, 2013</p> <p>A year ago today, a disturbed 20-year old man walked into an elementary school and killed 20 students, and 6 staff members. In one of the <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2013/11/newtown-residents-one-year-sandy-hook" target="_blank">most chilling recollections</a>, Vanity Fair writer David Kamp reconstructed what the town - and people there - were like the day before the shooting. It is a frightening reminder about how fragility "normal" is, and how easily that can be shattered.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/remembering-sandy-hook-2303495/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=25389&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/remembering-sandy-hook-2303495/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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