What is Sandy Hook Memorial?
{{copyedit|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox park | name = Sandy Hook Memorial | alt_name = | photo = Sandy Hook memorial.jpg | photo_width = 270 | photo_alt = A Sandy Hook Memorial | photo_caption = The Sandy Hook Memorial | location = Washington Avenue, Sandy Hook, [[Newtown, Connecticut]], [[United States]] | type = Memorial | created = December 16, 2012 | operator = Sandy Hook Elementary School | area = |open=8am-4.30pm Monday to Friday}} '''Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial''' in [[Newtown, Connecticut|Newtown]], [[Connecticut]]. The memorial honors the 26 victims of the [[Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting]] that occurred on December 14, 2012. The memorial is situated near the site of the original school, which was demolished after the tragedy. The memorial commemorates the mass school shooting and is dedicated to the 26 victims, including 20 children and six educators.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://people.com/crime/sandy-hook-shooting-10-years-later-89-students-killed-school-shootings | title=Sandy Hook 10 Years Later: Remembering the 89 Students Killed in School Shootings from that Day Until Now }}</ref> [[File:Sandy Hook Memorial 12-26.jpg|thumb|A Memorial 12 days after the shooting (26th of December 2012)]] ==Victims== {{div col|colwidth=17em}} Killed:<br> '''Mother of the killer''' Nancy Lanza, 52 (shot at home) '''School personnel''' * Anne Marie Murphy, 52, special education teacher * Dawn Hochsprung, 47, principal * Lauren Rousseau, 30, teacher * Mary Sherlach, 56, school psychologist * Rachel D'Avino, 29, behavior therapist * Victoria Leigh Soto, 27, teacher '''Students''' * Allison Wyatt, 6 * Ana Márquez-Greene, 6 * Avielle Richman, 6 * [[Death of Benjamin Wheller|Benjamin Wheeler]], 6 * Caroline Previdi, 6 * Catherine Hubbard, 6 * Charlotte Bacon, 6 * Chase Kowalski, 7 * Daniel Barden, 7 * [[Death of Dylan Hockley|Dylan Hockley]], 6 * Emilie Parker, 6 * Grace McDonnell, 7 * [[Death of Jack Pinto|Jack Pinto]], 6 * James Mattioli, 6 * Jesse Lewis, 6 * Jessica Rekos, 6 * Josephine Gay, 7 * Madeleine Hsu,