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monmouth3

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Mon Dec 17, 2012, 02:53 PM Dec 2012

Sandy Hook: One little girl survived by playing dead Read more: http://www.upi.com/blog/2012/12/17/

One little girl, a Sandy Hook first grader, became the sole survivor of her class when she played dead, lying among her classmates as Adam Lanza shot and killed the rest.

Before the full extent of the horror of the Sandy Hook massacre was known, reports of a little girl, fleeing the school with a bloody face but otherwise uninjured, were the first indication something awful had happened inside.

According to pastor Jim Solomon, who spoke with the girl and her family for grief counselling, she is the sole survivor of her class because she pretended to be dead while laying among her slain classmates.

Solomon said she lay still on the floor until she felt it was safe to run away. "She ran out of the school building covered from head to toe with blood and the first thing she said to her mom was, 'Mommy, I'm OK but all my friends are dead'," Solomon told ABC News.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/blog/2012/12/17/Sandy-Hook-One-little-girl-survived-by-playing-dead-VIDEO/1141355755878/#ixzz2FKwaaS00

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Sandy Hook: One little girl survived by playing dead Read more: http://www.upi.com/blog/2012/12/17/ (Original Post) monmouth3 Dec 2012 OP
There are no words. Skinner Dec 2012 #1
None... monmouth3 Dec 2012 #2
oh, oh, oh, I can't put what I'm feeling into words. nt DeschutesRiver Dec 2012 #3
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