The teacher who shielded her first-graders:

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NEWTOWN, Conn. -- Sources and family members have confirmed that Victoria Leigh Soto, a first-grade teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School, who was among 26 people killed in a horrific shooting Friday at the school.

Soto, 27, was a 2003 graduate of Stratford High School, reportedly shielded her first grade students from Adam Lanza's gunfire with her own body.

According to a Facebook post being circulated by teachers, Victoria Soto, 27, was a hero.

When she became aware there was a gunman in the school, she hid her first-graders in closets and cabinets, then told the shooter they were in the gym. He turned the gun on Soto, killing her, but none of her students were harmed.
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True grit.....

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1. She doesn't even look twenty-seven years old.

She was so young.

We should focus in on heroes and not mostly on killers.

[bluestateguy]

2. And we have politicians like Scott Walker who like to demonize teachers

As selfish, overpaid and lazy union thugs.