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Nicole Hockley

5 years

I loved him from his first breath. I’ll grieve him till my last. Good night, my beautiful butterfly, Dylan. 03/08/06-12/14/12

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

3 years

8 years. It will never get easier. I will never stop missing you, Dylan. I will never stop doing my best to honor your sweet life. I will never learn to grieve you, because my heart can never let you go. You will never be forgotten and I will love you with every breath I take. 💜

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

4 years

Seven years ago started as a normal Friday morning. After getting Dylan and Jake on the bus, I did chores until I left for an exercise class. While driving to class, I felt a sharp pain in my stomach, so bad that I almost pulled over to the side of the road, convinced I was...

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

5 years

Today it's been 2,474 days since Dylan was murdered at Sandy Hook. 2,474 days since he's been gone from my life. He was only in my life for 2,473 days. I feared today. Would him being gone longer than he was here mean I would forget him?

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

4 years

Saturday, 12/14, marks 7 years since the Sandy Hook tragedy. Learn more about each family at . And learn more about how we choose to honor Dylan by visiting and . Thank you. @sandyhook @DylansWings

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Sandy Hook Promise trains students and adults to know the signs of gun violence so that no parent experiences the tragic, preventable loss of their child.

www.sandyhookpromise.org

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

4 years

This is why we do what we do at Sandy Hook Promise and Dylan’s Wings of Change. This is a story no parent should need to tell. This unbearable grief is one that families should not feel. Children should be included, protected and safe...

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

3 years

Hi @StephenAtHome . Thanks for your public support of my family and others whose children were murdered at Sandy Hook. Agreed that Marjorie Taylor Greene has no place in Congress or on the House's Education Committee.

Stephen Colbert mocks 'child-harassing psychopath' Marjorie Taylor Greene's conspiracy theories

Colbert laid into the QAnon believer after several stories about her past pushing wild conspiracies surfaced.

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

6 months

You didn't come to me in my dreams last night. But I dreamt of nothing but you. 💜 To our beautiful butterfly, No words exist to express how much we love you. Nor how much we miss you. Dylan Christopher Jack Hockley 3/8/2006 - 12/14/2012

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

2 years

Hey beautiful boy. Something happened today. Something good. I’m grateful for all the people that never gave up. I’m hopeful for the families that will never know how this helped them. And I’m crying because I’ll always remember why we are here. 💜

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

4 years

going to be ill. It quickly passed. Looking back, I still wonder about that moment. Was it my imagination? A woman’s intuition? Or did I feel the moment my 6-year-old son’s life was taken, shot five times in his first-grade class at Sandy Hook School?...

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

4 years

I did not find Dylan. Then, like many other parents, I was asked to go to the back room of the fire house. And so the waiting began. And more waiting. And then…agony. Seven years ago started as a normal Friday morning. And nothing has ever been normal since....

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

6 years

It’s an honor to be at #Oscars90 , but I never forget why I’m here. @sandyhook

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

4 years

During my class, the call came from a friend. A shooting at our school.She was scared and asked me to go find her son. I collapsed to the floor.Friends picked me up and one drove me to the school.I found my other friend’s son. I felt joy at finding my eldest, my 8-year-old boy...

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

5 years

His laugh, his eyes, the smell of his hair, his voice, the feel of his hand in mine? I am sad today, but I no longer have fear. I have forgotten nothing. My son lives on in my heart, in my soul, in the memories of our family and friends and in the work of me and his Daddy.

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

5 years

We will always love him and miss him. My butterfly is gone, but never forgotten, no matter how many days go by.

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

6 years

I was humbled to spend time with @cameron_kasky & @sofiewhitney on Friday. Here is an incredibly short excerpt. They’re right - they are the future and we need to listen to them.💜

Mother of Newtown victim speaks with Florida teens

Nicole Hockley lost her son Dylan five years ago in the Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. She traveled to Florida to speak with teens hurting after last week's school shooting in...

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

3 years

Thinking of Dylan, on what should have been his 15th birthday. I love him and miss him every day. Thank you for remembering our beautiful butterfly. 💜 Sharing one of the videos from his memorial service:

Dylan8 Video

Video created for Dylan's memorial service, 12/21/12.

www.youtube.com

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

4 years

14 years ago. Just a few short weeks till Dylan’s birth. I miss him every day. 💜

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

6 years

Yes!

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@AP

6 years

BREAKING: Twitter is permanently banning conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and Infowars for abusive behavior.

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

2 years

The hole in my heart will never heal, but today I will celebrate Dylan on what should be his 16th birthday. I will always miss him, I will always love him, and I will never stop working to honor him through helping others. (1 of 2)

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

6 years

Families of Sandy Hook victims, FBI agent file defamation lawsuit against right-wing radio host Alex Jones

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

4 years

Wow! Sandy Hook Promise’s “Back to School Essentials” just won an Emmy for best Outstanding Commercial!

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

3 years

Thank you @jaketapper for always remembering Dylan and honoring the lives taken by gun violence. <3

The Lead CNN

@TheLeadCNN

3 years

"I think focusing on things that have nothing to do with the Second Amendment, background checks, extreme risk protection orders and safe storage, that's the way to go," Nicole Hockley, managing director of Sandy Hook Promise, says on gun reform.

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

3 years

8 years ago today Background Checks failed in the Senate. We stood together in the Rose Garden, devastated, and recommitted to our promise to save lives. This is the year it must pass. Demand Congress take action to #EndGunViolence and @sandyhook

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

3 years

Learn about the 26 innocent lives taken at Sandy Hook at & honor each as their family wishes.For Dylan, please visit & . Join the butterfly effect to create connection & protect kids from violence. 💜

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

4 years

Thank you dear friends and family for remembering Dylan today - the day he should have turned 14 years old. He is still with us in our hearts and memories, still laughing, still playing, and still loving the moon. 💜🦋💜 @sandyhook @DylansWings

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

5 years

FB memories can be a blessing & a curse. This was only a few short weeks before Dylan was born. He would be turning 13; instead he is forever 6.

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

6 years

Today is the day I dread the most.I want to focus on the wonderfulness of him in my life.But I can’t.I cry as I think of the life that could have been, that SHOULD have been.Tomorrow I will fight , I just miss my beautiful baby boy. @sandyhook @DylansWings

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

6 years

The amazing Natalie Barden. <3 @sandyhook

I Lost My Brother in the Sandy Hook Shooting, and Will Continue to Fight for Gun Control

Natalie Barden opened up about the tragedy, and joining Parkland students at the last Road to Change tour stop.

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

3 years

Today, on #GunViolenceAwarenessDay , I wear orange for the love that was taken, and the love that survived. Why will you #WearOrange ? #ProtectOurKids #EndGunViolence @sandyhook

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

1 year

Heartbroken & angry. We have the solutions, yet mostly don’t use them. Why? Because too many people love guns more than children, & fight against solid measures like ERPOs & secure storage. Praying for the families; pissed off at cowards and profiteers.

Heavily Armed Assailant Kills 6 at Christian School (Published 2023)

The shooter was also killed after police officers responded on Monday morning at the Covenant School, the authorities said.

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

1 year

All the people calling for photos and videos of shooting victims to be published - when it is YOUR child, parent, loved one, you get to choose. For those of you sharing the videos and photos of Allen, TX without those families permission, shame on you.

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

3 years

Still my favorite ever Facebook post, made 9 years ago, before Dylan was killed. "I admit to not being sure if heaven exists. But then I hear Dylan laugh and realize it's right in front of me."

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

5 years

Correct. This is NOT a mental health problem. @sandyhook

Chris Murphy 🟧

@ChrisMurphyCT

5 years

19 out of 20 murderers have no mental illness diagnosis. 4 out of 5 mass shooters have no mental illness diagnosis, and half showed no signs on a prior, undiagnosed illness. Framing this as just a mental illness problem is a gun industry trope. Period. Stop.

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

4 years

On National Gun Violence Awareness Day I #WearOrange and continue to commit to preventing gun violence in all its forms. @sandyhook

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

5 years

Children should not have to do this. He is a hero....but he should be alive and preparing to graduate.

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

2 years

@SRuhle @SRuhle I’m not convinced. Emmet Till died in 1955. With today’s high quality cinematography & effects, people are desensitized to violent imagery. As a mom, I fought to protect SH crime photos. Pictures of my 6-year old, shot 5 times, are not how he should be remembered.

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

6 years

Very happy to be back in my own bed tonight. Thursday will be the hardest day, his birthday. He would have been 12. It rips my heart just to think about it.

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

5 years

The House just passed the Background Check bill 240-190. It’s taken 6 years - but finally progress on closing loopholes in the existing law. On to the Senate and hoping they do the right thing!!!

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

2 years

Traveling to DC for @POTUS President Biden’s announcements today on actions to stop the gun violence epidemic killing our nation. Proud to represent @sandyhook and our supporters.

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

6 years

Jake graduated from 8th grade today. #ProudParentMoment 💜💜

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

2 years

Wonderful celebration today - and it absolutely was a CELEBRATION - of all the lives that will be saved from this step forward. Bittersweet for many of us,but thankful everyone that made this happen, incl @sandyhook for being in the room, drafting text & working across the aisle.

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

3 years

Thank you @GabbyGiffords 💜

Gabrielle Giffords

@GabbyGiffords

3 years

8 years ago, 20 children and 6 educators never came home from Sandy Hook. Families were devastated. The nation was heartbroken. And then our leaders failed to act, so we all stood up. Today and always we remember those who should still be with us—and honor them with action.

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

1 year

10 years. So much has changed. But not my love for you. 💜 #RememberNewtown

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

5 years

. @davidhogg111 Today @sandyhook released a powerful new film, "Point Of View". Please share to spread awareness that Prevention is possible when you #KnowTheSigns :

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

6 years

If votes go differently today than I hope, I will be upset but then get up tomorrow and fight even harder for what is right. If votes go as I hope, I will celebrate and STILL wake up tomorrow and continue to fight harder for what is right.

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

3 years

No apology. No compassion. No remorse. No accountability. @kevinomccarthy She cannot be allowed to remain on the House Education & Labor Committee. @markbardenSHP

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@mtgreenee

3 years

A Message to the Mob from Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

6 years

It won't affect our lawsuit against them though, for negligent entrustment of the AR-15 to civilians.

The Hill

@thehill

6 years

#BREAKING : Gun manufacturer files for bankruptcy protection one day after "March for Our Lives"

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

6 years

Me, my surviving son & my mother. We marched for Dylan & all the children like him. We marched for the future he should have had, & what we will help deliver for others. @sandyhook #marchforourlives

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

6 years

It’s the first day of a new school year for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High. My heart is with the parents, survivors, siblings, friends and students in the community. It’s harder than you can possibly imagine. 💜

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

5 years

The death and trauma from gun violence extend well beyond the initial tragedy. My heart breaks for Sydney’s family and the Parkland community.

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

5 years

HISTORIC! US Supreme Court rejects Remington’s appeal. Our case will go forward!

Gunmaker Rejected as Supreme Court Lets Sandy Hook Families Sue

The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to the gun industry, refusing to block a lawsuit against Remington Arms Co. by family members of nine people killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School...

news.bloomberglaw.com

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

2 years

Thank you to Senators @ChrisMurphyCT , @JohnCornyn , @KyrstenSinema , and @ThomTillis who just released the "Bipartisan Safer Communities Act" with actions for gun violence prevention, safety and mental wellness. Contact Congress now and urge a vote this week!

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

6 years

I #WearOrange because I wish none of us ever had to. @sandyhook

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

5 years

Today’s @washingtonpost . 12 pages to list every mass shooting since 1966 and name the 1,196 victims since the Sandy Hook massacre in 2012. If all gun violence victims were listed, it would probably take around 200 pages. It’s past time to end this. @sandyhook

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3 years

Nothing like being stopped in your tracks and feeling your heart ache suddenly seeing a photo from just moments after learning your son had been killed. No parent, no child, nobody should ever experience this. @sandyhook

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

5 years

This may always be my favorite FB post. From 3/18/12, at Dylan's 6th B'day party. "I admit to not being sure if heaven exists. But then I hear Dylan laugh and realize it's right in front of me."

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5 years

10th grade!! My love; my life. 💜

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

2 years

Off to DC to celebrate the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act with so many that worked tirelessly in this movement. Very honored Jake is here & thankful for @sandyhook supporters who advocated & pressed Congress to pass the most significant gun safety bill in almost 30 years!

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6 years

Two amazing people. @DaveChappelle @common @sandyhook

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

5 years

Happy Halloween everyone! Not going to lie, today hurts a little more than usual. Missing the fun we used to have dressing up.

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

6 years

'We are not anti-gun; we are anti-bullet holes in our patients.'

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

5 years

Holding the Parkland families & community tightly today. Grief is not a partisan issue. 💜

To the Parkland Parents: Advice for this Painful Anniversary

From a mother who lost her son at Sandy Hook

time.com

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@NicoleHockley

5 years

Praying for their safety. This needs to end.

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@NBCNews

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Students evacuate after shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California.

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@NicoleHockley

2 years

Love @SteveKerr . He understands. 💜

Golden State Warriors

@warriors

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Steve Kerr on today's tragic shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

6 years

@JaclynCorin This is Nicole from Sandy Hook Promise, Dylan’s mom. Why create a new app, when we are offering you the leading app & training in the country, for free? Already working with multiple school districts including Florida/Miami-Dade. No need to recreate - we can help you NOW. Pls DM

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Nicole Hockley

@NicoleHockley

6 years

I'm going to the #Oscars90 ! Can't wait for you to find out why! (And special thanks to a publicist I met last night that said, "Oh honey...you take my appt" when asked what I was doing for hair/makeup and I said I was going to CVS to buy a curling iron.)

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@NicoleHockley

6 years

Thank you Dick’s Sporting Goods! No longer selling ARs and raising gun purchase age to 21! This is a big deal!

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@NicoleHockley

6 years

Strong corporate stance from Dick’s Sporting Goods!

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@NicoleHockley

6 years

Thank you @jimmykimmel for calling out to @AMarch4OurLives and #NeverAgain . Change is needed now. @sandyhook

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@NicoleHockley

3 years

"I often minimize my pain. I say, 'grief is grief, and loss is loss' – as if it’s equal. But losing a child is incomparable. I have to prevent other parents from feeling this all-consuming pain – even if it means re-traumatizing myself." – @NicoleHockley #GVSurvivorsWeek

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@NicoleHockley

2 years

Today is Gun Violence Awareness Day. But sadly every day is Gun Violence Day. You have the power to stop it. Act now. Join @sandyhook

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@NicoleHockley

3 years

Thank you @jaketapper 💜💜💜

Jake Tapper

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3 years

Hi @markbardenSHP and @NicoleHockley — I still think about Daniel and Dylan all the time. Hope you’re hanging in there.

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2 years

Over time people may forget my beautiful butterfly, but his legacy will endure. He was killed at 6 years old, but his spirit is forever. 💜🦋

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3 years

Beautifully written, Mark. @POTUS has always been supportive of @sandyhook and so many others who have lost family to gun violence.

Father of Sandy Hook Victim Says Joe Biden Has Helped Him Process Grief: 'Common Ground'

Mark Barden lost his son Daniel, 7, in the 2012 school shooting

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@NicoleHockley

6 years

On a day when 10 more innocents were killed, FB memories brings me Dylan and his kindergarten solo in England. When will our country wake up? These tragedies are preventable, so PREVENT THEM! (1/2)

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6 years

Back from marking what would have been Dylan’s 12th birthday with friends to find out that Jake’s school has received a shooting threat. WTF People!! WTF!!!!!

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5 years

Never give up. Progress may be slow...but it does keep progressing.

Sandy Hook Massacre: Remington and Other Gun Companies Lose Major Ruling Over Liability (Published...

The decision represents a significant development in the long-running battle between gun control advocates and the gun lobby.

www.nytimes.com

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Nicole Hockley

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4 years

As a nonpartisan/kid-partisan organization, we work with all elected officials to help keep kids safe from violence and self-harm. Looking forward to continuing the work with the President Elect. @sandyhook @JoeBiden

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6 years

So many amazing posters yesterday. This one stuck with me. @sandyhook #MarchforOurLives

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@NicoleHockley

6 years

Ready for the #Oscars90 ! Magicians working start to finish! @sandyhook

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5 years

My new tattoo for me & my boys, showing my infinite promise to love, honor & protect them.

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6 years

For all the parents saying what a 17 year old boy does doesn’t matter....is that what you tell your 15 year old daughter when she’s been assaulted? #BelieveSurviors

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@NicoleHockley

6 years

Got almost all of @sandyhook staff in one room. Love this team & am so grateful for all of them. 💜

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@NicoleHockley

6 years

Blaming the victims. Calling for armed guards inside a place of worship. I just can’t anymore.

The Trace

@teamtrace

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President Trump says if Tree of Life Synagogue had "some kind of a protection inside the temple," the perpetrator of today's shooting could have been stopped: "They didn't, and he was able to do things that unfortunately he shouldn’t have been able to do.”

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2 years

Schools across the country on alert following the “National Shoot Up Your School Day” challenge being spread on Tik Tok. The originator of this sick message needs to be found. Kids are scared enough about school shootings - they don’t need this.

Schools in the U.S. Taking Precautions Over Disturbing TikTok Threat for Dec. 17: 'I'm Scared'

TikTok said they are handling the rumored threats with the "utmost seriousness"

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6 years

Columbine. 19 years. Still working to prevent tragedies like this. It should have ended then. 💜

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@NicoleHockley

6 years

Today. 10am. Students should do this and parents/schools should support them. Empower them & amplify their voices. This is practical education in standing up for what you believe - the best lesson. @sandyhook

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6 years

My piece in TIME today.

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6 years

Sandy Hook dad: Teachers shouldn't have to kill - CNN Video

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@NicoleHockley

7 years

Today you would be 11, but instead you are forever 6. I miss and love you, my beautiful baby boy.

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6 years

@cameron_kasky Totally agree. It’s this bill AND much more. Don’t block progress because you don’t get everything you want at the same time. Focus on the “AND”.

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6 years

@CreggLund @JaclynCorin Because when my son was killed at Sandy Hook, I made it my life’s mission to prevent tragedy. We don’t charge because $$ should never be a barrier to saving a life. I have no ego, no agenda. I just want to save lives, because I couldn’t save my son.

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3 years

@ChrisMurphyCT Thank you @ChrisMurphyCT for your unwavering commitment to find solutions to prevent gun violence and save lives.

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@NicoleHockley

3 years

Thank you @joebiden 💜

Joe Biden

@JoeBiden

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To the families, loved ones, and broken and healing hearts of Sandy Hook, I know. No matter how long it’s been, every time you talk about it, you relive it as though you just heard the news. Eight years later, I know the pain never fully heals.