The First Grade Teacher Who Saved Her Class From Adam Lanza
'You're going to have Christmas and Hanukkah': Heroic teacher's promise to her first grade class that she saved from school massacre gunman - by hiding them in bathroom
Among the tragic victims of the Sandy Hook massacre were remarkable stories of survival - and heroism.
First grade teacher Kaitlin Roig escaped unharmed when crazed gunman Adam Lanza forced his way into the elementary school on Friday - and so did all of her students.
The 29-year-old had been teaching 15 children at about 9:30 that morning when the classroom windows suddenly shattered.
Reacting immediately, Ms Roig, 24, whisked the children into a bathroom.
She
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