Melting snow dripping off evergreen branches
Owners walking their dogs
Crossing guards packing up
Holiday stickers on the windows
9:34 am doors lock-class begins
700 students
Bushmaster XM15-E2S rifle
Silence
Glass pierced by a bullet
…He’s in…
Gunshots echo in the morning announcements
“Don’t shoot, please don’t shoot”
Trigger pulled
1 down
Dawn
Children being shuffled into the bathroom
“shhhh no one speak.”
Trigger pulled
15 down
Charlotte
Daniel
Olivia
Josephine
Ana
Dylan
Madeleine
Catherine
Chase
Anne
Lauren
Grace
Emilie
Jack
“They are just children”
Trigger pulled
18 down
Noah
Caroline
Jessica
Playing dead to stay alive
"Mommy, I'm okay, but all my friends are dead."
Trigger pulled
21 down
Victoria
Jesse
Mary
First grader made eye contact with the shooter
Trigger pulled
22 down
James
Fatally shot
Dead
Rifle jams
Children escape
Trigger pulled
24 down
Rachael
Benjamin
Hiding under desks looking out to see him there
His black boots 20 feet away from them
Walking through the halls
Hunting for his next victim
Trigger pulled
26 down
Alison
Aveille
………
Glock 20SF
9:40 am: last shot fired
He shoots himself
Back of the head
7 minutes
20 kids dead
6 teachers dead
Adam Lanza
Dead.