Social Justice
6-Year-Old Girl Survives Newtown Shooting By Playing Dead
As the first funerals for two of the young victims of the Sandy Hook school massacre — 6-year-olds Noah Pozner and Jack Pinto — will be held Monday, we’re learning the incredible story of a first grader, who survived Adam Lanza’s gun rampage on Friday by playing dead, Pastor Jim Solomon told ABC News Sunday.
As the first funerals for two of the young victims of the Newtown shooting school massacre — 6-year-olds Noah Pozner and Jack Pinto — will be held Monday, we’re learning the incredible story of a first grader, who survived the gunman’s rampage on Friday by playing dead, Pastor Jim Solomon told ABC News Sunday.
“How at 6 1/2 years old can you be that smart, that brave?” the pastor said Sunday. “I think it’s impossible outside of divine intervention. She has wisdom beyond her years.”
Solomon said he learned how the girl — the only one in her class of 16 to survive Adam Lanza’s hail of bullets — made it out alive during grief counseling in the wake of the massacre.
The pastor said the child witnessed “someone who she felt was angry and somebody who she felt was mad.”
Solomon said that when the child — covered in blood as she emerged from the devastation — was reunited with her mother, she told her, “Mommy, I’m okay, but all my friends are dead.”
He said the child’s family is coping “as well as you can expect them to” in the wake of the mass killing, which left 28 people in all dead, 20 of them students between the ages of 6 and 7.
Real stories. Real impact. Straight to your inbox. Join thousands others. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter today!
Follow us on Facebook, X, TikTok, Instagram
Bronx family demands justice after 78-year-old grandfather killed by stray bullet
Tony Award winner Melba Moore to headline fundraiser for Thomas Fortune Cultural Center in Red Bank, New Jersey
GoFundMe launched for Christina Snow, mother who lost three children in Louisiana mass shooting
Beloved Georgia Judge dies after cancer battle
Beloved Georgia eatery The Wing Suite faces financial strain, community support could keep doors open
New Jersey police reach $4 million settlement with children of woman killed by ex-husband, a former police officer
Asbury Park High School: Crossover event esports and history with Tina Watson
Jury awards California woman $15 million after supervisor called her n-word
GoFundMe launched for Cleveland deacon recovering after brutal attack outside church
GoFundMe launched for family of 7‑month‑old girl killed in Brooklyn shooting
OWN greenlights first-ever ‘Belle Collective’ spinoff Belle Collective: Birmingham
Hazel Scott’s legacy returns to Harlem in free outdoor film screening
Olympic Gymnast Frederick Richard sets world record, raises $50K for Ugandan youth
Renee Ferguson, trailblazing investigative journalist, dies at 75
“AfroPoP Digital Shorts” returns to the land with “Sweet Samara,” climate and abolitionist film
-
Community6 days agoBoston’s Black Market Nubian faces April 30 closure as community mobilizes to save cultural hub
-
Community9 hours agoGoFundMe launched for Christina Snow, mother who lost three children in Louisiana mass shooting
-
New Jersey1 week agoAshlee Jenae’s father launches GoFundMe to help family bury late influencer
-
Crime & Justice4 days agoSouth Florida woman reportedly set on fire by roommate, GoFundMe launched to support medical costs
-
In Memoriam2 weeks agoAfrika Bambaataa’s legacy and controversy: Remembering the hip-hop pioneer
-
In Memoriam1 week agoIn Memoriam : Gwendolyn “Blondy” Chisolm, co‑founder of The Sequence, dies at 66
-
Crime & Justice1 week agoPregnant rapper and nursing student Qualeisha “Siditty” Barnes fatally shot in Atlanta
-
Health & Wellness2 days agoHoward graduate who worked as a janitor at Yale Hospital returns as a doctor
-
Crime & Justice4 days agoPregnant mother of two killed in Atlanta highway shooting while driving home
-
Social Justice1 week agoKyren Lacy’s parents file wrongful death lawsuit against Louisiana State Police