It has been 10 years since 20 students and six educators were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.
Rob Sibley is a Deputy Chief in the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire Department and is also the deputy director for Emergency Management in the village of 9,000 people.
Back in 2012, Sibley’s youngest son was in the 3rd grade at Sandy Hook Elementary. His wife, Barbara, had gone to the school that morning, December 14, which was a regular sunny winter morning. The parking lot was full. “And as she arrived, it looked like a regular school day,” Sibley said. “However, there was a car parked out front.”
It was shortly before 9:30 a.m. Their son, Daniel, had forgotten his homework.
“Daniel had forgotten some items for school at home,” Sibley said. “And so, her hope was to be able to get to the classes before assignments were due.”