Reliving Horror and Faint Hope at Massacre Site
By RAY RIVERA
Published: January 28, 2013 620 Comments
NEWTOWN, Conn. — The gunfire ended; it was so quiet they could hear the broken glass and bullet casings scraping under their boots. The smell of gunpowder filled the air. The officers turned down their radios; they did not want to give away their positions if there was still a gunman present...
...“One look, and your life was absolutely changed,” said Michael McGowan, one of the first police officers to arrive at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, as a gunman, in the space of minutes, killed 20 first graders and 6 adults...
I thought the Newtown police were at an exercise 14.5 mi. away?