Six Sandy Hook Educators Awarded Civilian Honors Medal

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- On May 6 the six staff members who died at Sandy Hook Elementary School will be awarded the Civilian Honors Medal, the highest honor given to civilians from the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.

Lauren Rousseau of Danbury was a permanent substitute teacher at Sandy Hook School.
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by Alissa Smith

05/01/2013 11:30 a.m.

The award is being presented in Newtown to the family members of Rachel D’Avino, Dawn Hochsprung, Anne Marie Murphy, Lauren Rousseau, Mary Sherlach and Victoria Soto.

Each of the recipients is being awarded for giving their lives in protecting the students of Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14.

The recipients will also present the Society’s Certificate of Commendation to all of the teachers and staff of Sandy Hook.

“Many teachers and staff members disregarded their own safety that day to hide and protect the children in their care. Those acts of courage, sacrifice, and selflessness are the very same traits identified with the Medal of Honor; only they were demonstrated at a critical moment in hometown USA, not on a battlefield far from home. Recognizing these ordinary Americans who performed extraordinary acts at home is the very reason for our Citizen Honors program,” said Harold A. Fritz, President of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, in a statement.

The ceremony will take place at Newtown High School on May 6 at 4:30 p.m.

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