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CLASSROOM.
ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE KILLED
AT SANDY HOOK, WAS PRINCIPAL
DAWN HOCHSPRUNG.
HER COUSIN, WHO LIVES IN WESTERN
NEW YORK, SPOKE WITH OUR NEWS 4
TEAM LAST NIGHT. NEWS 4'S EMILY
GUGGENMOS HAS MORE.
((BY PHONE-MELANIE
BUHRMASTER-BUNCH-COUSIN OF
CONNECTICUT PRINCIPAL-"NOT ONLY
WAS SHE MY COUSIN, SHE WAS MY
BEST FRIEND.")) MELANIE
BUHRMASTER-BUNCH WORKS AT U-B
AND HAS LIVED IN WESTERN NEW
YORK FOR 20 YEARS, BUT SHE GREW
UP WITH HER COUSIN, DAWN
HOCHSPRUNG, THE PRINCIPAL AT
SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY, AND ONE
OF THE FIRST TO BE SHOT DURING
THE TRAGEDY. ((I HOPE TO GOD
THAT ADAM LANZA SAW A 5'2"
RAGING BULL COMING AFTER HIM AND
HE HAD AT LEAST A MOMENT OF FEAR
KNOWING THAT THIS WOMAN WHO WAS
DEDICATED AND PUTTING HER LIFE
ON THE LINE
TO SAVE HER STUDENTS...I JUST
HOPE THAT HE HAD THAT FEAR."))
MELANIE HAD THIS PIECE OF ADVISE
FOR ANYONE TRYING TO COME TO
TERMS WITH THE TRAGEDY. ((KEEP
YOUR CHILDREN CLOSE, TELL YOUR
FAMILY MEMBERS HOW MUCH YOU
LOVE THEM, AND TELL THEM
OFTEN.))
MELANIE SAID SHE HAD JUST SPENT
TIME WITH HER COUSIN AT
THANKSGIVING, AND THAT SHE WILL
ALWAYS CHERISH THE QUALITY TIME
SHE GOT TO SPEND WITH HER