'Put Herself Between the Children and the Gunman':Heroic 1st Grade Teacher died After Hiding Students From Shooter
First-grade teacher Victoria Soto died putting herself between her students and rampaging gunman as he sprayed bullets inside Santy Hook Elementary School, her cousin told ABC News.
"The family was informed that she was trying to shield, get her children into a closet and protect them from harm, and by doing that put herself between the children and the gunman, and that's when she was tragically shot and killed," Jim Wiltsie said.
The Hartford Courant reported that Soto's classroom was next to where the shooting began at the Newton, Conn. school. She is believed to have hidden 15-15 students, possibly in the closet or in a class bathroom, before the shooter, identified as 20-7ear-old Adam Lanza, entered the room
I wanted to share this so people would know about her heroism to protect her students.