Memorializing the bedrooms of children killed in school shootings
Summary
Since the Sandy Hook school shooting 14 years ago, over 170 children have been killed in shootings at U.S. schools. Some parents keep their children’s bedrooms unchanged as a way to remember and feel close to them.Key Facts
- More than 170 children have died in school shootings across the United States since Sandy Hook in 2012.
- Parents often preserve their child’s empty bedroom to maintain a connection and remember them.
- Steve Hartman, a CBS News correspondent, and Lou Bopp, a photographer, have spent eight years documenting these rooms.
- The Scruggs family in Nashville keeps their daughter Hallie’s room as it was when she died in a 2023 school shooting.
- Hallie’s room holds items like books, toys, and mementos marking her childhood milestones.
- Hallie was killed alongside two classmates in a shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville.
- Hallie’s father, Chad Scruggs, is a pastor at the school and describes the deep grief and the ongoing pain of loss.
- The room helps the family cope by being a physical reminder of Hallie’s life and presence.
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