Noah Pozner

Noah Samuel Pozner 

November 20 2006 - December 14 2012

Age: 6 years old 

On December 14 2012, Lenny Pozner dropped his three children, 8 year old Sophia, and twins, Arielle and Noah, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Noah had recently turned 6, and on the drive over they listened to his favorite song, “Gangnam Style,” for what turned out to be the last time.

Meanwhile, Adam Lanza shot his sleeping mother, Nancy in the head before driving to the school. Half an hour later, while Sophia and Arielle was in other classrooms nearby, Adam Lanza shot a window and entered the elementary school. He shot the principal, Dawn Hochsprung and five other members of staff. He then walked into Noah’s first-grade class with an AR-15 rifle. He began shooting.

Noah was the youngest of the 20 children and seven adults killed in one of the deadliest shootings in American history. When the medical examiner found Noah lying face up in a Batman sweatshirt, his jaw had been blown off. Lenny and his wife, Veronique, raced to the school as soon as they heard the news, but had to wait for hours alongside other parents to learn their son’s fate. Adam Lanza shot himself in the head after he murdered his 27 victims.