Five days after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, a staff member, anxious about what had happened, brought a gun to my elementary school. When it was discovered, the school was placed in a partial lockdown, and school continued more or less as usual. The one real stipulation of a partial lockdown is that no one is allowed in the hall., After school, while I was at robotics, I forgot about the lockdown, and went out into the hallway. I haven’t yet forgotten the genuine terror of being caught in the halls of my own school, to say nothing of the terror that comes with a real threat.
I know too well the drills and procedures, that is why I ride. I ride because I know that a reactive solution can only do so much, and that a proactive solution will save lives. I ride, most of all, for the lives lost to the crisis of gun violence and the lives we can save by stopping it.
Sandy Hook Ride on Washington
THE WE ARE ONE RIDE
Team 26 will ride from Newtown to Pittsburgh.
We will leave Newtown on April 26th and arrive in Pittsburgh on May 2nd with stops in Peekskill, Morristown, Trenton, Philadelphia, the University of Delaware, Baltimore, Gettysburg, and many small towns.
Our message remains the same:
Peace, Hope, Love.
To reduce gun violence, we must all come together as one Nation to stomp out hate.
So, we'll ride to Pittsburgh uniting Newtown with Squirrel Hill and all communities in between.
We will ride with Charlestown, Christchurch, Sutherland Springs, and Oak Creek in our hearts.
An attack on one faith is an attack on all faiths.
Sandy Hook Ride on Washington