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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Dave Collins

Anonymous tipline started after Sandy Hook school shooting has fielded nearly 400,000 reports

Less than two years after her six-year-old son was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, Nicole Hockley found herself in an Ohio church basement, teaching the inaugural class of a program she hoped would prevent future school shootings.

Born from the profound grief of one of the nation’s worst mass shootings, the initiative, known as "Say Something," teaches students to identify warning signs among their peers and urges them to report any red flags to an anonymous tip system or a trusted adult, aiming to avert violence.

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