HARTFORD, Conn. — Dec. 14, 2012 started out like a normal Friday.
Legislators and their aides were preparing to gather at the state Capitol for the annual Christmas luncheon that was scheduled to include the governor, lieutenant governor and top lawmakers.
I was working that day and heard about a shooting at an elementary school in Newtown that was reported with the first 911 call at about 9:35 a.m. The initial sketchy media reports were that a female teacher had been shot in the foot.