Article posted: 12/16/2012 7:04 PM

Staffers hailed as heroes after Conn. shooting

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Mark Sherlach and his wife, school psychologist Mary Sherlach, pose for a photo. Mary Sherlach was killed by the gunman at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Friday.

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Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung, principal at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., was killed by the gunman in the school shootings Friday.

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Out of the ruins of families that lost a precious child, sister or mother, out of a tight-knit town roiling with grief, glows one bright spot: the stories of staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School who may have prevented further carnage through selfless actions and smart snap judgments.

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