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2024-11-15 05:14:03 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 4A05F06B681E7E7872964EBE1D5A9928E09FB115653B76DA5608249F96BD055A
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The "Boston" image is incorrect. The woman shown is Dawn Hochsprung, the former Sandy Hook Elementary School principal who was one of six adults and 20 children shot dead there on Dec. 14, 2012. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-shooting-connecticut-principal-idUSBRE8BE0CV20121215/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/dec/15/dawn-hochsprung-sandy-hook-elementary https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/12/15/sandy-hook-principal-newtown-connecticut-shooting-victim/1771193/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/257175914/dawn-alyson-hochsprung Dawn died in 2012 before the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check/possible-use-of-wrong-photo-in-a-news-report-does-not-mean-subject-is-a-crisis-idUSL1N2Y80OL/ https://www.logicallyfacts.com/en/fact-check/false-images-of-the-same-crisis-actor-were-shown-on-tv-while-reporting-the-2012-sandy-hook-shooting-and-the-2013-boston-marathon-bombing https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/boston-marathon-bombing-rumors/#principal:~:text=The%20woman%20pictured,not%20Donna%20Page https://x.com/NickHardinges/status/1539226902883442689
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