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2025-03-14 16:22:57 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B8743330737E3C01AAF404DF693199C8F0A64CEF830E2810E06EE8C70E86C5CD
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Both images show Dawn Hochsprung, the late principal of Sandy Hook Elementary School. Hochsprung was killed when she lunged at the shooter. The claims that she was alive during the Boston Marathon bombing a year later and that she is a crisis actor are unfounded. 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.reuters.com/article/fact-check/possible-use-of-wrong-photo-in-a-news-report-does-not-mean-subject-is-a-crisis-idUSL1N2Y80OL/
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