Connecticut Shooting: Hero Teacher Died Saving Students

Tomorrow's front page of UK newspaper The Independent honors 'The Heroine of Sandy Hook' the 27-year old teacher who used herself as a human shield to protect her children. All around the world, the name Victoria Soto is emerging has a reminder of the

A young teacher, Victoria Soto, saved as many of her first grade students as she could on Friday Dec. 14 when she threw her body in front of masked gunman Adam Lanza. The 27-year-old teacher died after getting shot.

Kaitlin Roig, Victoria Soto and Maryrose Kristopik are among the few teachers that risked their lives to save their students. Kaitlin Roig locked her students in the bathroom and kept them safe, while Victoria Soto was trying to

Victoria Soto, 27, was killed when she used her own body to shield her pupils. Miss Soto died in a hail of bullets but is thought to have saved the lives of at least some children. “She put herself between the gunman and the children and that's when

The poster Maleeha Ali made said it all. "Miss Vicki Soto - 1st Grade" was colorfully written above a picture of the teacher who died protecting her first-grade students Friday. Ali, now a third-grader at Sandy Hook Elementary