Since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school in 2012, we have occasionally heard references to the awful scene inside the school. Usually those telling the stories are reluctant to fully explain what they saw as they manage their own trauma and try to prevent others from experiencing similar emotions second hand.
In this week’s edition of New York Times Magazine, three Connecticut State Police crime scene investigators explain what was different about Sandy Hook and how they have coped with their memories of that day more than a decade later.