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Monday, December 17, 2012

Council Rock Alumni Loses Son in Sandy Hook Shooting

Fran Lobis-Wheeler’s son, Benjamin, 6, died in the attack. Lobis-Wheeler is a member of Council Rock’s class of 1985.

A Council Rock graduate lost her son in Friday’s school shooting in Connecticut. According to sources, Fran Lobis-Wheeler’s son, Benjamin, 6, died in the attack. Lobis-Wheeler is a member of Council Rock’s class of 1985. According to a story from New Haven-based News 8, Lobis-Wheeler and her husband, David, had recently moved to Newtown, CT from New York City. The story says their son Nate, also a student at Sandy Hook, survived the attack. A memorial page, Friends of Benjamin Wheeler, has been set up on Facebook. 

Bonnie Abraham

11:13 pm on Monday, December 17, 2012

My deepest sympathy goes out to you and all the families that lost their loved ones. I almost lost my brother at that age and just lost my niece and it is the worst heartbreak that a family will have to go through. This attack should be a rude awakening for all the schools in the country. How can anyone take the lives of such beautiful innocent children who had their whole lives ahead of them. …   more ›

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