Peter Lanza, the father of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter finally talks about his son and the shooting. Peter said in a recent interview that if his son, Adam had the chance, he would have killed his father too. This interview is the first time Peter had spoken publicly about his son Adam. If you didn't know, Adam is the shooter who killed 20 children, 6 staff members, his mother, and himself in Newtown, Connecticut in December of 2012. Adam was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, and many doctors felt that this was the reason Adam acted unusual and awkward. Peter, however, doesn't believe that Asperger's was to blame for his son's violence. Peter and Adam's mother got a divorce with his mother getting custody. Peter said that she saw nothing wrong in Adam's personality and thought that his actions were explained by his Asperger's. Peter said that if he had gotten custody of Adam, he would have done everything he could to find the underlying problem and to get Adam help with his violent tendencies. I can't imagine what it is like to be known as the father of a man who killed 20 children.
What would you do if you knew you could have possibly changed what happened at Newtown? How would you feel if you were Peter and you regret not getting your son the help he needed?
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Good job!!
I would feel really bad for being able to save 28 innocent people. However, it is not the fathers fault unless he left them because of the kid acting up a lot time ago. I wonder why the father left in the first place?
The article never said why he left, but it did hint that the issues were between the mother and father not agreeing on certain things. It never specified, but I'm pretty sure Adam was one of the topics of their arguments.
If I knew I could of changed it and I didn't I would be very mad at myself. I also wouldn't be able to ever get the thought out of my mind and I would feel responsible for the whole thing knowing I could of done something to save someones life. If I was Peter I would feel awful because I couldn't get my son the help he needed and with that he killed so many innocent people.
I agree. I can't imagine feeling like you are somewhat to blame for a shooting such as this. He wanted to get his son help, but before he could his son killed 28 innocent people. That is just too big of a burden to carry.
It sounds like he's blaming the mom for what the son did. The mom isn't at fault for not getting him more help. She couldn't possibly know that he was possible of such things. Who actually knows the dad would of done if he got custody. I would feel slightly guilty if I were him. I don think he could of stopped what happened that day.
I agree with you. It isn't fair for Peter to place blame on Adam's mother for what happened. She most likely wouldn't have been able to do anything, and if Peter was there, he wouldn't have been able to do anything either.
I would have done everything in my power, I would regret it but it isn't like the dad had custody
True, but I couldn't imagine living with the burden that Peter has to live with.
I would feel very sorry knowing that I might have been able to save 28 lives by just finding someone help. It must be really hard knowing that Peter might have had a chance to save his son. Not only will Peter have to live on without a son, he will have to live on knowing something could have gone different.
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