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Raised with trauma, Sandy Hook survivors send hope to Uvalde

The sun sets in Newtown, Conn., Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

A Sandy Hook sticker adorns the door of dress store Sabrina Style, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022, in Sandy Hook, Conn. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

A group of teenagers walks through Newtown, Conn., Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Jackie Hegarty, a rising senior at Newtown High School, poses for a photo at Holcombe Hill Wildlife Preserve, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022, in Newtown, Conn. Hegarty didn't know what the gunshot sounds were at first during the shooting and ran to the cubby area of her classroom to hide. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Jackie Hegarty, a rising senior at Newtown High School, holds a Sandy Hook Elementary School t-shirt, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022, in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Jackie Hegarty, a rising senior at Newtown High School, poses for a photo at Holcombe Hill Wildlife Preserve, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022, in Newtown, Conn. Hegarty, a triplet, was in second grade doing yoga with her classmates when the shooter opened fire right across the hall. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Liv Doscher and her sister Phoebe walk their dog Toby, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, in Sandy Hook, Conn. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Liv Doscher, a rising college freshman, poses for a photo, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, in Sandy Hook, Conn. Doscher was in third grade during the Sandy Hook shooting nearly a decade ago. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

A photo of Liv Doscher, left, with Sandy Hook Elementary School principal Dawn Hochsprung and friend Rayna Toth, right, during the sock hop on April 3, 2011, stands awaiting to be taken to college with Doscher, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, in Sandy Hook, Conn. Hochsprung died trying to protect students during the Sandy Hook shooting. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Liv Doscher holds a rubber duck decorated with a Sandy Hook Elementary School ribbon, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, in Sandy Hook, Conn. Doscher received 50 to 60 rubber ducks following the 2012 shooting. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Liv Doscher's graduation cap and high school diploma rest on her dresser, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, in Sandy Hook, Conn. Doscher was in third grade during the Sandy Hook shooting nearly a decade ago. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Liv Doscher looks through laundry detergents while shopping for college supplies at Target, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, in Bethel, Conn. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Ashley Hubner, a rising senior at Newtown High School, glides down a slide at the summer carnival in Newtown, Conn., Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Ashley Hubner, a rising senior at Newtown High School, rides the Zero Gravity with friends at the summer carnival, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022, in Newtown, Conn. Hubner was diagnosed with PTSD, depression, anxiety and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder last year, but has been greatly benefitted by therapy. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Ashley Hubner, a rising senior at Newtown High School, poses for a photo at Dickinson Memorial Park, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022, in Newtown, Conn. Hubner, who was sitting in a circle for her second-grade class's morning meeting when the Sandy Hook shooting started, hid in the classroom's cubby area with classmates. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

A flagpole stands outside Sandy Hook Elementary School, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, in Sandy Hook, Conn. The school, which opened in 2016, replaced the one that was demolished after 20 first graders and six educators were shot and killed in December 2012. The flagpole was the only part of the old school left untouched. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

The sun rises over Newtown, Conn., Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. Now on the cusp of adulthood, the survivors of Sandy Hook are telling their stories, some for the first time, about growing up as a mass shooting survivor to help the children in Texas, who return to school this week.(AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson).

Raised with trauma, Sandy Hook survivors send hope to Uvalde