Nicole Hawkeley has had to get really comfortable talking about the worst day of her life.

It's the day her son Dylan was found dead, cradled in the arms of his favorite school

aide.

She was dead too.

Both were shot at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

It was December 14, 2012.

Nicole calls it 12-14.

I don't know if that's how all the families refer to it.

I just know in my family that's how we refer to it as a kind of like 9-11.

And when people say 9-11, you know what they're talking about.

And I think when you say 12-14, a lot of people know what you're to or if you mention

Newtown or Sandy Hook people go there in their minds immediately.

One of the reasons this tragedy is so well known is because of what Nicole did next.

Within days, she'd co-founded an advocacy organization.

She called it Sandy Hook Promise.

She began lobbying for gun reform.

And then she sued.

Specifically, she and eight other Sandy Hook families sued Remington Arms, the maker

of the AR-15-style weapon used in the Newtown massacre.

And just last week, they won a $73 million settlement in this case.

So when the Sandy Hook families came to see us, it was about nine years ago and it was

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