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Ian and Nicole Hockley, distraught parents of Sandy Hook School shooting victim Dylan, are moving. Their home looks out on the house of gunman Adam Lanza. âAt times it feels like only yesterday, and at others it feels like many years have passed,â Nicole Hockley says.
The parents of a 6-year-old killed in the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary are moving from their home because they can see where gunman Adam Lanza lived.
Nicole and Ian Hockley spoke to reporters on the one month anniversary of the horrific shooting rampage that took the life of their son, Dylan, 19 of his classmates, his teacher and five other staff members at the school.
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Before Lanza arrived at the elementary school, he shot and killed his mother, at the Newtown, Ct. home where Nancy Lanza had raised her troubled son.
"You can't drive up your driveway every day and see the house of a person who took your son's life and who brought so much pain to so many people," Nicole told CNN. "We are leaving that house. We will stay in Newtown, but that's just one thing too much. I can't do that every day."
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The Hockleys joined the parents of several other Sandy Hook victims on Monday at an event dubbed âSandy Hook Promise,â which was held to start a dialog about gun regulations, mental health and school safety.
Outside the forum, the couple paused to reflect on the life of their young son. Diagnosed with autism, Dylan was an effusive, happy child who loved jumping on the trampoline with his father.
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âAt times it feels like only yesterday, and at others it feels like many years have passed,â Nicole Hockley told the Associated Press. âI expect him to crawl into bed beside me for early morning cuddles before school. Itâs so hard to believe heâs gone."
The Hockleys and their 8-year-old son, Jake, now struggle to make sense of what has happened to their family and the town they love.
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"We're just focusing on getting up each day," Nicole said.
One bright spot came in a chance meeting with Mike Murphy, the husband of Dylanâs murdered teacher, Anne Marie.
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"He said that Anne Marie Murphy had been found with her arms wrapped around Dylan ... that is what we had hoped for-â"in a very strange sort of way to hope for something.
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Nicole Hockley told CNN. She loved him and he loved her and she would've looked after him no matter what,. o know that he was with her, and that he wasn't alone, that gives you a huge peace of mind ... to know that he was loved even in those last moments."
Dknowles@nydailynews.com
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