Malloy Brings ‘Say Something’ Program To Danbury High School

Gov. Dannel Malloy paid a visit to Danbury High School Thursday to promote a peer-based violence awareness initiative called Say Something.

According to ctpost.com, the program is based on statistics showing in 80 percent of school shootings, the shooter told someone about the act beforehand.

Malloy told the students of Danbury he was inspired by the potential of the Say Something program, which teaches kids in older grades the warning signs when peers are about to harm themselves or others, and to share their apprehensions with a trusted adult.

The governor also commended Danbury for leading the state in adopting the Say Something program, touting its potential to prevent gun violence and “a multitude of social and behavioral issues.”

Mark Barden, who helped found Sandy Hook Promise after he lost his young son in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shootings, also visited the state’s largest high school with Malloy.

The ctpost.com also reported that the auditorium grew noticeably still as Barden shared his story about the day a withdrawn 20-year-old former student shot his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School and killed 20 first-graders and six educators.

The fact that Malloy visited the school is a sign of how serious this is, but Thursday instead of being serious about a disaster, they were serious about hope.

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