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Former state trooper Edward Benecchi saw all the horror there was to see nine years ago at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Sandy Hook massacre first responder dies due to COVID-19 By Fox 13 News staff Published  Retired Trooper Patrick Dragon (Photos: Connecticut State Police) HARTFORD, Conn. - A retired Connecticut state trooper, who was one of the first to respond to the Sandy Hook massacre back in 2012, has died due to COVID-19, authorities said. Connecticut State Police said retired Trooper First Class Patrick Dragon died Saturday at a Hartford hospital. Dragon entered the police training academy in 1998, and was a first responder at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown during the mass shooting that killed 20 y...