The 'Sandy Hook tragedy' (2012) relates to
Question and options
The 'Sandy Hook tragedy' (2012) relates to
- the ravaging of the U.S.A. by the hurricane 'Sandy Hook'
- shoot out at an elementary school near New York city
- an oil spill off the Sandy Hook peninsula in New Jersey
- None of the given options is correct
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B - shoot out at an elementary school near New York city
The Sandy Hook tragedy was the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on 14 December 2012, in which twenty children and six staff members were killed. Hurricane Sandy struck the US east coast in October 2012, but it was not called "Sandy Hook", and the tragedy was not an oil spill.
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