EPISODE · Jun 1, 2026 · 1H 18M
Impossible Possible: Sandy Hook Elementary Teacher Kaitlin (Roig) DeBellis
from CRUCIBLES Podcast · host The Referent Group
On December 14, 2012, a gunman entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, and took the lives of twenty children and six educators. Acting instinctively, Kaitlin (Roig) DeBellis made the "impossible, possible" to protect her first grade students by huddling them in a tiny bathroom. In the years since, she has carried the weight of that morning while finding the courage to reflect, heal, and lead. In the second episode of the Crucibles Podcast, Doug Crandall, Matt Kincaid, and Traci Fisher sit down with Kaitlin to reflect on the "darkest hour" that reshaped her understanding of resilience, purpose, and what it means to move forward in the aftermath of unimaginable tragedy.
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On December 14, 2012, a gunman entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, and took the lives of twenty children and six educators. Acting instinctively, Kaitlin (Roig) DeBellis made the "impossible, possible" to protect her first grade students by huddling them in a tiny bathroom. In the years since, she has carried the weight of that morning while finding the courage to reflect, heal, and lead. In the second episode of the Crucibles Podcast, Doug Crandall, Matt Kincaid, and Traci Fisher sit down with Kaitlin to reflect on the "darkest hour" that reshaped her understanding of resilience, purpose, and what it means to move forward in the aftermath of unimaginable tragedy.
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