First published in The New Yorker, 'Solomon tells the story of Peter Lanza, the father of Adam Lanza, the Sandy Hook Elementary shooter.
'Both parents loved Adam. Neither parent imagined or wanted their child's horrific end. This is why what Peter Lanza did by sharing his story with Andrew Solomon is so important. Lanza's story fills important gaps in our understanding of how a beloved child became a killer-and reminds us as a society that we have an obligation to help families and children before they find themselves on irreversible paths of violence.
