Scarlett

I have.

Well, actually, I was introduced to James by Dan Jewis, who is one of the lead investigators of the Sandy Hook tragedy.

Hi, Dan.

But it was amazing, and yes, I forgave Adam Lanza.

He was the former student of Sandy Hook who came back to the same elementary school that he attended and perpetrated the crime.

There were several reasons.

I mean, I have a strong faith, and I grew up understanding that you forgive so you're forgiven.

So right off the bat, I was thinking about it.

But, you know, I was a single mom.

I was the only single mom out of all the parents.

And I had a 12-year-old son, Jesse's older brother.

So I knew that I was modeling for him how to move through this, and I wanted to do it with strength and grace.

You were able to forgive immediately?

I knew that somebody that could do something so heinous must have been in a tremendous amount of pain.

They... Actually, the town brought... One of the trauma specialists brought a mom who had...

experienced losing her son to violence 20 years prior.

And at the time, I thought I was going to die.

It was a few days after.

And I was in so much pain that I remember looking at my arm thinking, I can't believe there's blood running through it.

I just feel like I'm going to vanish.