Among the victims of gun violence who will be sitting in the House chamber on Tuesday night when President Obama delivers his State of the Union address will be a teacher who survived the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Natalie Hammond, who reportedly took bullet wounds to the leg, foot and hand but narrowly escaped with her life, will attend the speech as the guest of her congresswoman, Elizabeth Esty, the representative for Newtown, Conn.
Ms. Hammond, the school’s lead teacher, and another school employee were the only two people to survive after being shot by the gunman, Adam Lanza.
Ms. Hammond will be one of the many victims of gun violence who will attend the State of the Union address.
As part of a campaign led by Representative Jim Langein of Rhode Island, who was shot accidentally at age 16 and left paralyzed, some members of Congress have been inviting as their guests people who have been shot or have lost a family member to gunfire.
Mr. Langevin, whose guest will be the brother of a woman who was fatally shot in a robbery in Providence, has signed up about 20 members of Congress to participate in his effort. He has said he expects to have many more.
Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader, said Friday that her guest would be a fourth grader from Newtown who attends a school near Sandy Hook.
The girl wrote Ms. Pelosi a letter imploring her to help pass an assault weapons ban. “We would all appreciate anything you could do to help,†she wrote.
