vices like hers or the survivors of other tragedies. moments by a single headline brought them together. this group of about 15 people marched in washington, survivors and victims relatives of the most horrific mass shootings in u.s. history. they came to embrace the students of parkland. i hope that the signs that we are carrying saying we support them, that we are survivors, that they know that there is light at the end of the tunnel. reporter: pat may survived a shooting that almost killed congresswoman gabby giffords seven years ago. she wrestled away a magazine of bullets as the gun ma tried to
reporter: jeremy smith and sam fellburn are the current student body president and vice president at virginia tech. they noticed this group and medicine uma. her father was an engineering professor killed in the virginia tech massacre. they had no idea this moment would touch their lives so closely. did you guys expect to meet someone like her today? since our shooting, it s been 11 years now. we walk by the memorial on our way to class every day of 32 hokies who died and it s insane that nothing has been done. reporter: they mourned by pushing for gun control legislation but they have experienced disappointment after disappointment. when i got the call from my sister and we had to tell her son, you cannot do anything. reporter: paul s brother was killed in a clamall shooting.
background check. now, at the beginning shortly after the shooting, president trump indicated that he might do something with assault weapons saying he might raise the age limit. it s currently 18, to 21. but backed away from that. instead creating a federal school safety commission. but, again, we will be watching this very closely. these were historic marches and it seems as though it is the beginning of a movement. kristen holmes in washington for us, thank you. with us is kelly jane torrance and pat bolton and cnn little commentator jack kingston. thank you all for being here. jack, as we see the power of what we saw yesterday, do you have a sense of how the republican party is going to deal with this, balance this as we head into midterms? no i don t.
emma gonzalez, a young woman, who has become one of the most recognized faces out of the movement born out of the massacre that took place in the halls of her school stood stone-faced and silent. six minutes and about 20 seconds. in a little over six minutes, 17 of our friends were taken from us. reporter: gonzalez and a cadre of her friends from marjory stoneman douglas students took their pain and participated in marches and rallies from all over the world. from boston. to chicago. the violence that they experience every day! reporter: denver. to los angeles. and back to parkland, florida, where the shooting took place. enough is enough! reporter: while they may have have only had each other when the shots rang out they had the supports of hundreds of thousands, including celebrities. one of my best friends was