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When neighbors offered to help pay the cost of the bags, a light bulb went on in Sharek’s head: let’s use that money to help the Stoneman Douglas High School Junior ROTC program, because Peter Wang lived on her street.
Peter was a JROTC cadet. He died a hero, trying to usher his classmates to safety. His family still lives in Sharek’s community.
“I just wanted to make sure that his family knows that we haven’t forgotten about their loss and it’s something that we’re motivated to remember every year so more families don’t have to go through what we, as a community, have gone through,” Sharek said.