State, Federal Leaders Remember 17 Lives Lost at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School By Deanna Gugel Florida
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STATEWIDE Governor Ron DeSantis has ordered that the United States and state flags in Florida fly at half-staff from sunrise to sunset Sunday in memory of the 17 lives lost in an attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on February 14, 2018.
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Flags in Florida at half-staff in tribute to 17 shooting victims in Parkland
A gunman opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High on February 14, 2018
President Joe Biden issues remembrance, says U.S. should do better to stop gun violence
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Other cities, including Pembroke Pines and Margate, also held vigils Sunday to remember the moment that shook the area to its core.
An event Sunday morning in Coral Springs paid tribute to the lives lost, with family and friends lighting 17 candles for those killed in the shooting. NBC 6 has team coverage of events taking place in South Florida to commemorate the victims of the Parkland shooting.
In Fort Lauderdale, a separate event remembered the lives lost with the emotion still the same three years later. Today for our family is not much different than any other day, said Tony Montalto, whose daughter Gina was one of the 17 victims. “Every day we’re faced with the loss of our bright and bubbly daughter.”
PARKLAND, Fla. Three years ago, a former student opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killing 17 students and adults.
This was the nation s deadliest school shooting since the attack in Newtown, Connecticut, more than five years earlier.
In the aftermath of the Feb. 14, 2018 shooting, its young survivors sparked a movement against gun violence and inspired advocacy around American gun control. Their efforts lead to nationwide student walkouts and hashtags such as #NeverAgain and #Enough.
The lives lost included a beloved football coach who died shielding students and a junior cadet pointing others to safety when he was shot.
The community is coming together for a day of compassion on Friday to mark three years since the deadly mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.