BY: EMILY SHAPIRO, TERI WHITCRAFT, MORGAN KORN, AND ZUNAIRA ZUKI, ABC NEWS
(NEW YORK) A 15-year-old Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadet who dreamed of attending West Point but died helping classmates escape. A precocious 16-year-old girl ready to head to college and change the world. And a high school football coach who ran toward the sound of gunfire, trying to shield students.
They were among the 17 students and staff shot dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018.
Three years after a school shooting that shook the nation, here is a look back at the lives lost in the Parkland, Florida, massacre.
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.”
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.