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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.”
Broward County Commissioner Dale Holness told NBC 6 leftover vaccines are limited. The 63-year-old said he got a leftover vaccine at a January pop-up vaccination event.
In January, the state reported only a small number of COVID-19 doses – 3,344 – had been wasted either because the vials had broken or because they had been thawed out and unable to be administered within the recommended time for use.
Download our mobile app for iOS to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. April could be “open season” for the coronavirus vaccine, meaning that s when people besides the elderly and vulnerable could have access to the vaccine. A new state report obtained by NBC 6 gives us details about which profession should go next. NBC 6 s Phil Prazan reports