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Linda Greene
March 12, 2024 | Houston, TX
Seventeen people are dead, including at least 14 students, after a gunman opened fire Wed., Feb. 14, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, according to the Miami Herald and the Sun-Sentinel.
“It’s a day that you pray every day when you get up that you will never have to see,” Broward County Public Schools superintendent Robert Runcie told WSVN Channel 7. “I ask the community for prayers and their support for the children and their families.”
Profiles of the victims have been published at the Sun-Sentinel and the Miami Herald. They are:
Alyssa Alhadeff, a 15-year-old freshman
Scott Beigel, a geography teacher
Martin Duque, a 14-year-old freshman
Nicholas Dworet, a 17-year-old senior swim team captain
Aaron Feis, an assistant football coach
Jaime Guttenberg, a 14-year-old dancer
Chris Hixon, the school's athletic director
Luke Hoyer, a 15-year-old student
Cara Loughran, a 14-year-old student
Gina Montalto, a 14-year-old freshman member of the school's winter guard team
Joaquin Oliver, a 17-year-old student
Alaina Petty, a 14-year-old JROTC student
Meadow Pollack, an 18-year-old senior
Helena Ramsey, a 17-year-old senior
Alex Schachter, a 14-year-old freshman trombone player
Carmen Schentrup, a 16-year-old National Merit Scholar semifinalist
Peter Wang, 15-year-old ROTC member
People around the nation voiced their grief and condolences.
"It’s sad that these tragedies happen in our country," said Parkland Mayor Christine Hunschofsky. "We have many, many parents out here."
“As a former student of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School,” tweeted Philadelphia Flyers hockey player Shayne Gostisbehere, “I am extremely saddened by the horrific news from yesterday and with a heavy heart, my thoughts and prayers go out to everyone affected.”
Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo, also a Stoneman Douglas alum, tweeted: “I hope in this darkest of times back home… we can find love. You’re all in my prayers.”
President Donald Trump addressed the nation’s children from the White House Thursday: “If you need help, turn to a teacher, a family member, a local police officer or a faith leader. Answer hate with love. Answer cruelty with kindness.”
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Additional coverage from the Sun-Sentinel:
Religious services, vigils for Stoneman Douglas students, parents, staff
Emotional Chicago Cubs star Anthony Rizzo: 'I grew up in Stoneman Douglas'
Full coverage of the Stoneman Douglas Shooting
Additional coverage from the Miami Herald:
The victims of the Douglas High mass shooting
Stoneman Douglas football coach ‘died a hero’ protecting students during shooting
Latest on the Parkland School Shooting: A community mourns; calls for mental health funding
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The Lessons of Columbine
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Coping with Sudden Death
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Linda Greene
March 12, 2024 | Houston, TX
We are coming up on the 6th anniversary of our precious loved ones on February 14, 2024. I can tell you that not a day goes by without thinking of those precious souls. Valentines Day has a whole different meaning to us. I’m sure the same feeling is also in your thoughts for that unimaginable day in 2018. Who would have imagined that your loved one would not return home, but instead was taken away in such a horrible and unthinkable manner! I followed the trial and after hearing all the...
John & Kathy Smith
February 11, 2024 | Midland, MI
In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you always.
Puny
November 26, 2022 | Significant Other
Dear Families, I am deeply saddened for the loss of your loved ones. I hope you find some comfort in knowing how many of us are thinking of you. May God be with you and give you strentgh.
Desi
August 05, 2022
The loss is with me everyday. My soul was touched by this loss ,its hard to explain. So many shootings but one soul lost here reached out. I am forever grateful to know the person that was left behind, just as I was almost 40 years ago. A connection I treasure and will keep as long as I live. Forever in my heart .....❤
4evrbd
June 16, 2020 | Friend
i hope u guys are okay
samantha watts
January 09, 2020 | Dover, PA | Daughter
I cant't imagine the feeling of the loss for all the family members and friends of the victims.But God promised that in the near future he will raise all our dead loved ones. We will be able to see them again.
Maria Senn
January 08, 2020 | NY
Ronald Fraley
January 04, 2020 | Anderson, IN
This uncalled for and cannot be forgotten death of innocent people ,may the God of comfort comfort their families and friends in this saddest time, no matter what year ,we will always will keep you in prayer
October 21, 2019