As Shots Ring Out, a Student Texts: ‘If I Don’t Make It, I Love You’
- 6 years ago
As Shots Ring Out, a Student Texts: ‘If I Don’t Make It, I Love You’
On Wednesday, many students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School held onto their phones for dear
life as a 19-year-old gunman, Nikolas Cruz, stalked the grounds and fatally shot 17 people.
They come to Parkland to live in the safest community in the county.”
Every morning at Stoneman Douglas High begins with an affirmation, which is read over the intercom.
“If I don’t make it,” she wrote, “I love you and I appreciate everything you did for me.”
One video showed officers with guns drawn, rushing into a classroom full of cowering students.
Like many school districts, Broward County’s allows high school students to bring
cellphones to school, so long as they don’t interfere with class work.
On Wednesday, many students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School held onto their phones for dear
life as a 19-year-old gunman, Nikolas Cruz, stalked the grounds and fatally shot 17 people.
They come to Parkland to live in the safest community in the county.”
Every morning at Stoneman Douglas High begins with an affirmation, which is read over the intercom.
“If I don’t make it,” she wrote, “I love you and I appreciate everything you did for me.”
One video showed officers with guns drawn, rushing into a classroom full of cowering students.
Like many school districts, Broward County’s allows high school students to bring
cellphones to school, so long as they don’t interfere with class work.