2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15
Hundreds of Marjory Stoneman Douglas Highschool students made their emotional return to the school campus less than two weeks after a shooting by a mentally challenged teenager who left 17 dead.
Photos and videos published by different local media showed the youngsters entering the institution of higher studies this Sunday afternoon. Most took photos, walked with their parents, or exchanged hugs with friends and teachers, many of whom they had not seen since the shooting by Nikolas Cruz, 19, on the afternoon of February 14.
Images began to circulate on social networks showing the entrance to the campus among flowers, posters of support sent to the school by schools in various parts of the country and patrols that monitored the entrance to the building. Many of them wore T-shirts that said "Douglas Strong" and "Parkland United." Approximately 3,000 young people study at this institution.
According to The New York Times, the campus opening was what the Broward County Police called a "phased reopening." The teachers and the rest of the staff will resume activities this Monday and Tuesday. For their part, students will return to classes on Wednesday, although these will be held only until 11:40 am
However, the building that was the scene of the massacre will remain closed and for now it remains isolated with a fence. Both school authorities and parents have asked that it be demolished and that a monument honoring the victims be built in its place.
On the other hand, also this Sunday the funeral of the Mexican student Martín Duque, 14 years old, the last victim to be buried, took place. The young man was part of the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) and was awarded the posthumous medal by the military.
"The last time I saw him he was at a table taking his lunch," José Hoyos, a friend of the victim, told the Miami Herald newspaper. “We were laughing, having a great time, as always. I'm glad that's how you can remember it: smiling. I hope others will remember him like that too.”
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