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| Florida Shooting Survivor Calls for Action: ‘We’re Children. You Guys Are the Adults.’ | Florida Shooting Survivor Calls for Action: ‘We’re Children. You Guys Are the Adults.’ |
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| A senior at the Florida high school where 17 people died in a shooting on Wednesday implored lawmakers to act to prevent future violence, calling the frequency of school shootings in America “unacceptable.” | A senior at the Florida high school where 17 people died in a shooting on Wednesday implored lawmakers to act to prevent future violence, calling the frequency of school shootings in America “unacceptable.” |
| “Ideas are great, ideas are wonderful and they help you get re-elected and everything, but what’s more important is actual action,” the student, David Hogg, said during an appearance on CNN on Thursday. | “Ideas are great, ideas are wonderful and they help you get re-elected and everything, but what’s more important is actual action,” the student, David Hogg, said during an appearance on CNN on Thursday. |
| Mr. Hogg said that he was in an Advanced Placement environmental science class at the school, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., when students in the classroom heard a gunshot and alerted a teacher, who closed the door. Soon after, he said, a fire alarm began sounding and the students evacuated the classroom. | Mr. Hogg said that he was in an Advanced Placement environmental science class at the school, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., when students in the classroom heard a gunshot and alerted a teacher, who closed the door. Soon after, he said, a fire alarm began sounding and the students evacuated the classroom. |
| Outside, Mr. Hogg encountered a mass of running students, which he joined. A janitor stopped and redirected the crowd, saving them from heading in the direction of the shooter, and the group eventually found safety in a culinary classroom. | Outside, Mr. Hogg encountered a mass of running students, which he joined. A janitor stopped and redirected the crowd, saving them from heading in the direction of the shooter, and the group eventually found safety in a culinary classroom. |
| While they were hiding, Mr. Hogg proceeded to interview his classmates on camera about their beliefs on gun policy. | |
| “Students are dying trying to get an education,” he said on CNN. “That’s not OK. That’s not acceptable.” | |
| Mr. Hogg, whose younger sister lost two friends in the shooting, called on politicians to act. | Mr. Hogg, whose younger sister lost two friends in the shooting, called on politicians to act. |
| “We’re children,” he said. “You guys are the adults.” | “We’re children,” he said. “You guys are the adults.” |
| Kelsey Friend, a freshman at the school, appeared alongside Mr. Hogg on CNN, and grew emotional as she thanked a geography teacher who she said had saved her life. | Kelsey Friend, a freshman at the school, appeared alongside Mr. Hogg on CNN, and grew emotional as she thanked a geography teacher who she said had saved her life. |
| “I will never forget the actions that he took for me and for fellow students of the classroom,” she said through tears. “And if his family is watching this, please know that your son or your brother was an amazing person and I’m alive today because of him. Thank you.” | “I will never forget the actions that he took for me and for fellow students of the classroom,” she said through tears. “And if his family is watching this, please know that your son or your brother was an amazing person and I’m alive today because of him. Thank you.” |
| It was not immediately clear whether the teacher had survived the shooting. | It was not immediately clear whether the teacher had survived the shooting. |
| [RELATED: A Visual Guide to the Florida School Shooting] | [RELATED: A Visual Guide to the Florida School Shooting] |
| Other students shared stories of the ordeal as well. | Other students shared stories of the ordeal as well. |
| Sarah Crescitelli, a freshman, said Wednesday that she was in drama class when gunshots rang out. While hiding with about 40 others in a storage room, she texted her mother, telling her, “If I don’t make it, I love you.” | Sarah Crescitelli, a freshman, said Wednesday that she was in drama class when gunshots rang out. While hiding with about 40 others in a storage room, she texted her mother, telling her, “If I don’t make it, I love you.” |
| Others, who spoke to CNN, described how a large group hid in an R.O.T.C. room where they used Kevlar blankets from a marksmanship class for protection. | Others, who spoke to CNN, described how a large group hid in an R.O.T.C. room where they used Kevlar blankets from a marksmanship class for protection. |
| At a news conference on Thursday, Robert Runcie, the superintendent of Broward County Public Schools, called for a national conversation on passing “sensible” gun control laws. | At a news conference on Thursday, Robert Runcie, the superintendent of Broward County Public Schools, called for a national conversation on passing “sensible” gun control laws. |
| “Our students are asking for that conversation,” he said. “And I hope we can get it done in this generation. But if we don’t, they will.” | “Our students are asking for that conversation,” he said. “And I hope we can get it done in this generation. But if we don’t, they will.” |