Today marks two years since the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and students all over Broward County, Florida, will commemorate the tragedy by observing what the district is calling 'A Day of Service and Love.'
Like any school shooting, the Parkland tragedy irreparably altered the community in which it took place. But the impact of the school, its students, and the friends and family members of the victims was felt far beyond South Florida. That's because many of the survivors immediately began speaking out and confronting lawmakers about gun control reform.
'After Parkland,' shooting survivors go on 01:45A number of the survivors and victims' family members became widely recognized for speaking out and confronting lawmakers to plead for gun control reform. Other students across the US joined the cause, staging their own protests and school walkouts. Then, just over a month after the shooting, thousands of people rallied in Washington in solidarity with the students for the student-led March for Our Lives.
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