Parkland students endure emotional and physical wounds a month after massacre
UWS high school walkout: Fiorello La Guardia students sit in silence for the victims of the Parkland shooting.
Some students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School say their emotional and physical wounds remain raw a month after a shooting spree left 17 dead on their campus.
She said the horror of witnessing three classmates -- including close friend Alaina Petty, 14 -- getting gunned down in front of her remains at the forefront of her mind and that just the rattle of a doorknob can prompt flashbacks of the gunman’s firing into her classroom.
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She said she and her classmates were in the classroom the gunman targeted.
Brooke said she and her classmates share an experience that once seemed unfathomable in Parkland, Florida, one that even adults in their 80s haven't endured.
"We're 14 through 18 and we're experiencing it. It's just ... it's unimaginable that we're so young; we've gone through this traumatic experience,” she said. “So, I think any response, anyway anyone wants to handle it, is perfectly normal and they should be taking everything at their own pace."
Brooke and her Stoneman Douglas classmates walked out of class at 10 a.m. today and congregated on the school football field for 17 minutes of silence to remember those killed in the Feb. 14 massacre.
They were not alone, as thousands of students across the nation and the world plan to join them in similar events at their schools.