FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Parkland families have become spokespeople for a cause they didn’t sign up for.
As Day 16 of the sentencing trial for the confessed Marjory Stoneman Douglas gunman began on Wednesday, parents of one of the Parkland victims stopped for a moment in the hallway of the Broward County Courthouse to talk about Tuesday’s mass shooting at a Texas elementary school.
“I’m in physical pain with what they’re going through,” Tom Hoyer said, tearing up. “It’s terrible. I’m so sorry it happened to them.”