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Why the Parkland school building still stands, 5 years after shooting

PARKLAND, Fla. — The walls still hold up the ceilings, but they’re pocked with bullet holes.

Miami Herald · Feb 14, 2023

Parkland victims’ families create and expand foundations to keep memories of loved ones alive

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — “I can’t imagine what you are going through,” people often say to Jennifer Montalto.

Tribune News Service · Feb 13, 2023

5 years after Parkland, families cope through good works

After a gunman murdered 14 students and three staff members at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School five years ago, their families were left with a burning question: How do we go on with our lives while honoring our loved one’s memory

The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2023

Fabiola Santiago: No justice: Florida jury gives a gun-obsessed monster what he took from innocents — life

He killed 17 and injured 17 more.

Miami Herald · Oct 15, 2022

Parkland victim’s son storms out of court as Nikolas Cruz avoids death penalty

The man’s father was athletic director Chris Hixon, 49, who was killed as he tried to stop the shooting

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022

Parkland victims remembered four years on as hero’s widow opens up about the trauma

Chris Hixon was murdered along with 16 other people in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine’s Day 2018. His widow Debbi Hixon tells Rachel Sharp how she hopes the sentencing trial of his killer will finally enable her family to start to grieve

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022

Parkland gunman gets mercy from jury with life prison sentences for school shooting

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — He doesn’t deserve to die.

Tribune News Service · Oct 13, 2022

Jury offers mercy, rejects death sentence on all 17 counts for Parkland school shooter

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — After a heart-wrenching three months reliving one of America’s most heinous crimes, a jury Thursday showed mercy to the Parkland school shooter, rejecting a death sentence and recommending he spend life in prison.

Tribune News Service · Oct 13, 2022

Parkland victims remembered four years on as hero’s widow opens up about the trauma

Chris Hixon was murdered along with 16 other people in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine’s Day 2018. His widow Debbi Hixon tells Rachel Sharp how she hopes the sentencing trial of his killer will finally enable her family to start to grieve

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2022

Parkland victims remembered four years on as hero’s widow opens up about the trauma

Chris Hixon was murdered along with 16 other people in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine’s Day 2018. His widow Debbi Hixon tells Rachel Sharp how she hopes the sentencing trial of his killer will finally enable her family to start to grieve

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2022