TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered U.S. and state flags to be flown at half-staff in any respect native and state buildings from dawn to sundown on Friday, Feb. 14.
The proclamation was in honor of those that had been killed seven years in the past, on Feb. 14, 2018, when a shooter opened hearth at Marjory Stoneman Douglas Excessive College in Parkland.
Seventeen lives had been misplaced that day, together with academics and college students at the highschool, making it one of many deadliest mass shootings in fashionable historical past.
The victims included Alyssa Alhadeff, Scott Beigel, Martin Duque Anguiano, Nicholas Dworet, Aaron Feis, Jaime Guttenberg, Christopher Hixon, Luke Hoyer, Cara Loughran, Gina Montalto, Joaquin Oliver, Alaina Petty, Meadow Pollack, Helena Ramsay, Alex Schachter, Carmen Schentrup, and Peter Wang.
“College students, academics, and college confirmed nice braveness within the face of hazard,” DeSantis mentioned. “The sacrifices of those heroes, in addition to the courageous actions of first responders, won’t ever be forgotten.”
