{"id":131524,"date":"2021-02-14T14:50:43","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T19:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=131524"},"modified":"2021-02-14T22:12:32","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T03:12:32","slug":"dozens-gather-to-remember-17-lives-lost-in-parkland-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dozens-gather-to-remember-17-lives-lost-in-parkland-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens gather to remember 17 lives lost in Parkland shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdozens-gather-to-remember-17-lives-lost-in-parkland-shooting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=131524&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2372163\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2372163\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2372163\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-924929238-686x437.jpg\" alt=\"Flowers, candles and mementos sit outside one of the makeshift memorials at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 27, 2018. Florida&#039;s Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school will reopen on February 28, 2018 two weeks after 17 people were killed in a shooting by former student, Nikolas Cruz, leaving 17 people dead and 15 injured on February 14, 2018. \/ AFP PHOTO \/ RHONA WISE (Photo credit should read RHONA WISE\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"686\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2372163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flowers, candles and mementos sat outside one of the makeshift memorials at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 27, 2018. (Photo by RHONA WISE\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 7:00 PM PT \u2013 Sunday, February 14, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Americans nationwide mourned as Valentines Day marked three years since a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School took the lives of 17 students and teachers in Parkland.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) issued a statewide order on Sunday for flags to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset, also requesting Flordians take a moment of silence at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our state and nation will never forget February 14, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>We remember the 17 innocent lives that were lost on that tragic day. Their legacies will endure. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PGYf00CjOB\">pic.twitter.com\/PGYf00CjOB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/1360935652720787456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dozens gathered in cities across Florida to honor the lives lost, including Tony Montalto, whose daughter Gina Montalto was one of the victims killed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very difficult day,\u201d Montalto said. \u201cAlthough every day has been very difficult since my beautiful daughter Gina Rose Montalto was murdered at her school. Each day our family is not whole, and my wife and my son and myself are reminded of that, of a huge missing part of our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2018, a former student of Stoneman Douglas opened fire on campus, senselessly killing 14 students and three staff members, while wounding another 17 within minutes.<\/p>\n<p>In light of the commemoration, Joe Biden called upon Congress to strengthen gun laws, a measure in which family and loved ones of the victims have embarked on.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Three years ago today, a lone gunman took the lives of 14 students and three educators in Parkland, Florida. In seconds, the lives of dozens of families were changed forever. As we mourn with the Parkland community, we mourn for all who have lost loved ones to gun violence. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k050oDHXIi\">pic.twitter.com\/k050oDHXIi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 President Biden (@POTUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1361068202395107329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a bid campaign against gun violence, the parents of Joaquin Oliver, who was also killed in the shooting, plan to send \u201cshame cards\u201d to lawmakers, hoping they\u2019ll take action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an artistic collection that shows cities of the United States that have suffered mass shootings,\u201d Oliver said. \u201cThese images are very impactful. They show the whole process, even the shooter in some of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several commemoration events took place throughout Sunday, and family members and loved ones reminded others not to let the event be forgotten in the days to come.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/nypd-arrest-man-in-connection-with-4-subway-stabbings\/\">NYPD Arrest Man In Connection With 4 Subway Stabbings<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893445,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4588,6751,4216,5987,6752,3885],"class_list":["post-131524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dozens","tag-gather","tag-lives","tag-lost","tag-parkland","tag-remember"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}