February 14th: Tragedy Strikes Stoneman Douglas High School

Reflections of History

Audacy Podcasts | Shining City Audio

Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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On February 14, 2018, tragedy strikes Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Shining City Audio, a John Meacham and C-13 original studio.
0:10.0	February 14, 2018, Tragedy Strikes Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
0:21.0	I'm John Meacham and this is Reflections of History.
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1:03.0	Let us listen on this day to the voice of Brook Harrison,
1:07.0	then a 14-year-old freshman at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School
1:11.0	and then think about whether this is the kind of country we want.
1:15.0	The essay was written for ABC News and I'm honored to share it here.
1:21.0	This is the voice of Brook Harrison.
1:24.0	For me, February 14 was a day known for celebrating those I loved.
1:29.0	It is now a day of celebrating those I lost.
1:33.0	It was Valentine's Day when a shooting massacre occurred at my high school in Parkland, Florida.
1:38.0	My friends and I were all giving each other heart-shaped chocolates and teddy bears.
1:43.0	The day was full of love, which makes the tragedy of the occurred even worse.
1:48.0	I was in my fourth period class, honors English,
1:52.0	and we were all in groups of three or four sitting next to our friends and finishing up our essays.
1:58.0	Then I heard it, bang, bang, bang.
2:03.0	It is a sound that will say with me for the rest of my life.
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