From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernici. This is the Daily.

In Parkland, Florida, a trial is underway, did determine the fate of the gunman who killed

17 people at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018.

The trial is expected to last for months, and as it goes on, people in Parkland are

reliving the pain of a day they've spent years trying to put behind them.

Today we go back to a conversation that my colleague, Jackie Lee, had right after the shooting,

with some of the students who survived it, and we learn what's happened in the time since.

It's Wednesday, August 31st.

So, I flew down to Parkland, Florida, and spent a week trying to get to know some of the

kids who you didn't necessarily see at the vanguard of the movement that sprung up in the

wake of the shooting.

One day outside of the school, I met Brooke Harrison and her parents Denise and Robert.

We talked for a little while, and a couple nights later, I met up with Brooke and several

of her friends.

Will you guys tell me about how you know each other?

I know her from elements.

I went to private school.

The girls all sunk into a sofa together to talk as their parents sat outside on the patio

and chatted with each other.

So they were Victoria, Edan, Madison, Zelt Langer, two girls named Madison, Maddie and

Madison, they called each other.

Annabel, Brooke Harrison, and Brooke.

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