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2800 COaCOOCHEE STREET | COCOnuT GROvE - HOLLY 2015 Contemporary 2-Story Mansion with street-to-street lot in desirable North Grove! 5BR+Office/Den+4.5BA and over 4,500 adj. square feet. Exquisite finishes with Italian lacquered cabinetry, gorgeous “wood” ceramic floors, floor to ceiling glass, impact doors/ ADOPT “Holly” windows and more! Cook’s kitchen with Sub-Zero, Wolf & Miele appliances and dual zoned wine cellar. Luxurious master suite has I will pay your adoption fee*! lavish bath & opens to a roof-top terrace, huge walk-in closet with a motorized rail system & room for a sitting area. Heated salt-water 45 Dogs adopted in 2017! Thank you!! pool with spa, bug repellent misters, lush foliage for privacy & convenient parking in the front and back. REDUCED | LP $2,100,000 *Apply at: www.paws4you.org
13637 DEERInG BaY DR “PaDua” unIT 221, CORaL GaBLES 1675 MICanOPY avEnuE | COCOnuT GROvE Could this home be any more perfect? Elegant and Cheerful 3 bedroom plus Office or Represented the BUYER. Property listed by Realtors Karen Elmir and Patricia Alfonso of Nursery plus 3.5 baths with beautiful views of the lagoon & resort-style pool from the Cervera Realty. Originally built in 1937 and totally remodeled with 4 bedrooms + Office wrap-around balcony. Split plan, 2,900+sf, marble floors, gourmet kitchen with top of the + 4.5 baths with a large terrace off of the master suite overlooking the sparkling pool. line appliances, grand-sized living room, custom built cabinetry, exquisite master suite SOLD | SP $1,875,000 & lavish bath, 2 parking spaces, storage unit+golf cart space. REDUCED | $1,085,000 www.13637DeeringBayDriveUnit221.com
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NEVER AGAIN: STORIES FROM PARKLAND
24 TRIBUTES FRIENDS AND FAMILY REMEMBER THE VICTIMS OF THE SHOOTING AT STONEMAN DOUGLAS 36 MADY SNYDER AN MSD STUDENT SHARES HER STORY OF SURVIVAL ON THE THIRD FLOOR 40 EMMA GONZÁLEZ THE MSD SENIOR DISCUSSES THE GOALS OF THE “REVOLUTION” TO STOP GUN VIOLENCE
ALSO IN LIFESTYLE
8 EDITOR’S LETTER 12 AROUND TOWN 14 BAR TALK: BAR CENTRO’S KEY LIME DAIQUIRI 16 THE LISTING
PARKLAND COVERAGE 42 FIRST PERSON: FRED GUTTENBERG CHANNELS HIS GRIEF 44 LIFE IS LIKE A ROLLER COASTER 46 CHAIRMAN’S LETTER: A TIME FOR CHANGE COVER/TOC CREDITS Candlelight vigil image and this page by Ian Witlen (thecameraclicks.com)
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was a “crisis actor.” And reported death threats made against Hogg and his family. There was a victory on the ice, as the MSD hockey team won a state championship. And a victory, depending on your viewpoint, at the Capitol in Tallahassee as Gov. Rick Scott signed into law gun and school safety legislation that, among other things, raises the minimum age for gun purchases to 21 from 18, creates a waiting period for gun buyers, bans bump stocks and arms certain school personnel. The National Rifl e Association promptly fi led a lawsuit challenging the age restriction as unconstitutional. So much happened in that fi rst month that, at times, it made your head spin. But no matter how the news of the day unfolded, hearts remained heavy and unsettled. Nothing, it seemed, could shake that, even for those of us on the periphery. Maybe it’s that fi gure, 17, which represents not only the number of students and teachers who died but also the number of people wounded— Shane Sherlock, age 5, at the memorial site of his cousin, students like Madeleine Wilford, 17, who was Gina Montalto (photo courtesy released from the hospital in late February after of Shawn Sherlock) being shot in the chest, torso and arm; or like Anthony Borges, 15, who, at press time, was still struggling with complications after being shot fi ve times, including twice in the torso. A Time to Honor Or, maybe, it’s the quiet realization that something about this tragedy and its aftermath has changed you in o much has happened since that Feb. 14 afternoon at ways you don’t yet fully understand. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. It certainly changed the scope of Lifestyle’s April issue. There were candlelight vigils all over South Florida. What started as a modest plan for MSD coverage took on SFunerals for the 17 victims. Early interviews with a life of its own within hours. We reached out to students, impassioned students and grieving parents that suggested parents, community leaders, the police, friends of the something about this shooting wouldn’t disappear so quickly victims, parents of the victims—and countless others with off the front pages, at least not without a fi ght. ties to Parkland. So many of you opened up to us, and for There was a rally for gun control at the Federal that we’re forever humbled and indebted. Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale that turned MSD student Some of the stories that follow will break your heart. A Emma González into the face of a movement. A CNN town few will be diffi cult to read because of the graphic details. hall at BB&T Center that drew nearly 3 million television Others will inspire. And, yes, some will just rub certain viewers. Trips to Tallahassee and Washington, D.C. And people the wrong way. In putting this issue together, our lines drawn in the sand between those demanding change goal was simple: We wanted to honor a community that’s and those defending their Second Amendment rights. been through so much by giving its members a place to There were nonprofi ts started. Scholarships launched. share their thoughts, their recollections, their sadness, Police procedures debated. Lawsuits fi led. And a formal, their perspective—and, at times, their rage. 34-count indictment issued. The Marjory Stoneman Douglas family deserves There were student walkouts at high schools all across that much. They’ve certainly paid a high-enough price. the tri-county area. A welcome visit to MSD by Miami Heat Lifestyle is proud to share their words. star Dwyane Wade. And, based on student reaction, a not-so- This issue is for Parkland. Stay strong. welcome visit to MSD by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. There were talk-show appearances by MSD students González, Cameron Kasky and Jaclyn Corin on “Ellen.” By Kasky and fellow student activist David Hogg on “Real Time with Bill Maher.” There were claims by conspiracy Kevin Kaminski, Group Editor theorists that Hogg, whose father once worked for the FBI, kkaminski@lmgfl .com
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PINECRESTMAGAZINE.COM | APRIL 2018 11 Around News & Notes from the Village town Mayor’s Message There is a new coffee spot in town. The Cockatoo Coffee Bar, at the newly renovated Cypress Hall in Pinecrest Gardens, is an educational platform for seasoned and novice baristas dedicated to promoting sustainably sourced coffee. Visitors can enjoy daily coffee selections while working, studying or spending time with friends in the gallery-like space, which features multimedia art exhibitions. Its name is a throwback to the days when the site was home to Parrot Jungle, and a cockatoo named Pinky rode a bicycle on a high wire across the Banyan Bowl stage. Founded in 1936, Parrot Jungle was an international tourist attraction, whose visitors included Winston Churchill and President Jimmy Carter. Today, Pinecrest Gardens is one of South Florida’s most signifi cant cultural assets, serving as a model of excellence in preservation, civic engagement and community building for surrounding communities. — Joseph M. Corradino Make It Fresh Chicago-based Doc B’s Fresh and cilantro and served over Kitchen recently opened its sixth a medley of watermelon, location, in Coral Gables. The cucumber and Marcona almonds, restaurant is home to a 30-seat topped with mint. bar with a daily happy hour The new location, the third (4-6 p.m.) and an open-hearth in Florida, also features artwork pizza oven. The menu includes by Miami-born Alex Mijares and a create-your-own-steak dish; Gabriel Gimenez. It is located the Angry Meatball, a 10-ounce at 301 Miracle Mile and is open Wagyu beef bounty with spicy for lunch and dinner. Visit marinara; and the Killer Grilled docbsfreshkitchen.com. Shrimp, marinated in habanero Moving Together Pinecrest Resident Honored Miami’s National Water Dance Projects presents its Siegal, the senior rabbi of Temple third annual National Water Dance held in conjuction Judea in Coral Gables, received with 1,500 participants from classes, public schools, the Clergy Medallion, joining fellow universities and professional companies. The event recipients Betty T. Ferguson, former takes place simultaneously across 40 other states, Miami-Dade County Commissioner; Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico on April 14, at 4 p.m. Rose Ellen Greene, philanthropist; Each performance takes place near a body of water Mitchell Kaplan, cofounder of Miami as dancers unite to take responsibility for protecting Book Fair International; and the our water. The performances will be livestreamed late Myron J. “Mike” Brodie, former online. Seventy Miami dancers will participate, executive director of the Greater including dancers from Conchita Espinosa Academy, Miami Jewish Federation. South Miami Community Middle School, Dance Now “The MCCJ has a long history of Miami, IFE-ILE Afro-Cuban Dance Company and uniting our community, fostering dancers with NWD Projects. inclusiveness and celebrating The free dance is held at Marjory Stoneman diversity. The Silver Medallion Douglas Biscayne Nature Center, 747 Crandon Blvd., Pinecrest resident Rabbi Judith Siegal honorees have helped spread this Key Biscayne. The event begins with a blessing of the recently was honored at the Miami message of unity as they have each water by Houston Cypress of the Miccosukee Tribe Conference of Christians and Jews at left their mark on Miami's history,” of Indians and ends with a group movement ritual led the organization’s 2018 Humanitarian said Tony Argiz, award’s dinner co- by IFE-ILE Afro-Cuban Dance Company. A reception Dinner, held at the InterContinental chair. follows the performance at the Biscayne Nature Hotel. Center courtyard. Visit nationalwaterdance.org. Food for Kids The top chefs and mixologists in South Florida unite at the 30th annual Taste of the Nation to benefi t No Kid Hungry, an organization that fi ghts childhood hunger in the United States. Last year’s event raised enough for 680,000 meals. Led by chef/chairman Timon Balloo, the April 27 event at Ice Palace Films Studios features bites, cocktails and desserts from 3030 Ocean, Beaker & Gray, Biscayne Bay Brewing Company, the Salty Donut, StripSteak by Michael Mina, Stubborn Seed, Glass & Vine and more. Tickets start at $150. VIP tickets PHOTO BY MIANA JUN include a party at R House in National Water Dance Miami at New World School Wynwood from 10 p.m.-midnight. Ice of the Arts Palace Films Studios is located at 59 NW 14th St., Miami. Visit nokidhungry. Shall We Dance? com/miami. The Pinecrest Community Center hosts Princesses of Pinecrest, its ninth annual father-daughter dance, April 13, from 6 to 9 p.m. It includes music, light refreshments and a formal photograph. Tickets for community center members are $30 for one couple and $15 for each additional daughter. Tickets for nonmembers are $40 a couple and $20 for each additional daughter. Visit pinecrestcommunitycenter. com.
PINECRESTMAGAZINE.COM | APRIL 2018 13 BarTalk The Lime is Key BAR CENTRO HAS A FUN SPIN ON AN ICONIC FLORIDA DESSERT ar Centro, a swanky drinking den Bfrom venerable chef José Andrés, takes a playful approach to traditional cocktails. With two locations in Miami—one connected to his South Beach restaurant, the Bazaar; and another inside his Brickell spot, Bazaar Mar—Andrés blends herbs, fruits and vegetables with unique additives, such as salt air and liquid nitrogen, to emphasize presentation and experience as well as fl avor. At Bazaar Mar, inside SLS Brickell (1300 S. Miami Ave., Miami), Andrés’ Key Lime Pie Daiquiri stands out. Each serving, delicately poured into a sleek wine glass, is blended with white rum, Key lime and condensed milk, and then garnished with a generous layer of torch-bruléed meringue. “We had to fi nd a way to feature Florida’s iconic Key lime pie,” says Miguel Lancha, who works as a cocktail innovator for Andrés’ restaurant company, ThinkFoodGroup. “But we wanted to showcase it in a unique way.” The mixology team wondered if there was a way to transform a slice of Key lime pie into a frothy drink infused with a spirit. That’s when it clicked—Lancha decided to blend some of a Key lime pie’s ingredients, milk and a concoction of key lime fl avoring, with a white rum. “We chose rum based on the cultural tie that it has to the region, because of its proximity to the Caribbean and KEY LIME PIE DAIQUIRI popularity in Florida,” Lancha says. For the full recipe, visit lmgfl .com. Unlike a classic daiquiri, which is light and fl avorful, Bar Centro’s is thicker. Ingredients With a tart-like texture, the cocktail’s 1½ ounces Plantation 3 Stars rum sweet and creamy bruléed top balances ¾ ounce Key lime juice the Key lime’s acidity. “The aroma of the ½ ounce condensed milk freshly torched meringue in contrast Bruléed meringue espuma with the acidic daiquiri underneath … we just love it,” Lancha says. Directions Though the cocktail might seem Combine ingredients in shaker. best-suited as an after-dinner treat, Express Key lime peel oils into customers also prefer it as an after- mixture. Drop peel inside. Fill with work pick-me-up. “Our guests enjoy this ice and shake. Strain into glass. cocktail at any time of day,” he says. Dispense espuma on top and — CLARISSA BUCH brulée. Top with Key lime zest.
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22 APRIL 2018 | PINECRESTMAGAZINE.COM STORIES FROM PARKLAND In the weeks following the deadliest high school shooting in United States history, editors and reporters for Lifestyle reached out to dozens of people whose lives were forever altered by what happened inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14. We interviewed the officer who made the arrest and the sheriff who’s under fire. We spoke to student activists and students from a high school in west Boca Raton who walked 12 miles in a show of solidarity. We met survivors of a mass shooting in Orlando and survivors from the third floor at MSD. We attended an emotional town hall with members of the Parkland community. And we listened as grieving parents and heartbroken friends and family told us about their loved ones. We’re deeply honored to share their words with our readers.
PINECRESTMAGAZINE.COM | APRIL 2018 23 Tributes JAIME GUTTENBERG AGE 14 On Feb. 18, Fred and Jennifer Guttenberg were supposed to be watching their daughter, Jaime, perform in the fi rst dance competition of the season. Instead, they were at a cemetery with 1,000 mourners, many of them wearing orange ribbons, to say goodbye to their little girl. Jaime was a talented dancer with Dance Theatre at Parkland, and her favorite color was orange. So, when the girls at Dance Theatre decided to honor her memory, they launched a social media movement called “Orange Ribbons for Jaime,” which went viral. Messages and tributes to Jaime arrived from dancers around the world, from Florida to Finland; it even got the attention of American Ballet Theater, which dedicated a performance to Jaime’s memory. Jaime was only 14, but, to her family, she was an “old soul.” She was only halfway through her freshman year of high school, but she was poised and mature beyond her years. “Jaime is … was, the toughest person I knew,” says her father, Fred, who has spoken out for gun reform and policy changes since the shooting, including a memorable exchange with U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio at the CNN town hall. “Jaime didn’t put up with the typical teenage BS. Dance was her passion, but her heart was big.” That heart was evident in her volunteer work for programs such as Best Buddies and the Friendship Initiative, both of which involve children with special needs and developmental challenges. “Jaime had zero tolerance for bullying,” Fred says. “She was the kid who stood up for the ones being bullied.” Jaime was so focused that she not only knew what she wanted to do in life, but where she wanted to do it. Her mother, Jennifer, is a pediatric occupational therapist and often would take Jaime to work with her. It was there that Jaime set her sights on being a pediatric physical therapist at the Paley Institute, working with children with disfi gured limbs. When she wasn’t dancing, volunteering or doing homework, Jaime loved to “park her tush on the sofa,” Fred says, and watch TV. “She loved her [shows], especially ‘Friends.’ Jaime and her brother, Jesse, and I were addicted to ‘Chicago Fire,’ ‘Chicago P.D.’ and ‘Chicago Med.’ It was an important part of our ALAINA PETTY time together. AGE 14 “She was silly, crazy, loved to laugh, could make us cry, and I always said she was the energy in the room. The world lost a good one when we lost her.” Alaina Petty’s older brother, Patrick, raised his hand in a salute to his mother, —Lisa Lucas Kelly, after he presented her with an American fl ag following graveside services for the freshman at MSD. The fl ag had been draped over his younger sister’s casket, hand-delivered by a serviceman in a U.S. Army uniform before the funeral on Feb. 19 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Alaina, a member of the school’s junior ROTC, also posthumously received the U.S. Army’s Medal of Heroism at the services. But her family—mother, Kelly; father, Ryan; brothers Ian and Patrick, also a student at Douglas; and sister, Meghan—said that anyone who knew Alaina understood that she wouldn’t expect a medal or accolades for her thoughtful, compassionate nature. “Alaina loved to serve,” her family wrote in a prepared statement. She joined the junior ROTC program at school because it was a way for her to honor her country and contribute to her community, her family said. She traveled as a volunteer with the church’s Helping Hands program to Everglades City and to the Florida Keys after Hurricane Irma to help those affected by the natural disaster. “She understood her service could bring some measure of happiness to people who had lost everything,” Ryan says. There’s no doubt, he believes, that Alaina is continuing her good will. “Alaina’s mortal probation is completed, but her eternal service is beginning.” —Michelle F. Solomon
24 MARCH 2018 | PINECRESTMAGAZINE.COM CARMEN SCHENTRUP AGE 16
Carmen Schentrup was going to change the world. In a statement released by her father, Philip, and mother, April, the principal at Pembroke Pines Elementary School, the family described Carmen as funny, strong, artistic, a lover of books and music, accomplished—and much more. “She was a bright, beautiful young woman bursting into the world.” She also was driven. Case in point: Carmen dreamed of visiting Germany, so she spent a year teaching herself the language. Having gained enough knowledge to serve as guide and translator, she then planned a vacation last summer for her parents; older brother, Robert; and young sister, Evelyn. In January, she enrolled in a German class at Broward College. Professor Antonella Cassia says she bonded with the high school senior over a shared passion for playing piano. “She liked Chopin, and we talked about that, about her love for classical music.” Cassia calls Carmen a standout student; she was never late, and she never missed the twice-a-week, three-plus-hour, evening class at the college. “Carmen came to me and told me she wanted to take the fi nal, which was an oral exam, early; that she was ready, and didn’t need to wait,” Cassia says. They agreed that Carmen could take the exam a week before the rest of the class. On Monday, Feb. 12, two days before the shooting, Carmen passed her oral language exam. In early February, the straight-A student was accepted into the University of Florida honors program, and was one of only 10 students at Stoneman Douglas to be selected as a 2018 National Merit Scholarship semifi nalist. Carmen didn’t know about the award—the letter arrived the day after she died. Carmen’s family wrote about her quick wit and wonderful sense of humor. She would joke about looking older than 16, remarking that people had been asking her how she liked college since she was a freshman in high school. She would have ALEXANDER SCHACHTER celebrated her 17th birthday on Feb. 21. AGE 14 “She was still a kid at heart,” the family statement said. “As parents, we loved that she never outgrew our hugs and would hug us before she went to bed. We miss her “I wasn’t the only one that loved Alex,” says Daniel Journey, a senior at MSD who hugs. We miss her making us laugh. We miss her strength and courage. We miss played in the band with Alex Schachter. “He was the kid everyone knew.” seeing her make her dreams come true.” Alex, a freshman, excelled in his studies as an honors student. He already had —Michelle F. Solomon decided where he wanted to go to college; his late mother, Debbie, had graduated from the University of Connecticut, and friends and family say he treasured his UConn hoodie. (Editor’s note: Debbie died when Alex was 4.) In a handwritten letter to the family of Alex, Nathan Fuerst, assistant vice president for enrollment at the university, wrote: “We were touched by his love for music and for his love of UConn.” The formal letter, dated Feb. 21, was addressed to Alex: “It is my pleasure to inform you of your admission to the School of Fine Arts as a music major.” “At West Glades Middle School, Alex started playing the trombone, and he really excelled,” his father, Max, says. “Alex was someone who, when he devoted himself to something, was all in. He enjoyed it so much that during seventh and eighth grades, he took two band classes so that by the time he got to high school, he would be profi cient at playing the baritone during marching band season and the trombone in concert season.” Alexander Kaminsky, director of bands at MSD, was fairly certain that with Alex’s dedication, he would have had “a bright future” in music. Alex’s great uncle, Ed Goodman, who lives in Dallas, told a TV station there that he visited Alex’s bedroom one last time before he and his wife, Rona, attended the boy’s funeral in Parkland. Something he saw reminded him how much Alex loved playing his instruments. “He had his music stand right next to his bed,” Ed said. “That was very touching. It was one of the hardest moments, walking in there.” —Michelle F. Solomon
PINECRESTMAGAZINE.COM | APRIL 2018 25 Tributes SCOTT BEIGEL AGE 35 If Scott Beigel were reading this, he probably wouldn’t like it. He was one of those guys who genuinely didn’t like the spotlight on him. He never would consider it “heroic” to do something that came naturally—like putting his kids before himself. The geography teacher and cross country coach at Stoneman Douglas was from Long Island, New York. He spent much of his adult life working with kids all over the world—from Camp Starlight in the Pennsylvania town of the same name (that’s where he met his fi ancée, Gwen) to South Africa. He loved to run on the beach, he doted on his beloved dog, Murphy, and, like a good grandson, he took his grandmother to brunch. “Scott didn’t have to be on stage or the center of attention, but when he spoke, people listened,” says his mother, Linda Beigel Schulman. “He never planned anything, he just did it. Scott lived life by Scott’s rules, and he treated people the way he liked to be treated.” CHRIS HIXON She easily could have been describing what Scott did on Feb. 14, as he AGE 49 unlocked his classroom door and hurried kids in from the hall. He was killed trying to lock the door and keep his kids safe. When the stories began to emerge that Chris Hixon raced toward the shooting, in an “Scott was the most generous and thoughtful person I ever knew,” Linda says. effort to protect his students, no one interviewed seemed the least bit shocked by “One of the biggest pleasures of my life was our annual ski trip. When Scott was those actions. From all accounts, Hixon, the athletic director and wrestling coach at 9, I said, ‘Let’s have a Mom and Scott adventure. Let’s go skiing.’ So, I got us all Stoneman Douglas, had always put others before himself. He embodied the guy who, the ski gear, and we drove seven hours to Sunday River, Maine. I put him in ski literally, would give you the shirt off his back. school, I did a couple of runs, and then we practiced on the bunny slope.” Just 10 days shy of his 50th birthday, he gave his life. At the end of the day, they went for pizza—and in the morning, they had the After two Persian Gulf tours in the U.S. Navy (during Operations Desert Storm and leftover pizza for breakfast. The whole thing became a tradition that they tried to Desert Shield), Chris, who had wrestled in high school, found a way to combine his do every year. passion for sports, kids and coaching as athletic director at Blanche Ely High School “One year, when Scott was about 13, he said, ‘Mom, give me the trail map. I’m and South Broward, and then Stoneman Douglas four years ago. going to take you,” Linda says. “So, I let him be the guide, but I had to remind him “Chris loved all sports and he really loved teaching kids and watching them to leave enough energy to get back on the last run. That’s how Scott was, always blossom,” says Chris’ wife, Debbie, a magnet program coordinator at South Broward taking care of everyone else.” High. “When he got out of the Navy, I was a teacher, and he would always come and “The shooting is not going to defi ne Scott,” says Michael Schulman, who help me coach the kids’ softball team and swim team.” adopted Linda’s children when he married her 12 years ago. “Scott is going to The native of Easton, Pennsylvania, didn’t have much time for a hobby, since he defi ne the moment.” worked long hours and was always doing extra-duty coaching; Chris often coached —Lisa Lucas up to fi ve sports at a time for no additional salary. He had a 60-mile commute to school every day, but he didn’t care, Debbie says, because “he loved his job and he loved the kids.” He eventually bought a Prius to save on gas, even though the hybrid electric car became the subject of playful conversation among his friends. “Chris was always a NASCAR kind of guy,” Debbie says. “But he loved that Prius, even though people picked on him about it.” Chris had a good sense of humor about himself; he could handle some ribbing, especially if it meant getting a laugh out of his students. Debbie giggles as she recounts a time, a few years ago, when Chris proved her point. “Coral Springs High was having a wrestling match fundraiser event for their homecoming,” she says. “There were a few professional wrestlers, and they sprinkled in some guys from the local schools. Chris used to wrestle, so he volunteered to participate. When he came out to practice the moves, he was wearing a Stoneman Douglas singlet—and waving his hands up in the air. “It didn’t matter how silly he looked. He was so proud just to be a part of that night. He was smiling.” Chris, voted 2017 Athletic Director of the Year by the Broward County Athletics Association, also is survived by sons Tommy (a member of the U.S. Marine Corps) and Corey (a special-needs adult), and adopted daughters Jessica and Jennifer. At his funeral, Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski said, “What Chris did on [Feb. 14] did not make him a hero. He was a hero long before that.” —Lisa Lucas
26 MARCH 2018 | PINECRESTMAGAZINE.COM JOAQUIN “GUAC” OLIVER AGE 17
Dream maker, heart breaker, wherever you’re goin’, I’m goin’ the same. —lyrics from Frank Ocean’s “Moon River”
Joaquin Oliver’s favorite performing artist was R&B/hip-hop artist Frank Ocean. In the early morning of Feb. 15, not even 24 hours after Joaquin, a senior at MSD, was killed in the shooting, Ocean posted a version online of his rendition of “Moon River.” The release of Ocean’s ethereal take of the 1961 ballad might have been a coincidence, but those who knew the young man nicknamed “Guac” found comfort in its divine timing. One of many comments on YouTube underneath the song reads: “Joaquin Oliver was a huge fan of Frank Ocean. Song was posted after his tragic death. This version is so beautiful and sad. RIP brother.” Alicia Blonde, a Spanish teacher at MSD, says, “he was a beautiful kid.” She cried as she recalled her former student poking his head into her classroom almost daily, and saying, “Prof, I love you.” “He had an energy that was contagious,” Blonde says. She remembered the pride she felt for him when the Venezuelan-born student and his family became naturalized American citizens in January 2017. “I love you, Guac, I always will, because you are the reason we want to change the future,” MSD student Jake Haimowitz said on national television, reading from a remembrance letter he wrote to his friend. Joaquin had another idol, NBA basketball star Dwyane Wade, who recently returned to the Miami Heat. They never met, but after learning that the family buried their son in his favorite No. 3 Heat jersey, one of the most decorated players in franchise history says he was at a loss for words. “That they thought of me in that process, as something that he would have CARA LOUGHRAN wanted, is mind-boggling,” Wade said. “You just try to hope that the time where AGE 14 he was alive, that you were able to bring some form of joy to his life.” One night after dedicating the rest of the Heat season to Joaquin, Wade Damian and Denise Loughran were planning a big party for their daughter’s 15th wrote “Joaquin Oliver” on his sneakers as a tribute before taking the fl oor at birthday on Feb. 21. AmericanAirlines Arena against the Philadelphia 76ers. A few hours later, with 5.9 But instead of celebrating the honor roll student’s fi rst day driving with a seconds left in the game, Wade hit the winning basket in Miami’s 102-101 victory. learner’s permit, Denise and Damian, their son Liam, 17, who witnessed the tragedy, —Michelle F. Solomon and hundreds of friends and family spent that day mourning Cara’s death. Cara, which means “friend” in Irish, was a perfect name for the freshman who was fi ercely devoted to her friends and family, here and in Ireland. She loved the beach, and surfi ng and gymnastics, but her true passion and talent was Irish dance. After seeing “Riverdance,” Cara was inspired. She and two of her friends started taking classes twice a week at Drake Irish School of Dance in Coral Springs. “Cara was a happy, smart, sweet girl,” says Christina Deacy, director of Drake. “She always had a smile on her face, like she wanted to say something funny, but was holding it in.” The night before the shooting, Cara and the class were rehearsing a performance piece, which they are now calling “Cara’s Dance” to honor her memory. On a recent Saturday, grieving students and families came together at the studio to make purple memorial bows. Purple was Cara’s favorite color. Deacy says the Drake dancers and their families will continue to wear the bows at all performances and competitions. Irish dance competitions have started holding fundraisers and adding purple bows to costumes and competitor cards. Donations have come from as far as Ireland and Australia for the “Irish Dance Love for the Loughrans” GoFundMe page that Drake organized to help the family. “Dance schools from all over have posted pictures of their students wearing purple and holding signs honoring Cara and so many gestures of love,” Deacy says. “We will never forget her. Cara was lovely and such a sweetheart. “Even though she was quiet, her absence is loud. We all miss her.” —Lisa Lucas
PINECRESTMAGAZINE.COM | APRIL 2018 27 Tributes PETER WANG AGE 15 Peter Wang referred to family friend Jesse Pan as “Uncle Jesse,” and he often told him about his aspirations to be in the military. Pan says the freshman at MSD was the “nicest, most polite young man you’d ever meet. There aren’t too many kids like him.” Pan, an agent with Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, became friends with Peter’s father, Kong, and his mother, Hui, after he sold them their home. He lives in the same neighborhood, a few doors down. Witnesses reported that Wang was shot while holding a school door open so that others could fl ee to safety. His action was brought to the attention of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, which Peter had hoped to attend. The academy posthumously admitted Peter to the class of 2025, in recognition of his selfl ess act. “Peter Wang lost his life in service to others,” read a statement from the academy. “One of USMA’s priorities is to develop leaders of character who are committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country. Peter Wang’s actions on Feb. 14 are an example of those principles—and for this reason the academy honors his dream of being a West Point cadet with a 2025 letter of acceptance.” Peter died wearing his junior ROTC uniform, which members of the group usually wore on Wednesdays. Pan, who sometimes would pick up the teenager from school and drive him home because Peter’s parents were busy working at the restaurant they own (Miyako Japanese Buffet in Pompano Beach), says Peter often would talk about how much he loved being part of the program. “His parents didn’t know much about JROTC, at fi rst,” Pan says. “But Peter told MEADOW POLLACK them it was a benefi t for him to be part of the group, and that it would help him in AGE 18 his future.” —Michelle F. Solomon Heather Schoengrund’s son, Brandon, and Meadow Pollack were inseparable from the fi rst time they met three years ago. They were introduced by a mutual friend, his mother says. “I knew God blessed me with an angel that I would love for the rest of my life,” Brandon said at his girlfriend’s funeral. Heather had formed her own friendship with the girl that close friends called “Meads,” and who her father, Andrew, called his “princess.” Heather posted a letter to “Meads” on Facebook three days after the MSD shooting in which, among other things, she wrote: “I couldn’t have asked for a better girlfriend for Brandon.” Christina Harris remembers Meadow as a bright star who loved to dance. In 2004, Harris, now owner of Coral Springs Academy of Dance, was a teacher at the school; Meadow was in her tap, ballet, and jazz classes. “She was one of the little ones I taught. I remember that I thought her name was so beautiful—and I remember her smile,” Harris says. After graduation, Meadow had planned to attend Lynn University in Boca Raton. “She was very much about family, and she didn’t want to go far away to college,” Heather says. “She wanted to stay close to home, and to stay close to Brandon. She was going to marry him. That’s who she wanted to spend the rest of her life with.” Meadow’s father, Andrew Pollack, has become an outspoken advocate for school safety and what can be done to prevent future shootings. Brandon, 21, joined Andrew, and Meadow’s brothers, Huck and Hunter, when they traveled to Washington, D.C., for a roundtable discussion about school safety with President Donald Trump. Heather recently posted a picture on Facebook of a new tattoo, freshly inked on the inside of her left ankle—an “M” with a princess crown atop it. “Two of Meadow’s best friends started it, then my aunt, my cousin and I got one, and now some of her family members have gone to get them, too. It’s on the left side where our hearts are.” —Michelle F. Solomon
28 APRIL 2018 | PINECRESTMAGAZINE.COM NICHOLAS DWORET AGE 17 Nicholas Dworet left an impression on everyone he met. When the senior at MSD went to visit his girlfriend Daria’s grandparents last summer, they were impressed that after dinner, while the other kids had sprinted to their cellphones, Nicholas helped with clearing the table and doing the dishes— without being asked. After he interviewed at the University of Indianapolis, where Nicholas had planned to attend on a swim scholarship this fall, the admissions woman raved to Nicholas’ mother, Annika. She was so taken with his pleasant, down-to-earth demeanor— especially after meeting other athletes who were arrogant—that the admissions woman went home and told her husband about the nice athlete she had met. Though only 17, Nicholas had curated a sophisticated sense of style and eclectic taste, which, combined with his good looks, charismatic personality and affable demeanor, made him seem mature beyond his years. “He was very stylish,” Annika says. “He loved polo shirts, sneakers, clothes from the label Supreme, and Versace cologne. He was interested in Oriental décor. He loved Asian and Latin cuisine—but he also just loved to eat. We couldn’t leave anything in the fridge, because Nicholas would gulp it down whether it was his or not.” Nicholas matured quickly after he met Daria. His grades improved, and he recalibrated his focus on the pool. Quickly, he became a dedicated and accomplished swimmer. He impressed his coach and fellow swimmers so much that they made him captain of the Stoneman Douglas team. Before long, his teammates started calling him “Big Boss” and “Swim Daddy,” because he was always helping HELENA RAMSAY them train and coaching them to do their best. Though he was going to Indianapolis to swim and study business, his dreams AGE 17 stretched two years beyond that. Nicholas, who is of Swedish heritage and has Samantha Grady credits Helena Ramsay with saving her life. She recounted to family in Sweden, was determined to compete for a spot on Sweden’s national swim NBC the moments when the two heard gunshots while in class at MSD. team and then go for gold at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. “We were all huddled together,” Grady explained. “[Helena] told me to ‘grab a As driven as he was, Nicholas wasn’t always “all business,” his family says. “He book, grab a book,’ and I believe the book deterred some of the bullets. She was was light-hearted with a goofy sense of humor and he loved to read Mad magazine the one who gave me the idea, she was the one who helped.” like his dad [Mitch]. And he loved animals, especially dogs and cats.” Fena Cooper, Helena’s cousin, posted on Facebook, “To know that she was So much so that last fall, Nicholas helped Daria’s dog deliver 12 puppies. selfl ess even unto death is something to be celebrated. She made sure her Naturally, they named one Nickie. classmates were OK, even through the scariest time of their lives.” —Lisa Lucas Helena, a high school junior who turned 17 on Jan. 19, was born in Portsmouth, England; she was of Trinidadian and Jamaican heritage. Her family moved to Coral Springs when Helena was 2. Numerous posts on Facebook, including one from another cousin, Curtis Page Jr., paint a portrait of Helena as “a kind-hearted, thoughtful person.” He goes on to write: “She was deeply loved and loved others even more so. … Her soft, warm demeanor brought the best out in all who knew her.” Katherine Dadd, also a junior at MSD and someone who had remained friends with Helena since preschool, told the Miami Herald that the two had attended a Lana Del Rey concert together on Feb. 1 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise. Katherine treasures the selfi e she took of the two of them that night. “She has been my friend my whole life, like a sister,” Katherine told the Herald. Helena’s brother, Ellis, who spoke on behalf of his mother and father at his younger sister’s funeral called her “a hero.” As the closing line of Helena’s obituary, the family wrote: “Though her full potential was not realized, she made a lasting impact in the 17 years that she lived on this Earth.” —Michelle F. Solomon
PINECRESTMAGAZINE.COMPINECRESTMAGAZINE.COM | MARCH | APRIL 2018 29 Tributes ALYSSA ALHADEFF AGE 14
On the night of Feb. 13, the Parkland travel soccer team played Coral Springs United. It was a low-scoring game, but, led by Alyssa Alhadeff, their team captain and center midfi elder, Parkland came away with a 1-0 victory. Alyssa was visibly elated, which was not unusual for the upbeat, gregarious high school freshman. She was high-fi ving, smiling and excitedly talking about the team’s next game. “Alyssa was a great soccer player and an awesome leader of our team,” says Raquel Alvarado, Alyssa’s friend and teammate. “She made friends with everyone, everywhere we went. She kept great grades, she was on the debate team and was really good at it. She had a great social life, she spent time with her family, she was a really good friend—and she did it all at the same time. She was good at everything.” No matter who you talk to—family, friends, classmates, neighbors—the consensus is unanimous: Even going back to her early childhood in New Jersey, Alyssa always was the smart, talented, big-hearted girl with the million-dollar smile. “We traveled a lot for soccer, and Alyssa was always the one who entertained us and kept our spirits up,” Alvarado says. “She had a cute style, a great sense of humor, and she always had a story to tell. Even if it wasn’t a great one, she still made us laugh because of how she told it. And she was really devoted to her friends. Once LUKE HOYER she practiced for a month to dance at her friend’s quinceañera.” AGE 15 Alvarado says Alyssa, who was an honors student, liked helping people and volunteered at homeless shelters and thought she wanted to be a doctor. Luke-y Bear. That’s what Gena Hoyer called her son, a freshman at MSD. Even “She was great with the kids. In all the pictures, she’s smiling really big.” though his friends teased him about it, Luke never asked his mother to stop because Alyssa had such an impact on her peers that her fellow students, and captains he knew it made her happy. of the Stoneman Douglas girls soccer team, appealed to the U.S. women’s national “Luke loved ice cream, but if there was only a little bit left he would always ask soccer team to honor Alyssa’s memory at their March 7 match against England at me fi rst if I wanted any,” Gena says. “And Luke, who was obsessed with basketball Orlando City Stadium. The national team agreed. and the Miami Heat and the Clemson Tigers [his father, Thomas, went to Clemson], The U.S. team hosted Alyssa’s family and her teammates—and held a moment of watched ESPN every morning. But he always asked if I was watching anything silence in her honor. before he changed the channel.” —Lisa Lucas Gena describes her son as always happy and always smiling—even if he didn’t really like something, he never said so. “And he had such a big heart. Unlike many teenagers, he put others’ feelings before his.” As evidence, Gena points to the way Luke indulged her in a nightly ritual—one from which, at age 15, he probably was ready to move on. But he knew how much it meant to his mom. “He let me tuck him in every night,” Gena says. “I would kiss him on the forehead and he’d smile and pretend to wipe it off—and then let me kiss him again. He was just so sweet.” “Luke was really quiet, but he didn’t have to say much for people to gravitate to him,” says his older sister, Abby. “He wasn’t an attention seeker, but he paid attention and listened and remembered things. He was a warm, kind soul whose smile lit up the room even if he didn’t say a word. His silence spoke volumes.” Abby says that she and her older brother, Jake, called Luke the “Master of One-Word Answers.” They would play a game where they would try to come up with questions for Luke that would require more than a one-word response. Apparently, his siblings never won that game. Since Feb. 14, Gena says that their house is constantly fi lled with Luke’s basketball buddies wanting to be close to his family and share stories and memories of Luke. It was one of those stories that really hit home for the Hoyers and confi rmed what they already suspected about Luke. “His friends have been playing basketball games to honor Luke’s memory,” Gena says. “The other day his friend, Alex, said that while they were playing, a woman came over to them and told them to tell me how grateful she was to Luke—because Luke would play basketball with her 10-year-old autistic son when no one else would. “Luke never said a word about it.” —Lisa Lucas
30 APRIL 2018 | PINECRESTMAGAZINE.COM AARON FEIS AGE 37 He couldn’t save everyone, but he died trying. According to some of the many Stoneman Douglas students that survived, they wouldn’t be alive to talk about it had Aaron Feis not made himself a human shield. One student says Aaron literally threw himself over the students and took the bullets meant for them. He was not one to stand by while danger was present, especially not at his beloved alma mater. Aaron had played football at Stoneman Douglas and graduated in 1999, but he returned to the school in 2002, serving as an assistant football coach as well as a security guard known for patrolling the campus in his golf cart. His act of heroism comes as no surprise to anyone who knew him. His sister, Johanna Mahaffey, told NBC that her brother’s actions during the tragedy were indicative of who he was. “He is a protector, a coach, an educator, who will do anything to protect kids,” Mahaffey said. Their brother Michael Connell, 42, who lives in Michigan, echoed Mahaffey’s sentiments in an interview with The Leaven, a religious newspaper in Kansas. “Aaron was selfl ess and always put others fi rst,” Connell said. “He was caring, compassionate and decisive. He lived for the students and for helping people out.” Connell shared a story about how, when he and Aaron were young, their father was disciplining Connell. Aaron jumped on their father’s back to try and stop him. “That’s what he did with those kids,” Connell said. “Aaron was always protective of others, even as a child. That’s who he was. It was part of his character.” According to his Facebook page, Aaron watched “Duck Dynasty” and was a fan of former mixed martial arts competitor Ronda Rousey and former University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow. He also followed the Rev. Billy Graham and recently posted one of Graham’s quotes: “A coach will impact more young people in a year than the average person does in a lifetime.” Aaron lived in Coral Springs and is survived by his wife, Melissa, and their MARTIN DUQUE ANGUIANO daughter, Arielle. AGE 14 At the funeral, Mike Verdin, who had been a coach at Stoneman Douglas and worked alongside Aaron, said, “Aaron Feis has been a hero to many people for a Martin Duque Anguiano was born in Coyuca De Catalan, Mexico. His parents Daisy long time. The beauty of today, and the beauty of Feb. 14, is that the whole world and Martin Sr. brought Martin and his four siblings to the United States to give gets to know that now.” them a better life—and Martin had exceeded their wildest dreams. —Lisa Lucas Friends and family described Martin as a fun-loving, church-going, happy teenager who loved “Star Wars” and soccer. But his proudest accomplishment was being an exemplary cadet of the junior ROTC. Martin had earned just about every award possible for a young cadet, including ribbons for personal appearance, perfect attendance, good conduct, athletics and leadership development. At his funeral, the family was presented with Martin’s fi nal, and most prestigious, award: the Medal of Heroism, which also was awarded to two fellow cadets, Alaina Petty and Peter Wang, for their actions on Feb. 14. The Army says a cadet must do something that is so exceptional that it sets them apart from other students or people in similar circumstances in order to receive the honor: “The performance must have involved the acceptance of danger and extraordinary responsibilities, exemplifying praiseworthy fortitude and courage.” Martin’s older brother, Miguel, also a student at Stoneman Douglas, started a GoFundMe page to help pay for Martin’s funeral expenses, writing that his little brother was “a very funny kid, outgoing and sometimes really quiet.” He added that Martin “was sweet and caring and loved by all his family. “Most of all, he was my baby brother.” Miguel also posted a heartbreaking farewell on his Instagram page; his parents were too grief-stricken to speak themselves. “Words cannot describe my pain. I love [my] brother, Martin; you’ll be missed, buddy. I know you’re in a better place. I love you, junior!!! R.I.P., Martin Duque!” —Lisa Lucas
PINECRESTMAGAZINE.COM | APRIL 2018 31 Tributes
GINA MONTALTO AGE 14
Written for Lifestyle by Gina’s parents, Tony and Jennifer Montalto
Gina was a blessing to us from the moment she entered this world. She arrived with her eyes wide open and ready to take on anything. Her infectious smile was there from the start and brightened any room she entered—a quality she retained throughout her amazing life. Gina was instant friends with everyone she met. A caring and loving soul, she often was the fi rst to reach out to the new kids in class and welcome them into the neighborhood. She also had a great sense of humor and a penchant for being silly; even goofy at times. Always trying to make things better for others, Gina loved to do volunteer work, especially if it involved helping kids. She was a Girl Scout and active in a local church. Gina was known to all as an avid reader. Once she told her mother that she loved books so much that she wanted to live in a library. The Harry Potter series and Percy Jackson novels were among her favorites. One of her favorite quotations from these books was, “I’m not choosing one of your paths. I’m making my own.” She was, indeed, a very independent girl. Gina loved to cook with her father on the weekends. When asked about her “secret” to the delicious food she prepared, she replied, “The special ingredient was love.” Gina’s love for cooking really came out during the Christmas holiday while sharing the kitchen with her grandmother. Gina was a tremendous helper. She loved to surf, snorkel and ski. She did [many of these] activities with her best buddy, her brother, Anthony. They loved each other very much. Gina enjoyed playing sports, from tennis to fl ag football to soccer. She may not have been the most athletic kid on the fi eld, but she had a fi erce competitive spirit. Gina joined the color guard last winter. She competed through the spring and was a part of the Eagle Regiment that won the Florida state championship in the fall of 2017. She also was a bit of a daredevil, riding all the extreme roller coasters at the Orlando theme parks with her mother. As Gina was maturing, she really enjoyed it when they went for an afternoon of shopping or a trip to the spa together. Gina’s friends and fellow students describe her as unique, kind, cheerful and intelligent. We fi nd comfort in knowing all these great traits shined through in her actions—and that others will always remember the things that made Gina so special. We’d like to thank everyone for the love, prayers and support we have received. We ask that all the students affected by this tragedy hug their parents more and go on to do great things—just as Gina would have.
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MADALYN “MADY” SNYDER The 17-year-old junior, who moved to Coral Springs from Georgia last June, won’t be returning to Stoneman Douglas—this is why As told to Andrea Richard / Illustration by Mady Snyder Warning: Mady’s story contains graphic details about what she saw on Feb. 14
t was almost the end of our school I was looking at my teacher like, OMG. Iday. We were getting ready to go Joaquin was joking around, and he home, and I was excited to go see my jumped into the closet by the door. He boyfriend, Robert. I got him a little was pretending to hide, and when the stuffed bear with a jock jacket for fire alarm came on, he immediately Valentine’s, because he used to be jumped out and ran into the hall. a football player. And I got him little Because of that noise beforehand, chocolates. I didn’t have them on me, we were confused. I’ve never heard so I was going to drive home first and what a gun sounds like. It was so far then go see him. away, at first. It was too faint. I figured Our assignment that day in creative if it were a gun it would be louder. My writing was to write little love letters. heart just sank. What was that? And We didn’t have to turn them in; we were then the fire alarm went off. And my supposed to give them to our love. I did heart sank again. mine on Robert, and I was talking about I got up. I watched everyone walk how much I cared about him. out, and I was looking at my teacher, My friend, Guac [Joaquin Oliver’s Miss [Stacey] Lippel, who was standing nickname], was sitting next to me to by the door and getting the fire my right. He was wearing black pants alarm paper out of the file [drawer]. I and a nice peachy-pink shirt. He had waited for her to leave the classroom. just gotten a haircut. He was making Everyone had left the class. She was this little heart cutout for his girlfriend. locking the doorknob from the outside, Miss Lippel pulled me out of the And I was like, “That’s really cute. I but the door wasn’t yet closed. way, and a bullet went right past me. want to do that.” So, I stole his heart I turned around and I heard I felt it swoosh by, and I saw a white and traced it, and cut my own out. Just screaming; our classroom was the flash. When it hit the wall, the drywall as I was finishing it, he taped the heart closest to the stairway, two doors exploded; dust was coming off the to his shirt and I stapled mine. down. The shooter had come around walls. This can’t be real. There was After I finished stapling it, we heard the corner. He was nearly 6 feet away drywall all over my clothes. I didn’t a “pop, pop, pop” sound. What the from us. I was in shock, just standing even know that Miss Lippel was shot hell was that? Everyone kept talking, there. I was frozen with fear. until the next day. saying it was a prank. And then the I heard someone scream, “Code When she grabbed me, I bolted back popping sounds happened again. The red! Get back into a classroom!” Then into the classroom and jumped into a fire alarm went on. I heard multiple gunshots that made closet. That was my instinct. The closet I was thinking that was too much of my ears ring. I couldn’t hear anything was filled with shelves, and I couldn’t a coincidence. The sound was so rapid. except the ringing. fit inside, so I had to hang onto them. In the days after the shooting, Mady drew this illustration of her perspective from inside the closet. “WHEN I Maddy [King] later told me that she believed that the LOOKED shooter was the one making those cries for help to lure us out of the classroom. But when I was in the closet and I heard it, I could clearly tell that was Guac. THROUGH THE The police finally came and evacuated us. I still didn’t think it was real. Then I saw Mr. [Scott] Beigel’s body on the CRACK OF ground. He was the teacher next door. I saw Guac by the bathroom on the ground; his arm was over his mouth, and there were shots on his rib side. The THE CLOSET heart that he had taped to his shirt had fallen off and was next to him. It was no longer pink; it was red. There were two girls on the other side of the girls’ DOOR, I SAW bathroom, holding each other with their faces down; they were also deceased. Farther down the hall by the staircase THE SHOOTER. was another body. His struck me the most because his face was leaning against the wall with his body on the ground. There was blood all over the wall. And his elbow had bone I COULD SEE exposed; I could literally see right through his arm and his neck. I couldn’t see his face. The way he was positioned, it looked like he was trying to get down the staircase before HIM TRYING being shot. At that point, I started to freak out more. I was already crying, but I was in denial until I saw that body. TO OPEN [OUR Inside the hallway, it looked like a smoke bomb had gone off—from the police, I think. It was foggy. There was dust, debris, books, papers, bodies, school bags and cracked DOOR] ... HE phones all over the floor. Blood had splattered everywhere. There was blood on the ceiling, blood on the walls, on the floor, and on the broken glass. And the smell. It wasn’t a WALKED AWAY smoke smell. It was a burning flesh smell. When I came down the stairs to the first floor, I saw ear AND SHOT MORE buds on the staircase. Those are used to quiet noise. I figured they belonged to the shooter. I was disgusted. One of the text messages my dad sent me during the PEOPLE IN THE ordeal was, please keep your head down. I couldn’t respond right away. He thought I was murdered. My sister, Caitlyn, goes to the high school, too, but she was in a different HALLWAY.” building. She was evacuated about 20 minutes before me. There was a little ledge underneath the shelves, so I was She thought I was dead. When I finally found her, we both able to hold on easier. went home. It was about 40 to 45 minutes until the police got us out Even though I wouldn’t have to go back to the freshman of there. My arms were so tired, and I kept slipping. Every building, being that close to it is unsettling. I’m not going time my feet would come down to the ground, I heard back to Stoneman Douglas. I’m transferring to another people telling me to put my feet back up because I was school. The way that I’m coping is through writing and right across from the window, where he could see. drawing. When I looked through the crack of the closet door, I I think I’ll grow from this experience. I’ll be more saw the shooter standing outside our classroom door. I cautious when I go into a room. I’ll walk into a room and could see him trying to open it, but it was locked. He could find the exits first. I’ll be less careless. have shot at the cabinet and killed me. But he gave up. But right now, I’m scared to sleep. It’s not because I’m not I was shaking and breathing hard, but I still thought it tired. It’s because I’m scared to fall asleep and be in a dark was a drill. [In my mind,] this was fake, and they had some room alone. I have nightmares where I’m running in the kid, firing blank shots. freshman building and every corner I turn, he’s there trying He walked away and shot more people in the hallway. I to shoot me. At the end of the dream, he catches me in the heard at least three or four more rounds of rapid fire. And closet, and he murders me. then it got quiet. You could hear people screaming and And, then, I wake up. moaning, “I’m shot.” I heard painful gasping, short and forced breaths. “WHEN I Maddy [King] later told me that she believed that the LOOKED shooter was the one making those cries for help to lure us out of the classroom. But when I was in the closet and I heard it, I could clearly tell that was Guac. THROUGH THE The police finally came and evacuated us. I still didn’t think it was real. Then I saw Mr. [Scott] Beigel’s body on the CRACK OF ground. He was the teacher next door. I saw Guac by the bathroom on the ground; his arm was over his mouth, and there were shots on his rib side. The THE CLOSET heart that he had taped to his shirt had fallen off and was next to him. It was no longer pink; it was red. There were two girls on the other side of the girls’ DOOR, I SAW bathroom, holding each other with their faces down; they were also deceased. Farther down the hall by the staircase THE SHOOTER. was another body. His struck me the most because his face was leaning against the wall with his body on the ground. EST 2013 There was blood all over the wall. And his elbow had bone I COULD SEE exposed; I could literally see right through his arm and his neck. I couldn’t see his face. The way he was positioned, it looked like he was trying to get down the staircase before HIM TRYING being shot. At that point, I started to freak out more. I was already crying, but I was in denial until I saw that body. TO OPEN [OUR Inside the hallway, it looked like a smoke bomb had gone off—from the police, I think. It was foggy. 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EMMA GONZÁLEZ The 18-year-old senior, one of the “ANY distinct and powerful voices of the gun control movement started by the students at MSD, discusses the POLITICIANS revolution and its goals Special to Lifestyle by Emma González BEING Photo by Jeff Vespa
FUNDED BY THE NRA AND/ OR THOSE VOTING AGAINST US ... ON THESE PEOPLE, WE CALL BS.” —Emma, March 4, on her Twitter account “ANY POLITICIANS BEING
My name was thrown into the hands of the media by [fellow student] David Hogg; he and I were friends before all this. He figured he could FUNDED use my help in keeping the media’s attention. My first interview was the night after the shooting with [CNN’s] Anderson Cooper, alongside Isabelle Robinson and Lex Michael. BY THE Members of the school board heard my voice and asked me to speak at the anti-gun rally the next day. After scribbling all the way up to the podium, NRA AND/ I gave a speech that reached farther and wider than I ever expected it could. That night, I met the people I would be working with for weeks to come, people who are just as OR THOSE important to this revolution as I am (if not more), people whom I have gone to school with for years but never knew because our school is so large. An important thing to remember: If a really VOTING large, diverse and complex group of kids all across the country can band together to make this change, politicians—who get paid to do just AGAINST US that—should, too. Our goal as a part of this revolution is common- sense gun reform [from coast to coast]. Changing the age at which a person can buy a gun from 18 ... ON THESE to 21; banning the sale and trade of bump stocks and other modifiers that make firearms more lethal; thorough and comprehensive background checks when purchasing a gun; digitizing the PEOPLE, WE purchasing of guns, so that all guns and permits are accounted for; closing the “gun show loophole” [permissible private sales of firearms between individuals]; banning the purchase and CALL BS.” use of high-capacity magazines; and, at the end of —Emma, March 4, on her Twitter account it all, banning the assault weapons themselves. It takes students like us and people like you to register to vote and make your voices heard. Otherwise, the people in power representing us will never work with us, only against us. FirstPerson Do we need to have more trained security in the schools? You bet. But teachers need to teach. Kids need to learn. And security needs to secure. I’m shocked at what’s being proposed. Reporters ask me why I’ve been so public with my outrage. My wife, for example, is intensely private. She doesn’t want to grieve in front of cameras. But she also knows I’m doing what I need to do, what I have to do. She knows I need to fight to make sure Jaime didn’t die in vain. My brother was a doctor who was assigned to a FRED post at ground zero in the aftermath of 9/11. He spent days down there tending to the wounded. We lost him last year to pancreatic cancer that was linked to the GUTTENBERG toxins he inhaled at ground zero. Now this. I have to act. I’m compelled to act. The father of 14-year-old Jaime Guttenberg channels Believe me, I don’t want to be in this position. I his sorrow into an unyielding pursuit for change know I’m probably coming off a little strong with some As told to Lisa Lucas people. But I just buried my daughter. I won’t stop. Not until there is real common-sense reform. I’m running on adrenaline, but I’m on a mission. I’ve received so many wonderful messages from There is no other time. It’s not too soon to talk about people telling me to keep doing what I’m doing. the issues surrounding what happened in Parkland. Strangers thanking me and telling me their children It’s too late. So I will be relentless in Tallahassee. And are noticing. Recently, a 7-year-old boy came up and I will be relentless in Washington, D.C. There were hugged me. He said he just wants to go to school and failures on so many levels. Human failures. Systemic be safe. failures. Policy failures—especially policy that makes I did get one hateful message. The person wrote, weapons of such mass destruction available to almost “Sorry for your loss, but you are part of the ‘deep anyone in this country. state,’ and you knew this was going to happen.” I’m horrified by the inability of people whose agenda The NRA [National Rifle Association] uses language keeps them from stating the truth—from simply like “delusional” and “paranoid”; they’ll say that the acknowledging how my daughter died. The 17 victims families and the media “love” this because of the at Marjory Stoneman Douglas were hunted and attention. And there are supporters of the NRA who murdered. buy it. In his lengthy speech after the shooting, the The truth is, I’m not a politician or a lobbyist or president left out the most important part—which is a professional advocate. I’m a dad who lost his any discussion about the weapon of choice. I want to daughter. I’m a father to a son, Jesse, who lost his hear him acknowledge that you can’t use a car in the sister. I’m a husband who starts every day now with hallways of a school to cause this kind of destruction. his wife at the cemetery. You can’t run after kids with a knife and cause this No parent should have to go through this. kind of destruction. This weapon of war, that’s the Nothing is going to bring Jaime back, but I’ll do weapon of choice. I want to hear the president be part everything I can to make sure this doesn’t happen to of real solutions that show he actually cares about the someone else. What is there to fear? kids in this country. I can never be as afraid of anything as Jaime was, I was briefed on some of the film from the running from those bullets. school hallways during the massacre. You had pandemonium. You had kids and teachers running all over, everyone trying to get to a safe place. Do you think arming teachers amid that chaos would have saved lives? There would have been a shootout, and it would have led to further loss of life. LIFE IS LIKE A ROLLER COASTER By Alex Schachter
Editor’s note: Two weeks before he was killed in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Alex Schachter composed the following free-verse poem, an assignment for a literary fair. His father, Max, recited the poem toward the end of the CNN town hall at the BB&T Center in Sunrise; his brother, Ryan, read the poem at Alex’s funeral. “Alex loved roller coasters,” Max said of his 14-year-old son at the town hall. “He wasn’t writing about his life—and had no idea his poem would become his future.”
Life is like a roller coaster It has some ups and downs Sometimes you can take it slow Or very fast It may be hard to breathe at times But you just have to push yourself And keep going Your bar is your safety It’s like your family and friends You hold on tight and don’t let go But sometimes you might throw your hands up Because your friends and family will always be with you Just like that bar keeping you safe at all times It may be too much for you at times The twists, The turns, The upside downs, But you get back up You keep chugging along And eventually it all comes to a stop You won’t know when Or how But you will know that it will be time to get off And start anew. Life is like a roller coaster. LIFE IS LIKE A ROLLER COASTER By Alex Schachter
Editor’s note: Two weeks before he was killed in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Alex Schachter composed the following free-verse poem, an assignment for a literary fair. His father, Max, recited the poem toward the end of the CNN town hall at the BB&T Center in Sunrise; his brother, Ryan, read the poem at Alex’s funeral. “Alex loved roller coasters,” Max said of his 14-year-old son at the town hall. “He wasn’t writing about his life—and had no idea his poem would become his future.”
Life is like a roller coaster It has some ups and downs Sometimes you can take it slow Or very fast It may be hard to breathe at times But you just have to push yourself And keep going Your bar is your safety It’s like your family and friends You hold on tight and don’t let go But sometimes you might throw your hands up Because your friends and family will always be with you Just like that bar keeping you safe at all times It may be too much for you at times The twists, The turns, The upside downs, But you get back up You keep chugging along And eventually it all comes to a stop You won’t know when Or how But you will know that it will be time to get off And start anew. Life is like a roller coaster.
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A TIME FOR CHANGE In an op-ed piece recently published in The Atlantic, Heather Defenders of the Second Amendment will charge that Sher, a radiologist affiliated with hospitals in the Broward their right to keep and bear arms, as ratified in 1791, covers Health system, wrote about working in the trauma center all rifles and handguns. But even the late Antonin Scalia, the Feb. 14 as victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Supreme Court justice hailed as a conservative hero, wrote Douglas High School began to arrive. in his famous 2008 opinion, District of Columbia v. Heller, One of the CT scans she reviewed indicated “gunshot that the Second Amendment is “not a right to keep and carry wound.” When she looked at the scan, the organ damaged any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for by the bullet “looked like an overripe melon smashed by a whatever purpose.” sledgehammer.” Even the Second Amendment has limits. Maybe, 227 years Kyle Laman, a 15-year-old student at MSD, suffered a later, it’s about time to set some. single bullet wound to the right foot and ankle during the This certainly isn’t a time for baby steps and moral shooting—but he’ll need four surgeries, skin grafts and a victories. It’s a time to reassess and revamp gun laws with year of rehab. In an interview with TMZ, Laman’s mother, Swiss cheese-like loopholes. It’s a time to follow the lead of Marie, compared the injury to something you might see on the 17- and 18-year-olds at MSD and pressure politicians “The Walking Dead.” on both sides of the aisle to think beyond the ballot box. “The top of my son’s foot was shot off; they had to It’s a time for politicians to represent the needs of their reconstruct his whole foot,” Marie said. constituents, instead of the demands of their special interest These wounds groups. EVEN THE SECOND were the work of And it’s a time for us, as a nation, to look beyond our bullets fired from a borders and consider how other civilized countries handle AMENDMENT HAS semiautomatic AR-15 their gun business. According to the Centers for Disease LIMITS. MAYBE ... IT’S rifle, the weapon used Control and Prevention, more than 33,000 people in the U.S. to kill 17 students and die in firearm-related incidents each year. In Japan, six ABOUT TIME TO teachers at MSD and people died from gunshot wounds in 2014—a typical per-year SET SOME. wound more than a figure for this country with nearly 130 million people. dozen others. It’s a World Health Organization data shows that Americans bullet, Sher wrote are six times more likely to be killed with a gun than any in her Atlantic piece, which “passes through the body like a other high-income nation. In 2016, according to the Institute cigarette boat traveling at maximum speed through a tiny for Health Metrics and Evaluation, the U.S. had more violent canal.” It leaves displaced tissue “damaged or killed,” and it gun deaths per 100,000 than every country in the Middle East can leave exit wounds “the size of an orange.” except for Iraq. These are the bullets, and these are the guns, that Only a fraction of those deaths can be traced to weapons student activists at MSD—and voices for sensible 21st like the AR-15. But let’s start there. Let’s honor the 17 who century gun legislation throughout the country—are died in Parkland—and the 17 who were injured—and act on clamoring to have banned. the discussion started by the students at Marjory Stoneman Lifestyle Media Group proudly stands with these voices Douglas. pushing for change. According to the nonprofit, nonpartisan organization ProCon.org, the United States has 88.8 guns per 100 people—some 270 million overall, the highest per capita figure on the planet. Prohibiting current and future generations from purchasing weapons intended for war—like the AR-15 or the Sig Sauer MCX semiautomatic rifle used in the Pulse nightclub shooting—might not significantly diminish that figure. Gary Press But it might save lives. Chairman, Lifestyle Media Group
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