In the same week, two Parkland students commit suicide, exactly a year since the March For Our Lives campaign in response to the Stoneman Douglas shooting on February 14, 2018. One of the students, Sydney Aiello, was a senior during the attack. In the past year, she had been dealing with survivor's guilt and PTSD after the death of her friend, Meadow Pollack. The other student's death is under investigation. These deaths have caused an outcry to give resources for students and parents on mental health and suicide prevention.
Even though the shooting happened over a year ago, the pain and vivid memory of it still lives with everyone affected. The country shouldn't forget that it happened. There has to be a way to help those affected and prevent incidents like this to happen again. There is no way of "moving on" from the fact that a great majority of students are scared of this happening in their school and that there hasn't been major change in regulating guns and speaking on mental health. Change is needed as soon as possible.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/03/24/parkland-student-dies-apparent-suicide-police-say/?utm_term=.4ee744fcf6db
Emma Burkey: I agree that these parents and kids should be given proper help and access to it on a weekly or daily basis. It's time for change and it has been for a long time.
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