Thread by @BuzzFeedNews

One year ago today, 17 students and faculty members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School were gunned down.

The tragedy left a community and country forever changed. Here are some of the stories of the victims and the survivors.

When Lori Alhadeff’s daughter Alyssa was killed in the shooting, Lori kept reminders of the daughter she lost: Textbooks, a box of nail polish, cleats.

“[I feel like] maybe she’s just out with her friends and she’s going to be coming home soon." buzzfeednews.com/article/remysm…

Some of the survivors and parents of victims sat down with filmmaker @jeffvespa to revisit the day of the shooting, its pain, and what they lost: “It’s just this void in our house that we’ll never be able to fill.” buzzfeednews.com/article/jeffve…

The Parkland shooting sparked a movement to end America's school shooting epidemic, led by survivors who felt like it was their lives at risk.

The students hoped their message would resonate in the 2018 elections, but that night ended in disappointment. buzzfeednews.com/article/remysm…

But even while leading that movement, they were still high school students, and that meant things like prom, graduation, and the school play.

That play, as @DaveCullen writes, was a chance at normalcy for these students. buzzfeednews.com/article/davecu…

The conversation about guns in this country isn’t over, and teens across the US are ready to engage in it. A survey released last year found most teens think tighter gun control would reduce mass shootings. buzzfeednews.com/article/lauren…