Editor’s Note: Normally, we would not cover a story outside of the township unless it involved a Franklin resident. But a trip to south Florida for a family gathering found me about a 20-minute drive from Marjory Stoneman Douglass High School in Parkland, Fl., the scene of last week’s horrific mass killing in which a gunman murdered 17 students and faculty. Being a newsman, I felt compelled to visit the site, not intending to do anything more than maybe take a few pictures.
But when I arrived and walked around, I was engulfed by the palpable feeling of sadness and grief in the community. I felt that I should share the scenes I was witnessing: the makeshift memorials, the praying, the coming together of Parkland residents and Douglas high school students.
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