a remembrance this morning of the day
that a gunman opened fire on students
and staff of the school it became the
worst high school shooting in our
nation's history in those 10 minutes 17
people lost their lives there on your
screen right now 14 of them students and
three staff members fighting to keep
those students alive schools across the
entire state will remember those victims
during a statewide moment of silence
that is at 10:17 news for Jax reporter
Brickman Colucci was at the high school
a year ago right after the tragedy he
joins us again this morning Vic good
morning good morning Scott and crystal a
difficult day for so many people here
the family members the loved ones going
through such a difficult time but they
are trying to remember their loved ones
they are trying to push forward to make
sure that there is positive change here
one of the women that has just been
working so hard to make sure that no
other families have to go through this
pain is Linda beagle showmen your son
was a teacher here he was a coach here
he was a mentor to so many and now he's
being remembered as a hero
my son was a hero my son was a hero
before the parkland Massacre my son is
definitely a hero for what he endured
and what he did for those students tell
me about the one-year mark I know that
you go through this pain every day but
one year ago today you lost your son the
light of your life I did today is a very
very difficult day it's the best day of
my life and it's the worst day of my
life
my daughter was born today 39 years ago
my son was murdered one year ago so I've
decided that I'm not going to mourn my
son's death I'm going to celebrate his
life and I'm going to do everything I
can to make sure the way he would want
it that these mass murders must and we
are going to make sure that reasonable
gun control legislation gets passed so
in fact they do stop how do you feel
about the developments about what
lawmakers have done what the parents and
the students have done in just the past
year I think that I think that the
parents have been amazing I think that
we have all tried to take this tragedy
and make something positive come of it I
can speak for myself in New York
Governor Cuomo and our New York state
legislature has actually passed
reasonable gun control legislation and
really heard this story a year ago came
up to me and said we're gonna get
something done we're going to do this
and we have we really have for those who
are not involved with the cause for
those who maybe haven't followed the
Parkland tragedy since last year what is
your message to them on this one-year
mark
I would like them to never ever ever say
just another mass shooting there is no
such thing as just another mass shooting
understand that if it could happen to us
it can happen to you it can happen to
anyone and please you know stand behind
getting reasonable gun control
legislation passed because you don't
want it to happen to you and people seem
to want to get really involved only
after it touches them and you know what
it touches everybody
Schulman thank you so much for your time
and certainly we remember your son Scott
beagle as well as the 16 other beautiful
souls who lost their lives we are with
you on this very difficult day thank you
thank you tomorrow are today there's
going to be just a number of memorial
events community service projects
everything in honor of the 17 students
staff members and teachers who lost
their lives we're going to continue our
live coverage here in parkland Florida
for now we're live in Broward County I'm
Vic nikolewski Channel four the local
station and Vicki were there at the
school year ago you know after that
tragedy what is the atmosphere like
right like right now out there and what
changes are you seeing
after the tragedy we arrived a few hours
after the shooting last year and people
were devastated they did not know what
to do they did not have answers now we
have really seen students parents
teachers community members become
activists that are not only known
statewide they are known across the
country and even globally so you have so
many people like that parent right there
that we just spoke to that have used
their tragedy used their pain for good
they're not being selfish here they're
not sitting here laying in mourning
instead they are pushing forward for
positive changes for more security for
better background checks for a better
examination of mental health here in our
country especially for young people
really trying everything they can to
make sure this does not happen to any
other families in any other communities
Pickman Colucci live in parkland Thank
You Vic and our coverage continues of
this tragedy at 9:30 we'll take you back
to the school as students get ready to
come together again in a moment of
silence that once again is it 10:17
we're gonna carry the ceremony live on
air and on news 4 jacks calm