GINA IS NEARLY UNBEARABLE PAIN I FEEL EVERY DAY SINCE THE DAY SHE WAS MURDERED IS
UNIMAGINABLE
>> 12 JURORS DOCKSIDE CRUISES
ESTATE THAT EACH PRESENT THEIR
CASES.
>> TOMORROW THE JURORS WILL
TOUR THE SIDE OF THE MASS
SHOOTING.
CHRISTINA VASQUEZ IS LIVE IN
FORT LAUDERDALE WITH THE
LATEST.
>> THESE JURORS HAVE ALREADY
SEEN GRISLY CRIME SCENE PHOTOS
AND NOW THEY WILL BE IN THAT
SPACE IN PERSON BEING ABLE TO
EXPLORE THE THREE FLOORS OF
CLASSROOMS WHERE THE SHOOTINGS
HAPPENED.
AND BE ABLE TO SET THEIR EYES
ON IT AND BEAR WITNESS TO
BLOODSTAINED ALCOVES AND
HALLWAYS AND CLASSROOMS.
THE STATE IN ITS CASE REALLY
WORKING TO COMPEL THE JURORS TO
DECIDE TO RECOMMEND THAT DEATH
IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE
SENTENCING HAD SOME REALLY
POWERFUL WITNESS TESTIMONY AND
THEN THEY HAVE THE MEDICAL
EXAMINER’S REPORT AND THIS IS
ALL COALESCED IN HERE INTO THE
VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTS AND
NOW WHAT IS EXPECTED TO BE A
PRETTY CHILLING VISIT TO THE
1200 BUILDING TOMORROW
PRESERVED AS A CRIME SCENE.
>> THE EMPTY PLACE IN MY HEART,
THE UNQUENCHABLE YEARNING TO
HUG MY DAUGHTER .
TO SPEAK ABOUT HER EXPERIENCES,
TO FEEL THE LOVE AND SEE HER
RADIANT SMILE.
IT NEVER GOES AWAY.
>> TONY AND JENNIFER MONTALTO.
>> WE CONTINUE TO RETURN TO OUR
FRONT DOOR WISHING FOR GINA TO
WALK THROUGH IT.
>> SHE LOVED BOOKS SO MUCH, SHE
LOVED HOW THEY FELT, HOW THEY
SMELLED, AND SHE ONCE TOLD ME
SHE WANTED TO LIVE IN A
LIBRARY.
>> THE ANGER AND DEPRESSION
THAT COMES FROM HIS GRIEF HAS
SHAPED HIS OUTLOOK ON THE
WORLD.
>> MY SON, MY FOREVER
14-YEAR-OLD LITTLE BOY.
>> ALEX SCHACHTER, TROMBONE
PLAYER AND THE MARJORY STONEMAN
DOUGLAS MARCHING BAND.
>> I WISH EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT
THIS WAS A NIGHTMARE THAT I
COULD JUST WAKE UP FROM.
>> ’SDAD TOLD JURORS ABOUT A
POEM HE FOUND IN ALEX’S ROOM ON
THE EVE OF PREPARING HIS
EULOGY.
>> LIFE IS LIKE A ROLLER
COASTER RYAN SCHACHTER READING
HIS BROTHERS POETRY TOOK
JURORS.
>> MIGHT BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU AT
TIMES THE TWISTS AND TURNS, THE
UPSIDE DOWNS BUT YOU GET BACK
UP AND KEEP CHUGGING ALONG.
EVENTUALLY IT ALL COMES TO A
STOP AND YOU WON’T KNOW WHEN.
>> THAT POEM WRITTEN FOR THE
ENGLISH CLASS WHEN WITNESSES
TOLD JURORS THE PARK WHEN
SHOOTER SHOT AND KILLED HIM
WHILE HE WAS STILL HUNDREDS
CLASSROOM ÃJURORS HEARD FROM A
FRIEND OF THE CARA LOUGHRAN
FAMILY.
LOVED ONES OF THE MURDER WITH
THE SHARED EXPERIENCE OF SUCH
UNIMAGINABLE GRIEF EMBRACING
EACH OTHER IN THE COURTROOM.
>> TAKE ALEX SCHACHTER WE HEARD
FROM HIS FAMILY TODAY IF YOU
REMEMBER THE JURORS HEARD THE
TESTIMONY FROM WITNESSES ABOUT
ONE OF THEM BEING ALEX HIS
BROTHER DIED IN THE SHOOTING HE
WAS WOUNDED HE TOLD JURORS THAT
HE SAW ALEX STILL IN HIS
CLASSROOM DESK BLOOD POOLING
UNDERNEATH HIM WATCHING HIS
BODY TAKE THE LAST MOMENTS AND
BREATH OF LIFE.
NOW YOU ARE A JUROR IN THE CASE
YOU HAVE THIS HAPPENING
TOMORROW THEY WILL BE ABLE TO
PUT AND CONNECT THE DOTS
TOGETHER.
THEY ARE GOING TO SEE THE
CLASSROOM THEY ARE GOING TO SEE
THE CLASSROOM DESK IS EXPECTED
TO BE QUITE POWERFUL.
WILL EXPLAIN MORE ABOUT WHAT
THE JUDGE TOLD THE JURORS THERE
ARE SOME RULES FOR ALL OF THIS
COMING UP.
>> RETURNING TO THE SCENE OF
THE MASSACRE, THANK YOU, YOU