The Names of the Florida School Shooting Victims
Nicholas had improved academically and athletically since starting high school, Mr. Hite said,
and his mentors in Florida “felt like the best was still to come for him.”
“We were going to continue to groom him to be a future leader for our team,” Mr. Hite said.
“In that case, Matthew would have been the one in the doorway.”
On Thursday, as officials identified 17 people killed in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., some of
the victims, like Mr. Beigel, were remembered for having tried to spare others in the moments of chaos that unfolded inside the school.
“I know Luke loved his family,” Mr. Cox said.
“Thousands of people at Camp Starlight looked up to Scott,” said Grant Williams, 33, an emergency room nurse who worked with Mr. Beigel at the camp for several summers
and was mourning long-distance with former camp counselors and campers on Thursday.
“Nothing could ever stop her from what she wanted to achieve.”
“Though she was somewhat reserved, she had a relentless motivation towards her academic studies,
and her soft warm demeanor brought the best out in all who knew her,” he said, later adding: “She would have started college next year.”
Alex Schachter, 14, played the trombone in the Stoneman Douglas marching band,
and was proud to have participated in winning a state championship last year.
