PARKLAND, FLA. (WSVN) - The funerals for more of the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School continued Wednesday.
Students at Dr. Michael M. Krop High School in Northwest Miami-Dade stood in solidarity with Stoneman Douglas, Wednesday evening, as they remembered the lives lost.
A candlelight ceremony was organized at the campus, and students like Kamilla Leitao are still deeply affected. “I just can’t imagine what it must feel like to be a parent and get a call from a school and hear that your child died,” she said. “I just can’t.”
While one community holds on together, another continues to mourn.
Earlier on Wednesday, families gathered to honor the lives of 17-year-old Nicholas Dworet and 49-year-old Chris Hixon.
Dworet was a senior at Stoneman Douglas. He was the captain of the swimming team and had just signed on to compete at the college level with the University of Indianapolis.
Dworet’s viewing was held Wednesday morning in North Lauderdale while his funeral was held later in the day at the Parkland Golf and Country Club.
Hixon was an athletic director at Stoneman Douglas. He was also a military veteran.
Hixon’s funeral was held in Lake Worth, where he was buried with full military honors at South Florida National Cemetary.
Students said the military veteran died while saving several students.
“That’s what he does, that’s what he was trained to do,” said Hixon’s son, Tom. “That’s the kind of person he is, that’s what he instilled in me. He’s a hero.”
Loved ones also gathered at a vigil for Carmen Schentrup on what would have been her 17th birthday. The vigil was held at Pembroke Pines Elementary, where her mother is a principal.
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