


They also used the platform to let friends and family know they are safe.īut the gruesome account of their vulnerability wouldn’t remain confined to the users of the popular social media platform. They documented the chaos by posting videos and stories of people running from the gunman, the police response, fellow students hiding during the lockdown, et al.

The students who survived the shooting took to Snapchat to give a first-hand account of what was happening inside the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. What was different though was how the country, and the world, experienced that horrific event. Last week’s incident was this year’s 18 th. Now, the United States is no stranger to mass shootings. Last Wednesday, on Valentine’s Day, a teenager opened fire in a Florida high school, killing 17.
