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New Zealand Shooting: Parkland Students Mourn for Friends Made in Christchurch

In July 2018, Isaac Christian was among 28 students and 4 chaperones who traveled from Parkland, Florida, to the University of Canterbury in Christchurch β€” a visit intended to help the students cope with the shooting they had survived at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

When Christian saw the news that a gunman had entered two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, he frantically began sending text messages.

β€œIt’s kind of like the same feelings as when our school shooting happened. It felt so surreal,” Christian, 17, a junior at Stoneman Douglas, said of the latest massacre.

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