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01of 17ALEX SCHACHTER, 14FacebookBefore a former student killed 17 students and staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the trombone player for the school’s Eagle Regiment Band had “beamed with pride” when the band won the state championship in 2017. “He was a small kid with a tenacity and a quiet drive,” said band director Alex Kaminsky. “He just decided, ‘I’m going to go after this. I’m going to be an awesome trombone player.’ He skyrocketed.” He also loved playing basketball with friends. Said his dad, Max: “This little boy is a sweetheart.”
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ALEX SCHACHTER, 14
Before a former student killed 17 students and staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the trombone player for the school’s Eagle Regiment Band had “beamed with pride” when the band won the state championship in 2017. “He was a small kid with a tenacity and a quiet drive,” said band director Alex Kaminsky. “He just decided, ‘I’m going to go after this. I’m going to be an awesome trombone player.’ He skyrocketed.” He also loved playing basketball with friends. Said his dad, Max: “This little boy is a sweetheart.”
02of 17CARMEN SCHENTRUP, 16FacebookThe 2018 National Merit Scholarship semifinalist “was more than the girl who read millions of books and played music and did art,” said Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School classmate Sara Imam, who remembers her friend’s “signature lopsided smile.” Said Imam: “She brought to us joy and jokes dripping with sarcasm. She laughed with us; sang with us; cared for us. When any of us were sad or sick, Carmen was there to hug us and ask if we were okay. She was going to do great things.”
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CARMEN SCHENTRUP, 16
The 2018 National Merit Scholarship semifinalist “was more than the girl who read millions of books and played music and did art,” said Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School classmate Sara Imam, who remembers her friend’s “signature lopsided smile.” Said Imam: “She brought to us joy and jokes dripping with sarcasm. She laughed with us; sang with us; cared for us. When any of us were sad or sick, Carmen was there to hug us and ask if we were okay. She was going to do great things.”
03of 17LUKE HOYER, 15Joan CoxThe “always smiling” high school freshman who loved basketball, McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets and mac-and-cheese was “a happy-go-lucky kid,” said his aunt Joan Cox. “He never caused any trouble. He was just a good boy and had a great life.” With an older brother in college and a sister who had recently moved away for work, he was tight with his mom, Cox said: “They were very close. He loved his family so much. She says she can’t imagine life without him.”
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LUKE HOYER, 15
Joan Cox
The “always smiling” high school freshman who loved basketball, McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets and mac-and-cheese was “a happy-go-lucky kid,” said his aunt Joan Cox. “He never caused any trouble. He was just a good boy and had a great life.” With an older brother in college and a sister who had recently moved away for work, he was tight with his mom, Cox said: “They were very close. He loved his family so much. She says she can’t imagine life without him.”
04of 17AARON FEIS, 37MS Douglas Football/TwitterThe well-loved assistant football coach and campus security monitor at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School waskilled protecting students. “He would do it again in a heartbeat,” said his brother Raymond Feis. His sister Johanna Feis added, “Everything he did that day was in character for him.” Said his longtime friend Dan Maurer: “He dealt with hundreds of kids every single year. I never heard a mean thing come out of his mouth. Big guy, big heart—and his heart was so much bigger.”
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AARON FEIS, 37
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The well-loved assistant football coach and campus security monitor at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School waskilled protecting students. “He would do it again in a heartbeat,” said his brother Raymond Feis. His sister Johanna Feis added, “Everything he did that day was in character for him.” Said his longtime friend Dan Maurer: “He dealt with hundreds of kids every single year. I never heard a mean thing come out of his mouth. Big guy, big heart—and his heart was so much bigger.”
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MEADOW POLLACK, 18
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ALAINA PETTY, 14
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NICHOLAS DWORET, 17
08of 17CHRISTOPHER HIXON, 49Chris Hixon.GoFundMeThe Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School’s athletic director served in the Persian Gulf but switched to the military reserves after he and wife Debra had kids, including a special-needs son. Police said he was shot protecting students. “He loved to be supportive for those kids,” Debra said. “I knew he would be right in the middle of what was going on as soon as I heard the shooting was happening. That was just who he was. I am so proud of him. He didn’t think of himself.”
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CHRISTOPHER HIXON, 49
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The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School’s athletic director served in the Persian Gulf but switched to the military reserves after he and wife Debra had kids, including a special-needs son. Police said he was shot protecting students. “He loved to be supportive for those kids,” Debra said. “I knew he would be right in the middle of what was going on as soon as I heard the shooting was happening. That was just who he was. I am so proud of him. He didn’t think of himself.”
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GINA MONTALTO, 14
11of 17PETER WANG, 15FacebookPeterdied wearing his JROTC uniformwhile holding a door open to let other Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students escape from the building ahead of him, a friend told Wang’s cousin Lin Chen. “He is so brave,” Chen said. “He is like the big brother everyone wished they had.” Another cousin, Aaron Chen, said, “He wasn’t just my cousin. He was my brother. He was my rock. And he was everything good that I strive to be.”
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PETER WANG, 15
Peterdied wearing his JROTC uniformwhile holding a door open to let other Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students escape from the building ahead of him, a friend told Wang’s cousin Lin Chen. “He is so brave,” Chen said. “He is like the big brother everyone wished they had.” Another cousin, Aaron Chen, said, “He wasn’t just my cousin. He was my brother. He was my rock. And he was everything good that I strive to be.”
12of 17JOAQUIN OLIVER, 17Joaquin Oliver/InstagramNicknamed “Guac,” the popular Joaquin became a naturalized citizen last year but still rooted for the national soccer team in his native Venezuela, as well as for his buddies who played football and basketball for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, said friend David Daboin. “He’d go to the games and cheer them on. He was a hype man. His personality could not be matched.” He added, “He told me, ‘If you ever need anything, let me know.’ He was only one call away.”
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JOAQUIN OLIVER, 17
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Nicknamed “Guac,” the popular Joaquin became a naturalized citizen last year but still rooted for the national soccer team in his native Venezuela, as well as for his buddies who played football and basketball for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, said friend David Daboin. “He’d go to the games and cheer them on. He was a hype man. His personality could not be matched.” He added, “He told me, ‘If you ever need anything, let me know.’ He was only one call away.”
13of 17CARA LOUGHRAN, 14FacebookThe beach lover “always had a smile on her face,” according to a Facebook post from Drake School of Irish Dance in South Florida, where Cara took classes. “We are absolutely gutted,” her aunt Lindsay Fontana wrote on Facebook. “While your thoughts are appreciated, I beg you to DO SOMETHING. This should not have happened to our niece Cara and it cannot happen to other people’s families.”
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CARA LOUGHRAN, 14
The beach lover “always had a smile on her face,” according to a Facebook post from Drake School of Irish Dance in South Florida, where Cara took classes. “We are absolutely gutted,” her aunt Lindsay Fontana wrote on Facebook. “While your thoughts are appreciated, I beg you to DO SOMETHING. This should not have happened to our niece Cara and it cannot happen to other people’s families.”
14of 17JAIME GUTTENBERG, 14Jaime Guttenberg/FacebookA passionate dancer and dog lover whose favorite color was orange, Jaime dreamed of marrying at age 25 and working as an occupational therapist. An English test onTo Kill a Mockingbirdhad her stressed the day before the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, but “she was such a sweet character and always, like, giggling in the class,” said classmate Lauren Hogg. Jaime’s father, Fred, wrote on Facebook, “My heart is broken. Hugs to all and hold your children tight.”
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JAIME GUTTENBERG, 14
Jaime Guttenberg/Facebook
A passionate dancer and dog lover whose favorite color was orange, Jaime dreamed of marrying at age 25 and working as an occupational therapist. An English test onTo Kill a Mockingbirdhad her stressed the day before the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, but “she was such a sweet character and always, like, giggling in the class,” said classmate Lauren Hogg. Jaime’s father, Fred, wrote on Facebook, “My heart is broken. Hugs to all and hold your children tight.”
15of 17SCOTT BEIGEL, 35Scott Beigel/FacebookThe geography teacher and cross-country running coach at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School iscredited with saving students’ livesbefore he was shot. At his memorial service his fiancée, Gwen Gossler, recalled watching a news report on a previous school shooting when Beigel had quipped, “Promise me if this ever happens to me, you will tell them the truth — tell them what a jerk I am. Don’t talk about the hero stuff.” “Okay, Scott,” she said. “I did what you asked. Now I can tell the truth.”
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SCOTT BEIGEL, 35
Scott Beigel/Facebook
The geography teacher and cross-country running coach at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School iscredited with saving students’ livesbefore he was shot. At his memorial service his fiancée, Gwen Gossler, recalled watching a news report on a previous school shooting when Beigel had quipped, “Promise me if this ever happens to me, you will tell them the truth — tell them what a jerk I am. Don’t talk about the hero stuff.” “Okay, Scott,” she said. “I did what you asked. Now I can tell the truth.”
16of 17HELENA RAMSAY, 17FacebookDespite an outward reserve, the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School junior “was so brilliant and witty,” with “relentless motivation” focused on her academic success, a relative, Curtis Page Jr., posted on Facebook. “She was deeply loved and loved others even more so…. Her soft warm demeanor brought the best out in all who knew her.” A cousin, Jamie Page, added, “She had so much potential.”
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HELENA RAMSAY, 17
Despite an outward reserve, the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School junior “was so brilliant and witty,” with “relentless motivation” focused on her academic success, a relative, Curtis Page Jr., posted on Facebook. “She was deeply loved and loved others even more so…. Her soft warm demeanor brought the best out in all who knew her.” A cousin, Jamie Page, added, “She had so much potential.”
17of 17ALYSSA ALHADEFF, 14GoFundMeThe competitive midfielder who wore No. 8 on her jersey for Parkland Soccer Club played “the best game of her life” the day before the shooting, her mother, Lori Alhadeff, toldThe New York Times. Alyssa was “so smart, an incredible creative writer, and all she had to offer the world was love,” Lori wrote on Facebook. “A knife is stabbed in my heart. I wish I could have taken those bullets for you.”
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ALYSSA ALHADEFF, 14
The competitive midfielder who wore No. 8 on her jersey for Parkland Soccer Club played “the best game of her life” the day before the shooting, her mother, Lori Alhadeff, toldThe New York Times. Alyssa was “so smart, an incredible creative writer, and all she had to offer the world was love,” Lori wrote on Facebook. “A knife is stabbed in my heart. I wish I could have taken those bullets for you.”
source: people.com
