Six years after the Parkland school massacre, the bloodstained building will finally be demolished
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
PARKLAND, Fla. -- The three-story building where 17 people died in the 2018 mass shooting at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School looms over campus behind a screened fence, a horrific and constant reminder to students, teachers, the victims' families and passersby.
But now after serving as evidence at the murderer's trial, the building's destruction starts Thursday as crews begin bringing it down piece by piece --- implosion would have damaged nearby structures. Officials plan to complete the weekslong project before the school's 3,300 students return in August from summer vacation. Most were in elementary school when the shooting happened.
So they will tear down a building and replace it with a new one. What if the new building looks exactly like the old one, will the family members have PTSD because of it? Or how about saving the taxpayers a few dollars and just put some lipstick on a pig with some new plaster, decorative moldings and maybe different windows.
Not gonna lie, if friends and students had been killed in my school, I would have a very difficult time going back into that building everyday, regardless of what cosmetic job was done to the building.
I think they could pray over place and save biluilding.