Florida Shooting Survivor to Pols: ‘You Need to Take Some Action’ (Video)
Student David Hogg lambasts lawmakers' "thoughts and prayers" and reliance on "ideas" over legislation that could help save lives.
The mass shooting at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, which left 17 dead and many more injured, was the 18th school shooting of 2018. It’s no wonder survivors of Wednesday’s horrific attack, like student David Hogg, are angry.
“We’re children. You guys are the adults,” he told CNN in the aftermath of the shooting. “You need to take some action.”
He argues that politicians need to “work together” to “get something done” because “thoughts and prayers” and “ideas” won’t save lives. Watch the short interview in the clip above.
—Posted by Emma Niles
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