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The grief and mourning continue for the 17 students and staff killed on the afternoon of Feb. 14 during a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. But something else is happening among the anguish of the interrupted lives of the victims and survivors. Out of the agony, activism has emerged and students from across South Florida are speaking out together asking for stricter gun controls. Here's a list of grief counseling resources available for the community.

Videos show chaos as gunman attacked Parkland school — but don’t answer key questions

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Video released by the Broward Sheriff's Office show law officers entering the school shortly after Nikolas Cruz opening fire killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on Feb. 14, 2018.

Newly released surveillance footage shows students streaming from campus as ex-student Nikolas Cruz entered a building at a Parkland high school, shooting and killing 17 people. The footage also shows law enforcement officers entering Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School minutes after Cruz’s shooting spree ended at 2:27 p.m. on Feb 14.

But it doesn’t appear to capture something crucial: at least three Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies who arrived in time to hear Cruz firing but couldn’t locate where the massacre was taking place.

The actions of those deputies — as well as of school resource officer Scot Peterson, who was already on campus — have led to national scrutiny of BSO and Sheriff Scott Israel.

The shooting lasted for six minutes — and seconds mattered. Surveillance footage released earlier this year showed Peterson taking cover outside the building at a time when students inside were begging 911 operators for help on their cellphones.

You can watch the video below and read more at our news partner, the Miami Herald

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