The Names of the Florida School Shooting Victims<br />Nicholas had improved academically and athletically since starting high school, Mr. Hite said,<br />and his mentors in Florida “felt like the best was still to come for him.”<br />“We were going to continue to groom him to be a future leader for our team,” Mr. Hite said.<br />“In that case, Matthew would have been the one in the doorway.”<br />On Thursday, as officials identified 17 people killed in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., some of<br />the victims, like Mr. Beigel, were remembered for having tried to spare others in the moments of chaos that unfolded inside the school.<br />“I know Luke loved his family,” Mr. Cox said.<br />“Thousands of people at Camp Starlight looked up to Scott,” said Grant Williams, 33, an emergency room nurse who worked with Mr. Beigel at the camp for several summers<br />and was mourning long-distance with former camp counselors and campers on Thursday.<br />“Nothing could ever stop her from what she wanted to achieve.”<br />“Though she was somewhat reserved, she had a relentless motivation towards her academic studies,<br />and her soft warm demeanor brought the best out in all who knew her,” he said, later adding: “She would have started college next year.”<br />Alex Schachter, 14, played the trombone in the Stoneman Douglas marching band,<br />and was proud to have participated in winning a state championship last year.
