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Parkland Dad: 'We're Not Forgetting, But We're Moving Forward'

Fred Guttenberg's daughter, Jaime, was killed during the shooting on Feb. 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. He spoke during a recent event about the community's ongoing recovery.
C.M. Guerrero
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Miami Herald
Fred Guttenberg's daughter, Jaime, was killed during the shooting on Feb. 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. He spoke during a recent event about the community's ongoing recovery.

On Feb. 15 — the day after the school shooting in Parkland — Fred Guttenberg stood on stage at the amphitheater in Pine Trails Park, expressing shock and anguish over the loss of his daughter, Jaime.

“I don’t know what I do next,” he said that night. “My wife is home. We are broken.”

https://youtu.be/_Y00rMT8CSE

Guttenberg stood on that same stage again last week, during an event to spread awareness about post-traumatic stress. In his speech, he brought the small crowd back to that night, when he’d called himself “broken.”

He said things are starting to get better as people in the community have helped each other heal.

Listen to an excerpt here:

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Jessica Bakeman reports on K-12 and higher education for WLRN, south Florida's NPR affiliate. While new to Miami and public radio, Jessica is a seasoned journalist who has covered education policymaking and politics in three state capitals: Jackson, Miss.; Albany, N.Y.; and, most recently, Tallahassee.