New York ‘March for Our Lives’ holds moment of silence for Florida shooting victims

Gun control advocates at New York’s “March for Our Lives” rally held a moment of silence Saturday for the 17 people killed in the Florida high school shooting last month.

Sam Hendler, a survivor of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, read aloud the names of the students and staff who were killed, BuzzFeed News reported.

MSD student Sam Hendler reading the names of the 17 lost in the shooting now

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Student organizers told BuzzFeed that more than 200,000 people were at the New York march.

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The New York march is just one of more than 800 marches planned globally for Saturday.

Student activists from the Florida high school organized the “March for Our Lives” to call on President Trump and Congress to act on gun control and school safety.

An estimated 500,000 people are expected to attend the march in Washington, D.C.