Teens tweet heartbreaking #IfIDieInASchoolShooting posts
Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press Published 6:00 a.m. ET May 22, 2018 | Updated 10:00 a.m. ET May 22, 2018
Every few seconds, a teenager somewhere in America takes to Twitter to proclaim their fears and final wishes should their life meet a brutal end, cut short by a hail of bullets.
Using the hashtag #IfIDieInASchoolShooting, thousands of high school kids have shared their angst in the wake of yet another massacre at a school, all humbled by the reality that the next teens to be slaughtered by a gunman could be them.
Among the refrains: Donate my organs. Don't stop fighting for more stringent gun-control laws. Lay my body on the steps of the White House, the Capitol or the National Rifle Association headquarters. Don't forget me.
Ten people died Friday at Santa Fe High School in Texas; 13 more were injured. Seventeen were killed in February at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Twenty-six — including 20 children — lost their lives in 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. That tally doesn't include the dozens of shootings on college campuses, concerts, movie theaters or the carnage that was the start of it all in 1999 at Columbine High School in Colorado.
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Here's a look at a few of the tweets:
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