When you think of emergency responders, most people think of firefighters, police officers and paramedics. However, in the case of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (MSD), many attorneys from Legal Aid Service of Broward County acted as emergency responders for the students, families and teachers who were affected by the violence that ripped through the city of Parkland.

The day of the shooting, students at MSD stood in the sweltering heat not knowing if their friends, teachers, brothers and sisters were alive. Many tried to call, but cellphone lines were tied up. It was countless hours later that the truth began to emerge, and that Parkland was going to be a very different place to live in and grow up.