Wednesday marks six years since 17 lives were cut tragically short when a former student opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
As time goes by, the scars remain just as deep for those who were at the school on Valentine’s Day 2018.
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“I lived in this in-between space for a really long time, because it’s really hard to get over something like that, especially when you are so young,” said Alexander Athanasiou, a Marjory Stoneman Douglas alumni.
Athanasiou turned 23 on Wednesday.
“I have to acknowledge that, yeah, it’s my birthday. But also the day one of the most tragic things happened in my life,” Athanasiou said.
Athanasiou was a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018, the day a former classmate murdered 17 people on campus, injured 17 others, and changed countless lives forever.