This Young woman right now speaking in Fort Lauderdale is breaking my heart and speaking for me and most Americans I think!!! But I guess @AlexWitt couldn’t stand to continue to air it. That’s shameful MSNBC you cut this woman off during the most poignant part of her speech

— Pix303 (@D4thewin) February 17, 2018

Another student from the high school, David Hogg, urged the crowd: “Get out there and vote.”

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PHOTO: People join together after a school shooting that killed 17 to protest against guns on the steps of the Broward County Federal courthouse, Feb. 17, 2018 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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Even beyond voting, Hogg said, \"Run for office.'

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student David Hogg speaks at a rally asking to improve firearm safety legislation in the wake of the deadly shooting at his school: \"Thank you for your prayers and condolences but that is not enough.\" https://t.co/zgseW8WlkM pic.twitter.com/qF1ESj65vj

— ABC News (@ABC) February 17, 2018

The rally at the federal courthouse in Fort Lauderdale was sponsored by gun-control advocacy groups such as Moms Demand Action as well as other organizations including the PTA, the League of Women Voters, Women's March Florida and the Broward Teachers Union.

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PHOTO: Teen survivors of the Florida high school shooting rallied a passionate crowd with calls for gun control in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday.
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Delaney Tarr, a classmate of Hogg and Gonzalez, told the rapt audience that the gun laws that allegedly allowed 19-year-old suspect Nikolas Cruz to buy an AR-15 rifle make no sense.

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PHOTO: Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzalez hugs her father Jose after speaking at a rally for gun control at the Broward County Federal Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Feb. 17, 2018.
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\"Because of these gun laws, people I love have died,\" Tarr said. \"Where's the common sense in that? People are dying every day.\"

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School senior Delaney Tarr speaks at a rally to support gun safety legislation on how she's changed in the wake of the deadly shooting at her school: \"My innocence, our innocence has been taken away from us.\" https://t.co/q0YbD0eu4l pic.twitter.com/n65IvKm06c

— ABC News (@ABC) February 17, 2018
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