Services held throughout metro Atlanta to honor Parkland shooting victims

ATLANTA — Several services were held Friday night in metro Atlanta to honor the victims of the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

Seventeen people were killed in the attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Members at Temple Sinai in Atlanta held a service for one of the victims, Alyssa Alhadeff.

The 14-year-old spent her summers at Camp Coleman, a Jewish camp in North Georgia.

Alhadeff’s former camp director and friends were at the service.

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“Tonight it’s about coming together with broken hearts and humbled realizing that we’re not alone,” Rabbi Bradley Levenberg said.

There was also a vigil at Chastain Park where Stoneman Douglas alumni gathered to honor the victims.

“To think that we walked the halls of that school feeling like it was the safest place in the world and where we made most of our memories and to see something like that happen is just absolutely awful," Amber Shore said. "There aren’t any words. There absolutely aren’t any words to describe the way we have all been feeling the past couple of days."

The group of alums said they wanted to show support for the families of the victims.

With no way to make sense of why the victims lost their lives, those who attended the services said they want to make sure those victims are not forgotten.

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