The protest began as a gathering of students who had gotten permission from the principal to pay tribute to the shooting victims, said one of the
organizers, Jack Schuster, a 17 - year -
old senior.
After the event, which lasted nearly three hours, Emerson Toomey, a 17 - year -
old senior at Lane Tech High School and one of March for Our Lives»
organizers, said she and other planners had no intention of resting after the massive turnout.