Article snippet: Parents and students — including those impacted by the deadly mass shooting at a Parkland, Fla. high school — offered emotional stories of their experiences during a “listening session” with President Donald Trump Wednesday. There were narratives that painted a painful portrait of some of the youngest victims of mass gun violence in America. Their stories of the aftermath of those deaths, and of friends and teachers lost, provided the climax to a day focused on student action on gun policy reform. Students gathered in Washington D.C., held signs and spoke about the need for more gun safety laws as they marched down the National Mall toward the White House. There was the story of Samuel Zeif, a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivor, who, through tears, told of frantically texting his loved ones and then realizing his brother was in a classroom on the floor above him, where the shooting was happening. He learned that a good friend died in the attack. The next day, Zeif turned 18. "I don't understand why I can still go in a store and buy a weapon of war," he said, sobbing. He vowed to speak for the fallen and demanded action. "Let's be strong for the fallen who don't have a voice to speak anyomore," he said. "And let's never let this happen again. Please. Please." Zeif sat next to Nicole Hockley, the mother of Dylan, a six-year-old killed during a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut in 2012 a... Link to the full article to read more