Florida Mothers United in Tragedy Push Lawmakers to Act

Lori Alhadeff and Laurie Giordano's bills have passed. Photo: Suhyeon Choi @by_syeoni


Two Florida mothers are lobbying lawmakers to make schools safer after each lost a child to tragedies at school.
For the past two years, Lori Alhadeff has been working with other grief-stricken parents to make schools safer after her daughter Alyssa and 16 others died in the Parkland school shooting two years ago.
Thank you @Book4Senate for championing Alyssa’s Law! Together we will make our schools safe. @MakeSchoolSafe8 pic.twitter.com/rOKhn7YClt
— Lori Alhadeff (@lorialhadeff) March 6, 2020
And in recent months, Laurie Giordano has been pushing the Florida Legislature to pass a law requiring schools to do better in addressing heat-related deaths.
Passed unanimously! pic.twitter.com/7CehK5qfRy
— Zach Martin Foundation (@zachmfoundation) March 5, 2020
Her son Zach collapsed two summers ago during football practice in the sweltering heat and died 11 days later.
Both moms got good news Thursday when lawmakers heeded their calls and won passage of their respective legislation.
Get The 90.7 WMFE Newsletter
Your trusted news source for the latest Central Florida COVID-19 news, updates on special programs and more. Support our extended coverage.
GET THE LATESTWMFE Journalistic Ethics Code | Public Media Code of Integrity