To mark the two-year anniversary of the deadly 2016 shootings at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida, a group of student activists organized a National Die-In. 。
At 12 p.m. ET on Tuesday, high school students from across the country gathered on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.. There they dropped to the ground for 12 minutes, or 720 seconds, in protest of gun violence. 。
According to the organizers, the time represents "the approximate number of people who have died in mass shootings" since 49 people were killed in the Pulse Nightclub tragedy. 。
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After the clock struck 12:00 p.m., images of the protest started popping up on social media, showing a striking, statement-making visual of young people laying motionless, side-by-side on the lawn of the Capitol. 。
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According to the event's GoFundMe page, the National Die-In was organized by Amanda Fugleberg and Frank Kravchuk of Orlando, and Nurah Abdulhaqq of Douglasville, Georgia. 。
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Though the main die-in was held in D.C., sister events will be taking place throughout the day in Orlando, Florida; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Atlanta, Georgia, and other locations across the nation. A list of official sister events can be found here.。
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A group of students from the Die-In even gathered to protest in Senator Ted Cruz's office. 。Tweet may have been deleted 。
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Die-in held in a Publix supermarket in Coral Springs, Florida.Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images 。
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