Gators 8⃣ for 9⃣ on PRs in an ALL Gator 800m
Maseman, Pantojas, Kepran, Wester, Nelson, Fiore, Musselwhite, Ruskin all set PRs in the event!
#GoGators | #FLRelays24 🐊
Ryan Maseman closes the relay team of Rios Prude Jr., Robert Gregory and Ollie Thorner. The group of 4 place 1st in Heat 3 of the Men's 4x400m and record a time of 3:10.19!
#GoGators | 📺 SECN+
My name is Kristin Song.
On January 31, 2018, my son Ethan was shot in the head in his best friend's house. The father/gun owner stored 3 handguns and ammunition in a shoebox. Ethan's friend had been accessing the guns for over 6 months.
At the hospital, the ER doctor slid down the wall, put his head in his hands, and whispered, "Your son is gone." At that instant, all I knew, loved and trusted was imploded into a million tiny pieces.
I begged to say goodbye to my beautiful boy. I wanted to kiss his forehead, tell him how cherished he was, and tuck him in one last time. But the doctor begged me to remember Ethan as he was, you see, he was unrecognizable even to my eyes.
The day before Thanksgiving in 2018, the prosecutor told me she would not charge the negligent gun owner, and if I wanted negligent gun owners to be held accountable, I would have to change the law.
So I did.
6 months later, Connecticut passed Ethan's Law, which requires gun owners to secure their weapons if children can gain access.
Then, I learned that so many states stood silent on this issue, so in 2019, I turned my attention to passing Ethan's Law nationally. I met with over 400 congressional offices, 130 of them Republican.
In 2022, Ethan's Law was passed in the House of Representatives as part of the Safer Communities Act. Sadly, it was not picked up in the final package.
When the Democrats lost the House of Representatives in 2023, I pivoted to passing safe gun storage laws in the States. As a result, Michigan, New Mexico, and Maryland passed safe storage laws.
Currently, I am working with 5 states to pass Ethan's Law.
I am emotionally and mentally exhausted, but I will not stop until there is a cultural shift in this country where it becomes second nature to secure your weapons around unsupervised children.
If you believe in protecting children from gun violence, please follow and repost.
If you have a former coach who you can still call, Snap, Facebook, text, FaceTime, etc. then you had a coach who put you first & created lifelong, caring relationships with players. That isn’t always the case, so consider yourself lucky & keep those relationships close to heart!
I said goodbye to a patient a few years ago. She didn’t die, she just got old. I treat patients to age 21 and they move on. When they do, I joke, “well, I did my job! I kept you alive until adulthood!”
With this kid, it was not a joke. 1/
Special moment for @csbaseball1 and Susie Kreis. @CoachKreis was a special individual and friend to our students, staff, and community. He will be missed forever. Thank you for everything! @CHSD230 @Rnolting21 @DSmithCSHS
The Sandburg community shares the loss of our friend and colleague, Dave Kreis. Dave was an amazing teacher, athletic trainer, and most importantly...a really kind person. He will truly be missed. Arrangement information linked below. https://t.co/YK5QteISyX
Check in on your strong friends.
Check in on your quiet friends.
Check in on your happy friends.
Check in on each other — remind someone they are loved, start the conversation.
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The cutest thing about this clip of Suni Lee practicing on her backyard beam is that she’s doing the aerial + BHSO + layout step out series that Nastia Liukin and Gabby Douglas won their all around titles with. Years later, she would win the all around! https://t.co/v9uckrLnis