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Patriots Send Plane To Take Parkland Families To D.C. March
The families of the victims and survivors of the Parkland shooting took the plane to Washington D.C. for the "March for Our Lives."
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Members of the Parkland, Florida community got a lift from Patriots owner Robert Kraft to Saturday's “March for Our Lives” in Washington D.C. Kraft invited the families of the 17 victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting as well as survivors to use the team's private Boeing wide-body 767 to travel to the nation's capital, Patriots spokesman Stacey James confirmed to the Boston Globe.
The decision to let the group use the plane came after Kraft was contacted by former Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly.
Thank you @Patriots for donating your plane to fly @ShineMsd to Washington DC We appreciate your support! pic.twitter.com/JGnN0jNjoe
— Kali Clougherty #ShineMSD (@kali4change) March 23, 2018
The plane left Thursday and will return to Florida after the march.
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Participants in the "March for Our Lives" will walk down Pennsylvania Avenue from 12th Street NW to 3rd Street NW, stopping near Union Square in front of the Capitol Building.
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