They survived one of the worst school shootings in American history. Now they’re graduating.

“For two years after the shooting, I thought that the reason why these things kept happening is because they just needed to hear one more story. Politicians just need to hear one more voice,” says Hogg. “And so as a child I tried to do that. And then I got older and I worked more and I realized that it’s not that they don’t know what to do – they choose not to.”

As sure a sign as any of our devolving American society.