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Douglas, a place i have called home for four years, a place that i have felt safe more than anything, the place where over a week ago the biggest thing that ever happened was probably just a good season of baseball. but for the rest of history, we will now be known as that high school, where the biggest high school mass shooting occurred. with other shootings by this point, most people would have forgotten about us. but not this time. my classmates and i are probably the most determined group of people you will ever meet. people are talking about how we a aren't serious because we're children,...

We have been getting support from so many people in the entertainment industry, the political world. this is different because my class mates and i are so intellectually capable and aware of this issue because we have grown up with it. we were born after columbine. we have grown up with this issue of gun control and we are tired of it. we don't want to see the generations after us have to go through the same thing we have. i'm terrified that i'm going to get shot up for the rest of my life because i have gone through this horrible tragedy, but i don't want my kids and my kids' kids and future ...

Expressed some support for legislation to attempt to strengthen the federal background s. chris grade wree and sophie whitney are seniors in douglas highs. they hid inside barricaded bathrooms. guys, i'm so sorry for what happened to you. i'm so sorry for what happened to your class mates. krir a lot of your fellow students are saying they're not going to to go back to school until changes are made. are you hopeful that something is going to come of this? >> yes, i am very hopeful. what happened here in this city, i don't think country has ever seen anything like it. we're not going to stop un...

To leave gage's side. doctors still don't know the genetic cause of the heart failure. they are enrolled in a study at stanford to decode the mystery ri. the day after his transplant, others go in for tests. and the story goes on. >> you're doing great, dude. after his surgery, gage suffers several life threatens setbacks. a seizure, signs of acute rejection that shut down his kidneys, send him back to intensive care. but he survives. survives it all. and past the crisis, recovers quickly. the only sign of his earlier recovery is the puffiness in his face by the steroids to fight rejection. he...

His only backpack now is for school supplies. before saying their good-byes, the kids and teachers share appreciations. >> what i've appreciated the most this year is the amount of hope we all had for so many things. but once we met one of our class mates, we all, all of us, were so hopeful that we would get a heart, and he did. >> and then it's gage's turn. >> i appreciate that we had the best teacher in second grade, and making new friends. >> and finally in early july, they are home. all of them, at last. >> what do you really miss about home? >> this. this is what we with miss. >> perhaps ...