Lane Murdock was in the middle of an ordinary school day when she learned of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Valentine’s Day. The tragedy, which left 17 pupils and teachers dead, was announced over the tannoy at her school in Connecticut. ‘It felt normal,’ says the 15-year-old. ‘That’s not OK. We shouldn’t hear that news and just think, “Oh, another one.” Those are people’s lives, emotions, family and friends.’ Despite her young age, Lane decided she needed to take action. She began an online petition calling for a national school walkout, and for gun legislation, with the slogan: ‘We are the students, we are the victims, we are change.’ Within days, the petition and the Twitter account @schoolwalkoutUS had attracted more than…
