The aftermath of the Florida shooting continues; as of now, 17 people have died and 15 have been injured. The stories of survivors have begun to emerge, and one tweet has drawn attention for illustrating what it was like to experience the police response to the shooting.

In the captured video, a classroom of students are clearly frightened; you can see one girl's hand shaking. Officers draw their guns on the students and repeat, "Put your phones away, put your phones away."

Samantha Grady, a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, spoke briefly with the "TODAY" show about her experience. Grady and her best friend hid behind a bookshelf to keep safe. Grady suffered from gunshots wounds, but her friend did not make it. 

"I held it up and I believe maybe the book kind of deterred some of the bullets so it didn’t hit me so badly,” Grady told HuffPost. 

Lyliah Skinner, a 16-year-old student, told CNN that thoughts and prayer are not enough. 

"As our legislators and leaders, they shouldn't be offering prayers and words, because those mean nothing. We need action because action is going to change what's happening," Skinner said.

According to Everytown For Gun Safety, a nonprofit, there have been 18 school shootings, so far, in 2018. Skinner hopes that this tragic event leads to stricter gun laws in America. 

“I would ask [legislators] if kids aren't even allowed to… purchase their first drink with alcohol, then how are we allowed to buy guns at the age of 18 or 19?" she said. 

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