I now understand that I was left, unassisted, with a student who had a known history of rage and brutality. View all New York Times newsletters. It is not the obligation of children to befriend classmates who have demonstrated aggressive, unpredictable or violent tendencies. No amount of kindness or compassion alone would have changed the person that Nikolas Cruz is and was, or the horrendous actions he perpetrated. My little sister is now the age that I was when I was left alone with Mr. Cruz, anxious and defenseless.

Source: New York Times March 27, 2018 19:40 UTC