Thursday is the one-year anniversary of the devastating shooting that took place at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High school in Parkland, Fla. On this day in 2018, a deranged teenager took the lives of 17 students, wounding several others. Few of us can comprehend the fear those students experienced that day, but we can acknowledge in addition to the innocent lives cut short, that students, coaches, and teachers rose to the ranks of hero — ordinary people who did extraordinary things in a moment of crisis.

Ordinary people can become heroes.