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Rizzo returns, reflects on somber trip home

On meeting with families of victims of Florida high school shooting: 'It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do'

Rizzo speaks at Parkland vigil

MESA, Ariz. -- Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo said it was important for him to go home to Parkland, Fla., to be with family and neighbors after the horrific shooting at his high school last week in which 17 people were killed.

"It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do," Rizzo said Monday about meeting with families of the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.