Standing on the same stage in the park where he has hosted a charity walk-a-thon, Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo tearfully addressed a prayer vigil in his hometown of Parkland, Fla., on Thursday night following the tragic shooting at his alma mater, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Rizzo returned home to be with his family and the community after Wednesday's tragedy, where a gunman shot and killed 17 people.
"I grew up in Stoneman Douglas," Rizzo said to the crowd. "I played on those fields. I went to those classes. I studied in those classrooms, the same ones we saw in all those videos yesterday for all the wrong reasons.