New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft provided the team’s plane to fly the families of the 17 victims and other injured students of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting to Washington D.C., the team's spokesperson said.
The students and thousands of others are expected to participate in the “March for Our Lives” rally against gun violence on Saturday.
Patriots spokesperson Stacey James said that Kraft lent the plane to those victims after former Arizona representative Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, contacted him.
“Not only did their friends and teachers get shot and killed, other friends shot and injured .