Freshman student, 15-year-old Alyssa Al Hadeff, has been confirmed as a victim in the deadly shooting Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
On Wednesday evening, 7 News interviewed a tearful grandmother, Vicky Al Hadeff, who said she was unable to contact her granddaughter.
The distraught grandmother said she’d been to several hospitals searching for the teen.
“We’re waiting here to find out. They’re trying to identify the bodies, and we’re waiting here to see if we can get any word, any news, anything,” said Al Hadeff. “We don’t know anything.”
Al Hadeff described her granddaughter as a sweet-natured girl who is into sports. “She’s the sweetest. She’s a big soccer [player], very smart,” she said. ‘She’s in track. She’s very popular, very beautiful girl.”