Students will never be returning to Building 12 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School again.

Florida legislators said Thursday they will provide the resources to help the Broward School District tear down Building 12, the site of the massacre that killed 17 students and teachers. They want to build a new classroom space and replace the site of the murders with a memorial to honor the victims and their families.

“This building has to come down,”' Sen. Bill Galvano, R-Bradenton, told the Miami Herald Friday after visiting the school the day before. He said the horror was palpable.

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