PARKLAND, Fla. A sea of candlelight filled the Pine Trails Park amphitheater Thursday night as thousands of students, parents, teachers and community members attempted to make sense of the senseless.

The vigil occurred just one day after a deadly school shooting left 17 people primarily children dead. On Wednesday, a gunman stormed into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and began firing seemingly indiscriminately, killing and wounding dozens. Police captured the suspect, a 19-year-old former student.

Students embraced one another in heartbreak at the vigil, sobbing as they listened to speakers and found solace in each other.