President Donald Trump arrived at Broward Health North Hospital in Florida on Friday night to thank medical staff who assisted injured students in the Florida school shooting.
Trump and first lady Melania met with injured victims and first responders at the hospital two days after 17 people were killed by a lone gunman at nearby Douglas High School.
“Very sad, something like this would happen,” the president told reporters on his way out. “But the job the doctors did, the nurses, the hospital, first responders, law enforcement (was) really incredible. The speed that they got the victims over to the hospital was like record speed — one case 20 minutes, in one case 19 minutes form the time of the shots. It’s an incredible thing. Thank you very much.”
Trump did not answer reporters, who asked if Congress needed to step in with tougher gun-control legislation.
The president was also expected to meet with personnel at the Broward County Sheriff’s Office Friday night before heading to his palatial beachside resort of Mar-a-Lago.
It was not clear whether Trump would be visiting students of the school on Saturday.
Many surviving students and parents have called for the federal government to act on legislation concerning semi-automatic weapons following the tragedy.
With wires