West Point military academy honours ‘heroic’ would-be soldier Peter Wang who was killed in Florida school shooting
Peter Wang is credited with saving the lives of others by holding open a door for them to escape, and he was wearing his cadet uniform when he was killed
A top US military academy gave an honorary letter of acceptance to a Florida teen who was killed during last week’s mass shooting at a high school.
Fifteen-year-old Peter Wang, an Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) cadet at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, was among the 17 people killed in the Valentine’s Day attack.
Wang’s dream had been to go to the prestigious US Military Academy at West Point, which instructs officers-in-training.
According to local media, he died after holding a door open to help schoolmates escape before him as a gunman prowled through the school and opened fire on students and teachers.
“One of USMA’s priorities is to develop leaders of character who are committed to the values of Duty, Honour & Country,” the academy wrote on Twitter.