Over the next three days, the group gained over 35,000 followers on Facebook.[16] On February 17, 2018 Kasky recruited Douglas students David Hogg, Emma González, and Delaney Tarr at a gun-control rally in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where they spoke; other students quickly joined.[12][16] The students gave as many interviews as they could to television networks.[15] The group said they worked quickly to take advantage of the national media attention given to the shooting and its aftermath.[12] Numerous Parkland students have been shown in media coverage.[2][15][17][18] By the next day, the group had created Twitter accounts and announced a nationwide protest, for March 24, 2018.[19] The March 24 protect involved millions of people in over 800 sites across the US and in other countries.