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Bloodworks Northwest needs blood donors after Florida school shooting

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Photos from the scene of a Florida school shooting, Feb. 14.

SEATTLE — Bloodworks Northwest needs blood donors after a shooting Wednesday at a Florida high school that killed at least 17 people.

"We are sending a small shipment of blood to Florida's OneBlood and need your help to replenish the local supply," officials with Bloodworks Northwest said Wednesday evening.

O- blood donations, AB plasma and platelets are especially needed to treat survivors of the school shooting in Florida.

Blood donations (especially O-, AB plasma and platelets) are needed to help treat survivors of the high school shooting...

Posted by Bloodworks Northwest on Wednesday, February 14, 2018