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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson shows support for Apalachee High School in wake of school shooting

Students are evacuated to the football stadium after the school campus was placed on lockdown at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (WSB via AP)
Amanda Westcott
Students and staff from Apalachee High School hung out with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

The Apalachee football team visited “The Rock” on Saturday at a movie set in Atlanta. The actor and former professional wrestler wrote in one of his Instagram post captions that he was “blown away” by the students’ resilience.

Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia has been reeling since the mass school shooting that occurred on Sept. 4 where four people were killed and nine others hospitalized.

The Rock plans to attend the football team’s first home game on October 4, against Jackson County Panthers at 7:30 p.m. in solidarity with the school.

Mary Ryan Howarth is a recent graduate from the University of Georgia. She started as an intern at WUGA and quickly became a part-time reporter and producer. She also contributes to Athens News Matters and the Georgia Health Report. Some of Mary Ryan's interests include reading, arts and crafts, and running her podcast with her mom, HowARTh Gallery Gossip.