The son of Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, Dylan, made a remarkable revelation during a Appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe It reveals how his school was locked down during the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012.

“The last 20 years have been foundational for this country,” the 24-year-old, who now hosts his own political podcast, told host Willie Geist and co-hosts Reverend Al Sharpton and Elise Jordan.

Dylan became emotional and continued, “I remember Sandy Hook. I went to school in Westchester County, just 20 minutes from Sandy Hook, Connecticut, and I remember that there was a curfew that day and that we have held school shooting drills several times every year since then.”

In 2012, a 20-year-old gunman shot and killed 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School; 20 of the victims were children ages six and seven.

Dylan and his sister Carys grew up in Irvington, Westchester County, with their parents, who decided to purchase an 8-acre property after downsizing from their 14,000-square-foot mansion in nearby Bedford.

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Dylan, born in 2000, went on to say that Generation Z’s lives are “filled with so much chaos,” but that they have also experienced “transformative moments,” including the election of President Barack Obama, the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Kamala Harris 2024 campaign.

Dylan’s weekly political series on Sirius XM comes two months before the crucial November 2024 election between Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

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Since graduating from Brown University, he has worked behind the scenes in politics and has also performed in several small theater pieces, including a workshop Seagull. Variations.

However, in the podcast, Dylan will focus on “issues that will drive young voters to the polls in this year’s election, including some of the defining issues of his generation such as reproductive rights, climate change, gun control and much more.”

He will also “speak with politicians and activists to exchange ideas about how Generation Z and politicians can work together to address issues and achieve goals that are important to young Americans.”