Gronda Morin has gifted us with a moving commemoration of the self-sacrificing actions of Coach Aaron Feis at the Parkland school shooting last week. Please share.
There is a cartoon garnering widespread attention for its touching portrayal of a hero who shielded his students from bullets at the 2/14/18 mass shooting tragedy at a Parkland, FL. High School.
Here’s the rest of the story…
On February 20, 2018, Samantha Schmidt of the Washington Post penned the following report, “This single cartoon about school shootings is breaking people’s hearts”
As news of the deadly mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., unfolded last week, Pia Guerra, a 46-year-old Vancouver-based artist, felt helpless. She couldn’t bring herself to go to sleep, so she began to draw.
“About 6 a.m., she came up with an idea. One of the first victims identified among the 17 people killed was Aaron Feis, an assistant football coach and security guard. Feis was shot after reportedly throwing himself in front of students during the rampage. Guerra was moved by the thought of this heroic…
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SO SAD. It is wonderful that he tried to help others. That makes him so beautiful. He looks like the nicest guy ever. RIP/om ami dewa hri
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Being a retired high school teacher, this horrific event has touched me deeply. Gronda’s post made me tearful and that cartoon made me cry. You can’t fool the kids – they knew he loved them before that fateful day.
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I find that I only cry for good things now, like the people’s bravery and goodness, as opposed to any of the bad.
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