On 14 February in Florida, authorities say, a gunman entered the high school and fired his AR-15 assault-style rifle, killing 14 students and three staff members. More than 200 people have been killed in mass school shootings in the United States since the mid-1960s, according to a Washington Post tally. The crowd, Guerra says, represents the children and adults who have been killed in mass school shootings. “So many of us want to meet you!”īehind the girl stands a massive crowd of young children and a few adults, looking to Feis with wide eyes. “Come on Mister Feis!” the girl is saying. The cartoon portrays a young freckle-faced girl reaching out to hold Feis's hand. “I need to get this down before time dilutes it,” she recalled thinking as she began to sketch the image.Īround midday, Guerra posted her editorial cartoon on Twitter. It's not often that an image pops in your brain and you feel a lump in your throat. Guerra was moved by the thought of this heroic man, the father of a young child, standing in front of bullets for students. Feis was shot after reportedly throwing himself in front of students during the rampage. One of the first victims identified among the 17 people killed was Aaron Feis, an assistant football coach and security guard.
She couldn't bring herself to go to sleep, so she began to draw.Ībout 6am, she came up with an idea. As news of the deadly mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, unfolded last week, Pia Guerra, a 46-year-old Vancouver-based artist, felt helpless.
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