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A Canadian artist has put a powerful and heartbreaking perspective<\/a><\/strong> on the tragedy of school shootings:<\/p>\n

Canadian cartoonist Pia Guerra, like many around the world, was shocked and dismayed when she turned on the television to find out a\u00a0lone gunman had killed 17 people<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and wounded dozens more in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida last week.<\/p>\n

However, it was the heroic story of the school\u2019s assistant football coach Aaron Feis, who died while using his body to shield students from the gunfire, that inspired Guerra into action.<\/p>\n

\u201c(A) light bulb went off, one that gave me a huge lump in my throat,\u201d Guerra told BuzzFeed.<\/p>\n

And so she let her emotions come to life through her art.<\/p>\n

The beautiful, poignant and, ultimately, tragic cartoon shows Feis being greeted in heaven by all the victims of school shootings across the US.<\/p>\n

\u201cCome on Mister Feis! So many of us want to meet you,\u201d says one victim as she takes Feis\u2019 hand and leads him towards the crowd.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read more.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The cartoon, which Guerra has dubbed \u201cHero\u2019s Welcome\u201d has quickly gone viral around the world.<\/p>\n

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