Parkland Students Honor The Therapy Dogs, That Helped Them Cope With Tragedy, With A Yearbook Page

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May 21, 2019 11:00 AM EDT

Students in Parkland, Florida, dedicated a page in their yearbook to honor the 14 therapy and service dogs that helped them get through the aftermath of the horrific mass shooting that took place just a year ago.

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All the good boys and girls:

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The yearbook crew quipped on Twitter that Chief McAlpin — a yellow lab — “loves his yearbook,” and encouraged students to seek him out so they could sign it.

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Therapy dogs were initially brought to the school to help teens cope with the overwhelming trauma after a gunman fatally shot 17 people on campus Feb. 14, 2018

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The first of the therapy pups was a Bernese mountain mix named River.

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Diana Haneski, the school library media specialist, who helped shelter 50 students during the attack, adopted River and introduced him at a "Yappy Hour" last summer.
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Here's a pup getting his picture taken for the yearbook, the dogs were apparently instructed to place their paws on an image of human footprints.

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The people who responded to this sentimental tweet about the dogs being honor were touched -- but also saddened that they were even needed in the first place.

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Parkland Students Honor The Therapy Dogs, That Helped Them Cope With Tragedy, With A Yearbook Page

All the good boys and girls:

The yearbook crew quipped on Twitter that Chief McAlpin — a yellow lab — “loves his yearbook,” and encouraged students to seek him out so they could sign it.

Therapy dogs were initially brought to the school to help teens cope with the overwhelming trauma after a gunman fatally shot 17 people on campus Feb. 14, 2018

The first of the therapy pups was a Bernese mountain mix named River.

Here's a pup getting his picture taken for the yearbook, the dogs were apparently instructed to place their paws on an image of human footprints.

The people who responded to this sentimental tweet about the dogs being honor were touched -- but also saddened that they were even needed in the first place.

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