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The grief and mourning continue for the 17 students and staff killed on the afternoon of Feb. 14 during a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. But something else is happening among the anguish of the interrupted lives of the victims and survivors. Out of the agony, activism has emerged and students from across South Florida are speaking out together asking for stricter gun controls. Here's a list of grief counseling resources available for the community.

‘A Hero Every Day,’ Stoneman Douglas Community Remembers Coach Aaron Feis

Hundreds of people filled Church of the Glades in Coral Springs Thursday to honor slain Stoneman Douglas High School assistant football coach Aaron Feis.

Feis, 37, was killed in the Feb. 14 mass shooting at the school. Witnesses say he was shot as he ran at the shooter and pushed students out of harm’s way.

Ever the coach, Feis’s memorial service opened with the singing of the national anthem.

Hundreds of people filled Church of the Glades in Coral Springs to honor slain Stoneman Douglas High School assistant football coach Aaron Feis on Feb. 22, 2018.
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“He was a big bear of a man, with a heart as big as his frame,” said Pastor George Callahan.

Flanked by 17 flickering candles, family, friends and players shared stories about Feis.

They spoke of the hard-working family man who sometimes drove the team bus and did landscaping to make ends meet. Feis was never too busy to make time -- for anybody.

Coaching colleagues remembered the jovial coach with the wise smirk. He’d give players a ride home when they needed one — in his beat-up, 30-year old pickup with broken windshield wipers.

Eight Stoneman Douglas football players in their black-and-maroon home jerseys carried Feis’s casket.

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Stoneman Douglas football players await the procession of slain Stoneman Douglas assistant football coach Aaron Feis at Church by the Glades in Coral Springs, Fla. on Feb. 22, 2018.

Players in Douglas Eagles’ jerseys filled several rows at the church, and some players from neighboring schools came wearing theirs.

Broward Sheriff Scott Israel was Feis’s friend. Feis was loved by students and players because they knew he had their back, Israel said.

And nobody ever called him Aaron, Israel added. Like Lebron or Jordan, it was always just “Feis.”

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