May 14, 2008 - 4:37pm
Alabama cartoonist helps heal community after tradegy
By Rob TornoeScott Stantis, the editorial cartoonist for the Birmingham News, presented a very touching story on his blog on Monday.
Scott Stantis holding the Enterprise Eight Scholarship fund t-shirt with his cartoon on the back.: (Photo by Joe Kennedy. Courtsey Birmingham News/Scott Stantis)On March 1, 2007, a tornado ripped through Enterprise High School in Enterprise, Ala., killing eight students. Scott was emotionally moved, and drew this cartoon memorializing the loss.
A request was made by the "Enterprise Eight Scholarship" to use the cartoon on a t-shirt, and on Monday, he received in the mail his very own t-shirt and a thank you note signed by the families of the victims.
It's a really touching story, and illustrates that although editorial cartoons by their nature tend to be critical enterprises, sometimes they can reach above and be inspiring to the people of a community.
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