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"21 Cardinals"

A Staten Island artist created a life-size installation in tribute to the 21 victims of the Robb Elementary school mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

 

Scott LoBaido created "21 Cardinals," a display of 21 white desks and chairs with cardinals, small red birds, in the Mount Loretto area of Staten Island. The chairs had the names of those who died in the attack.

 

“For those who do not know, when u see a red cardinal after someone has died, the cardinal is bringing a loving message from the departed,” LoBaido wrote on his Facebook post.

 

An 18-year-old gunman entered Robb Elementary School on May 24 and killed 19 students and two teachers.

 

“It’s a very simple thing I’ve done here, very very simple but gets to the point,” LoBaido said in a video he uploaded on Facebook.

 

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Uploaded on June 9, 2022
Taken on June 9, 2022