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In this Feb. 14, 2018, file photo, Mechelle Boyle, right, embraces Cathi Rush as they wait for news after reports of a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. The image become emblematic of the Parkland school massacre: two terrified moms outside the school, one of them a tall, weeping blonde with the black smudge of Ash Wednesday on her forehead, the other a petite redhead crying in despair on her shoulder. (AP Photo/Joel Auerbach, File)

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It's an image that has become emblematic of the Parkland school massacre : two terrified moms outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, one of them a tall, weeping blonde with the black smudge of Ash Wednesday on her forehead, the other a petite redhead crying in despair on her shoulder.

By KELLI KENNEDY, Associated Press February 12, 2019