The MP representing Tumbler Ridge is describing a 12-year-old girl as a hero for trying to save two classmates shot in the mass killing in the northeastern B.C. community last month.
MP Bob Zimmer told the crowd at the National Prayer Breakfast in Ottawa this week that the girl, named Christina, pulled both Abel Mwansa Jr. and Maya Gebala under a table after the two 12-year-olds were shot at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School last month.
Abel died in Christina’s arms roughly 30 minutes later, but Maya remains in BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver with serious injuries, Zimmer said. Abel gave Christina a message for his parents before his death and she recently shared his final words with the boy’s mom and dad, Zimmer said at the event on March 24….