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Parkland school

- By Susannah Bryan Staff writer

‘Guardian Angels’ group patrols Stoneman Douglas.

PARKLAND – They are unarmed but fearsome, protecting the kids of Parkland like their own.

Meet David “Cobra” Clemente, Romero “Black Cat” Davis and Mark “Yankee” Munic, three Guardian Angels with a fierce sense of loyalty for a job they do without pay — unless you count the cookies and hugs doled out at their “command center” tent outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

The red beret-wearing trio have been patrolling the school since Valentine’s Day, when 17 students and staff were killed in a shooting that left another 17 wounded.

Clemente, 59, has five kids of his own. But since the shooting, he has hundreds more kids to watch over at his new post in Parkland.

“This is a city that’s hurting,” he said from his home in Tamarac. “This is a city that’s got a black cloud over it. And we’re just trying to bring them a little bit of comfort. We are there to protect the kids. Our main job is to make sure that nothing happens to that school on our watch.”

So far, the Angels seem to be a hit with both parents and teens, who sometimes stop by the tent just to talk.

“Thank God for them — all of them,” said Parkland mom Alissa Beir, whose 17-year-old daughter Jayden is a junior at the school. “They’re there every day, no matter what. They are not getting paid. They are

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