29 Video Views·Aug 23, 2024 #dnc #fypage #gunviolence Four people impacted by gun violence shared their stories with the crowd in moving statements.
Abbey Clements of Newtown, Connecticut, a teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary, said she carries that "horrific day" with her, when 20 children and six of her colleagues were shot.
"They should still be here," she said.
Kim Rubio of Uvalde, Texas, whose daughter was one of 19 children killed in the Robb Elementary School shooting, recounted that day through tears.
"I reach out for the daughter I will never hold again," she said, as the crowd yelled out her daughter's name.
Melody McFadden of Charleston, South Carolina, said her niece's murder on a beach remains unsolved.
"I'll keep fighting," she said.
Edgar Vilchez of Chicago, Illinois, recounted when his high school classmate was shot in school.
"Instead of worried about taking a test, I started worrying about living to take another test," he said.
He said he learned a lot that day: "How to run, how to hide and drop."
Georgia Rep. Lucy McBath said the stories "strengthen their resolve" to fight for the "safer futures that we all deserve."
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when I worked for every town for gun
safety and Mom's demand action for gun
sense in
America I saw
firsthand the power of telling our
stories you've just heard
mine but there are many more to tell
on December 14th
2012 I walked into Sandy Hook
school I stopped at the office chatted
with my principal then started my day
with my second
graders suddenly a loud crash like metal
folding chairs
falling
154 gunshots blaring
hiding in the
coats trying to sing with my students
trying to read to them trying to drown
out the
sounds
Terror
crying
running I carry that horrific day with
me 20 beautiful first grade children and
six of my beautiful colleagues were
killed they should still be
here it's 10:30 a.m. at Rob Elementary
in Uvaldi the school is recognizing my
10-year-old daughter Lexi for receiving
all
A's she receives a good citizen award
and we pose for
photos she wears a St Mary sweatshirt
and a smile that lights up the
room 30 minutes later a gunman murders
her 18 classmates and two
teachers we are taken to a private room
where police tell us she isn't coming
home Uvaldi is national
news parents everywhere reach for their
children I reach out for the daughter I
will never hold again
[Applause]
my niece Sandy Patrice was 22 she drove
to Myrtle Beach for Sun and Fun and
motorcycle
parades ours later my phone rang
shooting on the
beach no one can find
Sandy I stayed calm you see my mother
Patricia an had been shot and killed by
an abusive partner I was calm then too I
got to handling
business I called relatives the police
hospitals and I kept calling voice
steady heartbeat
pulsing then I was
connected to the
coroner 10 years of waiting and s's
murder is still un
solved I'll keep calling and I'll keep
fighting I was in high school when my
classmate got shot it changed my story
instead about worrying about taking a
test I started worrying about living
to take another test they say schools
are for Learning and I did learn a lot
that day I learned how to run how to
hide and drop that what happens in the
news can happen to me but I learned
something else
too that we can write and must write a
new story if we choose to
our are stories of
loss but make no
mistake our losses do not weaken us they
strengthen our
resolve we will secure safer Futures
that we all
deserve we will
organize we will
Advocate we will run for
office congresswoman Lucy mcbath she now
represents the northern Atlanta Subs Jo
with Americans from small towns and big
cities to keep our communi
safe and we will elect leaders like
kamla
Harris who won't just empathize but will
act
