♪ ♪ [birds chirping] >> good evening, it has been one year since that senseless mass shooting here at robb elementary in uvalde, texas. 19 students in two teachers lost their lives that awful day. and to the world changed forever. abc news has been on the ground here and uvalde for the past year. what follows the very personal stories of the courageous families and survivors, all of whom opened their homes and their hearts so that we will never forget. ♪ ♪

>> this is a column that i wrote for the uvalde news. ♪ ♪ i am many things, journalist, a student, a runner. now i carry another title, when i wish i could give back. i am the mother of a mass shooting victim. >> i'm kimberly rubio, i am lexi's mom. >> running my 3-mile outdoor route is the only time i allow myself to ruminate on the events that unfolded on may 24th, 2022. the day an 18-year-old arms with an assault-style weapon murdered my --

>> if there was somewhere i could go to escape this pain, i would have already booked my >> i come to a stop... [deep breathing] i must tuck away the guilt, and indescribable agony until the

next time my shoes hit the pavement. >> my name is ernie reyes, i was a fourth-grade teacher, i am a survivor from may 24th, 2022. i look at my arm and it's a constant reminder of what happened that day. being a teacher was -- it was my life. i have done it for 17, 18 years. and i identified myself as a teacher. actually, i need to take my meds for this. [laughs] that's funny. not being a pill person, becoming one has been a struggle too. i got though one, two in my first. and it has changed my life, because i can't do much.

this was given to me by my dad after i arrived from the hospital. it's just a comfortable chair. [laughs] that i said in all day. ♪ ♪ >> look, you want to see me du dunk? i am caitlin you've all dates, and i am a survivor from the robb elementary shooting >> you want me to help you? >> no. >> my is gladys gonzales this is my husband matt, and we are the parents of caitlin gonzalez. since may 24th, there's not a date that we don't have something to do. >> i will do softball this year

and guitar, karate. my belt is yellow. >> right here, caitlin. hands up. good. very nice. >> yes, i feel strong. >> hey! >> yes. >> her busy schedule is a reflection of may 24th. prior to may 24th, she did have girl scouts. but now we have had to put her in all of these extracurricular activities, because we now have to keep her busy. >> first day of school and then i have karate, now i have to go to guitar. ♪ ♪ [guitar strumming] with the c cord, i forgot it. >> our first finger on the b string, and second finger on the d string. >> got it. >> that was the main objective was to keep her mind off of the

shooting. >> there we go. ♪ ♪ it sounds good. >> i think it's a k and do normal kid things. ♪ ♪ i am a rocker now. >> you see that cord right here? ♪ ♪ ♪ where do i begin ♪ ♪ no words can explain the way i'm missing you ♪ >> me and my sister are the same with the theater and i loved the lyrics from "to lay me down" by sam smith. ♪ can i lay by your side ♪ >> i am jasmine gonzales, and i am the older sister of jacqui gonzales. >> say goodbye, say goodbye. >> grief is an expression of love i have been told, of course it is hurt, pain, anguish, but it shows that you love the

person. >> she is in my ear. >> she had such a big personality, and she was very sensitive and emotional. ♪ ♪ >> when we said it, it was jackie's world, we just lived in it. we did a lot together. she was my -- one of my little best friends. >> you did not even see the sign. >> jaclyn and i were always close, she was always like, oh, my brother is a marine, i want to be a marine someday. jaclyn just helped me. >> she would just say i love you in person when she bonded with somebody, that was it. ♪ ♪ ♪ you beautiful baby from the

outside ♪ >> i was putting her clothes away and i saw that you took my shorts. my favorite pair of shorts too. >> i've always been very hands-on and involved with my children. y'all don't have homework, do you, or list that we need to go to walmart and buy stuff? we have five children. >> i will tell you what the first one is, but you are super difficult. >> they are super, super close. you are super cute when you're trying to give him instructions on how to shop. i noticed a change with the children. i think that if they are all together, her absence is so very obvious. ♪ ♪ >> go lexi, go lexi! >> sports, i would practice with her a lot. softball, basketball, she did not like softball at first, but i kind of made her. i saw her potential when she was little. >> this is the room she shares

with her sister >> this is her metal for basketball, and this is the one for in the same season. >> come on, lexi! >> we see the same thing, she is talented, athletic, she is witty, that beautiful smile. but there is so much more that should be here when describing my daughter. you know, she should have main her own imprint on this world. ♪ ♪ >> we never knew that this was right around the corner, right across the street. >> you just think it's not ever going to happen to you, until it does. >> shots fired, shots fired, uvalde at robb elementary school. >> me and my friends all started holding hands. and we all started to pray.

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♪ ♪ >> good morning, everybody, it is tuesday may 24th, your high today around 61 degrees. >> and may 24th in the morning, we had our awards ceremony. >> i nice clothing, because, you know, families and parents were going to be there. a lot of the kids were excited, because a lot of them were going to get awards that day. >> sedition ship recognition goes to alexandra rubio. >> the citizen award was one that i did not expect, but that is lexi. she was just a great person and i'm glad that her teacher and her peers knew this. >> stem, caitlin gonzalez. >> we watched her receive these awards, and i could see how happy she was. >> this is one of the last pictures that i took of jackie, and she is with her friends. >> we took pictures with her.

had her take a picture with her teacher mr. reyes. >> after the award ceremony, i stood there waiting for, you know, for my sister to say goodbye to their parents. some of them went home. >> i said goodbye and blew her a kiss. not knowing that that would be the last time. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> my teacher was ms. av we were all in class and 109. >> they were making shoes out of out of newspaper. >> turnaround. >> we wereo elaroun and

gogo have a l room 106. >> we were watching movies. >> all comfy with our shoes off and then it happened. >> gunshots at robb elementary. gunshots. >> i heard somebody yelling "get in your rooms, getting your rooms." so i slammed my door, and turned off the lights and i told the kids let's move, let's move. let's go, they knew that that was the signal we are in lockdown, something is happening. >> advising that the suspect has a gun. >> started hearing the scatter at work, in the newspaper office. texting, hate, there is the shooting. >> i'm a sheriff deputy, and i go and turn on my radio. like that i just your panic and everybody's voices. >> shots fired, shots fired,

uvalde at robb >> it was separate shots, he did not actually come to my classroom. he turned around and entered one of the rooms. i'm still not clear if it was 112 or 111. ♪ ♪ >> i when we came in, everybody was screaming. he said good night and started shooting everybody. >> he tried to shoot at me, and i saw that he shot at me and i just fell down. >> i just heard a loud sound, a bang. and then after that there was more. just more bangs. >> all we heard was just the rapid-fire, rapid-fire, rapid fire. >> there were 100 rounds that went off in less than a minute,

it was just instant. >> we have a subject with nar. ♪ ♪ >> got an alert from school. >> alert to parents, there is an active shooter at robb elementary. a law enforcement is on site. >> someone said, hey, there is a school shooting and the guys still in school. >> i just told them, they told me there is a shooter at robb. >> i said i will be there right now. i'm on my way. >> all we heard was like gunshots. everybody was scared. >> i stood up from my crouched position to look at my students to tell them to get closer to me. and when i stood, that's when i felt the gun shot.

in abdomen. >> that the bullet was a stray bullet. it probably came in from where he was shooting once in the room. and it went through the walls. >> and i texted my teacher friend, i am bleeding, please send help. she said, friend, i am shot. i am bleeding, help me. so i started shaking. my hands were shaking. >> and then we hear screaming. and those were the worst screams i have ever heard. >> me and my friends all started holding hands, and we all started to pray. >> you need to step back. >> i remember some of the dads were trying to tear the fence

down to get into the building. >> guys, guys, get back, guys. get back. get everybody back. >> what are you doing? you are just standing around. >> it was crazy and chaotic. >> nobody understands! our kids are in there! >> it was just a sea of parents and hysteria. > ♪ ♪ >> a look at the wall, and the wall is like, pieces are falling off the wall. and that's when i realized the loud bangs are a gun. so i told them to close their eyes in case he came in through the double doors. that's right in the middle of our classrooms. that's when he shot me. he was just so, so fast. and he shot my kids after that.

yeah. >> as i continue to hear the screaming of the children, i hear gunshots. and then i did not hear any screaming. and my brain is like "oh, my god, he just killed them." so i heard them die. >> i told my friends, my other friend chloe, and told her to myt teacher for own and me and her would call 911. >> uvalde county, 911. >> there is a school shooting, please come. >> i called them, and, i was like telling them, we are in

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>> the school shooting. >> gunshots at robb elementa >> doing it as much as possible, but it is still active. >> so chaotic, hearing them break the windows. kids coming out. not seeing my daughter come out. >> it's okay, baby, it's okay, run, run. >> the police had said anybody in here from the outside of her window. >> i saw what looked like a baton to me. that's when i told the kids, okay, guys, this is the police. so we have got to go. >> go, go, go. watch it. watch it. >> and then we got up and started running. we started climbing out of the windows. ms. salas was the last to g

out. >> jump, jump. you are okay, buddy, you are okay. >> the school police chief, he had some level of control. >> vacating before we do any reach out on her side of things. ♪ ♪ >> i'm laying there bleeding, shot, my kids are terrified. >> some kid was like whispering "ms. i could not tell him that i was okay, because i was in so much pain. i could not talk. >> the cops broke the window and the sunlight shined in the classroom. >> more kids coming out. >> i just jumped out and then i ran.

>> after the last student was out, they started to tell me, come on, let's go. >> i said, i am shot, i can't. >> we hava teachn their shotn er ho. >> so one of the officers jumped in and push me out of the window. and the other two caught me and the other officers started walking me towards the parking lot. >> the teacher is out. >> she went through the wall and everything? >> me and my friend helped everyone out. so we were like the last ones to get out. and going to the funeral home. >> when i saw him run out, he gave me a sense of relief. i thought i had lost him. >> we are sure that we got all of the children out? >> not 100% sure, but i think

where the shooter was, there might be kids. >> yes, i have someone trying to get you, okay. the shooter is still in the building. they are trying to get you as quickly as they can. >> i feel like we have been here for an hour now, and there has been multiple shots.♪ >> once i see them open the door and fire dropped. >> all units are making entry. all units are making entry. >> i finally hear the banging of the chairs, and that's when i said "they are here. they are coming in. they are coming in." [shouting] >> watch that cross! >> get back!

>> it was a pile of kids in one section, yes. there was another pile where the teacher is on top, she's trying to shield her children. she and those children are dead. >> kids, kids, kids. watch out! >> started dragging me and at the same time i can hear the other officer say, there are kids under here. >> i did not see them come out, walking or carried. i did not see them come out. >> just got on the phone with me and told me, go to the civic center. my husband does not panic. he does not panic, he sounded terrified. and that may be scared. >> he noticed me i was coming out of the building.

>> i yelled "mia, mia!" >> mia! mia! i want my daughter! >> mio was running towards me, and the officer that was with her, he just yanked her and threw her on the bus. >> and i said are you okay? and she kept giving us the thumbs up, thumbs up. >> these kids need help. they need medical attention. >> chloe and three other kids, may be four were taken on the school bus to the hospital. ♪ ♪ >> chloe was in the emergency room. i just gave her a hug and asked her if she was all right. she told me she did not freeze. >> my niece called and she was hysterical. she was crying and reing, and she was like i saw her. i saw her. they took her out in an

ambulance. i just remember telling my husband and trying to get to the hospital as best we could. >> over to the civic center. >> they are getting buses to the civic center. >> bus after bus comes. they are looking for her, and never comes off the bus. i think the longer we waited, the more it became clear that something was wrong. >> they let us know, our baby is gone. ♪ ♪ >> i left my baby at that sch school. >> all of my 11 students had died.

was -- it was hard. it was hard. ♪ ♪ >> we waited hours. there was a chaplain and two rangers that came looking for us. i was like, is she alive? and one of the rangers just looked at me and said, no, she is not. >> and they started talking to her. and of course we were both apologizing for not being able to protect her. >> i get to the hospital, and you can hear that it was just

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>> mass shooting this time at uvalde in texas. a man opened fire at robb elementary. >> 19 children and two teachers killed. ♪ ♪

>> that looks pretty there. who is next? >> i will give her pink heart. >> i come here at least once a week. it just depends. we can be out on the grocery and she will just say, mom, let's just go to the cemetery. this is where she is more at peace. she feel so close to them here. >> i know where everybody is buried. she was so nice, i've known her forever. >> do you miss her? >> it's hard, because this could have been my daughter.

and i am blessed that i have her here with me. >> this is lexi's this is all for lexi. ♪ ♪ i remember the birthday party we had in the backyard. she loved when we would take her i clean, because i cook food, and i help her with her homework. >> lexi was most comfortable in our home. we rented. it was a four bedroom. and it was just hard. it was hard to sit on the couch and look over her down the hall and see a closed door. and you could just picture her coming out of the room, filling up her water jug.

the door stays closed. and i think was just too much for everybody. so we had to move. >> momma, this is linda. >> it's hard to leave home in a sense. that's where she last was. that's where our last memories are with her. i would have stayed at that house forever. i would have begged the owner to let me buy it, but i knew it was not good for everyone else. >> that is lexi's final home. once we had everything moved out and it was just me and kim there, before we locked the door and everything -- ♪ ♪ i made a call out for lexi, you know? it's time to go, lexi.

that was hard. >> i think it felt like the end. like closing this chapter, but there is no new chapter. ♪ ♪ >> we are in jacksonville, north carolina, visiting my son, my daughter-in-law, and my grandson. >> one, two, three. >> i don't like to see my parents hurt and crying and stuff, and bringing them out here, i wanted it to be like time away from everything. >> wants you to come on. >> they cannot. >> jacklyn would put everyone

else before herself. when he gets older, i want him to know who she was and how much she loved him. >> what you think that means? >> what does it mean? >> who is having a baby? congratulations! >> you are going to be a tia. >> she loved being a aunt. they were really close. they were really close and she loved it. >> this is my dog tag with jacklyn's picture on it. the first time he had seen it, he was like tia, tia. so i will do the son of the cross with him. and we will pray a little bit and talk about tia jacklyn. and say, you know, your tia loves you. >> her not being here is hard. i tend to blame myself a lot. i had a chance to take her home, to not send her to school.

and i don't understand how i did not have that motherly instinct to say, just come home with me. i know she would still be here with us. >> i know at the end of the day i'm always going to be angry about what happened. i'm going to be pistol off about it. but it always comes back to like i have to be the best i can be for my son. because if i am angry and hate the world, then how am i going to teach my son to love and care about everyone else? how am i going to teach him to be the best man he can be. ♪ ♪ [cars honking] >> a few days after i was out of the hospital, i was surprised with the parade that my family put together. ♪ ♪

[cars honking] >> i did not think that there was that much support. it was a little bit overwhelming to see everybody. >> this is the little parade. it was just the staff, the staff. they just told my sister "have a table out there and be outside" -- i don't know, by like 7:00 or something. [laughs] [horns honking] >> caitlin was across the classroom from me, but i interacted with her all the ti time. she is just something else. she is a special girl. >> we love you, we are so glad you are home. >> they dropped off sunflowers and balloons and things. it was really cool.

>> this is rosa, she was a nurse who tended to me at the emergency room. and i kept asking her questions, you know? if i was going to make it. ♪ ♪ [horns honking] it was very emotional, because class. i just told her that i was sorry. it still pains me that there was nothing i could do. i had so much survivor's guilt after that, because like, i made it -- and none of them made it.

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♪ ♪ >> at the white house today, the emotional plea from actor matthew mcconaughey who was born in uvalde. >> my wife and i came here to share my stories. from my hometown in uvalde. how can these families continue to honor these deaths by keeping the dreams of these children and teachers alive? wanted to be a marine biologist. maite war green converse, and a heart on the toll because it showed what she loved nature. these were the only green converse that could identify her after the shooting. how about that. >> i just felt great sadness.

that's why he is talking about those green converse, is my daughter. >> i mother. maite was just a normal 10-year-old little girl. she was extremely curious. she was just picking up the camera. she would go and take the camera in the back and explore around, take pictures of things. she was very giving. charismatic, goofy. >> such a cutie pie. >> i always love to see her laugh, because she had the most beautiful smile. she did not die for no reason. i have to get justice for her.

anybody was there that did not do what they had to do, needs to take accountability. because lives could have possibly been saved. >> evil swept across the reason it was not worse is because law enforcement showed amazing courage by running toward gunfire. >> we are sitting there looking at each other and we are like, "he said they went in there swiftly." and we are like "they did not do. we were out there for a long time. like nobody went in there." >> and then we started to see that there was something seriously wrong here. to be

inept. >> who waits 77 minutes outside? who does that. >> new questions and new anger for uvalde, the families who lost their children want answers. how this happened for 77 minutes, the images of officers retreating in that hallway. >> realizing how many officers were in that hallway, and nobody went into do anything. they did not go into save them. >> i just don't understand how badly these people failed us? >> the house committee on the robb elementary shooting will come till order. >> tonight the blistering new report at the images that back it up. >> the committee to report reflects that police officers were unwilling to take risk in order to save those lives. >> several officers in the in tlaom andn that building knew

they should have done more to address the situation. gng to do to take tion? they don't want us to do anything. >> tell us! >> one of the key figures and all of this was the police chief of the uvalde isd police department pete redondo. >> we have victims and there. >> pete may not have pulled the trigger, but there is deftly blood on his hands. >> make sure before you go in there, i know what firepower he has, i would be a lot more comfortable -- >> them not going in when they have all of the tactical gear and bullet proof vests, guns, they had all of that. i have a pencil, it's not the same battle. >> uvalde parents angry, they

want to chief fired. >> it's time to clean house, and that starts at the top. [applause] >> shame on you! >> may be one of you guys will come and say "we failed you, uvalde." >> waiting 77 minutes, bleeding out of my classroom floor. >> why the hell does he still have a job? if he is not fire by noon tomorrow, then i went every single one of you coordinators to admit that you don't care about our children or us. >> we are not going anywhere! >> the world can see and read what these officers did and did not do that day. so i think the city has to act. >> when we say no justice, you say no piece. no justice! >> no peace! >> after we wrap her head around

what happened to us, what happened alexi, i immediately knew that there had to be changed, this could not keep happening. we hit the ground running. >> what do we want to? >> justice! >> when do we want it? >> now. >> i want more trials! >> we seek answers, we want justice, and we demand change! remember their names. >> alexandria lex >> we marched in d.c. i will never stop. ♪ ♪ >> this is like our fourth or fifth time in d.c. this summer. >> we will keep coming back and coming and coming, as he can tell. >> we are demanding change. it's too late for us. sometimes you leave these meetings and you feel defeated, but you just need a positive one to bring you up and you are back in it.

>> today's the day that we will find out the fate mr. redondo. >> caitlin sign yourself up to speak, i did not know what she was going to say. >> i have messages for the law enforcement team. >> was at heart for you? >> no, what is he going to do, arrest me? >> you don't deserve to wear one! everybody got up behind me and started clapping. >> we require the termination

>> pete redondo issued a 17 page statement calling the termination proceeding and illegal and unconstitutional public lynching. >> new fallout after the tragedy in uvalde, the school board has now fired their police chief pete >> i think with the firing today we will get more justice down the road. ♪ ♪ >> he was selected to be number 212 a represent the lives that were lost may 24, 2022. >> now it is your turn to go out and be an inspiration.

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i said we could retire the number, or we could give it to one of the players to represent the families and represent the people that passed away. >> everybody agreed to let's continue to wear it so we don't ever forget the 21. ♪ ♪ >> when i was selected, it was an honor. a shock, loss of words. ♪ ♪ [chanting] ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] >> i think it's a very important moment for the community, because he gets to carry that number. that significant number. >> going into the football season, it was still just like a cloud over the town. the first game, that was an amazing dayusor the qrterback.

baby! ♪ ♪ >> we won 21 to whatever. and to me it was a sign that the 21 angels are looking down at this community, and saying that they are year and still present. >> playing with the weight of the world on her shoulders, and what you came out it did tonight -- i love you like my own children. you understand that? i could not be more proud of you. >> there were a lot of people out there, and they were all helping us out. ♪ ♪ >> i went to see the doctor

about my arm. it's been a struggle. it's been a struggle. i'm just hoping that, you know, that things get easier. >> and half a mile, take exit 572 for i-10 west. >> if it was a normal school year, i would be getting things ready for the students. >> hi, how are you? >> how is it going? how is it feeling? >> okay. >> you are using the aquaphor? >> yes. >> it looks nice. you are pretty much done in terms of the arm, and now we need to work on the hand. but i think everything looks great. >> it's a long day, but every time i come, it is progress and progress. more progress. >> all right, it's good to see you, my friend. we will see you soon, okay? >> okay. >> we turn now to uvalde, texas, with the children going back to school. not the same elementary school,

he♪ ♪ >> someone looks ready for school. >> they set their alarms. >> i am the mother of daniel garza, he was a survivor of robb shooting here in uvalde. >> they woke up my mom at 5:20. i just heard her say -- him say something, and then me. >> before the shooting, he was very carefree. did not have a worry in the world. always happy always laughing, always dancing. just very funny, laid-back kid.

today he worries a lot. >> are you worried, daniel? let's just get ready. >> kind of. >> i write them notes in their lunches now and then, just to make sure they know how much they are wanted and how much they are cared for. >> you are the bravest kid i know, i am so proud to call you my son. hope your first day is going good. >> he is honestly the bravest kid that i know. >> good morning!

♪ ♪ >> do you see the little boy who has your lunch box? his first day was very nerve-racking. first thing he sent in the car was, my teacher has a gun, so if anybody comes in -- you know? he can defend us. >> he liked it, it was fun. >> it's with the guards. >> it's been different since i started the school year, because you have to have a card and you have to get in the building. >> this letter serves as a note

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♪ ♪ >> i needed to do something, so i thought i could do a mural project. 21 murals across the town. it had to be a monumental eff effort. ♪ ♪

>> we need to celebrate the lost. of these people that were >> when we visit the gravesite or her memorials, we go to be near her. but there's always a little bit of sadness. we come here and it's nothing but joy. >> our babies died, they were massacred. and y'all still let those same sobs walk around. the country may move on, but i won't let

heard. >> he would have fun, run around, just remarkable! >> four months after the robb elementary tragedy, parents of some of the victims say they are done asking for accountability from the school district, they are now demanding it. ♪ ♪ >> i want to stay here until they suspend those officers and continue their investigation. they can do this the easy way or the hard way. ♪ ♪ like i'm not here to cause any harm, you know? >> just here to ask for accountability. ♪ ♪

>> victory, all that pressure that uvalde parents put on the school district to it demand accountability from the police officers worked. >> the entire police force from the uvalde school district has been suspended. >> we did it. we did it! oh, my god! >> we have gotten a little bit of accountability. until one and we don't get very many of those. >> i love you all. >> we finally got some sort of notion that they were listening. and you know, i was just -- i was happy. >> hey, you know how i have to tell you when i'm going to break the ice? >> when my dad tells me that he

is going to break the ice, he will tell me when i have to go headphones on? >> because of the noises, that tend to trigger her anxiety. >> i don't like when people slam doors, because it sounds like gunshots to me. >> i just want to check. >> and maybe you can start seeing how the anxiety starts building up. and she needs constant reassurance. we are navigating each day as it passes. >> we have seen a really big shift in the community. before we had a lot of support, and now there are people in the community that are angry with the families. >> tensions boiling over in

uvalde. >> the superintendent of schools and uvalde says he plans to retire. ♪ ♪ we work for the district and we support our superintendent. he is from here. he was born and raised and so on i. >> the moment we turned o on the high street, there were just cars everywhere, lining the streets, the parking lots, completely full. [applause] it was ugly. it was an ugly feeling. i felt that the community came out to support one and that support at any school board meetings, we have never had for those 21 victims.

[applause] >> moving on to item two, open forum. >> he was my youth basketball coach. he was my principal, and he is the man that handed me my diploma. the families never called they retired. i'm disgusted by this community, how dare you decide now when the job is at stake to come together as we, the families have been demanding justice and accountability! you should be ashamed of yourselves! for the individuals who spent the week in bashing grieving 21 families, go home and hug your kids and be glad that you can, because i will be at the cemetery, because that's the closest i can get to my baby.

[applause] >> living here in this community our whole lives and now these people, it's like we don't even know who you are anymore.

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the future starts now. ♪ ♪ >> i'm trying to make a staircase, but the actual kitchen knife was better at cutting. we should not be doing any of this.

my dad should not have to be helping people right now. i should not have to put my sister on it. and this is an altar decorated with photos of deceased loved ones and offers for muertos. it's day of the dead, and so it is day of mourning, but it's also celebrating the lives that were lost. we have never had anything big like the thing that we are having at the cemetery for all of the kids. ♪ ♪ >> that was a hard day. we've talked about it before. we have celebrated it. not anything like we did that

day but it kind of just made everything real when i saw my daughter's picture up there. and i saw all of the other families in their loved ones gravesites. >> oh, the altar is over here. oh, look at the little ones. she is the only one i guess that would put her clothes right there in the bathroom, nobody else's stuff is there. it was the baseball pants with the belt still in it. everything stayed that way. >> ever since i heard the case. >> yeah, her baseball one. no, no, but we kept her brush with all of her hair in it. do you want to stand by me or my girl? my girl? okay. ♪ ♪

>> i had been having really hard, hard days. you know, they come in cycles. i worked with converse in making a shoe, and i wanted it to be meaningful, everything on it i wanted it to be for a reason, not just throw pictures on there. you know? >> it has #maitemarinebiologist because she wanted to be a marine biologist. and turtles. today we will distribute them to a few of members.

here, do you want to grab these three and put them in the duffel bags. a little part of her will be with my family always. >> pretty! thank you, thank you! it feels good, i am happy to finally be able to give it to them. i'm glad. it makes me happy. >> my family has been my backbone through everything. >> i hope that you like it. >> i like it, i'm going to cry! >> i know that they loved maite and they love those shoes! >> a good day for me, i think today was a good day.

>> are you going to help me fold it? i am. >> going for christmas to spend time with my family before i go ahead and deploy. this will be the first time going since everything happened on may 24th. >> are you okay? was it weird? >> no. >> it's her whole room, like she basically put everything where it is at. and i just feel like it's her. and i don't really get to feel 'sus.a lot.

er like.givemet >> go. >> look at what you have. >> many people don't see when he has his anxiety attacks, when his ptsd is up. >> oh, you knocked him out, boy. >> i never imagined that there would be so many obstacles and repercussions. >> this one has not opened yet. >> what is it? >> like a goal. >> a lot of people don't see

that these survivors are dealing with so much survivor's guilt, because their friends are gone. her cousins are gone. >> at least my cousin and she liked cheese pizza. and how i saw myself to her was protected. >> the other day, he brought it to me. he gave me >> my siblings, they found like this cardboard and they asked me if i wanted to draw something to like represent >> he said i'm sorry, i let you down. i'm sorry i let you die. that crushed me, because it's just the reality.

like he still has a lot on it. >> leading up to the holidays, the days just get emotional for me. what made me think of them more than usual. i bought those, i matched to the best that i could each bear with every student, like their favorite color. as a teacher, as an educator, you never think about losing a student. but to lose like 11 at a

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♪ ♪ >> my room is fun. it always has something to do. [laughs] >> is there a favorite thing you love room? >> my squish pedals, because after everything happened, everyone sent me something. this one is louis, they are so squishy. this is my new microphone that has my name on it. >> tuesday i am going to austin, texas, and going to the capital. even though i wrote my speech, i feel good, like i can do this. >> we have visited the state capital, washington, d.c., numerous times. >> this is the one that is most special, remember that you are strong! and i really like it.

>> i think caitlin does list to. she heby dendg! would be the ban on assault weapons. but we can compromise, raise the age from 18 to 20 want to buy these weapons. >> so another kid cannot go through what me and my friends went through. >> we don't force her, and it always comes from her. >> from one moment to the next, we became a family of activism. ♪ ♪ >> i'm going to have fun with this bad boy today. >> it came to the point where he

did not even want to go out. >> i think it is over there. but i flipped out that i was tse o m message are y t teach, good to know tht there are people out there that know who i am and know what i'm there for and want to represent. >> we love you, man. >> we are proud of you. we are proud of you. we are behind you whatever goes through. >> raise the age! raise the age! >> what do we want? >> for 21. >> what do we want? >> justice! >> when do we want it? >> now! >> show me what democracy looks like! >> at first it was kind of embarrassing, but then i felt more comfortable with it.

>> one of the most superhuman beings caitlin gonzales! [cheers and applause] >> on may 24th, everything changed. i was there earlier before the shooting, as soon as we got to our class, we heard the gunsh gunshots. he wobbled my -- >> you've got it, caitlin! >> it's okay! >> you don't have to finish if you don't want to. >> we love you! >> i am still in aw. the fierceness and the strength that she shows, it's a marriageable. >> i should not have to be here speaking. i'm only ten years old, but i am, because my friends have no boys anymore.

thank you for your time, have a wonderful day. [applause] >> i am overwhelmed. i was proud of myself. >> caitlin speaking before me and breaking down, and maybe a little bit more angry for those that could not speak. >> it is said to know that there will always be 21 pieces missing to our puzzle that will never be whole. i implore you to stand with me, and be the voice for those whose voices were robbed from them. help me be the voice of change, thank you. >> there is lawmakers that are not listening to anything we say. there has to be something that clicks that will make them

understand where we are coming from. ♪ ♪ >> those who lost kids and loved ones in the sandy hook and uvalde shootings gathered together on capitol hill. >> to all of you here tonight, you are the light. you are literally the light. and your loved ones and your friends, they are the light. >> we were invited to attend the national vigil for gun violence victims. it was just an emotional night of remembrance and unity. >> a week from today will mark the ten years since i survived the sandy hook school shooting. for the last decade, our childhood has been stolen by gun violence. guns are now the number one killer of children in america. >> being in this club is something no one wants, but when

our leaders fail to act, you could be the next person standing with us up your. >> our next trip was very special. we were there to honor the victims of the uvalde shootings. >> daniel mauser, 15, columbine. >> 6-year-old veronica sullivan, killed july 20th, 2012. >> jc webster, age 20, silver springs, maryland. >> my daughter, 14 years old, jamie gothenburg killed in the parkland school shooting. >> i really want to go say jackie's name, can i go up there? and i said, caitlin, well, go get in line. >> torres other best friend

cazares ten years old. >> they staged a protest in d.c. urging for stricter gun laws. >> we marched in this cold, it was drizzling, but despite all of that, we were able to come together as one and march for what we believe in. >> let's take a moment of silence in honor of everyone who has been lost. >> my daughter had big dreams. all 19 students had big dreams. and they were all stolen. for what? >> i want to share a prayer that my daughter and i would say, angels angels east, angels west,

north and south, do your best, protect us while our mother's rest, amen. >> we have become really close to a lot of people we probably would not have met if it was not for this. it's such a beautiful place to be with them. it was very special to me. >> it never gets easier, sharing our experience. it does not end today until we see changes, good migraine attacks followed me home. it got so bad, that i curled up in a dark closet.

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>> a couple of days ago, nashville, tennessee, we stand with nashville, tennessee. >> we have to wait. >> so it can see them. i mean, look at the crowd. and affected by gun violence. >> we do not fear the consequences. we fear what will happen if we don't do anything. >> i am always fighting. but it's at home when it's the hardest. you see when i am ugly crying and in my sister's room.

>> jackie in that day is constantly on my mind. i think we all feel her presence more in her room. >> laugh. [laughing] >> go ahead and get them! >> just emotional, man. >> i just wanted to give her that one hug, you know? >> starting the night of m

of may 24th, my mom has been sleeping with me. i went to my mom to sleep with me, because i have been scared of the dark. i don't feel safe in the dark or by myself. >> she personally has to check that all doors are locked. i feel that getting her the therapy that she needed was the best thing for her. ♪ ♪ since caitlin initiated treatment, she is now sleeping on her own. >> for eight months i was sleeping with my mom, and then for two and half weeks i sleep by myself. >> i have always painted.tf t k,

st on something than the negativity sff that's gone on. i decided that i wanted to open a store and a nursery, because i like plants too. so this is the inside. ♪ ♪ this was usually full with plants. all of this was full with houseplants all right here. we were open for almost a whole year. of course tragedy happened and i close down the store because i was in the hospital. it feels like time stood still for me, because everything --

as we left it, you know? i am hoping to reopen, one >> there is not enough miles to run away from this pain. >> i have so many questions and know where to direct to them. where is she now? is she alone? is she in the place i hope to meet her again one day? >> i was not done raising lexi. >> i know lexi was always around us. spiritually. >> come out here and tell her

how the day goes, honestly, usually i talk out loud. i would say it's peaceful out here, but then you hear the dog. you try to block it out. and have our conversations. ♪ ♪ >> i was supposed to pick her up from school. and we all know that i didn't. and coming out every day is hoping that i will pick her up. ♪ ♪ i love you, baby. ♪ ♪

>> i love the murals. a little bit of joy, right? they are just beautiful. ♪ ♪ ♪ it's been a long day without you my friend ♪ ♪ and i'll tell you all about it when i see you again ♪ >> i like the pink flower by her. >> that is jackie. >> that picture where she literally has flowers everyw everywhere. ♪ we've come a long way from where we've began ♪ ♪ i will tell you all about it when i see you again ♪ >> i want them to always remember the 21. >> you can see their face again, all of the kids are probably having fun up there. >> it feels good to see the murals. because it brings the good memories instead of bad ones. >> people are trying to help us

keep our kids names alive and make sure that they are never forgotten. ♪ hold every memory as you go ♪ ♪ and every road you take ♪ >> i like this one too. very pretty. >> maite. you see all of the little hearts they are. and just looks happy. she just looks at peace. >> those were the bracelets that we got them back. the little t, that's the one that i usually wear. ♪ it's been a long day without you my friend ♪ ♪ and i'll tell you all about it when i see you again ♪ ♪ ♪ >> lexi, girl. want i down so you could see the highlights.

>> it's very easy to push all of the bad things in the world aside. but we forget that this will happen again and ain.el you allt when i see you again ♪ ♪ when i see you again ♪ ♪ again ♪ when i see you again ♪ ♪ when i see you again ♪ i'll tell you all about it when i see you again ♪

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