irma garcia's husband has had a heart attack and died. so many family members immediately pointing to the unbearable grief playing a part. that husband, joe garcia, was wedding anniversary with his wife. they leave behind four grown children. the husband's cousin writing, "i truly believe joe died of a broken heart and losing the love of his life of more than 30 years was too much to bear." his nephew posting this image of them and writing, "irma's husband, joe garcia, has passed away due to grief. i truly am at a loss for words for how we are all feeling." authorities say that irma garcia in her fourth grade class tried to shield the children from the gunman. she co-taught the children for five years with fellow fourth grade teacher eva mireles. eva taught at the school for 17 years. and her students loved her. her daughter, adalynn, writing, "mom, you are a hero. my heart will forever be broken. kws >> she's an amazing mom. her daughter is so wonderful. her husband, who's my cousin, is absolutely amazing. and all of their family, and sh

fourth grade teachers eva mireles and irma garcia. cia was a wife of four, a gofundme page set up to raise funds for her funeral expenses and the needs of the family. writes, she sacrificed herself protecting the kids in her classroom. she was a hero. she was loved by many and will truly be missed. and eva's daughter paid tribute to her mother on social media writing, mom, you are a hero. i keep telling myself that this isn't real. i just want to hear your voice. i want to thank you, mom, for being such an inspiration to me. i will forever be so proud to be your daughter. >> a proud daughter and students who were also honored to have her as their teacher. think about it, teachers have such a profound impact on a child's life and, john, i'm just reminded of this quote that says to teach is to touch a life forever and one of those teachers, 17 years as an educator, so think about all of the fourth graders and all of the students who came through her classroom and are remembering her and how she shaped their lives. we've also recently jus

reportero: lÁgrimas y dolor es lo que se viviÓ en una ceremonia para recordar a la maestra irma garcian amados. reportero: el religioso lanzÓ un duro mesa en contra de las armas. >> la idolatrÍa a las armas, que las personas quedan en nÚmero o en basura. reportero: la maestra garcÍa estaba encargada del aula donde salvador ramos ingresÓ y disparÓ contra niÑos, su esposo joe garcÍa habÍa dejado flores como ofrenda por su esposa y los niÑos fallecidos, regresÓ a su casa y prÁcticamente se desplomÓ, segÚn contaron familares, la pareja tenÍa 24 aÑos de casados y tenÍa cuatro hijos, un estudiante de secundaria, una de preparatoria, otro mÁs que asiste a la universidad y el mayor estÁ en infanterÍa de marina, pasan los dÍas y los habitantes de este poblado no dejan de estar sorprendidos por lo que pasÓ, como josÉ cÓrdova, quien dijo que su nieto sobreviviÓ a la masacre, pero que se mucho pesar por los fallecidos. >> cuando apenas estÁn comenzando vivir... eso es muy duro para sus padres. reportero: y de noche aprovechan para rendir tributo, llevaron ofrenda y ofrecer ayuda quienes enseÑa 70

ellie garcia jaclyn cazares jayce luavanos and teachers irma garcia, eva morales. >> i've worked for this district for 30 years and never thought i would be sitting in front of you doing this today please, pray for our teachers, pray for our community and we will move forward. >> there are new details tonight about the gunman and his background from law enforcement officials and from some of those who knew him our tom yamas has late details. >> reporter: tonight we're learning more about 18-year-old gunman salvador ramos. he grew up in the same town he tore apart alongside the families whose children he murdered during tuesday's senseless massacre >> anyone who shoots his grandmother in the face has to have evil in his heart, but it is far more evil for someone to gun down little kids. >> reporter: people who knew the shooter described him as a loner in a small community of about 15,000 people. >> nobody knew him >> reporter: he dropped out of a local high school and had worked at a fast food restaurant. he posted photos of guns but law enforcement says he has no criminal history or

. >> irma garcÍa. >> eva mireles.n tiktok no se separaba de sus hermanos y le habÍa pedido a su mamÁ que la viniera a recoger enfrente, esa nunca ocurriÓ, ella estÁ entre las niÑas de 10 aÑos de edad que muriÓ, carolina saraza hablÓ con su mamÁ. carolina: su habitaciÓn sigue intacta, la madre y sus hermanos aÚn no pueden creer que ya no estÁ, la camita que dejÓ ayer antes de irse a la escuela sigue destendida. [llanto] carolina: amaneciÓ en uvalde, 19 niÑos ya no estÁn aquÍ. faltan las sonrisas es un niÑo menor, su "baby" como le decÍan. a esta hora estaba con su niÑa. >> esta maÑana, siempre dicen que las mamÁs tenemos una corazonada. ella dijo que no querÍa ir a la escuela. su papÁ le dijo: si no quieres ir, no vayas. yo creo que ella sentÍa que algo iba a pasar. dijeron que ella se muriÓ. [ininteligible] >> ella pasaba el tiempo jugando fuera con nosotros y con su hermano, haciendo vÍdeos de tiktok. carolina: ¿quÉ le gustarÍa decirle a su niÑa? >> que todo estÁ bien. carolina: ¿de dÓnde sacÓ fuerzas para levantarse

we talked about irma garcia earlier in the show.o be found holding children in her arms. a former robb elementary parent tell us exactly be kind of person she was. watch. >> i don't doubt one bit that she stood right there in front of the gunman and said, you're not taking my kids. you're not going to hurt my kids because that's the type of person that she was. >> the other teacher who was killed, eva mireles telling cnn she loved what she did. she put her whole heart into her work and the kids were the extension of her own family. her daughter had a facebook post called her her best friend. jackie cazares made her first communion. the shooting took her cousin. they shared classroom at robb. they were more than just cousins. they were best friends. rojelio's mother said she was a smart, loving child. xavier lopez family said he loved the dance. another little tik tok star in the making. jose had a baby brother he adored looking after. that was a big part of why he wanted the grow up to be a police officer because he wanted to protec

irma garcia was an avid hiker, and the fun of the party. a relative also called eva mireles a hero, citing law enforcement saying that she used her body to shield her children from the attackers. i have worked for this district for 30 years. i never thought that i would be sitting in front of you doing this today. please, pray for our teachers, pray for our community. we will move forward. >> another american town, shattered, that will remember these names and faces forever. >>> back here, locally, and outcry for lawmakers to truly do something to prevent another mass shooting from happening. the name and the age of each victim was read aloud, and the memorial in foster city. among the speakers calling for change was a young student. >> i want our country to be better. i hope that someday we will not be worried that this will happen to our loved ones. >> organizers encouraged people last night to lobby to their lawmakers in order to make change. >>> details out of sacramento following a late-night vote, the assembly pushes forward with gun

family of one of two teachers killed suffered another loss, the husband of irma garcia died, joey garciaical emergency according to the gofundme page and his cousin believe he died of a broken heart, losing the love of his life for 25 years was too much, they are parents of four children. more than $1.7 million has been donated to the garcia family . >>> in washington, long refused to compromise on gun control but ten senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is calling for bipartisan effort on potential legislative response to the shooting and encouraging mitch mcconnell texas to begin discussions with democrats and the other republican from texas ted cruz is showing no willingness to budge on gun reform, he was pushed by sky news and cruz became extremely defe defensive. >> why does this only happen in your country, many around the world can't fathom, why only in america. why is this america exceptionallism so awful. >> i'm sorry i think you think american exceptionallism is awful. you got your political agenda, god love you. >> why is america the only country that faces this kind of mass

and their teachers, irma garcia and eva mireles, they died trying to protect their students. >> we need a lot of prayer, support the families. they are suffering. >> reporter: that suffering seems endless. wendy woolfolk with nbc news, uvalde, texas. >>> this new's shaking up a lot of people, the husband of one of the teachers killed in the shooting died of broken heart syndrome known as stress- induced cardiomyopathy. 50-year-old joe garcia was married to irma garcia for 24 years. irma died shielding her students from gunfire on tuesday. family members say joe collapsed after delivering flowers to his wife's memorial. they were high school sweethearts and leave behind four children. >>> bipartisan group of senators collaborating on finding a solution to gun violence. 21 crosses bearing the names of each live lost at the centerpiece of memorial outside robb elementary. the parents grieve, senate majority leader chuck schumer says he wants action. he is giving fellow democratic senator chris murphy 10 days to work with republicans on gun safety. >> it won't be anything i want, universal

irma garcia.arza was just 10 years old he talked about how he learned was never going to come home from school >> i got confirmation that she was trying to call authorities and i guess he just shot her. how do you look at this girl and shoot her? oh, my baby. i miss my baby. >> all of the dead were in the same fourth grade classroom all 19 young lives described as precious, their teachers dedicated and carrying. more now -- >> reporter: 21 lives brutally cut short and 21 family shattered by act of violence all too common in the united states. 19 thank gone just days before the start of the summer break, none yet out of 4th grade, like 10-year-old uzia garcia who's uncle called him a great kid and full of life who loved video games and full of wheels, his grandfather saying he's the sweetest little boy he's ever neon, he played football and is fast and could catch roupt and remembered all of the routes they practiced and mary jo garza, his father saying they learned of her fate. >> they killed her

you mentioned those two teachers, irma garcia and eva mireles, they have been friends and co-teachers a veteran teacher here. she had been working as a teacher for the past 23 years. her coworker -- many called eva mireles a hero, citing law enforcement, who said that she had actually shielded her students from the attackers. what's really struck me, lawrence, is that one of those young children that you mentioned, amerie jo garza, she was captured here in this photo showing off her on a roll honor roll certificate. and that picture was taken just hours before she was killed. a relative of hers, her grandmother, said that she called 9-1-1. a relative toll this to the daily beast. she called 9-1-1 to try to help her classmates. just think about that -- ten years old and trying to make that phone call. just a short time ago, i was reading one of my colleagues posting a report. i invite viewers to read it. mike hixon bob spoke with a teacher who did not want to give her name. but she described this harrowing scene, the longest 35 minutes of her life and it struck me -- one of the many th

and irma garcia, one of two fourth grade teachers there tuesday, is being hailed as a hero.ortedly seen shielding kids from the shooter. still, with every tragedy, there are stories of are stories of survival. >> we were scared, and the teacher started telling us we can pray. >> reporter: second grader timothy silva was in the classroom next door, and said his teacher reacted quickly. >> he started yelling, and i thought-- didn't think it was a drill because they would have announced it. and a teacher just went out there and started banging on our door, to go hide. >> reporter: his mom waited 40 agonizing minutes to know he was safe.er: his mom waited >> i was thinking that the shooter was shooting everywhere, that it was going to go through one of the walls and shoot him. and i was so scared. >> reporter: as the people of uvalde come to terms with what happened, this largely latino community is turning to each other for comfort. and to prayer, hoping to find an answer to what may never be known. >> i think there are no words for this kind of situation, and we're trying to s

i understand you knew the victim irma garcia who was a teacher and we have now learned that her husbandday. his family says of a broken heart. the scale of this loss, all of these losses, is almost incomprehensible. first of all, how are you and the community coping? >> it's tough. like i said right now, we are just -- it's going to take some time for us to get through this, to get through this. like i said, it's going to be a long process. right now my focus has been throughout the lay for us to ensure that the medical examiner released all the victims to the funeral homes and that has happened already. so now the families can make arraignments with the funeral homes to see their loved ones. >> what was it like, lalo, to walk in and see these victims, have to identify them, these two teachers, these 19 little kids? what was that like? >> it was tough. i mean, i'm super glad -- i'm glad that i had good support. i had dr. molina from the medical examiner come down to uvalde and assist with this because, of course, she has more training in this aspect. but, you know, it's a scene like no

irma garcia's cross is among her children here as well as the other teacher who lost her life, and reportst irma was literally holding her children in her arms when they found her body in the body of the children. her husband -- it's devastating -- but joe garcia came to the memorial yesterday, he came to the memorial to bring flowers for his lovely wife who had been married to for 24 years. they were high school sweethearts and according to family members, the minute he got home he collapsed with a broken heart and lost his life. he had four children, the oldest being 23, the youngest i am told being in the seventh grade. if you know, i've been talking, tammy, two people here in the community. it's been very difficult for many people close to the situation to talk publicly. some have felt comfortable, others have not felt comfortable. i did have a chance to speak with a member of this community, a rancher, he manages a large ranch right here in uvalde county and here is what he had to say. >> so many people are wondering, why would someone do this, and it almost feels as though part of th

irma garcia, one of 21 people killed in the shooting on tuesday. two teachers, 19 elementary students these are their faces. young kids 9, 10, 11 years old, who were supposed to be going to their last day of class today before summer vacation the people of uvalde grieving and remembering each one of them cnbc's valerie castro live again tonight in uvalde with their stories. val? >> shep, some of the parents begun tshare memories of their children but at the same time, they started the painstaking process of planning their funerals of course, some parents still don't have any words, just their grief. >> sweetest girl you ever had the chance to meet i had the honor of calling her my daughter. >> reporter: steven garcia and jennifer lugo are just some of the parents living through unthinkable devastation. their daughter ellie among the 19 children whose lives ended tuesday afternoon. speaking to nbc's savannah guthrie, he says just getting that news came after an agonizing wait. >> it was the longest day ever it was it was the it was it was the longes

the other teacher, irma garcia taught robb elementary school students for 23 years. for the trinity university prize for excellence in teaching. outside the classroom irma garcia had four kids of her own and loved to barbecue with her husband. joining me is eva molina with the texas state teachers association. thank you for joining me on these two days, and i want to hear your thoughts on the educators who quite literally took bullets for their students. >> the reaction is outrage, anger and heart break. complete and utter heartbreak. >> i can hear it in your voice and see it in your face because 18 hours and 24 hours is not enough time to process what has happened here. >> no, it's not. i don't know when it will be enough time to process, and as these instances keep occurring it just re-opens old wounds. every educator that has heard of a shooting or has been in an active shooting event, whenever we hear it again it just brings back all of the emotions. >> your group put out a statement about this saying that these tragedies, to your point, keep happening and as you

mañana siguen los servicios fúnebres incluyendo el de la maestra irma garcía. por carolina del sur declaró este lunes el esfuerzo bipartidista para hacer una legislación del control de armas. >> (habla en inglés). >> forma parte de un pequeño grupo de senadores que trabajan en conseguir una solución. asegura que está trabajando con demócratas y republicanos para crear un programa. por su parte el senador republicano presenta un perito de ley que propone candeleda para comprar un arma de fuego de los 18 a los 21 años. Éste proyecto de ley requiere que la junta de educación estatal establezca reglas en las prácticas para protegerse de un tirador activo. por su parte legisladores demócratas desean que se haga más sobre la regulación de las armas de fuego. >> joven fue arrestado después de enviar mensajes de texto amenazando con un tiroteo en su escuela. revelaron este vídeo en redes sociales donde se ven amenazas escritas de un tiroteo al escuela. autoridades repudiaron el mensaje y dijeron que tras ocurrido en texas no es gracioso este tipo de mensajes. >> la ven

irma garcia was finishing her 23rd year of teaching.er school biography says she and her husband joe were married for 24 years and had four kids together. she loved to barbecue and listen to music. >> the teacher irma garcia was someone a year below me in school. i'd known her probably 30 years, 25 years. >> reporter: at least 17 others were wounded. university hospital in san antonio is still caring for four victims, three children and one 66-year-old woman. the shooter's grandmother listed in serious condition. officials say the gunman shot her in the face before he ran into school and began his shooting rampage. >> i see it in the news somewhere else but not here, but it did happen here. you think big town, big communities. small town like uvalde -- >> reporter: and cnn has confirmed the identities of four more victims killed in tuesday's shooting. one of them annabelle god loupe rodriguez just 10 years old, a third grader and she was actually in school in class with her cousin who apparently was also killed in the shooting. eliana e

como las maestras irma garcía quienes estuvieron protegiendo a los menores >> había hecho su primera dijo y que también muy amoroso. y estaba en cuadro de honor y en el mismo salón >> y también rogelio torres como un niño trabajador. >> ♪ [música] ♪ ( ♪ mÚsica ♪ ) >>> >> >>> es muy, muy triste. >>> un salÓn de clases de cuart grado.21 vÍctimas inonte asesinadas a sangre frÍa murieron mientras 2 maestras fallecieron como heroÍnas intentaban protegerlos >>> maestras graas por proteger a los niÑos con su vida >>> el ataque de uvalde texa

cuÁntas vidas se habrÍan salvado >>> dÉcimas llegaron a una misa que se realizÓ por la maestra irma garcÍa el gobernador no se da el tiempo >>> hablÓ con el padre de uno de los niÑos asesinados y este es su sentir >>> bajo un intenso sol esta maestra de la escuela lloraba desconsolada ante la cruz de rogelio torres de 9 aÑos ella sobreviviÓ pero Él se encuentra entre las 21 vÍctimas >>> fatal, no tengo palabras. >> con el rostro temÍa lo peor su hijo no aparecÍa en ninguna lista de sobrevivientes han pasado 72 horas y este padre no tiene tiempo para lamentarse >>> nos quitÓ en este parte de uvalde en donde jugaba con rogelio y sus otros 3 hermanos >>> desde la primera noche federico pide mÁs control sobre las armas >>> no pueden comprar cigarros >>> es duro para ellos pero pueden ir y comprar una arma y no cualquier arma arma de grueso calibre >>> crÍtica duramente al gobernador de texas greg abbott tras su visita a uvalde >>> a nadie le dijo nada >>> simplemente hoy no tienen una conferencia del rifle eso es vergÜenza >>> ¿quÉ le hubiera dicho al gobernador? >>> que alguien le dispare tam

>> ha sido muy difÍcil >>> esta vecina de uvalde tambiÉn conocÍa a una de las maestras falcidas irma garcÍa los veÍa yo >> y como oigo decir que la querÍan mucho, tenÍa me parece 24 aÑos y siempre en esa escuela >>> en las redes socias los amigos fueron confirmando lo peor >>> ya estÁ maÑana vio que los buscarmuertos n tratando de >>> eso me doliÓ tanto >>> ella tambiÉn es maestra. >> sÍyo era en mi clase con s estudiantes y algo asÍ pasÓ primera cosa que puedoa estaban >>> eso me doliÓ tanto >>> ella tambiÉn es maestra >> sÍ era yo en mi clase con mi estudiante algo asÍ pasÓ primera cosa que puedo pensar en mi mente es proteger a ellos. >> que cualquiera puede ser vÍctima de esta lacra. >> ellos fueron vÍctimas y la fe es lo poco que les acompaÑan en estos momentos han venido a inglesas como estÁ en la que estamos viniendo hasta este punto hemos visto grandes trÁiler en cadena de alimentaciÓn son para situaciones de desastre que estarÁn distribuyendo a servicios de emergencia y a la comunidad julio que nos dice que saldrÁ fortalecida >> pero vendrÁn dÍas duros y funerales mÁs cuando se vay

. >> the second adult, another teacher, irma garcia, was finishing her 23rd year of teaching. her school biography says she and her husband joe were married for 24 years and had four kids together. she loved to barbecue and listen to music. >> the teacher irma garcia was a year below me in school. i known her probably 30 years, 25 years. >> reporter: at least 17 others wounded. university hospital in san antonio is still caring for four victims. three children and one 66-year-old woman. the shooter's grandmother listed in serious condition. officials say the gunman shot her in the face before he ran into school and began his shooting rampage. >> not here. but it is happening here. big town, big community you think. small town like uvalde? >> reporter: and, don, in the last few moments cnn has been able to confirm the identities of four more victims. one of them annabell guadalupe rodriguez, 10 years old, a third grader. her family says she was in class with her cousin who was apparently also killed in the shooting. there is eliahana elie garcia, 9 years old. she loved basketba

irma garcia was one of two fourth grade 25teachers who die in defense of the shooter. family members say joe garcia had a massive heart attack today. they say his heart was broken. the couple had been married for 24 years and had four children. stay with kpix 5 for continuing coverage on air on kpix.com an streaming. >>> grieving families gathered in san jose to mark one year since a disgruntled employee opened fire at the vta rail yard killing nine employees and then himself. city leaders presented the vt warks an american flag. the same one raised oaf the crime scene following last may's tragedy. for survivors, it feels like yesterday. >> i will cheer him on and continue to be his biggest fan for as long as i am here. i would have given anything to take those bullets from him. dpl the family of shooting victim is the latest the file a wrongful death lawsuit. they accused vta and a private security firm of failing to protect the victims despite the documented threats and dismy mnar issue. vta says it's focusing on the continued healing of ourp employees and families o

this is joe and irma garcia, high school sweethearts married 24 years. irma was a fourth grade teacher and killed in the mass shooting here on tuesday. we find out yesterday that joe suddenly dies of a heart attack. they leave four children behind. we want to show you this video. take a look. this is joe yesterday. video recorded yesterday showing joe going to the school to place flowers at a cross with his wife's name on it to memorialize her. we learned hours after this video was recorded joe passed away of a heart attack. both of them gone within a 48-hour span leaving four young children behind. hard to even put it into words. also an impact on the shooter's family. it is the shooter's mother. she is praying with a rosary on the front porch of her parents' house. she said she was praying but she is going through quite a bit right now as well. we also want to show you our live fox news drone right now above the school. we want to walk you through this. that ditch you see there is where we are told the shooter crashed his car. he gets out with a rifle

and it was just a short time ago that our affiliate, kbbwaio spoke with one of irma garcia's friends. listen to what she had to say. >> i just looked out the window, and i see this guy with a gun walking up. and i just told my class, get on the ground. get on the ground. get to the corner. i just kept hearing shots fired. i just kept praying god, please don't let him come in my room. please don't let him come in this room. and for some reason, he didn't. >> it's a devastating loss of 21 lives here. 21 people who will never see another day on this earth. we've been standing outside of this memorial here in the middle of town, a memorial that continues to grow by the hour, and there are young children that are coming here as well as adults with tears in their eyes. just trying to make sense of what happened. they know at some point the cameras will leave here and they'll be left with their grief likely for the rest of their lives. >> a lives beautiful, the pictures precious. thank you for helping to lift up their memories and shining light on their lives. joining us now is senior law en

joe garcia, the husband of irma garcia, one of the teachers killed yesterday, joe came here yesterday. he left some flowers. he died of a fatal heart attack 48 hours after her death. family members say he died of a broken heart. nbc's sam brock is at a memorial in downtown uvalde. joe's death happened hours after he dropped off those flowers here. how is this community dealing with this unexpected death we must add to the number of people that were massacred here? >> 21, but really 22. behind me you have a fountain. encircling that fountain are 21 crosses. if you look at the crosses, you see messages, daddy is missing you, mom loves you. there are parents robbed of their children, but also children robbed of their patients. joe and irma married 24 years, but high school sweethearts before that. a love affair 30 plus years. the nephew of joe said he suffered a heart attack, connected to grief. >> reporter: irma garcia lost her life tuesday thrusting herself between a mass shooter and her fourth grade students. now her family facing even more heart break. joe garcia, her husband of 24 y

they include teacher irma garcia, who was in her fifth year of teaching alongside eva mireles.oth died, their families say, shielding students from gunfire. not lost here, the children still being treated in the hospital. a pediatric trauma director describes them as critical but stable, wishing there were more lives she could save. >> i think that's what's hit us the most, not of the patients that we did receive and we are honored to treat them, but the patients that we did not receive. that is the most challenging aspect of our job right now. >> reporter: the flores family was among those who rushed to hospitals in search of their children. it was there that jose flores sr. lived the moment that would befall 21 families in this close-knit community. >> so i didn't get to hold her no more. i didn't get to see her. >> reporter: and a tragic footnote to the piece you just watched. you saw those images of irma garcia, the elementary schoolteacher gunned down in tuesday's massacre. cnn has sadly learned that her husband, joe garcia, collapsed and died on thursday morning. he was p

morir de amor joe muriÓ con el corazÓn roto escribiÓ un familiar de la maestra irma garcÍa asesinada alza >>una asociaciÓn americano detectÓ que hubo mÁs de 35.000 casos del sÍndrome del corazÓn roto >>> como desesperaciÓn muy fuerte >>> mÉdicos aseguran que las personas con problemas crÓnicos podrÍan enfrentar este padecimiento de forma mÁs intensa >>> pÉrdidas grandes las muertes que deja el covid y masacres como uvalde incrementan el sÍndrome del corazÓn roto >>> duele mucho >>> hasta fecha no lo puedo superar >> por lo pronto sus familiares ya han reunido mÁs de 2 millones, 700.000 dÓlares que en parte se irÁn para sus hijos francisco fajardo, noticias telemundo >>> con esto nos despedimos. los ( ♪ mÚsica ♪ ) /* . >>> hoy en la casa de los >> noche de expulsiÓn. >>> tÚ decides con tÚ voto quiÉ abandona la casa. lewis y voy con todo >>> nacho >>> estoy tranquilo por lo que vengo haciendo en la casa o potro > me siento traicionado > arde la casa >>> todos quieren ganar nadie quiere perderse lo

como educadora su hija la extraÑa mÁs de lo que scribe en palabras, pretiÓ cuidar a su papÁ >>> irma garcÍaicÓ para proteger a los niÑos >>> ellos son1 personas que dejan un hueco enorme en esta comunidad. >> este tiroteo ha conmocionado a esta comunidad que es mayoritariamente hispana durante todo el dÍa han estado recordando a las vÍctimas >>> estamos en uno memoriales adelante damia. >> sÍ, sÍ, julio, mira, todavÍa quedan algunos vecinos concentrados aquÍ pero se tienen que imaginar que todas estas sillas y banques han estado llenas para vivir el luto han venido de otros lugares de texas todos para estar aquÍ porque en el pueblo en uvalde casi todo el mundo sabe de algÚn amigo, de algÚn familiar que ha perdido a algun familia como esta que conocimos que perdiÓ a su niÑa de 9 aÑos. >>> nunca pensamos, nunca nos imaginamos >>> estÁn strozadas, su hermanita, estÁ destrozada. >> muy, muy duro, muy triste porque e este pueblo nunca habÍa pasado una cosa como esto ahora. >> tambiÉn conocimos a un amigo de esta familia Él nos decÍa que su sobrino tambiÉn de cuarto grado sobreviviÓ. >> segÚn esc

close to $5 million on gofundme, another fundraising page helps to support the family of joe and irma garciachool murdered on thursday her grieve-stricken husband passed away from heart failure two days later the gofundme has raced nearly $277 million. >>> also an outpouring of grief centered at a memorial site in uvalde with people coming from near and far to mourn the 21 lives lost tom llamas has more on how they're being honored. >> reporter: in uvalde's town square you will find crosses and flowers and tears. grown men on their knees trying to make sense of what happened here and some too young to fully understand taking the first steps in saying good-bye 9-year-old angela was dismissed from robb elementary early in the day of the shooting, some of her best friends weren't so lucky. >> i knew a kid name eliana, we were outside playmates from outside of school. she died she was my -- my best friend. >> reporter: the mourning stretches across this town and the state. harry and jeannette cruz drove more than 90 miles from san antonio to pay their respects. >> when i have my granddaughter to

dios >>> esta familia ha sido una de las tantas que han traÍdo flores a este altar, la familia irma garcÍa el dolor de perder a irma llevaban 24 aÑos de casados les sobreviven sus 4 hijos. para pasar esta tragedia en elementary robb toda la familia se conocen, damiÁ hablÓ con uno niÑa adentro. >>> mi amigos que murieron eran muy buenas personas >>> con solamente 10 aÑos keilin sintiÓ que deberÍa traer flores a sus amigos fallecidos >>> los extraÑo mucho y el dÍa que estaban muertos llorÉ mucho y como la maestra que muriÓ ella estaba como muriÓ al frente de todos los niÑos. y como yo los niÑos estaban diciendo mirando a alguien. >>> caitlyn martÍnez era amiga de al menos 6 de ellos. nos dicen que todavÍa estÁ tratando ademÁs de asimilar lo vivido. >>> abrieron una puerta y necetan >>> su grupo estaba en receso >>>o tenÍa no mi couch lo mirÓ >>> lograron llegar aquÍ >>> su madre estaba desesperada y venÍan muchos niÑos heridos, venÍan muchos niÑos lastimados y yo buscaba a mi hija y no la veÍa, entonces yo veÍa la frustraciÓn de los agentes y decÍa algo estÁ pasando dentro muy mal. porque el

irma garcia's husband died this morning. joe garcia died from his grief, grief that the family says led to an apparent heart attack. their nephew says joe garcia came home from delivering flowers to a noermial for his wife he was home no more than three minutes they tell us when he collapsed. joe and irma were high school sweet hearts married 24 years. they are survived by their four children now dealing with the death of both parents in a matter of days irma garcia was one of the 21 people killed on tuesday, 19 students, two teachers these are the face of kids, 9, 10, 11 years old who were suppose to be going to their last day of class today before summer vacation. the people of uvalde grieving and remembering each one of them valerie castro has their stories. >> reporter: some of the parents have begun to share memories of their children at the same time they have started the painstaking process of planning their funerals of course, some parents still don't have any words, just the grief. >> sweetest girl you ever had the

her co-teacher irma garcia posted on the school's website, i'm so excited to begin this school year alreadynow we know that neither one will finish out the yearhool ye >> valerie castro live with us in uvalde. >> we know the suspect bought those two ar-15 style rifles and hundreds of rounds of ammo immediately after his 18th birthday here in texas, all of it was bought legally texas has some of the most lenient gun laws in all the nationught legally texas has some of the most our perry r earthquake -- russom looked at how the state relaxed regulations. >> after shootings, texas continued to ease gun restrictions. >> the government is coming to take your guns texas will not let that happen. >> in june of 2021, governor abbott signed a series of bills alongside the nra. >> there is a need for people to have a weapon to defend themselves in the lone star state. >> it made texas a constitutional carry state, dropping the requirement of background checks and training all before buying a gun. the governor also lowered the age to buy a handgun to 18 the state has no restrictions on buying a long g

and two fourth grade teachers, eva mireles and irma garcia. robb elementary school is a school with about 600 students in just three grades -- second, third, and fourth. the school is about 90% latinx. thursday was scheduled to be the last day of class for the year. the school district's superintendent hal harrell spoke on tuesday. >> my heart is broken today. our small community. we need your prayers to get through this. amy: the gunman has been identified as salvador ramos. he reportedly bought at least one of his guns on his 18th birthday, a few days ago. he was shot dead in the school. earlier in the day, he shot and critical he shot and critical wounded his grandmother. tuesday's attack was the deadliest school shooting since the massacre at sandy hook in connecticut when a 20-year-old gunman shot dead 26 people, including 20 childrebetween the ages of six and seven. on tuesday night, president biden addressed the nation. pres. biden: as a nation, we have to ask, when in god's name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby? when in god's

year-old joe garcia had just returned home from dropping off flowers at a memorial for his wife irma garcia when he collapsed. garcia's cousin wrote, "i truly believe joe died of a broken heart." joe and irma garcia were high school sweethearts who had been married for a quarter century. they leave behind four children. in toronto, canada, five schools were placed on lockdown thursday as police shot and killed a man seen carrying a rifle near an elementary school. toronto police chief james ramer wouldn't name the person killed, but described him as a young man in his late teens or early 20's. >> due to the proximity of a school, i certainly understand the trauma of how traumatic this must have been for staff, students, and parents given the recent events that have happened in the united states. amy: students at scores of schools across the united states walked out of classrooms at the stroke of noon thursday in a coordinated protest demanding passage of gun control laws. in michigan, hundreds of oxford high school students assembled on their school's football field, forming a giant "u" in

cifra, 2,7 millones es el monto que se ha recaudado hasta este momento para los cuatro hijos de irma garcÍafarto. atravesÉ gofundme trataban de ricardo dara maity: el dolor de los padres que perdieron a los niÑos en uvalde ahora se suma al temor que ice pueda deportarlos por un tweet viral que alerta sobre la ford presencia de agentes de la patrulla fronteriza en una comunidad que es hispana, el mensaje generÓ miles de reacciones y una respuesta de las agencias federales diciendo que no aplicarÁn acciones en asuntos migratorios en la mayor medida posible. carolina: en texas el tema de las armas es bastante amplio y flexible. escuchando, cualquier persona mayor de 21 aÑos puede comprar y portar un arma sin permiso y sin tomar curso especÍfico cÓmo funciona esta ley en particular? te explico. ♪ [mÚsica] ♪ ♪ [mÚsica] ♪ carolina: el gobernador de texas, greg abbott, le dio su firma hace menos de un aÑo en septiembre del aÑo pasado esta permite que la mayorÍa de los tejanos que poseen un arma de fuego puedan portarla abiertamente en pÚblico. para muchos es un tema importante garantizar que esta

irma garcia, also a longtime teacher. been at the school for 23 years. she loved queuing with her husband and listening to music. she had four children. she used her body as a shield to protect the children. let's talk about the children. manuel garcia. a fourth grader. football past patterns. impressed by his speed and catching skills. also the 10-year-old, amerie garcia. or garza. she tried to call 911 during the shooting. there are many others. gun reform may not prevent every tragedy but it will have significant impact without affecting the second amendment. >> we must add win in god's name will we do what needs to be done to fundamentally change the amount of carnage that goes on. state the obvious. a lot of people are sick and tired. sick and tired of what's going on and continues to go on. the idea that an 18-year-old can walk into a store and buy weapons of war designed and marketed to kill, it's wrong. it violates common sense. >> the president said he will meet with families of the vick dems victims in the near future. >>> tempers flared. the d

according to a family member joe garcia, the husband of irma garcia, suffered a medical emergency. they are survived by four children. >> we need your prayers. and we will need them to continue move through it this. and try to move through this together. >>> a greg abbott will not be attending the nra meeting in person. the event starts tomorrow in houston. the governor was slated to speak but instead he will give a prerecorded video message tomorrow afternoon. he will hold a news conference in eovaldi. >>> what can be done to prevent this tragedy? democrats are trying to get more gun legislation. but many republican lawmakers oppose any attempt to modify the nation's gun laws. ted cruz pressed by mark stone. >> many people around the world just cannot fathom why in america? why is this so awful? >> i'm sorry you think that is awful. >> republican representative tony gonzalez is pressing for legislation that would make them tougher targets for mass shooting. among this a single entry point for all schools. >>> here at home we are remembering the deadliest mass shooting in the bay a

el esposo de irma garcÍa... la maestra que perdiÓ la vida protegiendo a sus chiquitos.el colegio. uno estÁ en sÉptimo grado y el otro estÁ en 10 grado. esta persona muriÓ de lo que se le conoce como "corazÓn roto". tÉcnicamente fue de un ataque al corazÓn. le preguntamos al doctor juan rivera, corresponsal, quÉ piensa Él acerca de este tÉrmino de "corazÓn roto". ¿es algo que existe? doctor: ellos mencionaron el sÍndrome del "corazÓn roto". a lo mejor muchos no lo han escuchado, pero es un sÍndrome real quÉ ocurre. lo primero que tenemos que saber es que no tenemos los detalles de una autopsia. no sabemos si fue de esto que muriÓ joe garcÍa. pero el sÍndrome del corazÓn roto es cuando una persona tiene un estrÉs significativo, la muerte inesperada de un ser querido como vemos en este momento. el cuerpo empieza a liberar hormonas del estrÉs en cantidades inmensas. Ésas hormonas lo que hacen es que adormece en el corazÓn y el corazÓn, que usualmente se contrae en 55—60%... digamos que la contracciÓn disminuya un 25%. al no poder bombear sangre al resto del cuerpo, esa sang

irma garcia, one of two fourth grade teachers there tuesday, is being hailed as a hero. she was seen shielding kids from the shooter. still, with every tragedy, there are stories of survival. >> we were scared, and the teacher started telling us we can pray. >> reporter: second grader timothy silva was in the classroom next door and said his teacher reacted quickly. >> she started yelling, and i thought -- didn't think it was a drill because they would have announced it. and a teacher just went out there and started banging on our door to go hideepor hisom waite agonizing minutes to know he was safe. >> i was thinking that the shooter was shooting everywhere, that it was going to go through one of the walls and shoot him. i was so scared. >> reporter: as the people of uvalde come to terms with what happened, this largely latino community is turning to each other for comfort. and to prayer, hoping to find an answer to what may never be known. >> i think there are no words for this kind of situation, and we're trying to speak with our action, with our presence, with our su

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teachers killed has died according to a family member, 50-year-old, joe garcia, the husband of irma garcia, suffered a medical emergency on thursday after laying flowers at her memorial. they are survived by their four children. >> keep uvalde in your prayers. >> reporter: as the small community tries to cope , and hold each other together. ian cole, today in the bay. >>> texas governor greg abbott will not attend the nra annual meeting in person. that event starts in about 90 minutes in houston. the governor was slated to speak. instead, he will give a prerecorded video message. he will hold a news conference in uvalde . >>> the political battle heating up over what can be done to prevent this kind of tragedy from happening again. democrats are trying to win so worked for expanding background checks and other gun control legislation. republican lawmakers oppose any attempt to modify the nation's gun laws. texas senator ted cruz was pressed by sky news correspondent. >> we want to stop violent crime. the proposals the democrats have, it would have stopped this. >> what is this only happen

sabemos que tenÍa buen desarrollo escolar premios que ganÓ en 2019 irma garcÍa cÓmo mejor maestra aquÍunidad al inicio de las vigilias de los velorios y de los funerales. lo que estÁ pasando este mediodÍa en esta comunidad en texas >> muy fuerte damian muchas gracias. siguen apareciendo nuevos testimonios y detalles de esta masacre en la que hubo muchos protagonistas cÓmo la gente de patrulla fronteriza que estaba fuera de servicio, se encontraba la barberÍa cuÁndo se enterÓ del ataque y siepensÓ qus hija podrÍa estar en peligro de muerte. el presentador de hoy dÍa hablÓ con el agente alvarad y esto es parte de lo que le contÓ >> usted vio la escuela al atacante? lo escuchÓ >> no no, Él estaba dentro de l escuela, yo estaba afuera, sacando a todos los niÑos y todavÍa buscando mi niÑa mi hija >> en quÉ momento encuentra usted a su hija? >> pues todavÍa estaba hablando con mi esposa por mensaje me estaba diciendo que estaba en el baÑo pero yo no sabÍa en quÉ baÑo estaba, luego me decÍa que todavÍa estaba, en despuÉs corÍi para buscar la y se que los niÑo frente de ellaun unos >> (hablan