his name is jayden, my 2-year-old roman, he's super super bright.ery day, making them smile, inspiring them to be better people. >> the majority of my students stayed on the right path, and they did, they followed their dreams. they accomplished things in life that they wanted to. >> i remember as a kid saying i wanted to be a police officer. >> leonard, studious, very very concerned about others. >> i'm really into public safety. i joined the military, and then i became a police officer. >> the interaction with different people, business owners, the families, not everybody's life is the same. >> 9/11 maybe made me lean toward doing public safety work. it's a connection. i feel a part of it's like, hey, i see something related to 9/11, yeah, i was related to that too. >> the 9/11 connection, i definitely brag about it a lot. most people react like, dang, man, bro, you're a piece of history, man, like you're in the history books. i was fed with a silver spoon my whole life, anything i wanted, my mom and dad would get it for me. >> tyler, there was so

jayden, another great poem! >> yeah!and making me even more excited to write. so would love to mentor and be mentored continuously. >> what does it feel like when you're reciting the poem to people? >> i feel really powerful. when i'm on stage, for example, a the inauguration, i feel like i'm myself, but at the same time, i'm showing up as my best self. >> what do you do like in your free time? >> good question. yes, poetry is my free time. i love reading, i love writing, so i do that a lot of times for fun. i love talking with my friends. and i love to eat, honestly. good meals are always the best. >> i am so sad that i could not be there physically with you all right now. but i wanted to give you a little gift. i have a book coming out called "change sings." i really wanted to make sure at least you could have something there until hopefully we can meet in person someday. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> i'll just read a little bit of the first few verses. i can hear a change humming

. ♪ >> reporter: jayden faith was a 12-year-old full of motion, a competitive dancer and eight-time stateything changed. the family was driving home from serving meals to the homeless when their car was rear-ended. >> when it happened it was like a bomb went off. something's wrong, very wrong because she was slumped and convulsing. >> she died on the side of the road. the paramedics put her in the ambulance with no light in her eyes. she was gone. >> reporter: somehow jay fay as her parents call her, survived despite a skull fracture and life-changing traumatic brain injury leaving her unable to walk or speak. what do you miss? is there something you miss most? probably hearing her voice, i would imagine -- >> yeah. >> that's my number one. >> yeah. >> you've got lots. you know. >> i miss seeing her dance. >> reporter: the fraziers are not alone. we've identified dozens of families that know their pain all too well. while regulators acknowledge these types of crashes are under-reported, safety advocates estimate at least 50 people a year, mostly children in the back seat, die from them. b