[facebook url="https://www.facebook.com/WhatWouldDanielDo/videos/423872714403966/" /] The family of Daniel Barden, who was seven years old when he was shot and killed exactly three years ago at Sandy Hook Elementary School, honored his memory when they posted an emotional video this morning.
Daniel’s father, Mark Barden, along with Nicole Hockley, who lost her son Dylan in the attack that killed 26 people, are founders and managing directors of Sandy Hook Promise, an activist group they formed with other parents in the aftermath of the 2012 tragedy in which 26 people were killed.
Mark visits schools to discuss violence prevention, and always carries a photo of Daniel.
The website shares a touching anecdote about a child with special needs in Daniel’s class who he went out of his way to speak with. “I know she can’t talk, but I know she can hear me,” Daniel said.
The next year, they were placed in the same class.