Remembering Lives Lost in Shooting
HARLOW: Welcome back. This morning we are learning more about the lives lost in the Texas church massacre. And we are hearing some firsthand accounts of what happened inside from a survivor.</s>BERMAN: Twenty-six people were killed spanning generations, sometimes generations in the same family, including children. CNN's Alison Kosik joins us live now with some of their stories. Alison.</s>ALISON KOSIK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: You know, it's just overwhelming the pain that these families are going through after learning that their loved ones were killed in this church. We learned about Richard and Theresa Rodriguez. They were married for 11 years. They were high school sweethearts. And they attended church every Sunday. Richard's daughter says she loved hanging with her dad. She had some great memories waking up on Saturday morning's and watching "Soul Train" and '80s movies with him. And now, in the wake of his death, she says her kids are having a really difficult time with this. They idolized him and looked forward to their visits with him. Listen to how she was this morning on "NEW DAY" with Alisyn Camerota.</s>REGINA RODRIGUEZ, DAUGHTER OF VICTIM RICHARD RODRIGUEZ: He -- he really looked up to my dad. And the memories that I have is, my dad was country, so my son will put on his country pants and his boots and he -- and I remember him going around asking me, where's my hat, mom? Where's my hat? And my dad loved wearing caps and he would always put his glasses sitting on top of his hat. And he would always be standing around the house with a hat, his glasses and his backpack and he was so excited and he was just waiting for my dad to pull up when he would come on the weekends.</s>ALISYN CAMEROTA, CNN ANCHOR, "NEW DAY": I know that he liked to dress like his grandpa because he loved him so much and he was so excited to see him. And tell us about what your youngest -- you have a six-year-old. What has your six-year-old been saying about this?</s>RODRIGUEZ: He just keeps on telling me he wants to go to grandpa's house. Can I call grandpa? And I just tell him where he's at now we can't call.</s>KOSIK: It's just heartbreaking. We can all relate to that closeness within our own families and to lose somebody so suddenly like that. But I do have an incredible story of survival. Roseanne Solis told ABC News that she played dead to stay away from the gunman. She says she hid under a bench with a boy and a woman as she -- she heard the gunman just walk through indiscriminately shooting people, even people who were on the ground bleeding. But she knew to stay very quiet. And there were points in there where it got very quiet and she knew she couldn't make a move, she couldn't say anything. Here's some of what she said on "Good Morning America."</s>ROSEANNE SOLIS: I saw bodies with a lot of blood. That's all I saw, because I wasn't about to get out from where I was hiding.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Was anybody trying to get away? Was there anywhere to go?</s>SOLIS: No. There was nowhere to go.</s>KOSIK: And she said that she was actually hit in the shoulder with one of the bullets and she said she didn't even feel the pain, that the pain came later. Of course, she feels very sorry for the people who lost their loved ones. And she doesn't know why she survived, but she's very thankful to be alive today.</s>BERMAN: A long road ahead for so many of the people down there.</s>KOSIK: Absolutely.</s>HARLOW: Thank you.</s>BERMAN: Alison, thanks so much.</s>KOSIK: You got it.</s>HARLOW: Right now the jury is deliberating in the corruption and bribery trial of Democratic Senator Bob Menendez. We have the latest from the courthouse, next.