get a head start on the bully. you're singling this child out. you're singling him out now. >> reporter: real solutions will come too late for ty, but kirk sma sma smalley is on that mission. it's why he organizes vigils at the oklahoma state house. he thinks bullying ought to be a crime. >> save the fragile self-esteem, save their lives. >> reporter: it's his promise to a boy who loved his family, hunting, and the st. louis cardinals. >> we haven't done ty's last load of laundry because it still smells like him. we haven't washed his sheets because i can go in there and lay on his bed and still smell my boy. and you want to learn what bullying and suicide's all about, you talk to the people directly who it affects the most.