sort of do away with the depression, do away with the sadness they've all been feeling over the course of the last week. we spoke to a couple of students at the graduation today earlier today. one of them said they're just very thankful that they're able to move on. >> i know a lot of kids lost family members, i mean i know tons of people that lost their homes. so it's one of those things that they thought about moving it back to where they could go to funerals and stuff like that. >> so you're glad it's today? >> yes, i'm glad it's today. it means to me that we're not going on different routes, we're staying on the same path that we were meant to be on. >> fred, i want to read you something if the valedictorian of south moore high school. this is something we just got in from our crew there. it says we are damaged, but we survived. we're hurt, but we are resilient. we are graduating, but we are not done with our successes. these students, so emotional over the course of last few days, just trying to grasp on as you mentioned to that normal