of unbearable loesz from my family. two days after the service of reverend pinkney, my surviving son and i came back here for sunday service. my family needed to be healed, we didn t realize how badly. two days before we we were we were in more pain than we knew. we came here to offer comfort and receive comfort from you. no, i m serious. as i listen in the pews, spent time with families, visited reverend pinkney s office and visited the memorial for it is victims outside, i grew stronger, my son and family grew
reverend pinkney s office, visited the memorial for the victims outside, i grew stronger. my son, my family grew stronger. we prayed together. we grieved together. we found hope together for real. for real. and that reminds me that threw our pain each of us must find purpose. for me that purpose was a life worthy of my son beau and i mean it sincerely. for you that purpose is for the lives worthy of loved ones lost to make them proud. so many of you were there for us during that loss. including my dear friend jim and emily clyburn. ms. emily i miss. people of deep faith. jim, a great public servant, and best friend you could ever have. jim, i m thinking of emily today. we talked about it down stairs a
forgiveness and grace and president obama sang from here amazing grace and if it changed hearts and did something. it may not have happened but for your courage, brought down the confederate flag in south carolina. you brought it down. you did. [applause] you helped the nation heal. you showed what america can overcome, what we can be when we want to be something. i m humbled to speak from this same pulpit, my friend, reverend pinkney spoke from. we all miss him, none more than his family and this congregation. just as all the familieses of emanuel nine miss the pieces of their soul they lost that day. we have been together at moments
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largest settlements in the collection of cases in the history. joining me now is one that survived the shooting and the reverend and the family s attorney who is a south carolina state senator who served with reverend pinkney. we just saw a clip of you saying you would throw this settlement aside and have your husband back. and i hate to take you back to this day. but you were there. you were not just, you know, a widow of a victim, you yourself were a vehicle, you and your daughter were there. yes. so this is really big for you. it is. it is. you know, we were there and it s something that i will always remember for the rest of my life, you know, sitting in the office and the bullets coming through and trying to protech my daughter. it was something i ll always remember for the rest of my life. she was a little girl, she was 12, 1 she was 6.