>> YES. >> WOULD YOU PLEASE RAID READ IT TO THE COURT?
>> SURE.
OUR SON, NICK, WAS AN AMAZING
PERSON.
HE WAS FUNNY, KIND, AND VERY
LOVING.
HE WAS A COMPETITIVE SWIMMER,
THE CAPTAIN OF THE MARJORY STONE
MAN DOUGLAS SWIM TEAM.
HE FEELS ALSO AN EXCELLENT
STUDENT AND HE HAD JUST RECEIVE
AN ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS.
HE WAS ALWAYS A JOY TO SEE THE
LOVING AND CARING RELATIONSHIP
THAT HE HAD WITH HIS BROTHER
ALEX.
HE WOULD ALWAYS WATCH OVER HIM
AND THEY HAD SO MUCH FUN
TOGETHER.
NICK STUDYIED FINANCE AND ALWAYS
TALKED ABOUT MOVING TO BOSTON
WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND ARIA.
NICK AND ARIA HAD A TRULY
BEAUTIFUL RELATIONSHIP.
THEY WERE ALWAYS SO LOVING AND
HE WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR HER.
NICK WAS A FOOD LOVE AND HE
WOULD EAT JUST ABOUT ANYTHING.
ALTHOUGH HE HAD SOME FAVORITES
LIKE SUSHI, PIZZA AND OREO
COOKIES, WE EVEN FOUND A HIDDEN
STATUTORY OF EMPTY OREO BOXES IN
HIS CLOSET.
MUSIC WAS A HUGE PART OF HIS
LIFE AND HE WOULD OFTEN BE THE
DJ ON ROAD TRIPS WITH THE SWIM
TEAM.
NICK WAS A LEADER AND HE ALWAYS
ENCOURAGED OTHER PEOPLE TO DO
THEIR BEST.
HE WAS VERY INCLUSIVE OF
EVERYONE.
NICK’S LAST EVENING WITH US HE
SPENT TIME SPEAKING TO THE
YOUNGER KIDS ON THE SWIM TEAM
GIVING THEM SOME POINTERS ON HOW
TO IMPROVE.
NICK HAD BIG GOALS, BIGGER THAN
MOST OF US, DARE TO DREAM OF.
THIS WAS A NOTE THAT NICK HAD
WRITTEN AND TAPED ON THE WALL
NEXT TO HIS BED.
I WANT TO BECOME A SWEDISH
OLYMPIAN AND GO TO TOKYO 2020 TO
COMPETE FOR MY COUNTRY.
I WILL GIVE ALL I HAVE IN MY
BODY AND MY MIND TO ACHIEVE THE
GOALS I HAVE SET.
I WILL TRAIN AS HARD AS I CAN IN
AND OUT OF THE WATER EVEN ON MY
HARDEST DAYS.
I SWEAR TO GIVE IT MY ALL AND I
WILL LET NOTHING STAND IN MY
WAY.
TRAIN HARDER.
NOW WE WILL NEVER KNOW IF WE
WOULD HAVE REEFED -- HE WOULD
HAVE REACHED REACHED THIS GOAL T
THE OLYMPICS.
OUR HEARTS HAVE FOREVER BE
PRONE.
WE WILL ALWAYS LIVE WITH
EXCRUCIATING PAIN.
WE HAVE AN EMPTY BEDROOM IN OUR
HOUSE.
THERE’S AN EMPTY CHAIR AT OUR
DINING TABLE.
ALEX WILL NEVER HAVE A BROTHER
TO TALK OR HANG OUT WITH.
THEY WILL NEVER AGAIN GO FOR A
DRIVE, BLASTING VERY LOUD MUSIC.
WE DID NOT GET TO SEE ANYBODY
GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL OR
COLLEGE.
WE WILL NOT GET TO SEE HIM
GETTING MARRIED.
WE WILL ALWAYS HESITATE BEFORE
ANSWERING THE QUESTION, HOW MANY
KIDS DO YOU HAVE?
THERE ARE NO WORDS TO EXPRESS
HOW MUCH WE ALL MISS NICK.
THE WORLD IS MISSING OUT NOT
HAVING NICK IN IT.