GOOD
GOOD MORNING . GOOD MORNING . MY NAME IS JEB TRUMBULL AND I'M
ONE OF THE CANINE HANDLERS AND
ONE OF ADAM'S PARTNERS.
I'M HERE TODAY WITH THE REST
OF OUR TEAM TO SHOW OUR DEEPEST
CONDOLENCES TO RACHEL AND
SOPHIE, THE GIBSON FAMILY AND
THE GATES
BEING
BEING ON
BEING ON A SMALL TEAM. OUR GREATEST CAME TRUE ON
JANUARY 18TH WHEN WE LOST ADAM.
NOT ONLY WAS ADAM A PARTNER AND
A FRIEND BUT HE WAS A BROTHER
TO US.
WE'LL NEVER FORGET ADAM'S FIRST
WEEK OF WORK ON THE CANINE
DETAIL.
IT WAS A TEAM TRAINING DAY AT
BRIDGEWAY CHURCH HERE IN
ROSEVILLE.
THE TEAM WAS INSIDE READY TO
START TRAINING.
AND ADAM WAS OUTSIDE THE
PARKING LOT FOR QUITE SOME TIME
BY HIMSELF TRYING TO GET
CONTROL OF HIS NEWEST CANINE
CANINE.
BARRY, ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HEARD
A COMMOTION IN THE PARKING LOT
AND HEARD ADAM START YELLING
DOGS LOOSE DOGS LOOSE OVER AND
OVER AND OVER.
BERRY CAME RUNNING INTO THE
CHURCH BUILDING WITH NOLEY
SHAWN AND NO CALLER WITH ADAM
CHASING AFTER HIM.
BERRY WAS RUNNING AROUND LIKE
THE CRAZY MELEN WALL THAT HE
WAS.
ADAM WAS FREAKING OUT TRYING TO
GET CONTROL BERRY WHILE WE ALL
LAUGHED AT HIM, YELLED AT.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY COULDN'T
GET PAST THE QUESTION WHO
PICKED THIS GUY TO JOIN THE
TEAM?
ADAM IN BERRY QUICKLY BONDED
AND BECAME A GREAT TEAM
TOGETHER.
>> UNFORTUNATELY, BERRY'S
CAREER WAS CUT SHORT AND HE WAS
LAID TO REST IN SEPTEMBER
OF 2020.
ADAM WAS THEN PAIRED WITH KANE
AND CASH WHERE HE CONTINUED TO
EXCEL AND HIS CANINE WORK.
ADAM WAS A HIGH PERFORMING
CANINE HANDLER WITH BOTH CANINE
BARRY AND THEN CANINE CASH.
HE HAD MANY SUCCESSFUL
SEARCHES, SURRENDERS
APPREHENSIONS AND GUNFIGHTS IN
THE STREET.
ADAM VERY QUICKLY BECAME A
VITAL ROLE ON OUR TEAM.
EVERYONE WAS DRAWN TO HIS
PERSONALITY, HIS SENSE OF HUMOR
AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE.
HE WAS HUMBLE NEVER ONE TO
COMPLAIN AND ALWAYS WONDERED
WHAT WAS BEST FOR THE TEAM AND
TRULY NOT HIMSELF.
WE ALL ENJOYED BEING IN THE
PRESENCE OF ADAM THIS PAST
SEPTEMBER OUR CANINE TEAM
PARTICIPATED IN THE MARK
STARTSHIP ACCOSS MEMORIAL
FISHING TOURNAMENT AS WE WERE
COORDINATING WHO WOULD JOIN?
ADAM JUMPED AT THE OPPORTUNITY
TO GO WITH US WHEN WE ASKED
ADAM IF EVEN KNEW HOW TO FISH.
HIS REPLY WAS SURE.
I HAVE A LITTLE SPINNY ROD WITH
A METAL THING AND YOU FLIP OVER
IN MY GARAGE AS SOON AS HE SAID
THAT WE KNEW THERE WAS NO WAY
WE WERE GONNA WIN THE
TOURNAMENT WITH HIM THERE BUT
WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A
GOOD TIME TRYING.
>> ANYWAY, THE NIGHT BEFORE THE
TOURNAMENT WE SPENT THE NIGHT
ON OUR BOATS AND HAD A GREAT
WEEKEND TOGETHER.
IN THE END ADAM ENDED UP
CATCHING THE BIGGEST FISH
OF OUR GROUP WITH HIS LITTLE
SPINNING ROD MEMBERS LIKE THESE
THAT'LL KEEP US LAUGHING FOR
YEARS TO COME.
PLUS MANY MORE TO RACHEL AND
SOPHIE.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING ADAM WITH
US FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A
HALF.
YOU BOTH YOU BOTH MADE ADAM
VERY HAPPY AND HE WAS PROUD TO
CALL YOU HIS.
WE COULD TELL YOU WERE HIS
FIRST PRIORITY BY THE
RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF SELF
SELFIES SENT BETWEEN YOU TWO
DURING TRAINING AND THE
EXPRESSIONS ON HIS FACE
WHENEVER HE RECEIVED VIDEOS
OF SOPHIE TO ADAM YOU WERE
GREATLY MISSED.
>> YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN
AND YOU WILL ALWAYS BE IN OUR
HEARTS.
OUR TEAM WILL NEVER BE THE
SAME.
JOHN 15TH 13 SAYS GREATER LOVE
HAS NO ONE IN THIS THAN TO LAY
DOWN ONE'S LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
.
WE LOVE YOU CAN EARN
.
. I
. I WANT
. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE.
THANKS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT.
WE AS A TEAM IN AN ORGANIZATION
RECEIVED DURING THIS HORRIFIC,
DEVASTATING TIME.
IF I MAY.
LET ME PREFACE THIS TALK WITH
SAYING THAT WHATEVER I SAY UP
HERE TODAY CAN NEVER DO JUSTICE
NOR DEMONSTRATE WHAT AN
HONORABLE AND WONDERFUL MAN
ADAM WAS AND THE WONDERFUL
MEMORIES WE HAVE OF ADAM THAT
WILL LIVE IN IN OUR HEARTS AND
MINDS FOR THE REST OF OUR
LIVES.
SIR, WHEN I GOT THE WORST
CALL THEY CAN RECEIVE THAT
MONDAY NIGHT.
I WAS SITTING ON THE COUCH AT
HOME SPENDING SOME TIME WITH MY
WIFE AND TOLD HER WHAT WAS JUST
TOLD TO ME ON THE PHONE.
AND SHE LOOKED AT ME IN HORROR
AND DISBELIEF.
SHE SAID THERE'S NO WAY IT'S
ADAM.
SHE SAID THE WAY YOU TALK ABOUT
ADAM HE'S INVINCIBLE.
I GUESS I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW
MUCH I TALK ABOUT THIS AMAZING
TEAM I'M HONORED TO BE A PART
OF .
I USUALLY KEEP WORK AT WORK AND
DON'T DISCUSS MUCH WITH MY
FAMILY.
THAT'S CHANGED OVER THIS PAST
YEAR WITH THIS TEAM, THIS TIGHT
KNIT TEAM OF REMARKABLE PEOPLE
THAT I HAVE COME TO LOVE HAS
ALSO BECOME PART OF MY FAMILY.
I ALSO REALIZE THAT I THOUGHT
ABOUT HIM AS OUR SUPERMAN.
HE WAS THE SUPERHERO OF OUR
TEAM.
HE WAS THE ONE WE WANTED THERE
WHEN THINGS WERE GETTING BAD IN
THE FACE OF DANGER.
YOU WANTED ADAM NEXT TO YOU.
HE WAS THE ONE WE WANTED BY OUR
SIDE FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT.
HE WAS OUR SUPERMAN.
ADAM WAS A HIGHLY DECORATED
MARINE COMBAT VETERAN SERVING
MULTIPLE TOURS OVERSEAS.
ADAM WAS A HIGHLY DECORATED
DEPUTY SHERIFF, RECEIVED
NUMEROUS COMMENDATIONS
INCLUDING A BRONZE STAR AND
MULTIPLE MAJOR INCIDENT AWARDS.
BUT WE KNOW ADAM WAS MOST PROUD
THAT HE WAS A HIGHLY DECORATED
HUSBAND AND FATHER TO RACHEL
AND SOPHIA.
LET ME TELL YOU FOR THOSE WHO
WERE NOT FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO
HAVE WORKED AROUND ADAM, YOU
WOULD NEVER KNOW ABOUT THEIR
AMAZING ACCOMPLISH
ACCOMPLISHMENTS THIS YOUNG MAN
HAD ACHIEVED.
>> YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW.
NOT BECAUSE HE WAS QUIET OR
SHY, NOT BECAUSE HE HAD A HARD
TIME TALKING ABOUT THEM.
NO, YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW UNLESS
YOU ASK HIM BECAUSE AMONG
ADAM'S NUMEROUS TOO MANY TO
LIST ASTONISHING TRAITS WAS
HUMBLENESS.
ADAM NEVER TALKED OF HIS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS THE MARINES
ADAM NEVER TALKED OF HIS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS A DEPUTY.
ADAM WAS NEVER ABOUT HIMSELF.
ADAM SACRIFICED SO MUCH FOR
THIS NATION, THIS COMMUNITY AND
THIS ORGANIZATION AND YOU WOULD
NEVER HEAR IT FROM HIM.
BUT OH, WOULD HIS FACE LIGHT UP
WHEN YOU ASK HIM ABOUT HIS
FAMILY?
THE WAY HE TALKED BECOMING A
FATHER THIS PAST YEAR AND
RAISING SOFIA WITH RACHEL WOULD
LIGHT UP THE DARKEST DAYS.
YOU COULD SEE THAT LIGHT IN HIS
EYES WHEN HE SPOKE OF HIS
FAMILY.
I WILL NEVER FORGET THE FIRST
TIME I MET RACHEL.
SHE AND ADAM HAD JUST HAD
SOPHIE AND ADAM WAS COMING BACK
FROM PARENTAL LEAVE AND THE
CANINE TEAM HAD A TRAINING DAY
AT THE GUN RANGE ONCE A MONTH
IN CANINE TEAM HAS A TRAINING
DAY AT THE RANGE AND THEY OFTEN
TURN OUT TO BE THE SHOW AND
TELL OF THE LATEST GUN ONE OR
MANY OF US ABOUT THAT MONTH.
ADAM GETS THE TRAINING DAY THAT
DAY AND REALIZES HE FORGOT HIS
NEW GUN AND THAT HE WANTED THAT
YOU GOT WHILE ON PARENTAL LEAVE
AND WANTED TO SHOW US.
I TOLD HIM IT'S COOL JUST DRIVE
HOME AND GRAB IT'S FINE.
HE TELLS ME NOPE ALL GOOD.
SERJ MY WIFE IS GONNA BRING IT
TO ME.
>> I SAID SOUNDS GOOD THINKING
MAYBE SHE NEEDS A LITTLE BREAK
OUT OF THE HOUSE FROM NEWBORN
AND HER LITTLE BREAK FROM
SOPHIE.
WELL ABOUT 15 20 MINUTES LATER
I SEE THIS YOUNG LADY WALKING
TOWARD US AT THE RANGE CARRYING
AN INFANT CAR SEAT IN A DIAPER
BAG.
SHE HAD BROUGHT BABY SOPHIE
WHETHER WE ALL CROWDED AROUND
AND PROUD PROUD FATHER ADAM
WITH THE BIGGEST SMILE ON HIS
FACE JUST TAKING IT ALL.
AND JUST AS RACHEL SOPHIE WERE
GETTING READY TO LEAVE.
SHE SAYS, OH YEAH, I ALMOST
FORGOT.
SHE OPENS THE DIAPER BAG AND
PULLS OUT ADAM'S NEW HANDGUN TO
HAND HIM.
WE ALL START LAUGHING AND RIGHT
THEN I KNEW ADAM AND FOUND HIS
SOULMATE A YOUNG LADY WHO WOULD
BRING HIS NEW BABY GIRL AND A
GLOCK TO HIM AT THE RANGE.
ADAM HAD A WORK ETHIC SECOND TO
NONE.
WHEN ADAM CAME TO CNN HE GOT A
BRAND NEW DOG BERRY BERRY WAS
WHAT WE CALL A CHALLENGING DOG.
MARY WAS YOUNG BELEIVE AMOUN
WHILE WITH A VERY STRONG WELL
AND WAS GOING TO DO WHAT HE
WANTED WHEN HE WANTED TO IN
BERRY WAS GOING TO BE A
BIG TEST THAT ADAM WAS A
PERFECT MATCH FOR.
ADAM WORKED EXTREMELY HARD TO
PARTNER WITH BERRY AND MADE
THEM INTO A PHENOMENAL DOG
TEAM.
THEY HAD NUMEROUS SEARCHES AND
APPREHENSIONS OF BAD GUYS AND
LOCATED MANY GUNS AND OTHER
EVIDENCE DURING THEIR TIME
TOGETHER.
THIS PAST YEAR ADAM WOKE UP ONE
MORNING NUMBERI WAS HAVING A
HARD TIME STANDING UP.
ADAM TOOK BERRY TO THE VET AND
BERRY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN
EXTREME EXTREMELY RARE FORM
OF CANCER AT THE AGE OF THREE.
BERRY WAS EUTHANIZED A SHORT
TIME LATER.
IT WAS A TOUGH TIME FOR ADAM.
HIS FAMILY AND OUR TEAM ADAM
AND HIS FAMILY WERE VERY
ATTACHED TO BERRY AND GURNON TO
LOVE HAVING HIM AROUND THE
HOUSE.
ADAM WAS ASSIGNED ANOTHER
CANINE AND HE IMMEDIATELY GOT
TO WORK TRAINING.
AS WITH HIS NEW DOG CASH CASH
PRESENTED DIFFERENT CHALLENGES
AS ALL THOSE.
ALL THESE DOGS HAVE DIFFERENT
PERSONALITIES AND MINDS
OF THEIR OWN.
ADAM EXCELLED IN TRAINING WITH
CASH AND HIT THE STREETS.
ADAM CASH HAD A STAGGERING
AMOUNT OF APPREHENSIONS ARE
LOCATED MULTIPLE FIREARMS AND
BAD GUYS.
IN A SHORT TIME
DURING
DURING THIS TRANSITION FROM LOSING YOUNG DOG TO CANCER STARTING
OVER WITH ANOTHER DOG I NEVER
HEARD ADAM COMPLAIN.
IN FACT, ADAM NEVER COMPLAINED
ABOUT ANYTHING.
HE EXCELLED AT EVERYTHING I DID
AND IF HE DIDN'T IF THINGS
DIDN'T SOMEHOW GO HIS WAY HE
LEARNED FROM AND WOULD WORK
HARDER.
BUT NEVER COMPLAINING.
ANOTHER OUTSTANDING TRAIT
OF ADAM WAS NO MATTER WHO YOU
WERE OR WHERE YOU WERE FROM,
ADAM WAS GONNA MAKE YOU FEEL
WELCOME AND YOU WERE GONNA HAVE
A GOOD TIME.
ADAM DIDN'T JUDGE PEOPLE.
HE HAD A KINDNESS DIFFICULT TO
FIND ANYWHERE, LET ALONE
SOMEONE WHO HAD SEEN SUCH
DESTRUCTION, DEATH AND SADNESS
OVERSEAS AND HERE IN THE
COMMUNITY.
IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT KIND
OF DAY YOU WERE HAVING OR WHAT
WAS GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE IN
INTERACTION WITH ADAM WAS GOING
TO MAKE IT BETTER.
YOU WERE GOING TO LAUGH AND
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE FUN AS YOU
CAN SEE FROM THESE PICTURES
THAT PLAYED BEFORE THE SERVICE.
ADAM LOVED TO HAVE FUN WITH HIS
FAMILY, FRIENDS, COWORKERS AND
ANYONE ELSE LUCKY ENOUGH TO
CROSS PATHS WITH HIM.
AND YOU TALK ABOUT A TALENT TO
BE ABLE TO NOT TAKE ANYTHING
TOO SERIOUS BUT TO ALSO EXCEL
IN YOUR WORK PRODUCT AND
PROFESSION IS EXTRAORDINARY.
THAT WAS ADAM.
LET ME CLOSE WITH THIS.
WE ALL KNOW THIS IS AN
UNBELIEVABLY DIFFICULT TIME FOR
ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THEIR
FAMILIES.
THIS PROFESSION HAS BEEN
UNFAIRLY ATTACKED BY
POLITICIANS AND THE MEDIA WHO
PUT OUT THIS FALSE NARRATIVE
THAT THE COMMUNITY IS SOMEHOW
SAFER WITH LESS LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS ON THE STREET.
ADAM KNEW THIS WAS A VIRTUOUS,
RIGHTEOUS AND HONORABLE
PROFESSION THOUGH WE SEE THE
WORST ACTS COMMITTED BY PEOPLE
AGAINST OTHER PEOPLE DAY IN AND
DAY OUT.
ADAM KNEW THIS WAS HIS CALLING.
ADAM KNEW HE WAS MAKING A
DIFFERENCE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
I CAN'T IMAGINE ADAM DOING
ANYTHING ELSE WITH HIS LIFE.
HE WAS CREATED TO HELP PEOPLE
TO FACE DANGER AND TO BE
EXTRAORDINARY COMPASSIONATE
WHEN HELPING PEOPLE ON MANY
TIMES WHAT IS THE WORST DAY
OF THEIR LIVES.
IN THIS PRUSH PROFESSION WE
KNOW WE NEED SUPPORT, GUIDANCE
,ASSISTANCE TO NAVIGATE
THROUGHOUT THIS CAREER.
WE FIND THIS OUTREACH
OF SUPPORT AND BALANCE FROM
FAMILY FAITH, GOD, FRIENDS,
HOBBIES.
I OFTEN MYSELF POINT OF RANDOM
MOTIVATIONAL YOUTUBE VIDEOS.
I FIND MYSELF DRAWN TO THESE
INSPIRATIONAL VIDEOS FROM THE
MILITARY THAT DEPICT VIDEOS
OF THE MILITARY THAT DEPICT
MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT
HARMONIOUS OR UNBELIEVABLE ACTS
OF VALOR AND BRAVERY.
I WATCH LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS PUTTING THEMSELVES IN
DANGER TO HELP THEM PEOPLE THEY
NEVER MET.
I WATCH VIDEOS OF ORDINARY
CITIZENS RUN TO FACE DANGER
WHILE EVERYONE ELSE IS RUNNING
AWAY.
VIDEOS OF PEOPLE OVERCOMING
THEIR GREATEST CHALLENGES AND
SAROS ONE PARTICULAR VIDEO I
CAME ACROSS A COUPLE YEARS IS
TIED.
KGO IS TITLED THE WISDOM OF A
THIRD GRADE DROPOUT.
MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW AND SEEN
THIS VIDEO.
IT HAS BECOME A FAVORITE
OF MINE AND I HAVE NO IDEA HOW
MANY TIMES I WATCHED IT.
IT'S A COMMENCEMENT SPEECH
GIVEN BY A MAN BY THE NAME
OF DR RICK RIGSBY INTO 2010
TEEN GRADUATING CLASS AT THE
CALIFORNIA MARITIME ACADEMY.
THE SPEECH IS BASED ON DR.
RIGSBY FATHER A MAN WHO DROPPED
OUT OF SCHOOL IN THIRD GRADE TO
HELP ON HIS FAMILY'S FARM.
DR. RIGSBY HAS FOUR DEGREES HAS
AUTHORED MULTIPLE BOOKS.
HIS BROTHER IS A JUDGE.
BUT HE SAYS NEITHER OF THEM
WERE THE SMARTEST PERSON IN HIS
FAMILY.
NO, THAT WAS HIS FATHER, A
THIRD GRADE DROPOUT, A THIRD
GRADE DROPOUT DAD WHO TAUGHT
HIMSELF TO READ AND WRITE A
THIRD GRADE DROPOUT DAD WHO WAS
QUOTING MICHELANGELO TELL BOYS
I WON'T HAVE A PROBLEM IF YOU
AIM HIGH AND MISS.
BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A REAL
ISSUE IF YOU AIM LOW AND HIT
HIS MOTHER AND FATHER ALWAYS
TEACHING HIM QUOTING HENRY
FORD.
IF YOU THINK YOU CAN OR YOU
THINK YOU CAN'T.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
HIS FATHER A SIMPLE COOK AS HE
CALLS IT TURNS OUT HIS FATHER
WAS A FORMER COOK OF 30 YEARS
IN THE MESS HALL CALIFORNIA
MARITIME ACADEMY WHERE HIS SON
WAS NOW GIVING THE COMMENCEMENT
SPEECH.
DR. LEE RIGBY'S FATHER LEFT TO
THE HOUSE EVERY DAY AT THREE
FORTY FIVE IN THE MORNING TO GO
TO A SHIFT AS A COOK.
HE DIDN'T HAVE TO BE THERE TO
FIVE .
HE LIVED 15 MINUTES AWAY ONE
DAY DR. RIGSBY, HIS MOTHER
ASKED HIS FATHER WHY HE LEFT SO
EARLY IN THE MORNING .
HIS FATHER SAID MAYBE ONE DAY
MY BOYS WILL CATCH ME IN THE
ACT OF EXCELLENCE.
LESSONS LIKE THESE TAUGHT FROM
A THIRD GRADE DROPOUT COOK
ALWAYS BE KIND.
I KNOW YOU'RE TOUGH BUT DON'T
EVER FORGET TO BE KIND.
LESSONS LIKE IT'S NEVER WRONG
TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
LESSONS LIKE SON MAKE SURE YOUR
SERVANTS TELL IS BIGGER THAN
YOUR EGO.
JOHN WOODEN ARGUABLY THE
GREATEST COLLEGE COACH OF ALL
TIME.
WHAT WAS HE FOUND DOING IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE WEEK?
SWEEPING THE FLOORS INSIDE THE
GYM AT UCLA.
LESSONS LIKE SON IF YOU'RE
GOING TO DO A JOB, YOU'RE
RIGHT.
AS I'M WATCHING THIS VIDEO THIS
PAST WEEK BECAUSE IT'S ONE
OF THOSE WEEKS WE ALL NEED A
LITTLE MOTIVATION AND
INSPIRATION.
I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK OF ADAM.
I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK THAT
ADAM'S PARENTS WERE CUT FROM
THE SAME CLOTH AS DR. RIGBY'S
PARENTS BECAUSE ALONG THE WAY
SOMEHOW SOMEWHERE ADAM WAS NOT
ONLY TAUGHT THESE LESSONS BUT
HE LIVED THEM EVERY DAY.
EVERY SINGLE LESSON I LISTENED
TO DR. RIGSBY SPEAK OF REMIND
OF ADAM AND HOW HE LIVED HIS
LIFE EVERY DAY.
IN CLOSING, I HAVE ONE MORE
LESSON FROM A THIRD GRADE
DROPOUT.
I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT DR.
RIGSBY SPEAKS ABOUT HIS TIME IN
COLLEGE IN THE 70S.
ONE DAY AT A COLLEGE DNC SEES
MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN HE'S EVER
SET HIS EYES UPON.
HE FINDS OUT HER NAME IS TRINA
WILLIAMS.
HE INTRODUCES HIMSELF TO TRINA
AND ASKS FOR HER PHONE NUMBER.
DR. RIGSBY, TRINA WAS THE FIRST
AND ONLY GIRL AT COLLEGE WHO
EVER GAVE HER REAL NUMBER.
THEY BEGAN DATING AND CONTINUED
DATING THROUGH COLLEGE.
THEY GOT MARRIED AFTER COLLEGE
AND HAVE CHILDREN.
LIFE IS GOING GREAT.
ONE DAY TRINA FINDS A LUMP IN
HER LEFT CANCER SIX YEARS
AFTER THAT DIAGNOSIS.
DR. RIGSBY HAS TWO LITTLE BOYS
WALK UP TO THEIR MOM'S CASKET.
HE SAYS IF IT WASN'T FOR HIS
FAITH IN GOD AND HIS TWO LITTLE
BOYS HE WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY
.
WHAT HE SAYS SUSTAINED HIM WAS
THE WISDOM OF A THIRD GRADE
DROPOUT, A SIMPLE COOK.
DR. RIGSBY IS THE CASKET HE
SEES HIS FATHER CRIED FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE.
HE SAYS HIS FATHER THOUGHT
OF TRINA AS A DAUGHTER, NOT A
DAUGHTER IN.
DR. RIGSBY IS SAYING GOODBYE TO
TRINA FOR THE LAST TIME ON THIS
EARTH AND HIS FATHER SAYS THREE
WORDS THAT CHANGED HIS LIFE.
THE LAST LESSON HE WOULD LEARN
FROM HIS FATHER.
HIS FATHER SAID YOU JUST STAND.
NO MATTER HOW ROUGH THE SEAS
GET, YOU KEEP STANDING.
NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, YOU
DON'T EVER GET UP.
GIVE UP.
YOU KEEP STANDING.
RACHEL AND SOPHIE, WE GIVE YOU
OUR WORD.
THIS TEAM BEHIND ME WILL KEEP
STANDING.
THE MANY, MANY PEOPLE IN THE
AUDIENCE THE KNEW AND LOVED
ATEM WILL KEEP STANDING.
THE PEOPLE THAT COULDN'T BE
HERE TODAY THE KNEW AND LOVED
ATEM WILL KEEP STANDING.
WE WILL BE THERE.
WE'RE THERE WITH YOU THROUGH
THE DARK DAYS AND THE JOYOUS
TIMES AHEAD.
WE WILL KEEP STANDING.
FROM THE WISDOM OF OUR THIRD
GRADE DROPOUT WE WILL KEEP
STANDING.