It sounds different. Less chaos,
less noise, but no less
pain than one year ago.
May 24th, 2022 is when the small city
of Uvalde became a place with of
the largest school shootings in.
history. It was the day Brett Cs
found out 10 year old Yuzaya Gaa
died at Rob Elementary School. e
was my son. Not biologically,
obviously, but we had him.
And when I take you in your min,
he was Uzi's guardian and so I
headed straight to the Civic Ce.
From Brackettville, Brett raced
30 minutes to the reunification
site in Uvalde to find his boy.
We waited. We waited.
They kept bringing in bus full f
kids and who's he never got off.
He is 1 of 21 families
still waiting for answers.
I don't believe in perfect anym.
Since the mass shooting,
Brett is continuously disappoind
by systemic failures which coste
lives of 19 children and two teachers.
There were 376 law enforcement
officers at Robb Elementary.
It took them 77 minutes to enter
the classroom where 1657 roundsf
ammunition were fired by an 18 r
old with two AR15 semiautomatic rifles.
If you can't remember all these numbers,
at least remember.
This, that
he wasn't a statistic, he isn't a number,
he is Uzi, and he was everything
that we have talked about.
The crowds following the
massacre are gone, but the
noise is getting louder in Aust.
We're here to stay, we're here
to fight, and they're going to
hear US1 way or another. Tuesdas
during the 88th Legislative ses,
Brett makes a three hour drive
to the Texas State Capitol,
21 for 21. He
supports more than 21 bills
announced in the aftermath of Uvalde.
Only one has been heard in committee,
so we've been here since 8:00. O'clock.
And they just It keeps getting
pushed back. Push back.
On April 18th, House Bill
2744 was on the schedule.
This bill would raise the
purchase age of semiautomatic
rifles from 18 to 21.
I'll wait it out.
Brett waited 14 hours to testif,
and he finally did.
Your thoughts and prayers havent
done anything in the 329 days
since Who's I was shot through
his stomach, exiting his spine.
He wants elected officials to
know him because they'll never
get the chance to know you, Zio.
He wants them to know the
horrors inside the classroom,
the images that replay every da.
In Brett's mind,
however, the attacker scooped up
the blood of his victims and smd
it into a disgusting message th.
What he wrote in innocent blood
right next to that lovebirds be,
was the phrase LOL.
Laughing out loud.
That's what
he thought of.
Brett is tired.
It's 1103, we just got done.
The families just got done testifying
but three weeks later on May 9t.
Being Eight Eyes 5 Nays,
the exhaustion for a
moment seemed worth it.
House Bill 2744 unexpectedly
passed through the committee,
but the sound of relief was mutd
the next day when the bill did t
make it on the Texas House agen.
It will likely fail this sessio.
It means Brett will be back in Austin,
and until there is change. Each
time he leaves, he heads to
a home that feels silenced.
Another day without him.
Without Usaya in Uvalde. I'm Tiffany Liu.