I'm just so worried about the people there, about the city and the school, ... You make memories with your friends there and it's a part of you. Now it's under water and crumbling. I can't even grasp it.

Sometimes, it's better to bunk a class and enjoy with friends, because now, when I look back, marks never make me laugh, but memories do.

It's absolutely awesome the turnout that we've had here. Friends from as far back as high school and even people he met during the last week of his life have come out here to this today.

Still, I leave with a lot of good memories and a good number of friends.

Good memories are seeing a lot of good friends,

People take the classes because of the deaf school and the deaf community, so they can communicate with friends and classmates. ... We've had everyone from nurses and other medical professionals to parents of deaf children. I've even had car salesmen.