We are the voices of the voiceless.

If we've helped one victim, we've succeeded in our journey. However, our journey doesn't end here. We've been dealt a life sentence. Now we must choose how to live it.

That day was the beginning of another journey. We not only wanted answers as to why this happened, but we had to find a way to cope with this tragedy. As the process unfolded, we began to find victims had few rights.

Yesterday, I stood before you as a victim - a victim of a brutal homicide.

My self-imposed mandate is to be the voice for the voiceless.

I felt that he was a voice for the voiceless, and a voice that was very badly needed at the time.