A Daughter’s Words Inspire Her Parents to Embrace Life
In a poignant and powerful segment, “60 Minutes” explores the heartbreaking yet uplifting story of Bryan and Cindy Muehlberger, who found solace and strength in the words of their late daughter, Gracie Muehlberger. A talented 15-year-old student tragically taken from them in the 2019 Saugus High School shooting, Gracie left behind a journal entry that became a profound source of inspiration for her grieving parents.
In the wake of unimaginable loss, Bryan and Cindy discovered that Gracie’s words encouraged them to live life more fully. This segment not only highlights the resilience of the human spirit but also serves as a touching reminder of the enduring bond between a parent and child. Gracie’s heartfelt thoughts have transformed into a mantra, guiding her parents as they navigate their journey of healing.
Join us as “60 Minutes” delves into this poignant story, illustrating how love and legacy can inspire the deepest courage and the most profound changes in our lives.
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Heartbreaking 💔
Number one killer of american children.😢
Every breathe is for the life she was robbed of. Live love laugh for her! ❤
I just got maced in the eyes. The future self letter meeting long life friends was devastating.
What a powerful idea to raise the consciousness of a nation where our politicians can not compromise over anything.
Has it ever accured to anyone the violent shootings in all the schools are a product of America's political establishments failure to compromise causing shooters to give up all hope and to simply gun down America's children in a perverse extreme means to address what our political logjam is truely costing America not just in gun control, or police enforcement but in the fabric of our civilization and humanity towards one another.
Heartbreaking 😢🙏
whats wrong with here face?
It's been so many school shootings that I don't even recall this specific one happening. The letter got me 😭 may she rest in peace.
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How beautiful, a lovely way to honor all those children by remembering all of them.
Very good story, thank you! ❤
My son graduated from high school last year and the relief I had was not because he graduated and is going on to college, but that he wasn't going to be shot in high school. Gracie looks so much like her mom and seemed like a wonderful girl. RIP to all of these poor children who were failed by the gun laws in this country.
Your daughter was very wise in young age. And a beautiful soul. How her words changed your life as parents to enjoy each day as if it were your last!! Congratulations on your new beautiful life In moving to a beautiful new property ..
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My heart goes out to the victims and their families.I live in what is termed as "Third World" country. But our schools here, regardless if it's public or private employs a 24 hour guards on duty. Even in off school seasons. I believe that having security guards somehow deters anyone who may have some evil plan like school shootings.
Got to learn to speak up about banning guns if you actually care. Can't really be about the children if you are not fighting against gun proliferation and claiming neutral on it.
Gracie was murdered on my birthday 😔 I remember grieving instead of celebrating that day. Still hoping for comfort and peace for her loved ones 💖🕯️ I know all too well the grief of losing a child. It's the closest a person can get to hell while still living on Earth.
Thank you Anderson for reporting. I agreed with you those people that had cause this tragedies should never been remember, but the media always talked about them like heroes, and we forgot the innocent lives and their families. I still remember Sandy Hook every time that I heard them asking for the signing petition to have better guns controls. I cannot imagine the pain and sorrow that these families carried with them everyday. The government has done nothing to change this. It is so sad!😢😢😢
Let us remember and embrace these dear children who touched and inspired so many with their singular natures and myriad gifts 🙏🙏🔥🔥🙏🙏
Sweet Gracie❤ you had an angel on earth. I’m so sorry you had to let her go so soon💔
RIP🙏❤
Theres so many i dont know what to do. None of it is right. There should be no guns.
Careful….. If Trump sees this, he’ll send the national guard to every school in the country. Why we haven’t passed sensible gun control in this country baffles me.
This is just too harrowing for words.
It is right and beautifull to show some real and lovely persons that died from school shootings. But don't forget their classmates and friends who survived but suffered trauma marking them for life! All of them deserve that we do our utmost that their numbers do not just grow and grow! That is the finest honor we can show them. Far too many have far too easy access to guns – that must be limited!
If Gloria Vanderbilt had a daughter…
Very touching . ❤️🙏
R.I.P. sweet girl
My nephew drown at age 2 1/2 years old. Our family his paternal side went to a grief seminar hoping it would help. One of the things they said, was the firsts that are part of the first year are the hardest. It so true. At the time it was my brother’s only child. His second son was seven years later. We grieved as a family for almost 10 years. I will say, when his brother was a born we did compare and as he just turned 17 years old we wondered how tall his elder brother would have been. My brother and great Uncle are/were 6’6” tall. For the first ten years after sweet Tyler died we often went to amusement parks as we live in Southern California. His favorite was SeaWorld so on the anniversary of his death we’d go to SeaWorld and on his birthday a different amusement park. We did this until my brother no longer wanted to do it. These days my brother or my youngest niece pick up my mom and drive down to the cemetery on his birthday and the anniversary of his death. Im the family photographer before everyone had a camera on their phone and I put all his pictures into scrapbooks. Some day his brother will inherit these. A elder brother he never knew.
I don't know why I feel that the commercialization of pain and tears is more important here than anything else. The US government does not give a toss about shooting. It's their second and most important amendment in the Constitution. If Americans really care about children, this would not be happening.
Much thanks to all the people that worked to bring this story to the YouTube platform.
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I think if I were to pass my parents wouldn’t be to sad
I know it’s bad to say but they just don’t really care about me now so I’m not sure me not being around would make a difference
whoever reads this you are loved ,,enough and beyond worthy ❤
This crushes
Thank you so very much for bringing us this series. My Aunt & Uncle lost their 13years old sometime ago. She refusef to do anything with her room & i was afraid it wasnt goid for her but it turned out to be the best thing to help her through the touch times!😊
Gracie's letter made me so sad. Every woman remembers what it was like in high school and she was robbed of having memorable experiences and lasting friendships well into adulthood. This country made it perfectly clear how it felt about gun violence during Columbine (school shootings date back at least to 1840, according to Wikipedia sources) and cemented this belief during Sandy Hook.
'No Way to Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens
May Gracie Muehlberge rest in peace and eternal life in heaven forever may her legacy live in every lives together
I appreciate your efforts, guys. But the gun nuts and their NRA lobbyists own Congress. NOTHING will be done. Thoughts and prayers, then wait for the next tragedy to pass.
It's just dead kids, after all. It's not like they're having abortions, right?