Families of the Robb Elementary shooting victims and survivors struggle with grief and financial burdens after the tragedy.
Berlina Arreola continues to visit an impromptu shrine of a tragedy that struck her family personally.
"The last time I talked to her, I was waiting for a big job to come in so I could pick her up and go shopping, you know," Rodriguez said."She took my phone and said, 'Let's do a selfie daddy.'""It kills me every day, you know?" Rodriguez said."I mean, I'm not the man I was, just not the same."State Sen. Roland Gutierrez says strangers have opened their pocketbooks to Uvalde, donating nearly $14 million to date.
"I hope that we can get these organizations, these funds, that have been collected, people that are running these organizations, to understand that we need to be able to do at least try to change the lives of these parents," Sen. Gutierrez said. The National Compassion Fund, or NCF, is a group founded after a gunman murdered 12 and injured 70 in the Aurora, Colorado theater shooting almost 10 years ago.
Busch works alongside the NCF. The foundation says its role is to make sure victims and survivors get direct assistance from every dollar donated.