CHESAPEAKE, Va. – The Charleston Church Shooting is much more than a footnote in history for a Chesapeake woman who lost her father in the massacre, it’s a loss of memories, a loss of hugs and kisses.
Rose Simmons attends the funeral of her father, Rev. Daniel Simmons.
On June 17, 2015 Dylann Roof walked into a bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina and shot down nine people.
For Rose Simmons not being able to pick up the phone and talk to her father, Rev. Daniel Simmons, is the heartbreak of a lifetime.
“My father was a giant to me,” said Simmons.
Simmons traveled from Chesapeake to Charleston, S.C. to attend every day of the murder trial until Roof was convicted.
“My father in his final act on this earth extended a hand of friendship to an enemy,” said Simmons.
What did she say to the man who took her father’s life? And what did he say in the courtroom that would live in her memory forever? Tune in for Faith vs. Hate Friday night on News 3 at 11.
