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Brett Cross is a small-town kid who grew up in Western Texas, among the oil fields, near Odessa. He worked in the oil fields, worked his way up to doing pipeline work, eventually moving to green energy work. He even became a foreman, working hard to provide for his family. And Brett was at work when he got the call from his wife Nikki that changed their lives forever. It was May 24, 2022, Nikki was at their sons\u2019 school, Robb Elementary, in Uvalde, Texas. \u201cThis is not a fucking joke,\u201d she said, \u201cthere\u2019s a shooter at the boys\u2019 school.\u201d We talk to Brett about his life before, about living in a small town, working and making your own fun, we talk about some of the family memories he cherishes most. We remember Brett and Nikki\u2019s son Uziyah \u201cUzi\u201d Garcia, we talk about the day Uzi was taken from them, along with 18 of his classmates and two of his teachers, and we talk about the unimaginable fight for justice and real change that Brett and Nikki have been fighting ever since.

Studio Production: Maximillian Alvarez
Post-Production: Jules Taylor

CW: This episode discusses school shootings and the murdering of children. Additional links/info below\u2026

• Brett\u2019s\xa0Twitter/X\xa0page
• Sneha Dey, Erin Douglas, Andrew Zhang, Brooke Park, & Jessica Priest,\xa0The Texas Tribune\xa0/\xa0ProPublica, \u201c21 Lives Lost: Uvalde Victims Were a Cross-Section of a Small, Mostly Latino Town in South Texas\u201c
• Edgar Sandoval,\xa0The New York Times, \u201cA Year After the Uvalde Massacre: Did Anything Change?\u201c
• Gus Bova,\xa0Texas Observer, \u201cThe Uvalde Parents Won\u2019t Back Down\u201c
• Elissa Jorgensen,\xa0American Statesman, \u201c\u2018There Are no Good Days\u2019: Uziyah\u2019s Family Won\u2019t Stop Fighting Until Gun Laws Change\u201c
• Danielle Campoamor,\xa0Today, \u201cA Father\u2019s Fury: Uvalde Dad Brett Cross Is Mad as Hell and Wants You to Know It\u201c
• Kayla Padilla, Texas Public Radio, \u201cArrested Uvalde Father Says Police More Upset With Him Using Expletive Than Children Dying\u201c
• Yvette Benavides, David Martin Davies, & Juli\xe1n Aguilar, Texas Public Radio, \u201c\u2018We Did It!\u2019 \u2014 Uvalde\u2019s Entire School Police Department Suspended Following Activism from Families\u201c
• Lomi Kriel, Alejandro Serrano, & Lexi Churchill,\xa0The Texas Tribune\xa0/\xa0ProPublica, \u201c\u2018Cascading Failures\u2019: Justice Department Blasts Law Enforcement\u2019s Botched Response to Uvalde School Shooting\u201c
• John Woodrow Cox, Steven Rich, Linda Chong, Lucas Trevor, John Muyskens, & Monica Ulmanu,\xa0The Washington Post, \u201cMore Than 360,000 Students Have Experienced Gun Violence at School Since Columbine\u201c

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