Saying goodbye to Hadiya Pendelton

>>> who are you when your child is murdered? when your parents die, you're an orphan. when your spouse dies, you're a widow. who are you when your child dies? what name can you call yourself that tells the world what you have lost, that indicated to everyone how deep your pain is. what should we call cleopatra pendleton , who buried her 15-year-old daughter hidea pendleton yesterday. hidea was beautiful, ambitious, focused, talented, and bursting with life. she had just performed at president barack obama 's second inauguration, and she was with her friends in the park taking shelter from the rain. she was senselessly shot to death by a gunman who wasn't even aiming for her. on january 29th , she became the 42nd person to be murdered in chicago this year. her death changed her forever. but what is it to a mother? yesterday first lady michelle obama attended her funeral. this has become routine for the evening news but never mundane for those who lose their beloved. this is preventible. american children do not have to die when standing in parks near their homes. parents do not have to wonder when you send them to school in the morning, whether they'll return at night. the president wrote to her fami family. michelle and i want you to know how sad we are about hidea's passing. rest assured that we are praying for you and that we will continue to work hard to end this violence. god bless , barack obama ." maybe this is where we will find the answer to the question of a parent who lost her shoeld. the woman whose son emmitt till was lynched in mississippi in 1995 . the name we have for cindy sheehan , whose son u.s. army specialist casey sheehan has killed by enemy action during the iraq war . the name we have for sabrina fulton, whose son trayvon martin was shot by george zimmerman in sanford, florida. the name we will now have for cleopatra pendleton , whose daughter hialea was shot in chicago. the name is world changer. the name we will call them is survivor. that's our show for today. thank you inform laura and byron and vicky for sticking around. thanks to you at home for watching. i'll see you again next saturday at 10:00 a.m . coming up, weekends with alex witt . but