Neil Heslin, the father of 6-year-old Jesse Lewis, isn’t giving up on his son.
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The father, who lost his son in the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, sobbed and gave a heartbreaking story of the last time he saw Jesse at a Senate hearing in favor of an assault weapons ban.
“Jesse was the love of my life,” said Neil Heslin, sobbing as he described his 6-year-old son before the Senate Judiciary Committee. “He was the only family I had left. It’s hard for me to be here today to talk about my deceased son. I have to. I’m his voice.”
Heslin recounted his last moments with his son when he took him to pick up his favorite, sausage egg and cheese sandwich and hot chocolate before dropping him off at school on the morning of Dec. 14.
“It was 9:04 when I dropped Jesse off. Jesse gave me a hug and a kiss and at that time said goodbye and love you. He stopped and said, I loved mom too.” Heslin and his wife are separated.
“That was the last I saw of Jesse as he ducked around the corner. Prior to that when he was getting out of the truck he hugged me and held me and I could still feel that hug and pat on the back and he said everything’s going to be ok dad. It’s all going to be ok,” Heslin said breaking down in tears a second time. “It wasn’t ok. I have to go home at night to an empty house without my son.”
Heslin was one of eight witnesses testifying at the hearing to back the ban on weapons.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to consider four gun safety measures, including the assault weapons ban, on Thursday. The three other bills aim to stop illegal gun trafficking, enhance safety in schools, and enact universal background checks.
Our thoughts and prayers to Heslin and his family.
SOURCE: ABC
