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THIS GRADUATION SEASON HAS
BEEN PAINFUL FOR A CHESTERFIELD
FAMILY MOURNING THE SON THAT WAS
KILLED IN A CAR CRASH IN 2011.
AND GAUGE EDWARDS WAS SET TO
GRADUATE FROM MANCHESTER HIGH
SCHOOL THIS WEEK.
TODAY A FRIEND IS GIVING HIS
PARENTS AN ACT OF KINDNESS
SURPRISE.
>> SINCE THEIR SON'S FATAL
ACCIDENT ON THE 17TH BIRTHDAY.
>> WHEN YOU LOSE A CHILD.
MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR A
PARENT IS THAT PEOPLE REMEMBER.
THAT THEY EXISTD.
>> LAURIE EDWARDS SAID SHE AND
HER HUSBAND WERE INSPIRED NOT BY
GAUGE'S DEATH BUT BY HO HE
LIVED.
>> HE HAD SUCH A SPIRIT FOR
GIVING TO HIS FRIENDS.
HE WAS ALWAYS THERE TO LISTEN
AND UNDERSTAND AND BE THERE.
>> NOW THEY WANT TO BE THERE FOR
OTHERS, HIT WITH THAT
INCONSOLABLE PAIN.
>> STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
ROAD.
THERE THAT NIGHT.
YOU KNOW, I WAS DISTRAUGHT FOR
SO MANY REASONS.
BUT ONE OF MY FIRST THOUGHTS
WAS, OH, MY GOSH, HOW WILL WE
BURY OUR SON.
>> THEY WERE SHOWERED WITH
SUPPORT FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
>> I SAID I AM NEVER GOING TO BE
ABLE TO PAY THIS BACK.
BUT I CAN PAY IT FORWARD.
>> CREATED THE GAUGE EDWARD
MEMORIAL FOUNDATION TO PROVIDE
FUNDS FOR FAMILIES OVERWHELMED
BY THE EXPENSE OF A FUNERAL AND
BURIAL FOR A CHILD.
>> THERE IS MORE OF A NEED THAN
I EVER THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE.
>> WONDERFUL CHARITY SHE IS
INVOLVED WITH.
IN HONOR OF HER SON.
AND THEY COULD REALLY USE SOME
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS RIGHT
NOW.
>> LIZ'S DAUGHTER WAS FRIENDS
WITH GAUGE.
AND LISTS REACHED OUT TO LAURIE.
>> WE ARE BONDED THROUGH THE
SISTERHOOD OF MOTHERHOOD REALLY.
SHE IS ONE STRONG WOMAN OF THE
TO HELP OTHERS HAS BEEN HER JOY.
>> NOW LIZ WANTS TO SPREAD SOME
JOY WITH AN ACT OF KINDNESS
CONTRIBUTION.
>> I HOPE IT WILL BRIGHTEN HER
DAY, AND KNOW THAT SOMEBODY
APPRECIATES WHAT SHE DOES FOR
OTHERS.
>> HAPPY TO PRESENT YOU WITH
100, 200, $300.
TO PASS ON.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> IT IS JUST A FEW SHORT STEPS
TO WHERE LAURIE WORKS IN
CARYTOWN AT ELEMENTS.
>> OH, SHE HAS NO IDEA.
NO IDEA.
>> SHE DOES NOW.
>> HI.
>> HI.
>> HOW ARE YOU?
>> GOOD.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> EXCELLENT.
>> GOOD.
>> I HAVE A SURPRISE FOR YOU.
>> OH, YEAH?
>> I DO.
THIS IS ACTS OF KINDNESS.
AND I WANT TO DONATE $300 TO
YOUR CHARITY.
>> OH, LIZ.
THANK YOU.
>> YOU ARE VERY WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> 100, 200, $300.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT IS SO SWEET.
>> LAURIE AND HER HUSBAND
PHILLIP, THAT WAS IN ON THE
SURPRISE, BOTH ADMIT THEY ARE
STILL RACKED WITH GRIEF AT
TIMES.
D FEEL A MAJOR VOID.
>> EMPTY FEELING, THAT IS US.
IT IS A DAY AFTER DAY THING.
>> THEY SAY THEIR SON'S SPIRIT
IS AS CLOSE AS THEIR MEMORIAL
TATTOOS.
>> MY ANGEL GOT MY BACK.