Amerie had long embodied the group's commitment to help people at all times, as the Girl Scouts Promise pledges. Amerie spent some of her final moments trying to assure her that they would be okay, according to her best friend.
We were told we were going into a state of emergency. Don't be afraid. Nothing is going to happen.
Amerie was a person who stood up for others. Amerie, David's cousin, would defend his daughter against the bully.
My daughter is taking it really hard because she would stick up for her. Amerie would protect her.
Amerie had turned 10 two weeks before she was killed, according to her father. She received her first cellphone for her birthday.
Amerie was killed while responding to the scene of the shooting.
One little girl was covered in blood. I thought she was hurt, but she said she was fine.
He said that he asked the little girl the name.
Amerie was always trying to do the right thing, and did so until the end, according to CNN. He wants people to remember her for trying to save her classmates.
He held a photo of his daughter and asked how he could look at her and shoot her. How do you shoot a baby?
As of Wednesday, the family has raised over $125,000 on the Go Fund Me. Many other students families are raising money to cover the same costs as well as therapy for the children who survived. The Girl Scouts are helping raise money for the community.
Amerie was described in an obituary as a kind, caring, blunt, loving, sweet, sassy, and funny little diva who had a heart of gold. She wanted to be an art teacher when she was a child.
She loved spending time with her family and was protective of her brother.
The family wrote that this world will never have another Amerie.