Rev. Sharon Risher dabbed tears the first time she laid eyes on the new memorial for victims of the 2015 Mother Emanuel AME Church shooting that will ensure her mother’s memory will be preserved for generations to come.
Risher was accompanied by Craig Melvin for an emotional visit to the site that aired on TODAY Nov. 13, one day before the memorial in Charleston, South Carolina, will open to the public for free.
“I want people to understand that even in their deaths, they will make an impact on the world,” Risher said. “And when you come to see this memorial, you will see them as people to really understand that we have a long way to go in dealing with racism and all the other -isms that came out of that, that they would feel love, that they would feel that these people are in heaven.”…