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Trayvon Martin's parents speak to TIME about the loss of their son, their quest for justice, and why they believe he's wearing a hoodie in heaven_ --- Jul 27, 2023 3:23 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [George Zimmerman Sues Trayvon Martin's Family and Their Attorneys](/video/Rd5aGLra/) ### George Zimmerman Sues Trayvon Martin's Family and Their Attorneys [Trayvon Martin's Parents Speak to Anderson Cooper](/video/UKoYtPyD/) ### Trayvon Martin's Parents Speak to Anderson Cooper [Travyon Martin's Parents Speak](/video/fG8vTFqs/) ### Travyon Martin's Parents Speak --- ## Transcript Miss Sybrina Fulton and Mr. Tracy Martin, thank you so much for being willing to speak with Time today and may we start off by saying, again, we're so sorry for your loss. Thank you. Thank you. I know it's very difficult, but I'm hoping you all might walk me through what happened from. When he left to come to Sanford and through his death and the 24 hours that followed. He was just trying to get home. It was raining. He had every right to. Have on his hoodie, have it on his head. Trayvon not, is not a confrontational type of person. So for, for someone to approach him I'm sure, you know, he was just trying to get home. By the time I returned to the, to the residence after being out for dinner I kept calling his cell phone. It was going straight to his voicemail. He [ COUGH ] I called and called and called. Straight to the voicemail. I fell asleep and woke up the next morning and my girlfriend told me that Trayvon hadn't made it in yet. So we got up, started making phone calls, trying to find him. I started calling the police department. The patrol car, a marked car pulls up, an unmarked car and he asked me what was Trayvon last seen wearing and he asked me did I have any recent pictures of Trayvon, and I had just taken a picture a couple of days Before the shooting of, of Trayvon. And I showed him the picture. He kinda, shook his head. Told me to give him a second. He walked to his car. Came back with a folder. Asked could we go in the house? We went in the house, he asked me to sit down, I sat down. He pulled out a, a picture of a a young gentleman on on the ground, dead. And asked me, was that my son? And I confirmed that it was Trayvon. My next thing was to inform his mother, that he was deceased. That was, that was the hardest phone call of my life. After I got the phone call I immediately called my mother and my sister. And, I had a conversation with them I was still in disbelief so So and it just all of a sudden hit me and I had to pull my car over because I was driving and I just broke down. I just yelled and I just could not believe that this was happening to me. I just couldn't believe it, that Trayvon was shot and killed. It just. It just was unimaginable for me as a mother that he was not gonna be here. And once I made it home. I mean I sat on the side of the road for maybe about 20 or 30 minutes until I got myself together. I drove home and when I got home my family was there. We cried together. We prayed together. And we're continuing to pray together. So that we can all get through this. Because this is not just an incedent that Tracy and I are going through. A lot of people are affected by this. What kinds of questions do you want answered? I want a detailed account of what happened. I, you know when you put an adult with a minor I just need some answers about what happened that night. Could it have been avoided? What could Zimmerman have done differently? What could Trayvon have done differently? Why was he shot? Why was this a neighborhood watch captain with a handgun? Why did he remove his handgun from the holster? My first priority was to actually get Trayvon back home. I knew at that point that my mission, personal mission had begun. And that, that mission was to seek justice for my lost friend. The nation is saying to themselves what if, you know. What if this was my son? What would I do and I, I mean, it's obvious that we cant' get Trayvon back, but if, if there's something that we can do. To prevent another family from asking little what if questions, you know, we will, we willing to do it. And if that means getting the people to come together like they're doing, that's what we have to do. Someone asks, you know, everyone asks us man you guys look, guys you look tired. We're going to continue to stay looking tired, because our mission is to bring justice for our son. Tell me what it was like to hear President Obama say that if he had a son, he'd look like Trayvon. Where were you and what was that like? We were actually On our way back to Miami when we got the moves that the president was speaking about our son. It was warm embracing feeling to know that our son name had been mentioned by the president of the United States his name was, his name was ringing all over the country. All over the nation, all over the world. What do you think might be the larger purpose his death might serve in terms of race relations and gun control in the US? I used to call him the lamb of God and you know, at his time of death I just, you know, I just said to myself man. That was a lamb that God had called home. And I told myself that we, that I wasn't gonna let his death go unnoticed. That his death wouldn't be in vain and, you know [ COUGH ] even though it hurts that he's gone I honestly believe that God had a plan for Trayvon and it took our son's death to open the eyes of America to see that. When it's a cry for help, when justice needs to be served. That the public won't let it, be un, un- noticed anymore. And I know Trayvon looking down on us and he's continuing to tell us to fight. We are absolutely sure that he's in heaven and that he's with God. And he has on a hoodie. He has on a heavenly hoodie right now. He's probably looking down and he's very proud of his parents right now. And I truly believe that and he wants us to keep fighting. He wants justice. Thank you both very, very much for sharing with me about Trayvon. 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