The holidays are about spending time with family, so a woman in California ensured a piece of her late brother would be there this Christmas.
After losing her little brother, Sean Tanner, in early October, Brittany Garcia gave her mother a teddy bear from Build-a-Bear that was dressed like her brother in a police uniform. She filmed her mother opening the present, and in the video, Garcia tells her mother to press the button. What she heard brought her to immediate tears — it was the voice of her late son.
Watch the moment his mother hears Tanner's voice for the first time since his death.
—✨𝓑𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓽𝓪𝓷𝔂✨ (@britmgarcia) December 24, 2018
If you listen closely, you can hear him say, "Officer Tanner, about to get no sleep for the first time. I'm feeling good."
In a separate Tweet, Garcia wrote that every family grieves differently, and this was their way of dealing with this death.
"My family has a need to hear his voice," Garcia said, "it’s not ripping open a wound because our wound hasn’t closed and probably never will."
After ensuring that her mother loves the gift, Garcia's video has now gone viral, being viewed over 6 million times.
"The outpouring of love and support is something else, and my family is beyond thankful," Garcia wrote.
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