In the aftermath of the Parkland, Florida, shooting, Andrew Pollack emerged as an image of both grief and strength while sharing his heartbreak at a White House listening session.
“I’m pissed. Because my daughter — I’m not going to see her again. She’s not here. She’s not here,” an emotional Pollack told the room in a widely shared clip of the speech. “She’s in North Lauderdale, at whatever it is, King David Cemetery, that’s where I go to see my kid now.”
But that speech almost didn’t happen, Pollack said Tuesday. In fact, he wasn’t scheduled to attend the session at all.