Full Video and Speech from ECHS Valedictorian Alem Hadzic. Hadzic buried his dad hours before.
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- Full Video and Speech from ECHS Valedictorian Alem Hadzic. Hadzic buried his dad hours before attending his graduation and giving his valedictorian speech.
May, 16th, 2024 was my son Brandon Castaneda's high school and Jr College graduation. Like most moms, I was recording everything so that I could relive the moment forever. I invited some of my closest friends to be there with us. I love that endured my son's graduation. We all expected the usual program, inspiring speeches and proud families filled with excitement. Yes, we DID experience that part of normal graduations. What we didn't expect was the speech given by Alem Hadzic. When Alec Hardzic, the valedictorian went up to give his speech, I kept recording.
He began with the usual inspiring words to his peers. His speech was upbeat and positive. Then, he went off script and began searching for words, his arms began to tremble a little and then his voice began to break. Then the words the crowd never expected to hear were spoken. “My father died yesterday, May 15, 2024, and I attended his funeral today, right before graduation,” Hadzic emotionally shared. “That’s why my shoes are muddy and my arms are shaking.” When you view the video I took you can hear my best friend, Peggi Babick and me gasp. I, along with the entire auditorium had tears filling our eyes immediately.
Hadzic continued his speech. “I can’t pretend that I want to be up here doing this speech right now, but I can’t throw away something that he worked so hard for me to achieve,” he explained. “So I’m going to go to college and work every hour of every day to achieve all of my goals. Because that’s what he wanted and I’m going to do it for him.”
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He was strong and determined to make his speech graduate and honor his father...that's a lot..
May your dad's memories be a blessing
Thanks for posting this. I really wanted to hear Alem's full speech. What a tough moment. Congrats to Brandon by the way! Its a big moment, our nest is now empty. There are times when I enjoy that, but I sure miss having them around.
Thank you for taking an interest in his message! We are so proud of him!
Alem Hadzic, your dad is very proud of you. Sorry for your loss.
Thnx to whomever for posting this in full. Congratulations everyone!
What a remarkable young man. He is undoubtedly destined for greatness. 👏 🎉
One of the best tributes I have ever heard from a son to a father. That speech….the strength and poise he displayed….just proved that his father knocked it out of the park raising a boy into a fine young man.
That's a Brave young man. God bless you on your journey through the rest of your life buddy. You definitely have a guardian angel with you.
Alem, you honored your father and your mother and yourself by the good work you have already done. You honored him in your courage and strength to give your well earned speech and inspire everyone who has seen this video to not waste a moment of their lives.
What extraordinary strength! People from the Balkans are generally very brave, strong, mentally robust and intelligent.
Congratulations to this young man 🙏🏾💪✝️👨🎓👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👨🎓👨🎓💪🏽 stay strong God Got 🙏🏾👨🎓👏🏾👏🏾👨🎓
I’ve always thought of myself as stone cold on the internet no movie or anything as ever made me cry, but that just hurt so much to hear. I’m so sorry
Thank you for posting this. I hope he sees how many people in the world are rooting for him. One day he will look back on this video and see the courage and strength that is within him.
As someone who has lost a parent, I won’t say that it’s easy to live without them physically here, but with time, you find your way with them in your heart.
Wow, just wow. May this young man have the tremendous future he is worthy of.