00:05Hi, Senator Casey. I'm Gary Diversley. I'm the parent of Gary Diversley. He was killed in a
00:10fraternity hazing in March 2007. Our oldest son, Gary Diversley Jr., died of a fraternity hazing
00:19ritual. Some people were just given, like, a beer. Some people were given shot. My son was
00:27given a battle of whiskey. The things that they do to other kids, I don't understand.
00:36The fraternity world is well-organized to keep the focus off the national fraternity.
00:42Sounds like there was a little bit of hazing. Maybe we want a ride. If he's breathing, he's
00:47not dying. He's not, man, he's not breathing at all. He gets her purple. He thinks he's
00:51blue. If they went harder on him because he's fat, is that my hate crime?
00:57They want the illusion that they're doing something. Do you think they all know what's
01:00going on in all their chapters? Well, they have to. I don't know how they could not.
01:04The whole system is built on hazing.
01:08We said right after Nolan passed away, I'm like, this isn't going to happen again.
01:11Well, it's been nine years, and I can't tell you how many more lives have been lost to hazing.
01:16This is senseless.
01:18What we're doing has never been done before. We have hazers on stage with us.
01:23Now, I'm having a hard time. Like, was it a facade? Are they really remorseful for what happened to Adam?
01:30Gary's gone, and there's nothing we can do to bring him back. But we can change a system that's broken.
01:42More than a year after his death, the parents of VCU freshman Adam Oaks, taking his story to Congress.
01:48Everyone's receptive. Half of the game is trying to read whether they're being sincere or not.
01:55If reach would have been passed when we first started talking about it, Nolan and Tucker would be a live
02:00stay.
02:01We don't want anybody else in our club.
02:03If you just make a few cosmetic changes, it's going to happen again.
02:08I know at times you feel like nobody's paying attention, and nobody here should.
02:13Support this truly bipartisan piece of legislation that saves our children's lives.
02:22I have never seen legislation before where the family's made a bigger difference. Never. It's not even close.
02:29That's how changes happen. Not taking no from the answer. Simply out of love.
02:47I have never seen it.
02:47I have never seen it.
02:50I have never seen it.
02:51You
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