Honoring and remembering the victims of racist attack 1 year later

The Buffalo Sabres, Bills, and Bandits honor and remember the victims of the 5/14 racist attack in Buffalo. "We Remember" by Buffalo's first poet laureate Jillian Hanesworth is performed here by Hanesworth, Sabres forward Alex Tuch, Bills offensive tackle Dion Dawkins, and Bandits forward Dhane Smith.

We encourage our community and beyond to continue to stop hate, end racism, and choose love.

"We Remember" by Jillian Hanesworth
How do we remember something we never can forget?
Do we pick up all the broken fragments like they're something to collect?
Just a bunch of puzzle pieces with no box to look at
And a pain in our hearts that only time can combat
We now know what we know and we know how heavy it can be
Thoughts and prayers rang through the city as tears flowed through the East
Some grappled with loss and fear while others figured out how to eat
That's not a blueprint on what it means to be "Buffalo strong" to me
But being strong is something that together we can achieve
If we choose to build our strength on a foundation of honesty
And when we choose a posture of love beyond what our eyes can see
We'll suddenly find that we're all playing for the same team
So, how do we remember something we never can forget?
We build a culture with so much light shining on it that hate simply cannot live
We challenge those who seek to divide us and expel harmful ideas
All to do our part to make sure it never happens again
And so, we remember
And we heal
And we inevitably adjust
And we speak life into all the places that still hurt
And we continue to choose love
And we keep our commitment to being good neighbors both in Buffalo and beyond
As our honesty, strength and collective power redefines what it means to be strong
We remember…
Roberta Drury
Margus Morrison
Andre Mackniel
Aaron Salter
Geraldine Talley
Celestine Chaney
Heyward Patterson
Katherine Massey
Pearl Young
And Ruth Whitfield

We remember.