Arrested for Bringing Water to Terri Schiavo, Now They Offer a Free Recording in Her Memory

BURNET, Tex. – First they tried to save her life, and now they have recorded a beautiful original song to memorialize Terri Schiavo and express their love in a way they can share with others.

The world first saw 10-year-old Gabriel Keys and his sister, Josie, 14, his brother, Cameron, 12, and his father, Chris Keys when they were all led away in handcuffs along with the family’s pastor Steve Hopkins for attempting to bring a glass of water to Terri Schiavo the week before she died.

Now they have recorded a new song and made it available free on the Internet to anyone who would like to download it. “Terri’s Song” is now available free of charge at http://www.TakeAim.net.

The song was written by Hopkins and recorded at Pure Light Studios just hours after the announcement that Terri Schiavo had died.

“I just had to let the world know how we feel, and I couldn’t find a better way than to do it through music and song,” explained Hopkins.

The frustration felt by many is expressed by Hopkins in the song as he sings: “Terri, fighting for life at death’s door, in a crazy tug of war, with your life in between. Terri, a cup of water they denied, tho’ little children knelt and cried, they refused to save your life, Terri.”

The Keys family hopes that the many thousands, if not millions of people who have been circulating e-mails containing a news picture of Gabriel as he was led away in handcuffs will also now circulate “Terri’s Song” in the same way.

What message do they hope to convey by giving away the song they have created?

“To help people remember… and if they remember what happened to her… that she was innocent, and she couldn’t help herself, and they just starved her to death… that maybe it won’t happen again to someone else,” said young Gabriel.

The song says it best: “Terri, no, your fight was not in vain. Who can count the hearts now changed, and the lives that may be saved.”

Photo:
A previously released photo shows 10-year-old Gabriel Keys being led away by police in handcuffs outside the hospice where he tried to bring a glass of water to Terri Schiavo.
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