Somerville: A son, mother discuss preparing for school shooting

"I would rather be the one that died protecting my friends then have an entire class die and I be the only one that lived."

I don't use the word stunning very often.

But I found this conversation between a mother and her son absolutely stunning.
They were talking about preparing for a school shooting.

Her post has gone viral.
It's been shared over 170,000 times.

Here's what Tanai Benard wrote about her son Dez:

--Tanai Benard