This man spoke with every parent in Uvalde, Texas to build personalized caskets for all 19 children who were killed. His name is Trey Ganem
Thursday, 13 Mar 2025
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This is [heart breaking](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/06/01/uvalde-tx-victims-funerals-custom-caskets/7462123001/)
>A Spiderman-themed casket was made for one child and a TikTok-themed one for another. The 18 customized caskets made for child victims and one for an adult were the work of SoulShine Industries in Edna, Texas, a city about 220 miles east of Uvalde and 100 miles southwest of Houston.
>Company founder and artist Trey Ganem said SoulShine is donating the 19 caskets, a measure the family-operated custom casket maker has done before for victims of the 2017 mass shootings in Sutherland Springs, Texas, and in Las Vegas.
>SoulShine is providing the caskets, which typically cost $3,400 to $3,800, to the families free of charge.
Parents’ faces light up “when they’re telling me that their son or daughter loved baseball or softball or TikTok,” Garem told Good Morning America. “They’re remembering the good things and the fun times that they had when they were alive and here, and we incorporate all that into the caskets.”
Bless your heart, Trey Ganem. An unforgettable gesture of kindness to those individuals experiencing unimaginable grief.
This man is a saint. There aren’t many things you can say or give to a parent whose child was senselessly murdered that will make any fuck of a difference to them. I know that’s how I’d feel.
Except something like this. Something so gorgeously handcrafted—in a theme he’d love—as his final resting place.
This whole even still makes me cry and want to vomit when I think about it.
He did more to assuage the pain of the Uvalde parents than did all of law enforcement in all of Texas.
Dude has a heart of gold for sure!
Thought it was a cake at first
We can acknowledge that this is sad
And that also
The TikTok casket is a little funny
What he did is great. I just wish those caskets weren’t needed in the first place.
A Fuckin living legend well done Sir i hope your family and friends are so Proud of you. I suspect you never done this to get famous or look for plaudits which makes it an even more amazing gesture. 👏🏻
Bless this man
Is that a Tik Tok sticker?!
It’s already hard enough burying an older loved one but making caskets for children with their favourite show or character is on a different level. I’m lost for words.
Now only if we lived in a country where we cared more about our children than we do about guns.
r/orphancrushingmachine
Respect, sir.
Literally posted last week… the week before… the week before, going all the way back to the day after the shooting.
https://www.reddit.com/r/toptalent/s/GXOCVA0JiK
https://www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s/8wJLVoIvxh
https://www.reddit.com/r/texas/comments/1hwz9de/this_man_spoke_with_every_parent_in_uvalde_texas/
https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/v2339p/a_gentleman_named_trey_ganem_is_making_each_of/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Positivity/comments/1hwzjqy/this_man_spoke_with_every_parent_in_uvalde_texas/
https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1hwzz93/this_man_personalized_caskets_for_all_19_children/
https://www.reddit.com/r/theviralthings/comments/1hwz8j5/this_man_spoke_with_every_parent_in_uvalde_texas/
https://www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeCry/comments/v1ykqo/artist_trey_ganem_visited_with_each_family_of_the/
https://www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeCry/comments/v1ykqo/artist_trey_ganem_visited_with_each_family_of_the/
Plenty more
“Woe that these terrible days shall be mine, the young die and the old whither….that I shall die, being the last of my house.”
“(Your son’s) death was not of your making.”
“No parent should have to bury their child.”
“He was strong and alive. His spirit goes to the house of your fathers.”
~Theoden, King of Rohan; Gandalf the White
Meanwhile, YouTube channels with millions of subscribers like Brandon Herrera, support gun rights. Although Brendan Herrera lives only a few miles away from Uvalde.
What a beautiful way to honor people. His God given gift is providing comfort for so many. Bless you Trey.
Heart breaking doesn’t begin to describe this. I’m a father of 3 girls. 13, 12, and 9. This is my nightmare and not just because it’s one of the worst possible things that can happen but because we live in a country where it’s a realistic possibility of happening anywhere.
The police involved should kill themselves.
Stop karma farming dead kids
Great.
Now fix your fucking weapon situation, and let this man do something else!
Imagine being buried in a tiktok casket
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The fact that they did it for 3 separate times makes it even more heartbreaking
That’s amazing. I remember reading about this when it happened.
I feel bad for the guy though. He’s going to go out of business with all the free caskets he’s giving away.
School shootings need to stop. They shouldn’t be bushed off if they’re something that we just have to deal with.
Christ man. How do you wake up every day and know that you’re doing the best possible thing in the worst possible situation, especially when you had absolutely no reason to involve yourself in the first place?
What a horrible honor and burden…
Damn. This one brought me to tears, this belongs in the orphan crushing machine one.
That’s so fucking sad. The designs on the coffins make this that much more gut wrenching.
r/OrphanCrushingMachine
I couldn’t imagine the pain that these (and so many other) parents have felt in regard to these situations.
God has a special place for people with hearts like this!!