I want to remember David Schachter. If you don't know him, some of you do here. If you don't, I hope you'll know him a little better when I get finished with this. He was a Holocaust survivor who passed away last week at the age of 96. When you know his history in surviving Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, you realize the amazing accomplishments of this incredible man. I had the privilege of knowing him for approximately 50 years. He was born in 1929 in Silvachia. In 1940, his father was taken by the government and never seen again. He was taken on a train to Auschwitz, where he was separated from his mother and two sisters who did not survive. He worked at Auschwitz with his brother for two years. In 1943, when he was 13, he and his brother were transported to the Buchenwald concentration camp, where his brother fell ill and was killed by the Nazis. David escaped when a train he was being transported on was bombed by the U.S. Air Force. After recovery in a hospital, he returned home, but he was met with anti-Semitism and had to flee to Prague, where he ended up in an orphanage. He lost 105 relatives in the Holocaust. He was able to obtain a coveted visa to America in 1950 and ended up in Colorado with the Handler family, founders of Mattel. He moved to San Francisco, where he graduated from UCLA with a degree in industrial engineering. He and his wife moved to Miami, to Miami Beach in 1956. He became a local and a national hero and a champion for Holocaust survivors. Truth and fairness from public officials, institutions who refused to do justice to Holocaust survivors and their families. He had resilience, compassion, and an unshakable faith in the human spirit. He founded the Holocaust Survivors Foundation USA and became its president. In 1989, he established the Holocaust Memorial on Miami Beach with several other philanthropists. The Memorial served as a beacon of Holocaust education with thousands of people visiting it every year. But the most important thing David did for over 50 years was speaking to children. He called them kinder, which is Yiddish for children. He told them things he wanted. He wanted them to know who they are. He wanted them to know what happened to our people and to become his mouthpiece when I'm here no longer. I think he'll have his wish. There were 50 of these young children at his funeral. On April 30th, just three weeks before his surgery, he went to Washington at the request of Senator Rick Scott and testified at the Senate Committee on Aging. This is at 96. People usually are allotted five minutes. David spoke for 17 minutes about the Holocaust survivors and anti-Semitism. David's son, Neal, told me that Senator Scott heard about David's passing when he did, he called Neal to express his profound condolences. And he told Neal that he was donating his salary this year to the museum in Tampa, the Holocaust Museum, in David's memory. David lived a life that mattered, one of conscience and courage. He is survived by his wife, Sydney, his daughter, Lisa, his son, Neal, and his wife, Amy. Five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. His legacy will continue forever. May his memory be a blessing. I am a blessing. There we are. I am a blessing.