Parents of gunned-down teen bring him back in AI election video


Manuel and Patricia Oliver, whose son Joaquin Oliver was killed at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, United States shootings in 2018. — Change The Ref/McCann Health/AFP

WASHINGTON: When the parents of a teen murdered in America's deadliest high school shooting were approached by an advertising agency to digitally resurrect their son for an election video, they didn't hesitate for a moment.

"You're interviewing parents of a kid that was murdered inside his school," said Manuel Oliver, the father of Joaquin Oliver whose life ended at the age of 17 on Feb 14, 2018.

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