"In some ways, my father's illness keeps him safe from going through what we go through every day because we can't forget," Whitfield Jr. told ABC News. Story continues"We were considered like the Partridge family, or the Waltons or... the Cleavers," Whitfield Jr. told ABC News. Within two years of returning to Buffalo, Whitfield Sr., was showing signs of dementia. Whitfield Jr. told ABC News he plans to spend the rest of his life "trying to live as I was raised." How Buffalo shooting victim's son shields his ailing father from tragedy originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News September 26, 2022 11:14 UTC