Texas artist creates 19 free custom caskets for victims of school shooting

The services for some of the 19 students and two teachers killed in last week’s mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas took place last Monday.

And 19 of the victims were buried in custom made coffins made by casket-maker Trey Ganem. The owner of custom casket company SoulShine Industries, Ganem is based in Edna, Texas, and donated his services free of charge.He told CNN that he didn’t even think twice when he was asked to do it. BuzzFeed News reported that Ganem was contacted by the Texas Funeral Directors Association to make the caskets on the day of the shooting.

He has since made coffins for 19 of the victims. SoulShine’s Industries’ caskets usually cost between $3,400 and $3,800 to make. But Ganem has no plans of charging the families as ‘this is something no family should ever have to deal with.’

Ganem’s son, Billy, expressed SoulShine’s desire to help make the victims’ family’s current situation “a little easier.”

25-year-old Billy said that ‘There’s nothing we can really ever do to make it easier, but that’s our goal: to help the families … start their grieving and their healing and just try to make something special for them.’

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