“When the time is right, I will send her a message and remind her how much I care about her and her family, how much gratitude I have for her, and how I will never forget, till the day I die… her husband and his vital message for us all, which is to not be inactive, to be active citizens, to participate in democracy and help safeguard it where it is fragile (and) to help install it where it is non-existent,” he added.