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WE REMEMBER

Honoring those who were killed, those who survived and

By Paris Lawson | Digital Content Reporter | mailbag@okcthunder.com

Tivan Martinez was only 10 days old when he lost his dad. He never had the chance to have a father-son experience at a basketball game. That is, until Tuesday night when he stood at center court, holding a jersey with his father’s name on it.

“I have the season tickets for this year and the fact that I want to bring my kid one day to the game eventually if I’m lucky enough, that brought emotions out of me like I never have because I know that I want to be that kind of father and I know he wishes he could have been that kind of father but he’s not here.