Michelle Obama remembers Hadiya Pendelton

Michelle Obama gave a heart-wrenching speech about Hadiya Pendleton, a Chicago teenager who was fatally shot earlier this year, urging community leaders to fight gun violence.

The first lady, who was the featured speaker at a luncheon held to raise money for at-risk youth, spoke about her meeting with the slain teenager's classmates.

"It is hard to know what to say to a roomful of teenagers that are about to bury their best friend," she said.     "But I started by telling them that Hadiya Pendleton was clearly on her way to do something truly worthy with her life. I told them that there is a reason that we're here on this earth. That each of us has a mission in this world and I urged them to use their lives to give meaning to Hadiya's life."

Watch the full speech (below):

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