to me. no one's crying for me. >> reporter: no one, he says, crying for his son as a nation wept for newtown. his pain erupted at this rally against gun violence in hartford. >> i'm sick and tired of hearing about newtown. newtown this. newtown that. i don't want to hear about newtown. i want you to know about shane. the beauty of shane. >> what did you think, monty, when you heard that? >> i was scheduled to speak next. >> next. >> so there were 20 people who were on the program. and fate had it, i'm the next speaker. and i'm listening to sam who i had never met before talking about how he hates newtown. >> reporter: but then monty frank heard this. >> newtown! newtown! newtown! is our town! >> we are newtown. we deserve to live.