underground, the next thing i felt was somebody picking me up. and that was dale. i couldn't walk, but dale carried me through the battle. >> beikirch takes the mature lessons about character to elementary schools. students sit in silence as he reveals 15-year-old dale died putting beikirch's safety first. >> he rolled me over, laid on top of me, and the rocket exploded. he flew up in the air, landed, and i said, okay, dale, come on, let's go. and dale was lying on top of me, but he didn't move this time. >> after the assembly, beikirch opens up about coming to terms with dale's loss. >> because of the guilt and anger and things, i thought the best way to deal with that was to hide them. they were just doors that kept me from experiencing those good things. but i want to share with you -- >> the character development program launched a decade ago, and recently expanded into