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And this gut-wrenching video, which purports to show Comert's family and friends reacting to his death pronouncement at a state hospital, surfaced not long after the news broke. It is harrowing.But it's this message he left on Facebook that is getting shared widely and is being touted as an emblem for the uprising.Translated from the Turkish, it reads:I slept 5 hours in 3 days. I have been exposed to tear gas countless times and had 3 near death experiences. They say, "Give up, you can't save the country". I say, "Yes, we will and we'll die if we have to". (I'm so exhausted, in 3 days I drank 7 energy drink and 9 painkiller pills. I have a hoarse voice but I will be in the square at 6, just in time for revolution)"He logged on a few hours later with a shorter update, which would serve as his last known words: "Even if we can't save the country, we'll die trying."Honoring that sentiment, his fellow protesters erected a small memorial at the place where he was shot to death.
