Florida teacher told fiancée what to say at his funeral if he died in a school shooting

The fiancée of Scott Beigel — a high school teacher shot to death in Florida last week — knew exactly what to say at his funeral.

Gwen Gossler explained through tears at Sunday’s service that he had told her what to say if he ever died in a school shooting, The New York Post reported.

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The couple was watching TV coverage of a school shooting some time ago, when Beigel looked at her and said: “Promise me if this ever happens to me, you will tell them the truth — tell them what a jerk I am, don’t talk about the hero stuff.”

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“OK, Scott, I did what you asked,” Gossler said at the service. “Now I can tell the truth. You are an amazingly special person. You are my first love and my soulmate.”

Gossler also paid tribute to the slain teacher on Twitter.

Beigel, 35, was among the 17 people killed in a mass shooting last week at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. He was shot by the gunman, suspected to be 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, after he opened his classroom door to let some students fleeing the gunfire inside.

The teacher, who is being remembered as a hero, was able to help save the students but not before he was shot.

Beigel’s father, Michael Schulman, also spoke at the funeral, saying that he wants his son to be remembered for more than just the way he died.

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“I don’t want Scott’s memory to be the horrific moment on that afternoon. Scott’s heroism was not that instant. Scott’s heroism was his entire life,” he said, according to Newsday.

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A GoFundMe page, started by Gossler’s aunt Winn Gossler, is now trying to raise funds for the grieving woman.

The fundraising campaign explains that the couple met years ago while working as camp counsellors. Beigel’s final text message to Gossler read, “Happy Valentine’s Day.”

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It adds that Gossler, who is also a teacher, now faces the challenge of handling the financial commitments the two planned on tackling together.

“As we all know, teachers in our country don’t make an income that they deserve, with the countless hours they contribute,” the page reads. “Now she is faced with the worry and burden of the financial responsibility that they both shared but now with only one income to get by on.”

The page had raised more than $2,600 by Tuesday afternoon.