"Sundai was her. She was a spitting image of her mom," he said. With Legare gone, being Sundai's dad is what keeps him going. "We might not see her no more. But she's in Sundai," he said.

The Sundai Club meets once a month with a goal of pushing the limits of generative AI. Earlier this year, its members built me a handy tool for journalists.

Sundai was born in New London on September 4, 1971, and graduated Old Saybrook High School class of 1990. After high school, Sundai relocated to Hartford where she attended business school.