The fate of 13-year-old Daniel Morcombe is a nightmare the boy's parents never want other families to suffer.
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Denise and Bruce Morcombe travelled through Canberra yesterday in the hope their tragedy can be used to help prevent other children being harmed.
Daniel went missing on the Sunshine Coast in December 2003, while waiting for a bus to a shopping centre to buy Christmas presents and get a haircut.
West Australian man Brett Peter Cowan, 42, has since been charged with the boy's murder and abduction, among other things, and the case is now nearing committal proceedings.
Daniel's parents have campaigned to prevent crimes against children since their son's death, setting up the Daniel Morcombe Foundation to help raise awareness of child safety issues.
The foundation has helped develop a child safety curriculum for Queensland schools, and released a personal safety mobile phone app called ''Help Me''.
Denise and Bruce brought that campaign to the ACT, taking their truck ''Big Red'' on its first visit outside their home state.
The parents hope to use the truck to raise awareness across the country and plan to eventually visit every school kid in the country.
Denise and Bruce also attended question time at Parliament House, where MPs wore something red to show their support. ''It's been a long nine years but we've had a lot of support from all different agencies and from the public Australia-wide. That's what helps us get through each day, I suppose,'' Mrs Morcombe said.
''We get up each day not thinking we need to be courageous, we get up each day thinking what can we do to make a difference to protect kids,'' Mr Morcombe said.
The Australian Federal Police teamed up with Bruce and Denise to help spread their message.
ACT Policing chief officer Roman Quaedvlieg said Daniel's tragic story was felt right across the country.
''It resonates very much with every community,'' Assistant Commissioner Quaedvlieg said.
''I think we need to acknowledge and applaud the inspiration of both Bruce and Denise Morcombe, and how they've turned this personal tragedy into a very positive initiative.
''We always take the adage that harm prevention is much better than response, and therefore we are very pleased to be teaming up with the Morcombe Foundation in relation to this initiative.''
The truck will stay in Canberra for two weeks to visit several school fetes before heading to Melbourne.
The public can learn more of the foundation's work and make donations at danielmorcombe.com.au.