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NEPHEW, AS WELL.
CHRISTOPHER, YOU'RE ON THE
PHONE.
YOU'RE THE GRANDFATHER IN THIS.
YOU'RE HANNA'S GROUND FATHER.
YOU WERE CHRISTINA'S FATHER
OBVIOUSLY AND YOU SUFFERED THIS
LOSS.
HOW ARE YOU COPING AS A FAMILY?
>> WELL, IT'S VERY HARD.
I DON'T FEEL IT'S REALLY SUNK IN
YET UNTIL MAYBE AFTER THE
FUNERAL.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A BAD DREAM,
BUT IT'S HITTING, BUT GRADUALLY
MORE AND MORE EVERY DAY, SO
THAT'S -- IT HARD.
>> YOU'VE SPOKEN CHRISTOPHER,
WITH HANNA AND I BELIEVE BRETT
HER FATHER THIS WEEK.
HOW ARE THEY COPING YOU THINK
AFTER THIS APPALLING ORDEAL?
>> WELL, HANNA IS TRYING TO BE
STRONG BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT SHE
COULD DO FOR HER MOTHER AND
THAT'S THE WAY HER MOTHER KIND
OF RAISED HER TO BE STRONG LIKE
SHE WAS.
SO THEY ARE COPING THE BEST THEY
CAN, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE IN
PAIN, YOU KNOW, SHE'S DOING
THESE INTERVIEWS BECAUSE SHE HAS
TO RELEASE.
SHE'S A 16-YEAR-OLD CHILD.
>> LET'S TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT
HANNA HAD TO SAY ABOUT HER
MOTHER CHRISTINA AND BROTHER
ETHAN ON THE TODAY SHOW.
>> HE HAD A REALLY BIG HEART,
AND SHE WAS STRONG-HEARTED AND
VERY TOUGH.
SHE KNEW HOW TO HANDLE THINGS.
>> SAMANTHA, YOU'RE HANNA'S
AUNT.
OBVIOUSLY A DREADFUL, DREADFUL
TIME FOR YOUR FAMILY.
SHE SHOWS REMARKABLE SPIRIT,
DOESN'T SHE, AND COURAGE, I
THINK, HANNA IN THE WAY SHE'S
TRYING TO DEAL WITH THIS.
>> YEAH, HER MOM ALWAYS TAUGHT
HER TO BE STRONG THROUGH
EVERYTHING, AND THAT'S WHAT
SHE'S DOING FOR HER.
>> DID YOU KNOW THIS MAN, JAMES
DiMAGGIO, THE KIDNAPPER AND THE
MAN WE BELIEVE IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR KILLING CHRISTINA AND ETHAN?
>> I'VE MET HIM A COUPLE TIMES
BUT I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW HIM.
>> CAN YOU QUITE BELIEVE WHAT
HAS HAPPENED HERE AND DO YOU
FULLY UNDERSTAND YET WHAT HAS
HAPPENED HERE?
>> I DON'T THINK IT'S ACTUALLY
SET IN.
IT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT'S
SURREAL AND STILL KIND OF LIKE A
DREAM.
>> ANDREA, OBVIOUSLY, VERY
EMOTIONAL FOR ALL OF YOU AND
PERFECTLY UNDERSTANDABLE THAT
SHOULD BE THE CASE.
THIS MAN, JIM DiMAGGIO, HE
APPEARS TO HAVE COMMITTED
DOUBLE-***, KIDNAPPED HANNA
AND YET, HE WAS SO CLOSE TO THE
FAMILY, TO THAT PART OF THE
FAMILY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK HAS BEEN
BEHIND ALL THIS?