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I'M SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> HOW DO YOU -- HOW ARE YOU
DOING?
HOW ARE YOU STANDING?
>> BASICALLY, I'VE GOT A LOT OF
THINGS THAT I HAVE TO DO IN
ORDER TO REBUILD SOME SEMBLANCE
OF A NORMAL LIFE FOR MY FAMILY
AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF
WHAT'S DRIVING ME, KIND OF THAT
MENTAL TO-DO LIST THAT NEEDS TO
BE DONE.
MY WIFE AND MY MOTHER-IN-LAW
WERE IN THERE WITH MY BABIES AND
I WOULDN'T ASK THEM TO DO
ANYTHING OTHER THAN HEAL AT THIS
POINT.
AND I KNOW THAT I'VE GOT A LOT
OF GRIEVING TO DO BUT AT THE
SAME TIME, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK
THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND I HAVE
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, AND
MY WIFE'S BEEN SUPPORTIVE
THROUGH IT ALL.
SHE'S A STRONG WOMAN.
I'M PROUD OF HER.
>> YOUR 4-YEAR-OLD, SHE WANTED
TO BE AN ICE SKATER.
>> YES.
WE TOOK HER TO DISNEY ON ICE AT
THE LAST STATE FAIR HERE IN
OKLAHOMA, AND EVER SINCE SHE SAW
HER FAVORITE PRINCESSES OUT
THERE SKATING, SHE WANTED TO GO
OUT AND SKATE JUST LIKE THEM.
I ALWAYS TOLD MY KIDS YOU HAVE
TO DO AT LEAST ONE THING OUTSIDE
OF SCHOOL AND ICE SKATING WAS
WHAT SHE WANTED TO DO.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE DIDN'T GET THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE HER ICE
SKATING BEFORE THIS HAPPENED.
WE'LL TAKE HER ONE DAY.
SHE'LL BE THERE NEXT TIME WE GO.
>> YOU WI'LL GO WITH YOUR WIFE.
>> WE KNOW SHE'LL BE THERE WITH
US AND WE'LL ENJOY IT ALL THE
MORE KNOWING SHE'S THERE.
>> 7 MONTH OLD SYDNEY WAS THE
ONLY ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN BORN
HERE IN OKLAHOMA.
>> CORRECT.
I LIKE TO CALL HER MY OKIE.
SHE WAS MY ONLY OKLAHOMA CHILD.
I WAS IN THE MILITARY.
WE HAD SEVERAL IN CALIFORNIA,
ONE IN WASHINGTON.
SYDNEY WAS BORN IN OKLAHOMA.
SHE WAS MY COROKIE.
>> SHE JUST STARTED CRAWLING.
>> SHE STARTED CRAWLING SUNDAY.
>> DAY BEFORE THE STORM.
>> I ACTUALLY MADE A JOKE SAYING
BEING YOU'RE AN OKIE IT'S
FITTING YOU CRAWLED FOR THE
FIRST TIME WHEN THERE WAS
TORNADOES.
UNFORTUNATELY, SHE WAS TAKEN
FROM ME ON MONDAY.
BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE THAT
LASTING MEMORY.
I GOT TO SEE HER CRAWL BEFORE
SHE WAS TAKEN.
>> HOW ARE YOUR OTHER KIDS
DOING?
>> THEY'RE DOING SURPRISINGLY
WELL.
MY 11-YEAR-OLD SON, DAMON AND MY
8-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, ARIA, THEY
ARE CARRYING ON AS IF IT'S
NORMAL LIFE AND THAT'S GOOD.
WE DISCUSSED WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
I BELIEVE IN FULL DISCLOSURE.
WE DISCUSSED WITH THEM WHAT
HAPPENED TO THEIR SISTERS.
>> THEY'RE 11 AND 9.
>> CORRECT.
NO, 11 AND 8.
I DISCUSSED EVERYTHING WITH
THEM.
ME AND MY WIFE DID.
WE HUGGED AND WE DEALT WITH THAT
AND KIDS ARE RESILIENT.
AS SOON AS THAT WARM EMBRACE WAS
OVER AND THE TEARS HAD BEEN
SHED, THEY WENT TO TERRORIZING
THE HOSPITAL FOR AS LONG AS THEY
COULD.
I THINK THEY'RE DOING OKAY.
>> HOW'S YOUR WIFE?
HOW'S HER CONDITION?
>> SHE'S DOING GOOD.
SHE SUSTAINED A COUPLE
LACERATIONS, WHICH IS NOT BAD
CONSIDERING WHAT I SAW AT GROUND
ZERO WHERE SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN,
ACCORDING TO HOW WE DID OUR
TORNADO DRILL.
>> SHE ACTUALLY WAS PICKED UP BY
THIS STORM.
>> RIGHT.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT UNTIL
YESTERDAY MORNING.
I HAD SPOKEN WITH HER AND SHE
FINALLY HAD SOME CLARITY, WE HAD
SOME TIME TO TALK AND SHE TOLD
ME THAT AFTER SHE HAD LANDED,
SHE SAT UP AND LOOKED AROUND AND
HAD SEEN HER MOM, WHO WAS IN
THERE WITH HER, AND WASN'T SURE