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DEVASTATING NEWS THAT CAME
TODAY.
LET ME ASK YOU STRAIGHT AWAY, DO
YOU ACCEPT WHAT THE MALAYSIAN
PRIME MINISTER HAS SAID?
DO YOU BELIEVE NOW THAT ALL THE
EVIDENCE IS POINTING TO THIS
PLANE HAVING CRASHED AND THE
LIVES OF ALL THOSE ON BOARD
HAVING BEEN LOST?
>> I DON'T, AND THAT'S JUST
BECAUSE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT
NEWS THAT'S BEEN COMING THROUGH,
I'M STILL HOLDING OUT HOPE UNTIL
THEY FIND SOMETHING THAT MAYBE
THEY'RE WRONG AND THERE IS THIS
PLANE WITH ALL THE PASSENGERS
HAVE SURVIVED.
>> YOU WERE GOOD FRIENDS WITH
RORY, INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
TOGETHER AS I JUST SAID, RORY
E-MAILED YOU BEFORE HE TOOK THE
FAMILY AWAY TO MALAYSIA ON
HOLI
HOLIDAY.
TELL ME WHAT HE SAID TO YOU
THEN?
>> THIS WAS -- WE HAVE A
TRADITION WHERE STUDENTS IN OUR
CLASS SEND OUT ONE E-MAIL UPDATE
EVERY YEAR ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON
IN THEIR LIFE, PERSONAL LIFE,
BUSINESS LIFE.
RORY'S E-MAIL CAME THROUGH ON
THE FIRST OF MARCH, ONE WEEK
BEFORE WE HEARD ABOUT THIS NEWS,
AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT --
SEEMED PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT
TAKING A BREAK FROM WORK,
HEADING TO MALAYSIA WITH HIS
FAMILY AND WAS GOING TO ENJOY
SOME SUN THERE AND SOME BEACH
AND COME BACK TO BEIJING TO
START WORK ON A FOUR-MONTH-LONG
PROJECT.
HE SEEMED PRETTY EXCITED.
>> WHAT KIND OF MAN IS RORY?
>> RORY IS A VERY SMART,
HARDWORKING PERSON.
VERY DILIGENT STUDENT.
WE DO A LOT OF PROJECTS AT
KELLOGG THAT ARE TEAMS AND I
HAPPENED TO BE ON A COUPLE OF
THOSE PROJECTS WITH RORY HE WAS
ALWAYS ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT
WOULD GO THE EXTRA MILE FOR THE
TEAM, VERY WARM, VERY --
ABSOLUTELY QUIET BUT VERY WARM
AND AFFECTIONATE PERSON.
>> OBVIOUSLY A BIG FAMILY MAN,
HE HAD HIS BABY SON WITH HIM,
HE'S 2 YEARS OLD.
I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THEM IN
THE PRESENT TENSE.
I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO
DO.
DESPITE ALL THESE
PRONOUNCEMENTS, THERE ARE TOO
MANY CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS
BEING MADE.
TOO MANY DIFFERENT PIECES OF
INFORMATION WHICH APPEAR TO THEN
CONTRADICT EACH OTHER.
IN TERMS OF THE WAY THE
MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
AND THE MALAYSIA AIRLINES HAVE
TREATED THE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS
OF THOSE WHO WERE ON THIS PLANE,
WHAT DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT?
DO YOU FEEL THEY HAVE BEHAVED AS
MANY BELIEVE, REPRESENT
REHENCEABLY, OR DO YOU FEEL IT'S
BEEN A NIGHTMARE SITUATION AND
THEY'VE DONE WHATEVER THEY CAN?
>> YEAH, IT'S KIND OF TOUGH FOR
ME TO COMMENT FROM HERE, I'M
SURE RORY'S FAMILY IN CHINA IS
STRUGGLING, BUT IT'S SUCH A
DIFFICULT SITUATION FOR ALL
PARTIES INVOLVED.
SO I THINK HOPEFULLY THEY'RE
DOING THEIR BEST TO COMMUNICATE
SOME OF THESE THINGS ON A MORE
PERSONAL BASIS FACE TO FACE.
AND NOT THROUGH ANY OTHER MEANS.
>> AS YOU'VE BEEN TALKING, WE'VE
BEEN LOOKING AT PICTURES OF THAT
LAST HOLIDAY OF THE FAMILY IN
MALAYSIA, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
STRUCK ME TODAY WAS THE
REVELATION THAT THE AIRLINE HAD
INFORMED MANY OF THESE RELATIVES
OF THE NEWS THAT EVERYONE WAS
PRESUMED LOST AND DEAD, BY TEXT
MESSAGE.
DID THAT STRIKE YOU AS AN
INSENSITIVE ACTION?
>> YEAH, I MEAN THAT'S SHOCKING
FOR ME.
IN TODAY'S DAY AND AGE,
SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS.
THERE'S SO MUCH MEDIA COVERAGE.