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YOUR FAMILY ARE GOING THROUGH.
I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT THESE DAYS
HAVE BEEN LIKE.
HOW ARE YOU HOLDING UP,
ESPECIALLY WITH THE CONSTANTLY
CHANGING INFORMATION?
>> IT IS VERY DIFFICULT.
INFORMATION JUST CHANGES ALL THE
TIME.
THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT
STORIES AND SO MUCH SPECULATION.
AND I GUESS WE JUST SPEND A LOT
OF TIME TOGETHER AS A FAMILY.
THAT'S WHAT HELPS US GET
THROUGH.
>> HOW HAS COMMUNICATION BEEN
FROM MALAYSIAN OFFICIALS?
I KNOW A LOT OF FAMILIES HAVE
BEEN VERY FRUSTRATED BY THE WAY
THEY'RE COMMUNICATING.
>> MALAYSIAN OFFICIALS AS SUCH
WE DON'T HEAR FROM.
WE HEAR FROM MALAYSIAN AIRLINES.
THEY SEND US E-MAILS ON A FAIRLY
REGULAR BASIS.
BUT IT CONTAINS ALL THE SAME
INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE USUALLY
SEEN ON THE NEWS AND THE PRESS
CONFERENCE THE NIGHT BEFORE.
SO THERE'S NOTHING NEW IN ANY OF
IT.
>> AND SARA, I UNDERSTAND BEFORE
PAUL LEFT ON THE TRIP HE GAVE
HIS WIFE HIS WEDDING RING AND
WATCH IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS
TO HIM TO GIVE TO HIS KIDS.
HAS SHE SPOKEN AT ALL TO YOU
ABOUT THAT?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
THEY HAD A BIT OF A CAR ACCIDENT
EARLIER ON, ACTUALLY JUST A YEAR
BEFORE.
AND THEY SORT OF DISCUSSED WHAT
THEY WANTED TO DO.
AND FOR SOME REASON BEFORE HE
LEFT TO GO TO MONGOLIA HE
DECIDED TO LEAVE THEM BOTH
BEHIND.
AND HE SAID TO DANIKO THAT THE
OLDEST CHILD SHOULD GET HIS
WEDDING RING AND THE YOUNGEST
SHOULD GET HIS WATCH IF
SOMETHING HAPPENED TO HIM.
>> AND HE'S AN ENGINEER.
>> TO MARY.
>> HE'S AN ENGINEER.
HE WAS GOING TO GO WORK IN A
MINE IN MONGOLIA.
PETER, TELL US ABOUT PAUL.
WHAT KIND OF A MAN IS HE?
WHAT KIND OF A BROTHER, A FATHER
IS HE?
>> PAUL IS AN INCREDIBLE MAN.
HE WAS WITHOUT A DOUBT MY -- I'M
STILL HOPING MY BEST FRIEND.
HE'S A VERY STRONG PERSONALITY.
HE'S DEFINITELY A LEADER.
HE'S A LEADER IN THE FAMILY.
HE HAS SO MANY FRIENDS, MORE
THAN YOU COULD COUNT.
PEOPLE LOVE PAUL.
AND IN GENERAL HE'S JUST A
WONDERFUL MAN.
WE'RE ALL HOPING THAT HE COMES
BACK.
>> SARA, I SPOKE TO SARAH VAJIC
LAST NIGHT WHOSE PARTNER PHILLIP
IS ON THE FLIGHT.
AND SHE SPOKE ABOUT MIRACLES AND
HOLDING ONTO HOPE, THAT SHE'S
KEEPING HOPE ALIVE.
YOUR BROTHER JUST SPOKE ABOUT
IT.
YOU SAY YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE
HOLDING OUT HOPE AS WELL.
>> YES, WE ARE.
YES, OF COURSE WE ARE.
WE HOPE AND PRAY THAT HE'LL COME
HOME.
WE HOPE THAT EVERYONE THAT WAS
ON THE PLANE.
AND SHOULD A MIRACLE BE REQUIRED
THEN THAT'S WHAT HERE WE'RE
HOPING FOR.
>> PETER, FOR YOU, HOW DO YOU
GET THROUGH THESE DAYS?
DO YOU FOLLOW SORT OF EVERY
TWIST AND TURN IN THE MEDIA?
DO YOU ONLY HEAR FROM MALAYSIAN
AIRLINES?
HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THIS?
>> WELL, I FOLLOW EVERYTHING IN
THE MEDIA.
I HAVEN'T DEALT WITH ANY
OFFICIALS DIRECTLY.
BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE
ELECTED TO HAVE SARA DEAL
DIRECTLY WITH MALAYSIAN
AIRLINES.
AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND FROM HER,
THERE'S BEEN NO OFFICIAL
COMMUNICATION FROM ANY
GOVERNMENTAL FIGURES IN
MALAYSIA.
THE INFORMATION THAT WE GET IS
NO BETTER THAN WHAT'S IN THE
MEDIA.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE SAME
SPECULATION THAT YOU SEE ALL
OVER THE INTERNET, ALL OVER THE
TELEVISION, THE VARIOUS
THEORIES.
YOU SPEND 24 HOURS A DAY
THINKING ABOUT IT REALLY, EVERY
WAKING MOMENT.
AND EVEN IN THE FEW MOMENTS OF
SLEEP THAT YOU GET, FIRST THING
YOU DO, FIRST THING I DO IS GO
STRAIGHT ON THE INTERNET IN THE
MORNING AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY