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BEEN VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THEM,
BUT --
>> DOES IT SEEM REAL AT THIS
POINT?
>> FOR ME, IT'S VERY SURREAL,
BUT IT'S ALSO, IT'S LIKE A
CONSTANT TSUNAMI BECAUSE I HAVE
THESE PAINS OF NUMBNESS LIKE THE
WATER IS RECEDING AND I FEEL
NOTHING AND THEN SOMETHING,
WHETHER IT BE A BILL ON THE
COUNTER, OR HECK I WAS IN THE
BATHROOM AND SHE RECENTLY BOUGHT
ME NEW TOWELS AND I JUST SEE THE
TOWELS AND JUST IT ALL HITS.
>> IT COMES IN WAVES?
>> YEAH.
AND IT'S --
>> YOU WENT DOWN THERE
YESTERDAY?
>> YEAH, I WAS SITTING AT MY
COMPUTER, ACTUALLY, SHE HAD SENT
AN E-MAIL TO ME ABOUT 10 TO
8:00.
THAT WAS THE LAST I HEARD FROM
HER.
OF COURSE, AS THE DAY WORE ON,
YOU KNOW, AT FIRST YOU DON'T
THINK, THERE'S 3,000 PEOPLE IN
THERE.
WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF HER
BEING ONE OF THE TEN THAT WAS
ZWRURD?
BUT AS IT GETS LATER IN THE DAY,
YOU KNOW IF SHE WAS ABLE TO GET
TO THE PHONE, SHE WOULD HAVE
CALLED HOME AND THEN I KIND OF
KEPT IT FROM JESSICA.
I DIDN'T BOTHER TELLING HER
WHILE SHE WAS AT WORK.
BUT WHEN IT WAS TIME TO COME
HOME, SHE FOUND OUT.
WHEN SHE CALLED ME, THAT'S WHEN
I TOLD HER, OKAY.
YOU COME OHIO TAKE CARE OF THE
DOGS.
I'LL GO DOWN TO THE PARKING LOT
DOWN THERE AND MEET KATHY THERE,
HOPEFULLY AND I GOT DOWN THERE
AND IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT THAT
TIME, I GUESS IT WAS ABOUT 7:00
OR SO, THEY WERE DOWN TO THE
LAST, THERE WAS ABOUT MAYBE FOUR
OR FIVE SERIES OF BUSES STILL
COMING THROUGH.
BUT JUST THE LATER IT GOT THE
MORE DESPERATE I GOT.
IT WASN'T UNTIL LATER THAT I HAD
GOT AN CALL IF ONE OF MY WIFE'S
CO-WORKERS WHO SAID SHE HAD
TALKED TO SOME OF HER CO-WORKERS
AND THEY HAD SEEN KATHY WAS ONE
OF THE ONES THAT WAS HIT.
AND AT THAT POINT.
>> ONE OF HER CO-WORKERS
ACTUALLY SAW HER?
>> YEAH, SAW THAT SHE WAS ONE OF
THE ONES THAT HAD BEEN HIT AND
AT THAT POINT I KIND OF SAID,
LOCK, THIS IS CRAP.
YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS, YOU GOT TO
TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON.
IT WAS AT THAT POINT THAT THEY
WENT BACK TO THE FURTHER END
BEHIND THE GATES OF THE STADIUM
THERE AND CAME BACK OUT AND THEY
SAID, YEAH, SHE WAS ONE OF THE
ONES THAT WAS HIT.
>> HOW DO YOU, I MEAN, HOW DO
YOU DEAL WITH SOMETHING LIKE
THIS?
HOW DO YOU GET THROUGH IN.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I HAVEN'T DONE IT YET.
I MEAN -- I'VE LOST MY PARENTS.
SO I KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE AND
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY I KNOW WHAT
YOU FEEL.
BUT I KNOW THAT YOUR LIFE GOES
ON BEYOND YOUR PARENTS.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE MY LIFE GOES
NOW.
SHE WAS MY PARTNER.
WE HAD PLANS TO DO THINGS AND
NOW IT'S GONE.
SO I WANT MY KIDS, YOU KNOW, TO
HAVE THEIR OWN LIVES, AND SO I
DON'T KNOW.
>> IT'S INCREDIBLE YOU HAD 43
YEARS TOGETHER.
>> YEAH, IT IS.
IT'S INCREDIBLE ON THE ONE HAND
AND IT'S A HUGE LOSS ON THE
OTHER.
LIKES I SAID, WHERE I WAS GOING
BEFORE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE I GO
AFTER THIS.
I MEAN, YOU JUST GO ON, I GUESS.
>> IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE LIFE
WITHOUT HER?
>> I MEAN, I ONLY HAD 20 YEARS
OF LIFE WITHOUT HER AND 343 WITH
HER.
SO THAT'S TWO-THIRDS OF MY LIFE.