WHAT
WHAT THEY
WHAT THEY DESERVE. ANNA MARTINEZ WITH CASA, THANK
YOU SO MUCH.
>>> SWITCHING GEARS NOW, IT'S
BEEN TWO DAYS SINCE
NEARLY 300 PEOPLE WERE 4@KILLED
IN THOSE TERRORIST
ATTACKS IN 4@4@SRI LANKA.
TONIGHT THE PRIME MINISTER
WARNS THERE ARE MORE
EXPLOSIVES, AND MORE MILITANTS
OUT THERE.
OUT THERE. SEVERAL AMERICANS WERE KILLED
IN THOSE ATTACKS ON
EASTER SUNDAY, INCLUDING 4@A
FIFTH GRADER FROM THE
SCHOOL HERE IN THE DISTRICT.
KAREN SCHAFFER WAS JUST 11
YEARS OLD.
YEARS OLD. HIS FATHER AND GRANDMOTHER SAY
THEY WANT THE WORLD
TO KNOW ABOUT THE YOUNG BOY WHO
WAS TAKEN FROM THEM
TOO SOON.
TOO SOON.
TOO SOON. >> EVERY PARENT WANTS TO BRAG
ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN,
BUT DARREN 4@WAS THE STAR OF
EVERY CLASS HE WAS EVER
IN.
IN.
IN. HE
IN. HE WAS THE MOST LOVING, AND
DETERMINED AND TICK LAT
AND INSIGHTFUL KID.
HE HAD A VERY CLEAR SENSE OF
HIS GOALS, WHERE HE WAS
GOING TO GO IN LIFE.
HE WAS GOING TO BE A
NEUROSCIENTIST, A BIRTHDAY
NEUROSCIENTIST.
NEUROSCIENTIST. HE WAS GOING TO WORK ON
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND
OTHER THINGS, AND HE HAD
DETERMINED 4@THIS BY AGE 11.
AND SO WE WANT THE WORLD TO
KNOW WHAT WAS LOST BY
THIS PARTICULAR BOMB BLAST.
>> THERE'S NOTHING WE COULD SAY
THAT COULD CONVEY
HOW WONDERFUL HE WAS, HOW
EXCEPTIONAL HE WAS.
WITH ANY AGE GROUP.
HE WAS GOOD WITH HIS FRIENDS,
AND WITH MY FRIENDS
THAT ARE IN THEIR 60S AND 7 0S.
HE COULD TALK TO THEM ABOUT
ANYTHING, AND EVERYONE
LOVED TO TALK4@ TO HIM.
HE HAD HIS OPINIONS.
HE WAS RESPECTF4@UL.
LISTENED TO THEM, LISTENED TO
WHAT WAS GOING ON IN
THE WORLD.
THE WORLD. IT WAS A DELIGHT TO HAVE HIM IN
WITH ME ANYWHERE.
JUST DELIGHTFUL, AND YES, WE
HAVE LOST A GREAT MIND,
AND THE WORLD HAS LOST A GREAT
MIND.
MIND.
MIND. >>
MIND. >> WE HAVE THIS LAKE BEHIND OUR
HOUSE 4@WHERE WE GO
KAYAKING, AND IT'S A REALLY
GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR
DEEP FATHER-SON CONVERSATIONS
WHILE YOU'RE OUT 4@IN A
COUPLE OF KAYAKS ON 4@A BIG LAK
AND THAT WILL
DEFINITELY STICK OUT.
.
.
. >>
. >> WHEN
. >> WHEN HE WAS -- WHEN HE WAS
ON THE TA4@BLE IN THE
HOSPITAL, THAT WAS 4@ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT SHE --
THAT JUST CAME TO HER MIND TO
BLURT OUT IN HIS LAST
FEW MINUTES, WAS THAT HE HAD
JUST SAID THAT HE
WANTED TO -- HE CAN'T GO,
BECAUSE HE NEEDS TO COME
BACK AND GO KAYAKING.
HE NEEDS 4@-- SHE SAYS HE TOLD
-- HE NEEDS TO GO
KAYAKING AGAIN.
KAYAKING AGAIN. >> AT THE HOSPITAL, WHEN THEY
HAD HIM ON LIFE
SUPPORT, HE HAD ALREADY -- HE
WAS ALREADY -- DID NOT
HAVE A PULSE, AND HE WAS --
TECHNICALLY HE DIED AT
THE SITE AS SOON AS THE
SHRAPNEL PIERCED HIS HEART.
>> SHE SAID THAT HE CAN'T GO
AWAY, BECAUSE HE NEEDS
TO GO KAYAKING AGAIN.
>> AND HE WANTS TO TAKE ANOTHER
IQ TEST TO PROVE
THAT HE'S SMARTER THAN ME.
HE NEEDS TO DO THAT.
AND HE HASN'T EVERYONE KISSED A
HE NEEDS TO DO THAT. AND HE HASN'T EVERYONE KISSED A@
GIRL YET, AND HE'S
11.
11.
11. AND.
AND.
AND. >>
AND. >> THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID?
>> THAT 4@IS ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT HURTS SO MUCH.
WE WERE 4@GOING TO 4@CELEBRATE
12th BIRTHDAY, AND WE
ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO @
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. >>
THAT. >> IT WAS NOTEWORTHY THAT A LOT
OF PEOPLE WHO BARELY
KNEW HIM ARE SAYING THINGS LIKE
THEY NEED GRIEF
COUNSELING, BECAUSE HE MADE 4@
THAT KIND OF 4@AN IMPACT
ON 4@KIDS THAT 4@HAD MET HIM.
>> ALL OVER MY HOUSE IS
MEMORIES.
MEMORIES.
MEMORIES. YOUR HOUSE MUST HAVE EVEN MORE.
PLACES HE'S BEEN.
WHAT HE DID, THE GAMES WE
PLAYED, THE PICTURES.
>> 4@IF I TRIED TO AVOID THINGS
THAT REMIND ME OF 4@
DARREN, I COULDN'T MOVE 4@AN 4@
OR LIVE.
OR LIVE.
OR LIVE. EVERYTHING HAS 4@GOT HIS 4@
SIGNATURE ON IT.
LIFE IS FRAGILE.
HE RECOGNIZED THAT, 4@AND LOVED
EVERY MINUTE THAT YOU
HAVE WITH THE PEOPLE