>>>
>>> WHEN
>>> WHEN WE LOSE SOMEONE CLOSE TO US SOMEONE WE LOVE WHAT'S
THE BEST WAY TO HANG ONTO THEIR
MEMORY?
MEMORY?
MEMORY? >> IT'S DIFFERENT FOR ALL OF
US.
US.
US. KEVIN
US. KEVIN REECE ON A COMPANY IN
AUSTIN THAT CAN OFFER YOU
SOMETHING ETERNAL.
SOMETHING ETERNAL. >> YOU DON'T NEED ANYTHING TO
REME+@MBER ME.
REME+@MBER ME. >> AT THE TIME OF THIS
CONVERSATION WITH HIS FAMILY IN
CONVERSATION WITH HIS FAMILY IN@ HIS AUSTIN LIVING ROOM HE WAS
HELPING PLAN THE FEW DAYS HE
HAD LEFT.
HAD LEFT.
HAD LEFT. THE RACE CAR DRIVING WINE AND
FOOD LOVING FORCE OF NATURE WAS
HER PARTNER FOR 22 YEARS.
>> WE ALWAYS SAID HE WAS THE
MOST INTERESTING MAN IN THE
WORLD.>> A SUDDEN DIAGNOSIS
WOULD TAKEN FROM THIS WORLD,
BILE DUCT CANCER IS ONE OF THE
WORST YOU CAN GET.
>> HE WAS DIAGNOSED IN AUSTIN
AND HE WAS GIVEN SIX MONTHS TO
LIVE.>> HE ENDED UP DYING T+@HR
DAYS SHY OF THE SIX-MONTH
MARK.>> HOW WOULD OLD +@WAS HE?
>> 59.
>> 59.
>> 59. HE
>> 59. HE PASSED AWAY EIGHT DAYS
BEFORE HIS 60th BIRTHDAY.
>> HE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ONE @
FINAL NEW IDEA.
THIS COMPANY.
THIS COMPANY. >> WE SAY OUR MISSION IS A
COMPANY IS TO INTERNALIZE
REMARKAB+@LE PEOPLE.
REMARKAB+@LE PEOPLE. WE START WITH PURIFYING THEIR
ASHES SO WE TAKE IT FROM ASHES
AND TURN IT INTO CARBON.
>> YES SHE SAID ASHES, A HALF
CUP TO BE EXACT.
>> IT'S A+@ WONDERFUL WAY TO
INTERNALIZE SOMEONE.>> IT IS
GATHERED AND SENT TO A COMPANY
IN EUROPE.>> THAT MATERIAL IN
THERE IS ALL CARBON.
OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL
MONTHS IT IS TURNED TO CARBON
AND SUBJECTED TO TREMENDOUS
PRESSURE ESPECIALLY DESIGNED
MACHINES AND +@BECOMES A LAB
GROWN DIAMOND.
GROWN DIAMOND. >> WE+@ ARE A PART OF KEEPING
THEIR LEGACY ALIVE.
>> SHE STARTED THIS COMPANY
AFTER THE DEATH OF A CLOSE
PERSONAL FRIEND.
PERSONAL FRIEND. >> I WAS ON A QUEST TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT I COULD DO THAT WAS
REALLY SPECIAL.
REALLY SPECIAL. WHEN I'M WORKING ON A DAILY
BASIS I FEEL LIKE +@HURST MICHA
CATCHES MY EYE AND I +@GET TO
HAVE A MOMENT WITH HER.
IT'S BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL AND
YOU FEEL CONNECTED.
>> IT TAKES EIGHT MONTHS TO
MAKE A DIAMOND FROM ASHES.
RENIE IS STILL WAITING.
>> I KNOW I WILL FIND MORE
COMFORT WHEN I GET THE
DIAMONDBACK.
DIAMONDBACK. WE WILL NEVER FORGET HOW
SPECIAL HE WAS.
>> THEY TOOK MOTORCYCLE
ADVENTURES ACROSS THE U.S.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. WHEN HER DIAMOND ARRIVES AND
SHE WEARS IT AROUND HER NECK
THE ADVENTURES WILL BEGIN OF
AGAIN.
AGAIN.
AGAIN. >>+@ THAT WAS HIS REQUEST.
TO KEEP GOING ON ADVENTURES.
WE MISS THEM.
>> IN THAT LAST VIDEO IT WAS
+@ RENIE ASKING HIM WHY HE WAS
CHOOSING A DIAMOND.>> IT SHINES
BRIGHT.
BRIGHT.
BRIGHT. >> HE WAS THE MOST INTERESTING @
MAN IN THE WORLD.
>> IN AUSTIN, KEVIN