>> REALLY ALL THEY CAN DO, IT IS
SO HARD TO OPEN UP WHEN YOU’RE
IN SO MUCH PAIN.
AND THAT’S WHY THIS IS UP WITH
OF THE MOST GREAT INTRUSIVE EVER
BEEN A PART OF.
YOU KNOW, BUCK MIRROR AND HIS
ATTORNEY BEN JOHNSON BY HIS
SIDE.
AND AS YOU’RE ABOUT TO HEAR, HIS
EMOTION IS VERY RAW.
>> IT WAS YOUR TYPICAL MORNING.
>> Reporter: IT STARTED OFF LIKE
ANY OTHER TUESDAY, SHERRY GOT UP
EARLY TO FEED HER BOYS BREAKFAST
AND PACK LUNCH BEFORE GETTING
OUT TO SCHOOL.
A FEW HOURS LATER WHILE ON A
CONFERENCE CALL, BUCK HEARD A
POLICE SIREN COMING FROM THE
AREA NEAR OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL.
>> I GOT OFF MY CONFERENCE CALL
AND MY WIFE SHERRY CALLED AND
SHE SAYS DID YOU HEAR WHAT
HAPPENED AND I SAID NO.
AND SHE SAYS THERE’S AN ACTIVE
SHOOTER AT THE SCHOOL.
SOMETHING DIDN’T FEEL RIGHT LIKE
FROM THE GET GO.
>> DID YOU FEEL IT IN YOUR GUT?
>> DID.
SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS TEXTING
TATE.
I KEPT CALLING HIM, SHERRY WAS
DOING THE SAME THING. >> NO RESPONSE.
>> NO RESPONSE.
>> IN A SEA OF FACES THERE’S
STILL NO SIGN OF TATE.
>> WE ARE ASKING HIS FRIENDS
THEY’VE SEEN TATE AND NOBODY HAD
SEEN HIM.
>> AND THAT MUST HAVE BEEN -- I
WOULD IMAGINE, A SINKING FEELING
THAT YOU SEE ALL OF THESE
FAMILIAR FACES, ALL OF THESE
OTHER KIDS AND TATE’S NOT THERE.
>> YEAH. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
IT WAS AN EMPTY FEELING, I
TYPICALLY WOULD GIVE MY WIFE A
HUG AND SAY EVERYTHING IS GOING
TO BE OKAY BUT I DIDN’T BECAUSE
I HAD A FEELING THAT IT WASN’T.
>> Reporter: AND SADLY BUCK’S
FATHERLY INSTINCT WAS RIGHT.
AUTHORITIES BELIEVE JUST BEFORE
1:00 THAT TRAGIC TUESDAY
AFTERNOON, 15-YEAR-OLD ETHAN
CRUMBLY OPENED FIRE INSIDE
OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL KILLING FOUR
STUDENTS.
DEPUTIES TRIED TO GET TATE TO
THE HOSPITAL BUT HE DIED IN THE
PATROL CAR ON THE WAY THERE.
>> WE FOUND OUT AT MYRE, YOU
KNOW, THEY CALLED THE FOUR
FAMILIES IN -- AT MIEJER’S. THEY CALLED US IN AND TOLD US
THEY CALLED US IN AND TOLD US THE NEWS, AND, YOU KNOW, ALL I
THE NEWS, AND, YOU KNOW, ALL I
REMEMBER WAS.
>> WAS MY WIFE SAYING "HE WAS MY
BABY."
THAT WAS THE FIRST THING OUT OF
HER MOUTH, SHE JUST KEPT
REPEATING IT, SO -- YEAH, IT WAS
-- IT WAS HORRIBLE.
IT WAS OBVIOUSLY THE WORST DAVE
OUR LIVES.
>> WERE YOU ANGRY?
>> NO.
NO.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE -- WE
WERE JUST SO HEART BROKEN AND SO
SAD.
RIGHT, THERE WASN’T EVEN TIME TO
THINK ABOUT BEING ANGRY, RIGHT.
WE WERE JUST SO HEART BROKEN,
YOU KNOW.
>> Reporter: BUCK AND SHERRY
FACE THE HARSH REALITY THEIR
FAMILY WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME.
>> SO WE’RE ALL A PUZZLE PIECE,
AND IT’S A FAMILY PUZ AND
THERE’S THIS PIECE THAT WAS
TAKEN OUT OF THE PUZZLE AND
THROWN AWAY AND THAT PIECE WILL
NEVER BE THERE AGAIN.
>> Reporter: AN UNIMAGINABLE
LOSS, BUCK SAYS IT’S A FEELING
THAT’S HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS.
TATE, OR TATERS AS THEY CALLED
HIM, WAS BUCK’S WING MAN, THE
YOUNGEST OF THREE BOYS AND THE
BABY OF THE FAMILY.
>> HE WAS AWESOME.
HE CARED ABOUT EVERYBODY.
HE WAS WISE BEYOND HIS YEARS.
>> Reporter: BUCK AND HERRY MYRE
SPENT A LOT OF TIME VOLUNTEERING
AT OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL AND
HELPING WITH THE FOOTBALL TEAM
WHICH TATE LOVED BEING A PART OF
AND BUCK SAYS EVENTUALLY THEIR
SADNESS TURNED TO ANGER.
THEY FELT BETRAYED.
>> TATE WASN’T PROTECTED.
THE OTHER THREE WEREN’T
PROTECTED.
THE OTHER SEVEN THAT GOT SHOT
WEREN’T PROTECTED.
WE’RE ANGRY THAT OUR SON WASN’T
PROTECTED.
>> WHO DO YOU HOLD RESPONSIBLE?
>> I AM ANGRY AT THE SCHOOL.
IT HAPPENED AT THE SCHOOL.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT
DIDN’T GO RIGHT THAT DAY.
I’M ANGRY AT THAT DAY AND ANGRY
AT THE SCHOOL, BECAUSE TATE’S
NEVER COMING HOME.
NEVER.
AND WE WILL NEVER GET TO SEE HIM
AGAIN, WE WILL NEVER GET TO GIVE
HIM A HUG.
MOM WILL NEVER GET TO HAVE HER
MORNINGS WITH HIM.
>> AND BUCK DID GO ON TO SAY
THAT OBVIOUSLY HIS WIFE SHERRY
IS REALLY STRUGGLING WITH ALL OF
THIS.
SHE HAD AN UNDENIABLE BOND WITH
TATE, A VERY SPECIAL BOND WITH
TATE, BECAUSE HE OBVIOUSLY WAS
HER YOUNGEST SON.
THAT WHAT YOU JUST SAW WAS JUST
PART 1.
COMING UP TONIGHT AT 10:30, A
HALF-HOUR EARLY, YOU’LL HEAR
WHAT BUCK MYRE SAYS ABOUT ETHAN
CRUMBLY AND HIS PARENTS.
YOU’LL ALSO HEAR WHAT HE SAYS
WHEN WE ASK HIM IF HE PLANNING
TO ATTEND THE TRIAL.
AGAIN, THAT’S ALL COMING UP
TONIGHT AT 10:30.
WE ARE ALSO TALKING ABOUT WHAT
THEY’RE DOING TOGETHER AS A
FAMILY TO TRY TO MAKE SURE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS DOESN’T
HAPPEN AGAIN.
BACK TO YOU.
>> YEAH.
SANDRA, BOY, JUST -- THE MYRE
FAMILY AND EVERY OTHER FAMILY