RELATIONSHIP. >> WE CAN’T BE AFRAID TO HAVE
THE CONVERSATION.
THE CONVERSATION. I’VE GOT TO TURN NOW BECAUSE WE
HAVE SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT,
CERTAINLY DEAR TO ME.
I SAT DOWN AND DID AN INTERVIEW
LAST WEEK THAT ABSOLUTELY
CHANGED ME.
CHANGED ME. IT’S BEEN SEVEN WEEKS SINCE
OLYMPIC SKIER BODE MILLER AND
HIS WIFE MORGAN LOST THEIR BABY
GIRL EMMY IN A DROWNING
ACCIDENT.
ACCIDENT. I SAT DOWN WITH THEM RECENTLY AT
THEIR HOME IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA.
CALIFORNIA. THEIR PAIN IS STILL SO FRESH.
THEY ARE SPEAKING OUT NOW.
IT’S NOT EASY.
THEY WANT THEIR HEARTBREAK TO
PREVENT FUTURE TRAGEDIES.
HERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF THAT
INTERVIEW.
INTERVIEW. >> WHY DID YOU WANT.
>> AN OBLIGATION, IT HELPS TO
HEAL THAT MAYBE WE ARE
PREVENTING IT FROM HAPPENING TO
SOMEONE ELSE.
SOMEONE ELSE. >> IT WAS A NORMAL DAY.
I SAT ON THE SOFA AND SHE PLAYED
IN FRONT OF US.
I HAD MY CUP OF TEA.
THE BOYS WERE RIGHT NEXT TO US
IN THE DOWNSTAIRS GUEST BEDROOM
ON THE iPAD, PLAYING WITH TOYS.
EMMY WOULD GO BACK AND FORTH,
WHICH WAS ALL OF 15 FEET.
ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WAS TOO QUIET
FOR ME.
FOR ME. WE WERE AMID CONVERSATION AND I
STOOD UP AND I TURNED AND I
WALKED RIGHT TOWARD THE BOYS’
ROOM AND SAID, WHERE IS EMMY?
BEFORE NATE COULD RESPOND, I
TURNED AROUND AND THE DOOR THAT
LEADS TO THE BACKYARD, THAT WAS
CLOSED, HAD THIS TINY SLIVER OF
LIGHT COMING THROUGH THE SIDE.
MY HEART SANK, AND I OPENED THE
DOOR, AND SHE WAS FLOATING IN
THE POOL.
THE POOL. AND I RAN AND I JUMPED IN.
>> I WAS AT THE SOFTBALL GAME SO
I WAS HEARING ALL THIS THROUGH
THE PHONE.
THE PHONE. SO I WAS HEARING ALL THIS
THROUGH THE PHONE WHEN THEY WERE
DOING CPR AND IN THE AMBULANCE
AND ALL THAT.
JUST, YOU KNOW, IN SHOCK.
>> MUST HAVE FELT SO HELPLESS.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. YEAH.
YEAH. >> THERE’S NOT A DAY THAT GOES
BY THAT I DON’T PRAY FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK TO THAT
DAY.
DAY. AND MAKE IT DIFFERENT.
NOW WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
MAKE OTHER PARENTS DAYS
DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT. >>> I KNOW THAT IS VERY HARD TO
WATCH, IT’S HARD TO HEAR.
BUT IF THEY ARE BRAVE ENOUGH TO
SAY IT, THEN WE’VE GOT TO BE
BRAVE ENOUGH TO HEAR IT.
I’M A MOM OF TWO LITTLE ONES.
I KNOW YOU ARE, KEIR.
WE HAVE TO KIND OF CHANGE OUR
THINKING ABOUT WATER SAFETY.
WE ALL KNOW THAT A POOL CAN BE
DANGEROUS.
DANGEROUS. WE ALL KNOW THAT.
BUT DO WE HAVE THE URGENCY AND
INTENSITY AROUND IT THAT WE NEED
TO?
TO? THERE ARE A LOT OF STEPS.
IT’S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL
THING, BUT I THINK WE ALL NEED
TO CHANGE OUR WAY OF THINKING.
HER POOL WAS AS SAFE AS IT COULD
BE.
BE. THERE’S A FENCE.
THEY ARE AS CAREFUL AS THEY
COULD BE.
COULD BE. SHE’S AT A NEIGHBOR’S HOUSE,
GRANDMA’S, THEY WERE INSIDE, NOT
OUTSIDE.
OUTSIDE. A WEEK AGO THE BABY WOULDN’T
OPEN THAT DOOR.
IT TAKES ONE SECOND.
MORGAN SAID TO ME, SAVANNAH,
HAVE YOU TURNED AROUND AND YOUR
LITTLE BOY WAS WRITING ON THE
WALL IN CRAYON AND YOU THOUGHT,
WHERE DID YOU DO THAT?
WHERE WAS I?
THAT’S HOW LONG IT TAKES.
>> YOUR QUESTION TO THEM, YOU
MUST HAVE FELT SO HELPLESS.
PARENTS CAN FEEL SO HELPLESS.
I HAVE TO SAY MY LITTLE TWIN
GIRLS, I GOT THEM OUT OF THE
CAR.
CAR. THERE WAS A BANG.
I TURNED AROUND AND ARIANNA WAS
LYING ON THE GROUND, ON THE
FLOOR.
FLOOR. YOU SEE YOUR WHOLE LIFE CHANGE.
THANKFULLY SHE WAS FINE.
AS A PARENT YOU WATCH THAT.
EVERYBODY HERE WILL KNOW THE
MOMENT WHEN YOU KNOW THAT
EVERYTHING COULD HAVE BEEN
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. THERE AREN’T WORDS.
>> SO ADMIRABLE THEY ARE OUT
THERE SHARING THIS.
LAST SUMMER I UNFORTUNATELY LOST
MY BROTHER AND 6-YEAR-OLD NIECE
IN AN ACCIDENT.
THE SUDDENNESS AND THE TRAUMA OF
SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS SO FAR
BEYOND EVEN THE COMPREHENSION OF
THE LOSS.
THE LOSS. IT JUST MAKES IT SO MUCH WORSE.
TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS
IS REALLY A SERVICE TO ALL OF
US.
US. >> THEY WENT BACK AND FORTH
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT. BY THE WAY, MORGAN IS EXPECTING
ANOTHER BABY IN OCTOBER.
I THINK THEY WEREN’T SURE, CAN
WE DO THIS?
CAN WE HOLD IT TOGETHER LONG
ENOUGH TO DO AN INTERVIEW.
THEY ARE SO DEVOTED TO TELLING
THE STORY BECAUSE THEY WANT
EVERYONE TO KNOW.
IF YOU THINK IT COULDN’T HAPPEN
TO ME, THAT’S THE MOST DANGEROUS
MIND-SET YOU CAN HAVE.
IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANYBODY.
WE ALL TRY TO BE GOOD, CAREFUL
PARENTS.
PARENTS. >> I THINK THEY ARE SO
INCREDIBLY BRAVE.
INCREDIBLY BRAVE. IT’S SUCH AN IMPORTANT MOMENT
FOR ALL OF US TO TAKE IN WHAT
THEY ARE SAYING AND IMPLEMENT
STEPS AND CHERISH PEOPLE WHO ARE
IN OUR FAMILIES AND THE PEOPLE
WE LOVE SO WE CAN BE REMINDED OF
HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE BECAUSE
WE NEVER KNOW WHAT’S GOING TO
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN. >> HUG YOUR KIDS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. A GOOD CONVERSATION.
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