1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.LT 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.LT 3 00:00:15,098 --> 00:00:17,017 -[man 1] Ready? -[man 2] Yes. 4 00:00:17,559 --> 00:00:18,810 [knocking] 5 00:00:19,519 --> 00:00:21,521 [wind chime chiming] 6 00:00:26,735 --> 00:00:28,486 -Hello. -Hello. How you doing? 7 00:00:28,570 --> 00:00:30,030 -Hi. -Nice to meet you. 8 00:00:30,113 --> 00:00:31,364 Frank. 9 00:00:42,459 --> 00:00:44,085 [woman] It's bright. [chuckles] 10 00:00:45,545 --> 00:00:46,546 Wow. 11 00:00:50,216 --> 00:00:52,343 [woman] It's basically the same. 12 00:01:00,769 --> 00:01:04,230 -Well, I have a real good feeling for him. -[laughs lightly] 13 00:01:05,565 --> 00:01:09,986 I mean, the room reflects the personality that you told me he had. 14 00:01:14,949 --> 00:01:15,950 [man 1] This is…? 15 00:01:16,868 --> 00:01:18,203 [Frank] Dirty clothes. 16 00:01:18,286 --> 00:01:20,246 We haven't even gone through that. 17 00:01:20,330 --> 00:01:25,210 No. We washed his chonies and his socks because I thought that was gross. [laughs] 18 00:01:25,293 --> 00:01:28,379 His underwear and socks, I pulled out and washed, 19 00:01:28,463 --> 00:01:31,800 but everything else is how it was almost five years ago, 20 00:01:31,883 --> 00:01:33,343 his dirty clothes. 21 00:01:33,426 --> 00:01:38,723 I don't think we wanted to lose his smell in his room because it's distinctly him. 22 00:01:40,934 --> 00:01:41,976 Yeah. 23 00:01:42,685 --> 00:01:44,687 [gentle poignant music playing] 24 00:02:04,207 --> 00:02:05,250 [camera clicks] 25 00:02:10,004 --> 00:02:11,005 [camera clicks] 26 00:02:13,216 --> 00:02:14,217 [camera clicks] 27 00:02:16,761 --> 00:02:17,762 [camera clicks] 28 00:02:26,437 --> 00:02:27,438 [camera clicks] 29 00:02:29,774 --> 00:02:30,775 [camera clicks] 30 00:02:34,112 --> 00:02:35,113 [camera clicks] 31 00:02:36,781 --> 00:02:38,324 [child] Let's go, Dodgers! 32 00:02:40,285 --> 00:02:42,495 Let's go, Dodgers! 33 00:02:44,247 --> 00:02:45,999 Let's go, Dodgers! 34 00:03:12,150 --> 00:03:14,152 [music fades] 35 00:03:15,612 --> 00:03:17,614 [unsettling music playing] 36 00:03:32,962 --> 00:03:37,342 [Steve] For years, I'd been doing essays at the end of every school shooting week. 37 00:03:37,425 --> 00:03:40,178 Maybe it was a hero or the country coming together. 38 00:03:40,261 --> 00:03:43,973 Whatever it was, they were looking for some kind of positive message. 39 00:03:44,057 --> 00:03:48,186 She was in a meeting, heard gunfire and ran toward it. 40 00:03:48,269 --> 00:03:50,188 That makes her a hero to most of us. 41 00:03:50,271 --> 00:03:51,272 The very first day… 42 00:03:51,356 --> 00:03:55,526 [Steve] I'd done so many of these essays that I felt like I was repeating myself. 43 00:03:55,610 --> 00:03:59,948 In fact, I was using the same lines in the stories. 44 00:04:00,031 --> 00:04:02,033 [sirens wail faintly] 45 00:04:02,700 --> 00:04:05,995 [Steve] And I saw that America was kind of 46 00:04:06,079 --> 00:04:08,373 moving on from each school shooting 47 00:04:08,456 --> 00:04:10,541 quicker and quicker every time. 48 00:04:10,625 --> 00:04:14,629 I felt like, "I've got to do something different. What could I do?" 49 00:04:17,131 --> 00:04:18,967 [sirens wail] 50 00:04:20,009 --> 00:04:23,930 I feel like the media is to blame a little bit for some of this. 51 00:04:24,013 --> 00:04:26,349 Or at least, it's worth exploring. 52 00:04:26,891 --> 00:04:30,561 In the beginning, especially, it was just so overdone, 53 00:04:30,645 --> 00:04:33,022 and the shooters were mentioned way too much. 54 00:04:34,399 --> 00:04:37,902 What we need to talk about is the child that's not here anymore. 55 00:04:37,986 --> 00:04:39,988 [somber music playing] 56 00:04:54,961 --> 00:04:56,963 [music continues] 57 00:05:01,634 --> 00:05:03,511 Can you hear and see us? 58 00:05:03,594 --> 00:05:04,595 There you go. 59 00:05:05,513 --> 00:05:06,514 -Hi. -[woman] Hi there. 60 00:05:08,182 --> 00:05:09,183 Hello, Gloria! 61 00:05:11,060 --> 00:05:12,103 How are you? 62 00:05:14,105 --> 00:05:16,774 -It's hard to answer that question. -[Steve] I imagine it is. 63 00:05:17,817 --> 00:05:19,569 Thanks for taking my call. 64 00:05:21,404 --> 00:05:23,197 What I'd like to do 65 00:05:23,281 --> 00:05:26,117 is come with Lou Bopp, photographer, 66 00:05:27,702 --> 00:05:31,122 and just let Lou take pictures of the room, 67 00:05:31,706 --> 00:05:36,294 as it was, and try to capture Hallie through those pictures. 68 00:05:37,503 --> 00:05:40,256 I feel like we would like to share her. 69 00:05:40,340 --> 00:05:43,301 -Yeah. -[Charles] I think we're also nervous. 70 00:05:43,384 --> 00:05:44,719 [Steve] Yeah, I'm nervous too. 71 00:05:47,347 --> 00:05:49,349 She was the light of our family 72 00:05:49,432 --> 00:05:50,767 and, um… 73 00:05:50,850 --> 00:05:52,977 our lives revolved around her. 74 00:05:55,772 --> 00:05:58,608 [woman] I feel very, very like, blessed 75 00:05:58,691 --> 00:06:00,735 that you've reached out to us, so… 76 00:06:01,611 --> 00:06:03,488 I feel like it's just like another 77 00:06:04,072 --> 00:06:07,742 sign, you know. I get all these signs from my baby girl, so… 78 00:06:07,825 --> 00:06:09,577 I feel like it's a sign that… 79 00:06:10,745 --> 00:06:13,498 -That this was meant to be, so… -Okay. 80 00:06:14,415 --> 00:06:15,416 All right. 81 00:06:16,209 --> 00:06:18,503 -Thank you. -Thank you. 82 00:06:20,463 --> 00:06:22,799 -We'll see you soon. -Okay, thanks. 83 00:06:22,882 --> 00:06:24,384 -All right. -Bye-bye. 84 00:06:26,260 --> 00:06:28,262 [somber music swells] 85 00:06:33,059 --> 00:06:35,061 [music fades] 86 00:06:44,487 --> 00:06:47,156 [Lou] I photograph people, I shoot action, I shoot 87 00:06:47,990 --> 00:06:48,991 lifestyle. 88 00:06:50,618 --> 00:06:52,995 I don't think I've ever done a project 89 00:06:53,746 --> 00:06:55,957 like this, where somebody's not there. 90 00:06:56,457 --> 00:06:58,793 We've known each other for a long time. 91 00:06:58,876 --> 00:07:01,462 Many people I wouldn't do this with, 92 00:07:01,546 --> 00:07:03,131 but I trust Steve. 93 00:07:03,214 --> 00:07:04,257 [camera clicks] 94 00:07:04,340 --> 00:07:05,800 [gentle poignant music playing] 95 00:07:07,635 --> 00:07:10,930 [Lou] Come on, Rose. Let's get ready to go to school and take the photo. 96 00:07:11,514 --> 00:07:12,849 -[Rose] Yeah. -All right. 97 00:07:13,766 --> 00:07:15,143 [Lou] We call it the morning photo. 98 00:07:15,226 --> 00:07:17,562 Come over this way a little. Little more. 99 00:07:17,645 --> 00:07:18,563 Just to… 100 00:07:18,646 --> 00:07:19,647 Okay. 101 00:07:19,730 --> 00:07:22,191 …capture the progression of life, because 102 00:07:22,692 --> 00:07:24,735 anything can happen at any time 103 00:07:26,154 --> 00:07:26,988 [camera clicking] 104 00:07:27,572 --> 00:07:28,531 [Lou] All right. 105 00:07:29,157 --> 00:07:30,283 Let's go to school. 106 00:07:36,247 --> 00:07:37,540 -Ready? -[girl] Bye. 107 00:07:37,623 --> 00:07:39,459 [Steve] Goodbye. [kisses] Love you. 108 00:07:40,626 --> 00:07:41,878 -Love you. -[boy] Love you. 109 00:07:41,961 --> 00:07:43,796 -See you soon. -[boy] Come on, Birdie. 110 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:45,423 -Bye, George. -[George] Bye. 111 00:07:52,430 --> 00:07:54,432 [music intensifies] 112 00:08:03,399 --> 00:08:06,694 [Steve] Some of my bosses don't even know I'm doing this project, 113 00:08:08,279 --> 00:08:12,116 but I had to do this on my own if I wanted to do it. 114 00:08:24,462 --> 00:08:26,464 [insects chirping] 115 00:08:34,430 --> 00:08:35,306 [knocking] 116 00:08:36,557 --> 00:08:37,892 [door opens] 117 00:08:37,975 --> 00:08:39,310 -[Steve] Hello. -[woman] Hey. 118 00:08:39,393 --> 00:08:40,603 -This is Lou. -[Lou] Hi. 119 00:08:40,686 --> 00:08:42,104 [Chad] Hey, Lou. Chad. 120 00:08:42,188 --> 00:08:43,147 Nice to meet you. 121 00:08:46,692 --> 00:08:48,402 [Chad] I can pull up a chair over here. 122 00:08:48,486 --> 00:08:50,321 [Steve] So there's gotta be something, 123 00:08:50,404 --> 00:08:53,199 some benefit you see for you or your family. 124 00:08:53,282 --> 00:08:56,285 Do you see something in this? In these pictures? 125 00:08:56,786 --> 00:08:59,038 -'Cause that's kind of important to me. -[mom] Yeah. 126 00:08:59,121 --> 00:09:01,624 It's probably the most important thing to me. 127 00:09:02,166 --> 00:09:03,751 I don't know 128 00:09:04,835 --> 00:09:07,171 what the benefit is for our family. 129 00:09:07,255 --> 00:09:11,467 I think about it more as, "How could her life benefit other people now." 130 00:09:12,051 --> 00:09:13,427 That's what… 131 00:09:13,511 --> 00:09:15,930 That's kind of… We want her legacy to be that. 132 00:09:16,013 --> 00:09:17,223 So… 133 00:09:17,306 --> 00:09:18,307 Yeah. 134 00:09:40,955 --> 00:09:43,374 [Chad] "My first tooth. My first soccer game." 135 00:09:44,750 --> 00:09:46,127 "First Tennessee game." 136 00:09:46,961 --> 00:09:47,795 She made that? 137 00:09:47,878 --> 00:09:49,630 She made this. Yeah. 138 00:09:49,714 --> 00:09:51,382 -Was that a project? -I'm sure it was. 139 00:09:51,465 --> 00:09:53,175 -[Jada] It was a school project. -Yeah. 140 00:09:56,887 --> 00:09:58,931 [Chad] It's interesting how memory works 141 00:09:59,015 --> 00:10:02,518 because I can remember to the minute 142 00:10:02,602 --> 00:10:05,688 almost everything in a three-hour period on Monday. 143 00:10:05,771 --> 00:10:07,690 And then I'll lose the thread. 144 00:10:10,610 --> 00:10:13,112 But do I know that I went into her room that night. 145 00:10:13,195 --> 00:10:14,530 I just laid down and… 146 00:10:14,614 --> 00:10:15,823 Yeah, I wept. 147 00:10:16,782 --> 00:10:18,784 [gentle poignant music playing] 148 00:10:32,340 --> 00:10:33,341 [camera clicks] 149 00:10:36,385 --> 00:10:37,386 [camera clicks] 150 00:10:42,058 --> 00:10:42,892 [camera clicks] 151 00:10:42,975 --> 00:10:46,687 [Chad] You know, what you want is something that you can't have. 152 00:10:46,771 --> 00:10:47,772 [camera clicks] 153 00:10:50,608 --> 00:10:54,612 I wanted her smell back. And I wanted to touch her, and I wanted… 154 00:10:55,112 --> 00:10:57,531 like, to feel her sweaty hair. 155 00:10:57,615 --> 00:10:59,075 [Chad and Jada laugh] 156 00:10:59,158 --> 00:11:01,786 [Chad] Her bed was the closest thing I could get to that. 157 00:11:01,869 --> 00:11:02,870 So… 158 00:11:03,454 --> 00:11:05,873 -[children's music playing] -[Hallie] Oopsies. 159 00:11:06,582 --> 00:11:07,625 Okay. 160 00:11:14,715 --> 00:11:18,344 [Jada] Sometimes I'll just go and look around, and look at 161 00:11:19,178 --> 00:11:24,308 all her little trinkets, stuffed animals, and shells that she collected, and, um… 162 00:11:25,267 --> 00:11:28,020 go and just, like, smell her blankie 163 00:11:28,104 --> 00:11:29,980 that she slept with every night. 164 00:11:30,064 --> 00:11:31,065 [camera clicks] 165 00:11:31,941 --> 00:11:33,067 And… 166 00:11:34,485 --> 00:11:36,904 I feel like a lot of crying happens in that room. 167 00:11:36,987 --> 00:11:37,988 [Chad] Yup. 168 00:11:40,449 --> 00:11:42,243 I think the room helps 169 00:11:42,743 --> 00:11:47,957 because there's a lot of moments where you want to be sad. 170 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:49,250 [coach] Good job, Hallie! 171 00:11:50,793 --> 00:11:51,919 [girls cheering] 172 00:11:52,002 --> 00:11:55,131 [Chad] Because the sadness is a part of connecting with her. 173 00:11:57,466 --> 00:11:59,093 [boy] I mean, she was really… 174 00:12:00,428 --> 00:12:01,303 outgoing. 175 00:12:01,387 --> 00:12:05,015 So, like, she was also like 176 00:12:05,099 --> 00:12:08,561 a little sister. So she, you know, would always, like, 177 00:12:08,644 --> 00:12:10,396 get a little annoying, you know… 178 00:12:10,479 --> 00:12:13,774 -Yeah, funny, a little annoying. -It was good, though. 179 00:12:15,526 --> 00:12:18,654 [Charlie] She was pretty competitive with us in sports too. 180 00:12:19,321 --> 00:12:22,533 That's, like, kind of how we hung out around her. 181 00:12:22,616 --> 00:12:24,452 She was kind of always with us. 182 00:12:25,619 --> 00:12:27,621 -[Jada] Let's see. -[Chad] It's a pink one. 183 00:12:28,122 --> 00:12:31,250 You finally have your own. You can take it everywhere! 184 00:12:31,333 --> 00:12:33,586 And you boys cannot use it. 185 00:12:33,669 --> 00:12:34,795 -[Chad] Yeah! -[Jada laughing] 186 00:12:34,879 --> 00:12:37,840 [Chad] One of the funniest things is she begged… 187 00:12:37,923 --> 00:12:40,259 -[Jada] This is the best. -…for this. 188 00:12:40,342 --> 00:12:44,847 She wanted a kitty cat hoodie on Amazon. Jada was like, "I don't wanna get this." 189 00:12:44,930 --> 00:12:48,100 -[Steve] You had to talk her out of it? -[Jada] We couldn't. 190 00:12:48,184 --> 00:12:50,686 -[Jada] She wore it everywhere. -She wore it a lot. 191 00:12:50,770 --> 00:12:52,772 [poignant music continues] 192 00:12:57,943 --> 00:12:58,944 [camera clicks] 193 00:13:01,655 --> 00:13:02,656 [camera clicks] 194 00:13:05,201 --> 00:13:06,535 [children playing] 195 00:13:07,661 --> 00:13:08,662 [camera clicks] 196 00:13:13,626 --> 00:13:15,669 [Steve] What do you want the world to know 197 00:13:15,753 --> 00:13:18,589 about Hallie when they look at those pictures? 198 00:13:18,672 --> 00:13:19,673 [camera clicks] 199 00:13:21,050 --> 00:13:22,051 [camera clicks] 200 00:13:25,137 --> 00:13:26,138 [camera clicks] 201 00:13:33,979 --> 00:13:35,189 [music fades out] 202 00:13:35,272 --> 00:13:37,691 I would want the world to know that she was a… 203 00:13:37,775 --> 00:13:39,860 [softly] Oh, I can't do this. 204 00:13:45,199 --> 00:13:47,201 [sobbing] 205 00:13:48,828 --> 00:13:51,455 I would want the world to know that she was 206 00:13:51,539 --> 00:13:54,208 a great person, just a good little sister. 207 00:13:55,376 --> 00:13:57,378 [somber music playing faintly] 208 00:14:23,821 --> 00:14:27,616 Our next guest is a CBS News correspondent. Here's Steve Hartman. 209 00:14:27,700 --> 00:14:29,493 [audience cheering] 210 00:14:29,577 --> 00:14:31,912 My name's Steve Hartman, and I'm from CBS News. 211 00:14:31,996 --> 00:14:35,040 Steve Hartman has found a prescription for happiness. 212 00:14:35,624 --> 00:14:38,460 [Oprah Winfrey] As a CBS correspondent, Steve doesn't cover politics 213 00:14:38,544 --> 00:14:40,838 or natural disasters or wars. 214 00:14:40,921 --> 00:14:43,382 We're now just… 129 to go. 215 00:14:43,465 --> 00:14:45,259 -See my two legs? -Yes. 216 00:14:45,342 --> 00:14:46,468 They still move. 217 00:14:46,552 --> 00:14:48,012 They sure do. 218 00:14:48,095 --> 00:14:51,557 -Every time your stories come up… -We all cry. [laughs] 219 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:52,600 -[Steve] Hello. -Hey! 220 00:14:52,683 --> 00:14:53,934 [kids] Hey! 221 00:14:54,727 --> 00:14:57,229 [Steve] I've been typecast as, you know, 222 00:14:57,313 --> 00:14:59,899 the feel-good, happy news kind of guy. 223 00:15:01,066 --> 00:15:03,903 I'm the guy that they bring in at the end 224 00:15:03,986 --> 00:15:05,362 to, like… 225 00:15:05,988 --> 00:15:08,657 restore people's faith in humanity. 226 00:15:10,784 --> 00:15:12,786 [male newscaster] We had planned to end the week 227 00:15:12,870 --> 00:15:16,081 with one of those wonderful stories from Steve Hartman. 228 00:15:16,165 --> 00:15:19,877 Steve has some thoughts tonight about this tragedy. 229 00:15:21,545 --> 00:15:23,631 [Steve] And what I'd been doing is just… 230 00:15:24,715 --> 00:15:27,009 whitewashing the whole thing. 231 00:15:29,762 --> 00:15:32,890 Imagine that. Trying to find good news in a school shooting. 232 00:15:32,973 --> 00:15:35,434 And a lot of mass shootings, that's been my job. 233 00:15:35,517 --> 00:15:39,438 At the end of the week, remind us that life is still worth living. 234 00:15:42,274 --> 00:15:47,613 I'm not gonna look at a school shooting and try to find a positive angle to that. 235 00:15:47,696 --> 00:15:48,822 Not anymore. 236 00:15:59,541 --> 00:16:00,709 [Steve] This is it. 237 00:16:21,063 --> 00:16:22,147 [knocking] 238 00:16:26,276 --> 00:16:27,277 -[Steve] Hello. -Hi. 239 00:16:27,361 --> 00:16:29,613 -[Steve] How are you? -[woman] Good. Come in. 240 00:16:29,697 --> 00:16:30,531 [Steve] Thank you. 241 00:16:31,115 --> 00:16:32,241 [woman] Yep. 242 00:16:32,324 --> 00:16:33,867 You guys ready? 243 00:16:36,537 --> 00:16:40,332 Here they were going on a father-daughter dance. 244 00:16:40,416 --> 00:16:43,210 [Jackie] …here for our father-daughter dance. 245 00:16:43,293 --> 00:16:44,837 [Gloria] Are you so excited? 246 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:45,921 [Jackie] Uh-huh! 247 00:16:46,005 --> 00:16:47,256 [Gloria] You can't wait? 248 00:16:47,339 --> 00:16:48,465 [Jackie] Uh-huh! 249 00:16:48,549 --> 00:16:50,467 [Gloria] Awesome. 250 00:16:50,968 --> 00:16:53,762 -Who's doing your hair for you? -[Jackie] Christy. 251 00:16:53,846 --> 00:16:56,432 [Gloria] Is she gonna do your hair on your wedding day too? 252 00:16:56,515 --> 00:16:58,225 -[Jackie] Uh-huh! -[Gloria] Yes? 253 00:16:58,308 --> 00:16:59,476 [Christy] I am. 254 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:01,020 Who are you gonna marry? 255 00:17:02,396 --> 00:17:03,230 [Christy laughs] 256 00:17:03,313 --> 00:17:06,066 [Gloria] You don't know? Is he gonna be cute, though? 257 00:17:06,150 --> 00:17:07,401 [Jackie] Wait, is it Dada? 258 00:17:07,484 --> 00:17:09,194 [all laughing on video] 259 00:17:10,779 --> 00:17:11,655 [Javier sniffles] 260 00:17:17,786 --> 00:17:19,663 [Gloria] This is her room. 261 00:17:26,628 --> 00:17:28,297 [Steve] Love the lights. 262 00:17:28,380 --> 00:17:30,340 -[Gloria] She loved the lights. -[Lou] Yeah. 263 00:17:30,424 --> 00:17:32,676 [Gloria] They've been on since she left them on. 264 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:34,344 We haven't turned them off. 265 00:17:35,637 --> 00:17:37,514 And then the stuffed animals. 266 00:17:37,598 --> 00:17:39,975 Just these two have her voice in it, right? 267 00:17:40,059 --> 00:17:41,060 [Javier] Yeah. 268 00:17:43,145 --> 00:17:45,147 [Jackie laughing] 269 00:17:50,402 --> 00:17:52,446 [Javier] That's the video where she's outside with the dog. 270 00:17:54,406 --> 00:17:55,824 [laughing continues] 271 00:17:58,660 --> 00:18:00,996 [Gloria] There's this one video that, um… 272 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:03,665 That's probably one of our last videos that we have 273 00:18:03,749 --> 00:18:06,460 of her with her dogs before May 24th. 274 00:18:07,503 --> 00:18:09,963 -[Steve] And she wanted to be a vet? -[Gloria] Yes. 275 00:18:10,047 --> 00:18:13,092 Because of the love of animals that she had, 276 00:18:13,175 --> 00:18:16,720 there's no way she would have done anything besides helping animals. 277 00:18:17,596 --> 00:18:20,265 That was her dream, to become a veterinarian. 278 00:18:20,766 --> 00:18:22,768 [Jackie laughing] 279 00:18:51,046 --> 00:18:52,047 [camera clicks] 280 00:18:53,799 --> 00:18:55,425 [Gloria] Her room, 281 00:18:56,301 --> 00:18:58,679 it played a very big role in her life. 282 00:19:00,013 --> 00:19:03,308 -[camera clicks] -You know, that was her safe place. 283 00:19:04,935 --> 00:19:06,937 [Jackie singing] 284 00:19:08,230 --> 00:19:12,317 ♪ Maybe it's the way you play your game ♪ 285 00:19:13,318 --> 00:19:17,406 ♪ But it's all good I've never known anybody like you ♪ 286 00:19:17,489 --> 00:19:19,575 [Javier] I go in there every day. 287 00:19:20,659 --> 00:19:23,871 That's why I have the chair, right next to the bed. 288 00:19:25,205 --> 00:19:28,041 So it brings me some comfort to go in there 289 00:19:29,168 --> 00:19:31,170 just to chat sometimes. 290 00:19:35,007 --> 00:19:36,049 [sniffles] 291 00:19:37,593 --> 00:19:38,594 [camera clicks] 292 00:19:50,314 --> 00:19:51,773 [water splashing] 293 00:20:07,956 --> 00:20:10,292 [cell phone ringing] 294 00:20:16,965 --> 00:20:18,634 -[Steve] Hi. -[Steve's daughter] Hi. 295 00:20:18,717 --> 00:20:20,219 [Steve] How are you doing? 296 00:20:20,302 --> 00:20:23,055 -What did you do today? -Went swimming. 297 00:20:23,847 --> 00:20:25,098 And… 298 00:20:25,182 --> 00:20:29,269 we drove Birdie to the groomer, and then I ran two miles. 299 00:20:29,811 --> 00:20:31,813 -You ran two miles? -And then-- 300 00:20:31,897 --> 00:20:32,814 Yeah. 301 00:20:32,898 --> 00:20:34,358 -And-- -And then… 302 00:20:34,441 --> 00:20:36,693 And then we drove to Leanna's. 303 00:20:37,319 --> 00:20:38,904 Birdie, it's Daddy. 304 00:20:40,989 --> 00:20:42,950 [Steve] I love you guys very much. 305 00:20:43,033 --> 00:20:44,910 -I love you too. -I miss you. 306 00:20:44,993 --> 00:20:46,787 I miss you more than you know. 307 00:20:47,788 --> 00:20:48,664 Bye. 308 00:20:48,747 --> 00:20:50,457 -Bye. -Bye. 309 00:20:50,540 --> 00:20:51,583 -Bye, guys. -Bye. 310 00:20:51,667 --> 00:20:53,669 [somber music playing] 311 00:20:53,752 --> 00:20:55,587 [keyboard tapping] 312 00:21:05,097 --> 00:21:08,517 Classes were canceled, and grief counselors brought in to Perry, Iowa 313 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:10,769 the day after a sixth grader was killed, 314 00:21:10,852 --> 00:21:14,106 and seven other people were injured in a school shooting… 315 00:21:14,189 --> 00:21:15,983 [Steve] Before I started this project, 316 00:21:16,066 --> 00:21:20,237 I was growing more and more numb after every school shooting. 317 00:21:21,238 --> 00:21:25,409 And I think all of America has been going through, 318 00:21:25,909 --> 00:21:27,619 you know, that same process. 319 00:21:29,830 --> 00:21:33,875 And now, when I hear about a school shooting, 320 00:21:33,959 --> 00:21:35,877 I know that room is out there. 321 00:21:37,337 --> 00:21:39,965 I feel like I can place myself in the room, 322 00:21:41,550 --> 00:21:43,260 and it hurts a lot more 323 00:21:43,343 --> 00:21:45,053 than it did before. 324 00:21:53,395 --> 00:21:54,688 [Lou] Hair on a brush, 325 00:21:57,107 --> 00:21:58,317 cap of a toothpaste… 326 00:22:01,361 --> 00:22:03,363 and hair ties on a doorknob. 327 00:22:05,073 --> 00:22:07,117 [mouse clicking lightly] 328 00:22:19,046 --> 00:22:20,839 It is fucking surreal. 329 00:22:23,759 --> 00:22:25,302 -[sighs] -[Steve] What's surreal? 330 00:22:26,136 --> 00:22:29,097 Just, you know, that we're here talking about this. 331 00:22:31,183 --> 00:22:32,267 Like, it just… 332 00:22:36,730 --> 00:22:38,774 That this is even a real thing. 333 00:22:48,533 --> 00:22:49,701 [man] Hello. Nice to meet you. 334 00:22:49,785 --> 00:22:51,495 -[Steve] You too. -[man] I'm Bryan. 335 00:22:51,578 --> 00:22:53,246 -[Steve] Hi. -[woman] Nice to meet you. 336 00:22:53,330 --> 00:22:55,123 -[Lou] You too. -[Steve] Thanks for having us. 337 00:22:55,207 --> 00:22:56,166 [woman] Of course. 338 00:23:09,429 --> 00:23:11,264 [woman] She was just so much fun. 339 00:23:11,348 --> 00:23:14,351 Hey, girlfriend. It's a lovely day. 340 00:23:15,018 --> 00:23:18,021 [Bryan] I walk by her room and I still see her. 341 00:23:19,272 --> 00:23:21,942 She liked to just do somersaults off the bed. 342 00:23:22,526 --> 00:23:25,737 I can still hear her laughing loud. 343 00:23:26,696 --> 00:23:29,199 [Gracie] Trick or treat, smell my feet! 344 00:23:29,282 --> 00:23:30,784 [woman] Her room was kind of a stage. 345 00:23:30,867 --> 00:23:33,829 That's where everybody would go and watch her perform. 346 00:23:34,663 --> 00:23:39,376 She'd pass out little invitations, and what time we were supposed to be there. 347 00:23:39,459 --> 00:23:42,087 Set up chairs so we'd sit and watch the show. 348 00:23:42,170 --> 00:23:43,004 Mm-hm. 349 00:23:43,088 --> 00:23:44,923 [Bryan] She went through 350 00:23:45,006 --> 00:23:49,136 elementary, middle school, and 15 weeks of high school in that room. 351 00:23:49,845 --> 00:23:53,265 And it was her private sanctuary of space where she 352 00:23:53,765 --> 00:23:55,183 was her pure self. 353 00:24:05,652 --> 00:24:08,697 Uh, it was a sunny Thursday morning. 354 00:24:08,780 --> 00:24:14,202 She was planning to buy her ticket for her first high school dance. 355 00:24:14,286 --> 00:24:17,372 And then she had plans to get her dress on Friday. 356 00:24:17,456 --> 00:24:20,208 Unfortunately, she didn't get to do either one of those two things. 357 00:24:21,251 --> 00:24:24,463 [somber music playing] 358 00:24:29,718 --> 00:24:32,345 [Bryan] That's the outfit she had out and… 359 00:24:32,429 --> 00:24:34,347 [Steve] This is what she was gonna wear on Friday? 360 00:24:34,431 --> 00:24:37,642 [Cindy] She was either gonna wear this outfit or this outfit. 361 00:24:37,726 --> 00:24:39,936 -[Bryan] She had two set out. -[Cindy] And this dress. 362 00:24:40,645 --> 00:24:41,646 So… 363 00:24:41,730 --> 00:24:44,274 [Steve] Did she do this often? Prepare the next day's clothes? 364 00:24:44,357 --> 00:24:46,026 Yeah. Monday through Friday. 365 00:24:46,109 --> 00:24:46,985 -Yep. -Yeah. 366 00:24:48,028 --> 00:24:50,697 [Bryan] And we had given her this little trinket box, 367 00:24:50,780 --> 00:24:53,825 and when we had opened it, she had these letters in here. 368 00:24:54,534 --> 00:24:59,122 And these letters were notes to her future self that she had written. 369 00:24:59,206 --> 00:25:00,207 [Steve] Wow. 370 00:25:00,874 --> 00:25:02,334 [Bryan] "First day of high school." 371 00:25:08,048 --> 00:25:09,257 "Dear future self," 372 00:25:09,341 --> 00:25:12,177 "OMG, it's high school." 373 00:25:12,260 --> 00:25:15,722 "I've been waiting for this day forever." 374 00:25:15,805 --> 00:25:16,806 [Cindy] Hm. 375 00:25:16,890 --> 00:25:20,143 "Don't be nervous. You will meet some of your lifelong…" 376 00:25:22,395 --> 00:25:24,856 "friends and also some enemies." 377 00:25:24,940 --> 00:25:26,858 "Don't focus on the negativity." 378 00:25:26,942 --> 00:25:30,779 "You'll get through this. Keep the people that make you happy, 379 00:25:30,862 --> 00:25:33,365 and lose, well, others. Haha." 380 00:25:33,448 --> 00:25:35,534 "Wear something cute, obviously." 381 00:25:35,617 --> 00:25:38,119 "I love you. Good luck. Gracie from the past." 382 00:25:38,203 --> 00:25:39,204 [sniffles] 383 00:25:41,831 --> 00:25:43,833 [poignant music playing] 384 00:25:54,052 --> 00:25:55,053 [camera clicks] 385 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:58,265 [Steve] Do you go in there a lot? 386 00:26:00,725 --> 00:26:03,061 -[Cindy] Oh yeah. A lot. -[camera clicks] 387 00:26:05,105 --> 00:26:06,982 All the time, every day. [laughs lightly] 388 00:26:07,566 --> 00:26:08,483 [Steve] Yeah? 389 00:26:08,567 --> 00:26:12,571 [Cindy] Every day I tell her good morning. Every night I tell her good night. 390 00:26:15,073 --> 00:26:15,907 [camera clicks] 391 00:26:15,991 --> 00:26:17,033 -[Cindy] So… -[Steve] Still. 392 00:26:17,117 --> 00:26:18,535 -[Cindy] Still. -[Steve] To this day. 393 00:26:18,618 --> 00:26:19,828 [Cindy] Yeah. 394 00:26:25,458 --> 00:26:26,459 Hi. 395 00:26:27,210 --> 00:26:29,212 [poignant music rises] 396 00:26:33,008 --> 00:26:35,802 [Bryan] When that time comes that that room is not there, 397 00:26:37,137 --> 00:26:38,555 does she go away? 398 00:26:41,308 --> 00:26:44,561 So as long as that room exists, she exists, in a way. 399 00:26:47,230 --> 00:26:49,190 Okay, guys, so here's the outfit. 400 00:26:50,275 --> 00:26:51,776 Looking real cute. 401 00:27:03,830 --> 00:27:05,832 [music continues] 402 00:27:19,304 --> 00:27:21,765 [Steve] My boss now knows about this story, 403 00:27:22,265 --> 00:27:24,267 and he's agreed that he'll run it. 404 00:27:26,436 --> 00:27:29,230 But they'll see it when it's ready to air, 405 00:27:29,314 --> 00:27:31,024 and we'll go from there. 406 00:27:43,578 --> 00:27:44,663 [music fades out] 407 00:27:52,087 --> 00:27:53,129 [door creaks] 408 00:28:02,097 --> 00:28:03,098 [Steve] Wow. 409 00:28:05,725 --> 00:28:06,976 This is where you go… 410 00:28:08,603 --> 00:28:10,939 -Right? -[girl blowing] 411 00:28:12,107 --> 00:28:13,233 [laughing] 412 00:28:15,318 --> 00:28:16,403 [girl] There. All better. 413 00:28:16,486 --> 00:28:18,488 [poignant music playing] 414 00:28:20,407 --> 00:28:21,991 [Steve] I want the project 415 00:28:22,492 --> 00:28:25,078 to remind people that 416 00:28:26,162 --> 00:28:27,580 these were our children. 417 00:28:29,499 --> 00:28:31,751 That these were your children. 418 00:28:31,835 --> 00:28:33,545 These could be your children. 419 00:28:36,756 --> 00:28:38,049 [Lou] Rose, you ready? 420 00:28:38,883 --> 00:28:39,884 [Rose] Yeah. 421 00:28:50,979 --> 00:28:51,980 [Lou] All right. 422 00:28:54,232 --> 00:28:56,067 Camera's so slow. Okay. 423 00:28:57,402 --> 00:28:59,070 [camera clicking] 424 00:29:13,168 --> 00:29:14,169 [camera clicks] 425 00:29:22,093 --> 00:29:27,223 [Steve] Giving photo books to the families is a crucial step in this project. 426 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:33,271 Because at this point, I feel like I've done nothing but take, you know? 427 00:29:33,354 --> 00:29:36,107 We took pictures, you know. We took their time. 428 00:29:36,775 --> 00:29:39,611 This is something tangible that we can give. 429 00:29:45,241 --> 00:29:47,243 [music intensifies] 430 00:29:59,297 --> 00:30:02,258 [Steve] The whole point of this is to not have to say much. 431 00:30:04,719 --> 00:30:07,055 I just want people to see the pictures, 432 00:30:07,972 --> 00:30:10,767 and just let the pictures speak for themselves. 433 00:30:16,773 --> 00:30:19,275 I wish that we could transport all Americans 434 00:30:19,359 --> 00:30:22,821 to stand in one of those bedrooms for just a few minutes. 435 00:30:30,036 --> 00:30:31,704 We'd be a different America. 436 00:30:37,043 --> 00:30:38,753 [music fades out] 437 00:30:38,837 --> 00:30:41,506 [female news host] Steve Hartman starts us off this morning 438 00:30:41,589 --> 00:30:44,592 with something very different and deeply troubling. 439 00:31:06,197 --> 00:31:08,199 [poignant music playing] 440 00:33:26,754 --> 00:33:28,756 [music fades out]