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The Girl in the Garage - The Laura Cowan Story
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00:00:00I don't want to go in here, please, please, please.
00:00:29Laura, Laura Cowan.
00:00:32I'm sorry.
00:00:34What happened?
00:00:35He walked me in that room and he nailed all the windows shut and he put me in here.
00:00:41I don't know if it happened.
00:00:43It's going to be okay, okay?
00:00:46You have to trust me.
00:00:48Okay.
00:00:49Look at me.
00:00:51Look, I know hope seems lost.
00:00:53And here I get that.
00:00:55But we're going to get out.
00:00:57Until then, just prayers and words of encouragement to God.
00:01:02Just pray that he hears our cries.
00:01:26Hello up there.
00:01:33I finally made it out of the cold and snow and gray.
00:01:38I used to dream about this.
00:01:42The sun, the warmth, everything.
00:01:45Your girl is 24 years old and never seen the ocean until this moment.
00:01:52Goodbye, Cleveland.
00:01:54Hello, California.
00:01:57Just look at it.
00:01:59Nothing but wonder and possibilities here.
00:02:01This is where I'm supposed to be.
00:02:04But you already knew that.
00:02:06Sis, give me a breath.
00:02:08I just got here two days ago.
00:02:10Where are you staying?
00:02:11Some studio apartment that is killing my savings.
00:02:14Things are so much more expensive here than they are in Cleveland.
00:02:18I bet.
00:02:19So when you run out of money, then you'll come home.
00:02:22What?
00:02:23No, I'm just getting started.
00:02:24With what?
00:02:26Living my life.
00:02:29I meet together and cleaning up Memorial Park for everyone.
00:02:32It's like this.
00:02:33When you start something for the community, if you can help the community, help each other,
00:02:38even just a little bit, then wow.
00:02:44Even small changes can have a positive effect.
00:02:48It's like when you throw a pebble into a lake.
00:02:51Sister, if you throw a pebble into a lake, you may not see that water rise,
00:02:55but you have to know that you made a difference.
00:02:58And then we all start throwing our pebbles in that lake, and we start what's called a movement.
00:03:03And when you have that movement, we give all praise to God.
00:03:06Amen?
00:03:07And that's what we're here for.
00:03:08So go ahead and sign up.
00:03:10Can you take this for a second?
00:03:11I'll be right back.
00:03:14Sister, I don't mean to startle you.
00:03:20I don't startle easy.
00:03:23I saw you taking interest in what I was saying back there.
00:03:26I was.
00:03:28But not now.
00:03:31You've been in Memorial Park long, and know the city?
00:03:36Long enough to know not to speak to strangers.
00:03:40Shabazz.
00:03:43Laura.
00:03:44Laura.
00:03:46See?
00:03:46Now we're not strangers.
00:03:49Hey, I liked what you said, you know, about the pebbles.
00:03:53Well, if you like that, you should come back Saturday.
00:04:01Maybe I will.
00:04:03You know, what we're doing here is for the people in the community.
00:04:06Strengthen them is strengthen all of us.
00:04:07It takes just one person to make such a big difference.
00:04:11Okay, if I say yes, will you stop selling me on it?
00:04:14Yes.
00:04:16Then yes.
00:04:18Good.
00:04:19See you then.
00:04:20Hey, you made it.
00:04:41I did.
00:04:42You want me to work?
00:04:45What do you do besides chasing women in parking lots?
00:04:49That, uh, that's my part-time game, actually.
00:04:52But, you know, I have three constants in life.
00:04:56There's God, family, and numbers.
00:04:58In that order.
00:05:01I want to be an entrepreneur and start my own thing.
00:05:04You know, all for the benefit of my family, my people, and God.
00:05:09Wow.
00:05:10That's impressive.
00:05:12You have it all figured out.
00:05:15Still a work in progress.
00:05:17Here, let's take this.
00:05:18How'd you get involved in all this?
00:05:23You know, I lived out here most of my life.
00:05:25It's really important to me to reach out and stay connected to the community.
00:05:31You know, I feel like if people see that I'm here to stand up for other people,
00:05:35maybe somebody will pick up that example.
00:05:37Nice thing you know, everybody's raised up.
00:05:43What?
00:05:46I like that.
00:05:48So, you just packed up your car and headed out here?
00:05:59No house, no job?
00:06:01Oh, yeah.
00:06:01I know it sounds crazy, but every year growing up, I used to watch the Rose Bowl Parade.
00:06:06Right?
00:06:06And when I'd watch TV, I'd see those people smiling, and the sun was shining.
00:06:11Then I'd look outside and see the snow, and it was cold.
00:06:14And I just knew that was not for me.
00:06:17No more Cleveland for Laura Cowan?
00:06:19No, no.
00:06:20And my mother was dead set on not letting me leave.
00:06:23She practically stood in front of my car before I left.
00:06:26But I just thought I needed to take a leap of faith and do this for myself.
00:06:32That's good.
00:06:33How's it working out for you now?
00:06:36I love it here.
00:06:36Um, it's nobody's rules to follow.
00:06:43Well, Miss Laura Cowan, I feel like you're the kind of woman who does what she wants, when
00:06:48she wants, in spite of anybody's rules.
00:06:52You know, I'm learning that about myself.
00:06:54So, what are your plans for...
00:07:02Well, I mean, to start, like I said, I'd definitely like to find a better job, get a bigger place.
00:07:11Just thinking about my future.
00:07:13I was thinking about for Saturday, but we could talk about the future, too.
00:07:17Yeah, no, check this out.
00:07:31What do you think?
00:07:34Well, it's empty, though.
00:07:35There's really not much to see.
00:07:39Yeah, that's true.
00:07:40Let's go inside.
00:07:42How?
00:07:42There's nobody in there for that.
00:07:45That's true.
00:07:47You coming?
00:08:01Okay, what is this?
00:08:03Well, uh, I'm going to rent this place.
00:08:09Yeah, I'm going to sell the best books over here.
00:08:12I'm thinking, like, some tables, um, chairs over here, maybe incense and plants, African
00:08:20art in the, in the window.
00:08:22You're serious?
00:08:25Shabazz, that's amazing.
00:08:26I'm just, uh, thinking of the future.
00:08:32Our future.
00:08:35Wait a minute.
00:08:36What are you getting at?
00:08:38Laura, I love you.
00:08:40I want to spend the rest of my life with you.
00:08:45But it's only been four months.
00:08:47It's too fast.
00:08:48Well, it should be.
00:08:51And everything tells me that I should slow down, but honestly, I just don't know if I
00:08:59could live another day without you in it.
00:09:02So we should do this?
00:09:05Yes.
00:09:06But I'm going to need you to ask me a little better than that.
00:09:08I'm a simple man.
00:09:21There's nothing simple about my love for you.
00:09:23It is all.
00:09:25It is everything.
00:09:32Will you take the journey of our life together with me?
00:09:36Will you be my wife?
00:09:38Yes.
00:09:39Yes.
00:09:40Yes.
00:09:45Yes.
00:09:48Oh, my gosh.
00:09:50Oh, uh, brings some drinks.
00:09:54Okay.
00:10:00Wow.
00:10:01Wow.
00:10:08This is beautiful.
00:10:12I'm going to show you the rest.
00:10:13Okay.
00:10:13Okay.
00:10:13Are you doing okay?
00:10:39Do you need anything?
00:10:40Okay.
00:10:41I'll go.
00:10:45Hi.
00:10:47Mama, me and Miriam were hungry.
00:10:49I'm sorry.
00:10:49I can't understand you with that language.
00:10:52Miriam and I are hungry.
00:10:53Great job.
00:10:54Okay.
00:10:54Well, can I help this customer out?
00:10:56I'm hungry now.
00:10:57Ahmed, lower your voice and I need you to have some patience, okay?
00:11:01But mama, don't you have to learn it too?
00:11:05Moms get to have a little less patience because they have more to deal with.
00:11:08That's not fair.
00:11:09It is fair.
00:11:11More to deal with, less patience.
00:11:15I'll feed them, my love.
00:11:18It's just every time you want something, he just...
00:11:20Okay.
00:11:21All right, Laura.
00:11:22All good?
00:11:23All good.
00:11:25All good?
00:11:26Good.
00:11:26Fish sticks?
00:11:27Yes.
00:11:28Yes.
00:11:28Fries?
00:11:29Yes.
00:11:30Yes.
00:11:32Welcome, gentlemen.
00:11:33Can I help you with something?
00:11:36Uh, Laura?
00:11:36Um, I'll, I'll, uh, I'll, I'll take care of them.
00:11:40Uh, brothers, I was just about to feed the kids and, um, you can look around for a minute.
00:11:45You know what?
00:11:45I got them.
00:11:47Sure?
00:11:48Yep.
00:11:49Let's handle your business.
00:11:57See why I'm at peace with God.
00:12:01You're welcome.
00:12:03That's what I do.
00:12:06Hello up there.
00:12:11Thank you for another beautiful day.
00:12:14So many blessings.
00:12:15My children, my life, and feeling closer to you.
00:12:19And as always, thank you for sending me this man.
00:12:23Every moment with him, I feel so connected to, well, life and everything.
00:12:30Mariam took forever to get to sleep tonight.
00:12:32And Ahmed?
00:12:32As soon as his head hit the pillow.
00:12:40Who were those men today?
00:12:42In the store?
00:12:44Oh, um, remember I'm working on getting that storage unit building over on Clark.
00:12:50You know, just trying to secure our future for us, for the kids.
00:12:56God, family, and numbers.
00:12:59You remember that?
00:13:01I do.
00:13:01What are you writing tonight?
00:13:12I'm just talking to him like I usually do.
00:13:16I see you had something you wanted to say, too.
00:13:18What are you going to do with all these journal entries?
00:13:22You going to put them in a book?
00:13:24Because if so, I'll put them on that front shelf, right in the window.
00:13:28I'll be married to a star.
00:13:30No.
00:13:30No, no, no.
00:13:31It's nothing like that.
00:13:33I just, you know, I'm writing down all our memories.
00:13:36So that way, when we're old and on the porch, we can smile at how Ahmed tried me on a daily basis.
00:13:44Wife, you are so good in so many things.
00:13:48Do you need help?
00:14:06It's okay.
00:14:07Yes.
00:14:08Oh, yes.
00:14:09This is the second one.
00:14:12And then there's another.
00:14:13There are children.
00:14:18That's either a trilogy and, uh...
00:14:23Hand them in the air now.
00:14:30What's going on?
00:14:35What's going on?
00:14:36Shabazz, what's going on?
00:14:38Hey, I know my rights.
00:14:38Shabazz, what's happening?
00:14:39Back.
00:14:40That's my husband.
00:14:41Step back.
00:14:41Okay, but I just need to know.
00:14:43Hey, look, Lars, just listen to him, okay?
00:14:43Tell me what's going on.
00:14:45Go inside.
00:14:45Ma'am, I'm going to ask you again.
00:14:46Please step back.
00:14:47All right, just listen to him, okay?
00:14:48Shabazz, what did you do?
00:14:50It's fine.
00:14:50Ma'am, let us do our job, please.
00:14:52Can you please just tell me what happened?
00:14:54Your husband's been arrested for trafficking in illegal firearms.
00:14:57What?
00:14:58No.
00:14:59No, my husband's a good man.
00:15:00Shabazz!
00:15:01That's the Jessica, I'm a lawyer.
00:15:04I'm sorry.
00:15:13Shabazz!
00:15:14Shabazz!
00:15:17You won't fight this.
00:15:28What does your lawyer say?
00:15:31It does not matter.
00:15:34I am guilty in his eyes.
00:15:37Yeah, but these men, they tricked you.
00:15:40You didn't know you were storing guns for them.
00:15:44I let them.
00:15:48I looked away.
00:15:49Makes me just as guilty.
00:15:52Yeah, but what about me?
00:15:56Amat?
00:15:57Mariam?
00:15:57That is all I am thinking about.
00:16:01I acted in greed.
00:16:03Not for my family.
00:16:05That's not fair to you or to...
00:16:08But to them.
00:16:10I want my...
00:16:11I want my son to look me in the eyes
00:16:14and see a man who is willing to accept responsibility.
00:16:19Shabazz, please.
00:16:20I could not do this without you.
00:16:45I...
00:16:46Sister Laura, good morning. Apologies, it's Musa. Musa Muhammad.
00:17:02I'm sorry, do I know you?
00:17:05Well, I worked with your husband on some of the community projects, so we've met just a couple of times.
00:17:10I know things have been difficult since Brother Shabazz has been incarcerated.
00:17:17Yeah.
00:17:18Listen, your husband did so much for everyone else. I just want to see if there's something I can do for you.
00:17:25And that's really kind of you.
00:17:27Anything you need.
00:17:29You know, I just have to figure it out. But thank you.
00:17:33Brother Shabazz did say his wife is a proud woman.
00:17:36You've talked to him?
00:17:38Oh, yes, many times.
00:17:40We've had conversation about faith, how to make things right with God, how forgiveness can work in all of our lives.
00:17:51Can I at least help put some of these books on the shelf?
00:17:54Those I'm actually taking off the shelf, sending them back to the distributor.
00:17:58I have to close the store, unfortunately.
00:18:01Oh, hi.
00:18:05Mommy, do we have anything to eat today?
00:18:08Of course we do.
00:18:09Come on.
00:18:12Go wash your hands and can you wake your sister up for me?
00:18:15Thanks.
00:18:19Please, take care of the kids.
00:18:21I'll keep working on these boxes.
00:18:22Why don't you just come back home to Ohio?
00:18:37I need to be here when Shabazz gets out.
00:18:40Plus, I don't want to see Mama's I told you so side-eye every time she sees me.
00:18:43Well, I just shut down the bookstore and we have to eat.
00:18:48I have a lot of bills that we need to take care of.
00:18:53Who is this man?
00:18:54He's a friend of Shabazz's and he's literally helped me out so much over this last week.
00:18:59I couldn't have got through any of this without your help.
00:19:04I really do wish there was something I could do for you.
00:19:07There is joy to be found in giving without expecting anything in return.
00:19:12I have to leave the house after next month.
00:19:17I have to leave the house after next month.
00:19:20After that...
00:19:24Sister Laura, if I'm not being too forward, I have a suggestion.
00:19:36How long are you going to be with this man and his family?
00:19:39I mean, he's got five children.
00:19:42Seven.
00:19:43Mother of God.
00:19:44It's just temporary.
00:19:45Okay, I'll find a job, get back on my feet.
00:19:49Trust me.
00:19:51Everything's going to be fine.
00:20:07Family, this is Sister Laura.
00:20:09She and her children will be joining us.
00:20:11They'll just be here for a while.
00:20:13Say hello.
00:20:14Hello.
00:20:15Hello.
00:20:15Everyone.
00:20:16Okay.
00:20:17Back to your studies.
00:20:18This is my wife, Marva.
00:20:24Nice to meet you.
00:20:26Your kids don't go to school?
00:20:28We homeschool them.
00:20:29We feel it's better for their spiritual mind and keeps them safer in the hands of God.
00:20:34We already have Ahmad and Miriam signed up to join us.
00:20:38They can start next week.
00:20:43Um, Ahmed, Miriam, let me talk to you.
00:20:45I'm realizing that brother Moussa has a different way of doing things.
00:20:50So we're going to stay on our P's and Q's while we're here.
00:20:53Okay?
00:20:53Mama's going to find us a new place and we're going to start over.
00:20:56How does that sound?
00:20:57Mama?
00:20:58Uh, yes.
00:20:59What are P's and Q's?
00:21:02What are P's and Q's?
00:21:05Hey kids, you want to do something fun?
00:21:14Come on.
00:21:15Come on.
00:21:16Come on, guys.
00:21:19Come on.
00:21:21Okay, so the game is I'm going to be an animal, but I'm not going to make a sound and I can't
00:21:27tell you what it is and just try to guess.
00:21:29What is this?
00:21:49Oh, we were just playing a game.
00:21:52Playing games is not what they should be doing.
00:21:54What they should be doing is studying and praying.
00:22:00They have finished that.
00:22:03Sister Laura, it is outside your boundaries to determine how much prayer my children get.
00:22:09Children, in the house, now.
00:22:24Hello up there.
00:22:34Thank you for the roof over our head.
00:22:36But it's so quiet here.
00:22:38I think we need some light in this house.
00:22:41Maybe that's my purpose.
00:22:47Hi.
00:22:49Yes.
00:22:51Can I eat now?
00:22:52If you had mopped the floor when I asked you to mop the floor, you wouldn't have missed
00:22:57eating time.
00:22:57This is praying time.
00:22:58Please grab your book and stand in the corner.
00:23:11Don't move until I tell you to move.
00:23:13Are you okay?
00:23:29You're so cold.
00:23:30Here.
00:23:32Are you hungry?
00:23:34Okay.
00:23:36Let me find you some food, okay?
00:23:37Okay.
00:23:43Something wrong?
00:24:03Jeans?
00:24:03Well, children tend to lack self-control.
00:24:12It's up to us to make sure they stay in line.
00:24:15You understand that, right?
00:24:19No, not really.
00:24:22Well, you will.
00:24:27Good night, Sister Laura.
00:24:59Lucy, you got a minute?
00:25:10What is it?
00:25:13I need a job.
00:25:18A job for what?
00:25:22I need some money.
00:25:26For what?
00:25:29For food?
00:25:31My children?
00:25:32Me?
00:25:33I mean to contribute to this family?
00:25:36No.
00:25:37I don't need a job.
00:25:38I got this.
00:25:39Well, you get assistance and you pay for your groceries with food stamps.
00:25:52But we eat though.
00:25:55Don't we?
00:25:56You do.
00:25:57I just thought maybe I could help.
00:26:00You thought you could help?
00:26:02How?
00:26:05Like you helped your husband?
00:26:07With his business?
00:26:10Ran that right into the ground, didn't you?
00:26:17How?
00:26:18How exactly are you going to help?
00:26:21Right?
00:26:22You don't need a job.
00:26:24I got this.
00:26:26What was that about?
00:26:27Oh, I took the kids on a walk and we met your neighbor Wendy.
00:26:33She's really nice.
00:26:34She said she was going to send over some flowers.
00:26:35Maybe we can brighten up this place?
00:26:37Oh, yeah.
00:26:38We don't really socialize with everybody.
00:26:39Especially not that type.
00:26:40What do you tell her?
00:26:41It was just a friendly neighbor conversation, Musa.
00:26:44Oh, what was that about?
00:26:48Oh, I took the kids on a walk, and we met your neighbor, Wendy.
00:26:51She's really nice.
00:26:52She said she was gonna send over some flowers.
00:26:54Maybe we can brighten up this place?
00:26:57Oh, yeah, we don't...
00:26:59We don't really socialize with everybody,
00:27:01especially not that type.
00:27:04What did you tell her?
00:27:07It was just a friendly neighbor conversation, Musa.
00:27:10Nothing crazy.
00:27:13Excuse me.
00:27:24Good job.
00:27:28All right, dinner's almost ready.
00:27:29You guys go wash your hands, okay?
00:27:33Follow your brother.
00:27:43Hi.
00:27:45Um...
00:27:49I only made enough for us three.
00:27:52But we're all hungry.
00:27:57Okay, I suppose we can share with you guys.
00:28:00They all look so hungry, so, you know, we just decide to share.
00:28:21Spreading God's love.
00:28:23Well, by all means.
00:28:36I feed you.
00:28:37I clothe you.
00:28:38And what do I get in return?
00:28:51I get disobedience.
00:28:53I get...
00:28:55I get...
00:28:56I get...
00:28:57I get...
00:29:00I get disobedience.
00:29:01I get...
00:29:02I get gluttwohtony.
00:29:04We should be filling ourselves with the word...
00:29:06God, and you know better.
00:29:10Don't look at me, put your head down.
00:29:19Darryl, did you enjoy this food?
00:29:21No, sir.
00:29:23Good.
00:29:27And you, in my seat, did you eat like a glutton?
00:29:34Are you stuffed with sin?
00:29:36Yes, sir.
00:29:38God tells us to put a knife to our throat
00:29:41if we are given to gluttony.
00:29:48Musa!
00:29:49This does not concern you.
00:29:51They were just hungry.
00:29:55Go to your room.
00:29:56Don't talk to me like I'm a child.
00:29:58Then do not act like one.
00:30:06We eat when I say we eat, correct?
00:30:19Do not let this woman lead you astray.
00:30:25She is not your mother.
00:30:27Mama, what's going on?
00:30:29Mama made a mistake, okay?
00:30:32Okay, say I'm so sorry.
00:30:34So, so, so sorry.
00:30:36Okay?
00:30:37I'm sorry.
00:30:38I'm so sorry, Mama.
00:30:39I will not tell you again.
00:30:41Now clean it up.
00:30:43You have to hate living like this.
00:30:52He's my husband.
00:30:53And?
00:30:54God tells him what to do.
00:30:56It comes from him directly to Musa.
00:30:58Come on, you can't believe that.
00:30:59Using religion to justify his actions.
00:31:03Marva, come on inside now.
00:31:05Both of you.
00:31:06You all better get up and get this house cleaned before you even think of closing those eyes.
00:31:27Let's go.
00:31:28I have to see Shabazz.
00:31:29I miss him, the strength he gives me.
00:31:34he gives me. I've got to get my kids safe.
00:31:42Are you going somewhere?
00:31:44Yeah, we're walking in town to catch a bus to see my husband.
00:31:48I don't think that's a good idea.
00:31:52They want to see their father.
00:31:54Brother Shabazz and I have spoken about it and he...
00:31:58he agrees with me.
00:32:00He doesn't want you to come.
00:32:02I'm sorry, you spoke to my husband?
00:32:04Of course.
00:32:06And he was very clear about this.
00:32:10He wants his wife protected.
00:32:12And he's put me in charge of that.
00:32:18Oh, and you wanted to help.
00:32:28This will help.
00:32:30Back to your studies.
00:32:44Now!
00:32:46I have to tell you, I don't agree with you in the way you treat your children.
00:33:06You really think this is good for them?
00:33:08You've had a soft life, Sister Laura.
00:33:14I can see why God saw fit to take everything from you.
00:33:20Send you here.
00:33:22God did that?
00:33:24He has a way of taking everything from us.
00:33:26He has a way of taking everything from us.
00:33:28So that we have to rebuild our lives.
00:33:30Stronger.
00:33:32Better.
00:33:34Vigilance and discipline.
00:33:36Show respect.
00:33:38Your children could stand to learn some of that respect.
00:33:40My children don't need to learn anything from you.
00:33:42If they learn from me, they learn from God.
00:33:56And while they are under my roof, I will teach them what he teaches me.
00:34:00Okay.
00:34:02Well, then maybe we just won't stay here anymore.
00:34:06And where will you go?
00:34:08With no money?
00:34:10No car?
00:34:12Nothing?
00:34:14I don't know, but you can't keep us here.
00:34:20Your failures as a parent need to be corrected.
00:34:26Heaven awaits those who have lived a righteous life, Sister Laura.
00:34:32It's time to live righteously.
00:34:36Past time.
00:34:38And I am here to guide you.
00:34:42I had three bags of potato chips.
00:35:00Now I have two.
00:35:04Which means somebody ate one.
00:35:10Who was it?
00:35:12Nobody.
00:35:16Open your mouth.
00:35:20Open.
00:35:24Open.
00:35:30Open.
00:35:32Open.
00:35:52Open your mouth.
00:35:54Open your mouth.
00:35:55Open your mouth.
00:35:56Open your mouth.
00:35:57Open your mouth.
00:35:58Open your mouth.
00:35:59Open your mouth.
00:36:00Open your mouth.
00:36:01Open your mouth.
00:36:02Open your mouth.
00:36:03Open your mouth.
00:36:04Open your mouth.
00:36:05Open your mouth.
00:36:06Open your mouth.
00:36:07Open your mouth.
00:36:08Open your mouth.
00:36:09Open your mouth.
00:36:10Open your mouth.
00:36:11Open your mouth.
00:36:12Open your mouth.
00:36:13Open your mouth.
00:36:14Open your mouth.
00:36:15Open your mouth.
00:36:16Open your mouth.
00:36:17Open your mouth.
00:36:18Open your mouth.
00:36:19Open your mouth.
00:36:20Open your mouth.
00:36:21Open your mouth.
00:36:22I told you, this boy has the devil in him.
00:36:28Get your hands out, boy.
00:36:29No, you're not gonna hit my son.
00:36:34Don't!
00:36:45I will teach what must be taught and you will not interfere.
00:36:52No, no.
00:36:56I'm not gonna...
00:37:01You're not gonna die.
00:37:07I am going to die.
00:37:09I will sing.
00:37:13I am the hero.
00:37:15You're not the hero.
00:37:17I am the hero.
00:37:20I don't know.
00:37:50Hello?
00:37:54Hey, it's me.
00:37:56Oh God, Laura.
00:37:57Where have you been?
00:37:58Look, I can't talk for long.
00:38:00I haven't heard from you in weeks.
00:38:02I've been worried about you.
00:38:03Hold on.
00:38:04Lauren's sleeping.
00:38:05Let me go in the other room.
00:38:15Oh hey, what's up?
00:38:16You sound like you're in trouble.
00:38:19I'm sorry.
00:38:20I had a bad dream and I'm just getting out of it, so...
00:38:24Sorry.
00:38:25Laura, that makes no kind of sense.
00:38:27Look, I gotta go.
00:38:35Now get in your room.
00:38:37His eyes are always on me.
00:38:39He watches me every day.
00:38:41Locks us in our room at night.
00:38:43Every time I try to speak up, he hits me.
00:38:46Tells me if I try to leave, he will hurt my babies.
00:38:49I need you to help me find some strength.
00:38:52I feel it draining from me every day.
00:38:56What are you doing?
00:38:57Give me that back!
00:38:58I am teaching the lessons God has chosen me to teach.
00:39:03Now get inside and take care of your children.
00:39:07Or would you rather I take care of them?
00:39:09Or would you live in the bathroom?
00:39:10Or would you drive home?
00:39:11I have to tell you.
00:39:12Maybe one by the way.
00:39:13If you're lucky.
00:39:14I'd definitely do not survive this thing.
00:39:15When you feel like I'm fully hydrated.
00:39:17Then allいうこと.
00:39:18I OFTEN אניANAL
00:39:19You must find yourself .
00:39:20What?
00:39:21How do you do?
00:39:22To be disciplined.
00:39:23Some primaver's back.
00:39:24If you want to Alecarna's back would you keep yourself?
00:39:26I don't know.
00:39:56So what are you doing in here?
00:40:04What time is it?
00:40:06Ahmed, Miriam, wake up.
00:40:09Go in the room with the other children.
00:40:11Come on.
00:40:12Go ahead, babies.
00:40:13Mama's going to talk to Brother Moose, okay?
00:40:15I'll come get you in a little.
00:40:19Come on.
00:40:22Come on.
00:40:26What are you doing?
00:40:38No.
00:40:40No, no.
00:40:41You're not going to do that.
00:40:42No!
00:40:43Don't you dare.
00:40:44No!
00:40:45No!
00:40:46No!
00:40:47No!
00:40:47No!
00:40:48No!
00:40:48Stop it, Miriam!
00:40:50Stop it, Miriam!
00:40:51No!
00:40:52No!
00:40:54Go to sleep.
00:41:17Wife.
00:41:19You look confused.
00:41:26But I think you heard me.
00:41:28Well, that's your wife.
00:41:29It wasn't his business.
00:41:31I just told you.
00:41:33I am your husband now.
00:41:37That man will never want you again.
00:41:40Look at you.
00:41:40You're broken.
00:41:44You've got nothing.
00:41:47You've got nowhere to go.
00:41:50You belong to me now.
00:41:58Go to sleep.
00:41:59Go to sleep.
00:41:59Go to sleep.
00:42:00Go to sleep.
00:42:00Go to sleep.
00:42:01Go to sleep.
00:42:01Go to sleep.
00:42:02Go to sleep.
00:42:02Go to sleep.
00:42:03Go to sleep.
00:42:03Go to sleep.
00:42:04Go to sleep.
00:42:04Go to sleep.
00:42:04Go to sleep.
00:42:05Go to sleep.
00:42:05Go to sleep.
00:42:05Go to sleep.
00:42:06Go to sleep.
00:42:06Go to sleep.
00:42:06Go to sleep.
00:42:06Go to sleep.
00:42:07Go to sleep.
00:42:07Go to sleep.
00:42:07Go to sleep.
00:42:08Go to sleep.
00:42:08Go to sleep.
00:42:08Go to sleep.
00:42:09Go to sleep.
00:42:09Go to sleep.
00:42:10Go to sleep.
00:42:11Go to sleep.
00:42:12Go to sleep.
00:42:12Go to sleep.
00:42:13Go to sleep.
00:42:14Go to sleep.
00:42:15Go to sleep.
00:42:16Go to sleep.
00:42:17Go to sleep.
00:42:29Here, take this stuff in the house.
00:42:48Don't worry about looking for your stuff.
00:42:50I threw most of it away.
00:42:52You had too much.
00:42:59Mama, can I rub your belly again?
00:43:06Sure you can.
00:43:11I can feel the baby moving.
00:43:13You can.
00:43:14This one's a kicker.
00:43:17Is Daddy going to be here when the baby comes?
00:43:22No.
00:43:24Daddy's not going to be able to make it in time.
00:43:28God.
00:43:29Oh dear God.
00:43:33I think the baby's coming.
00:43:35Go get your brother.
00:43:36Stop being dramatic.
00:43:37It's not time yet.
00:43:40Do I look like I'm joking?
00:43:41I need to get to the hospital.
00:43:43No.
00:43:44Marva can handle it here if it's time.
00:43:48How's the pain?
00:43:49Does it feel like a contraction?
00:43:50No.
00:43:51No.
00:43:52I think something's wrong.
00:43:53I think something's wrong.
00:43:54I'll be right back.
00:44:10Good morning, Laura.
00:44:23Your baby girl is doing just fine.
00:44:26Vitals all check out.
00:44:26She's healthy as can be.
00:44:28Do you think I can see her?
00:44:31Of course you can.
00:44:34We usually wheel them in, but...
00:44:35No, but can you take me to see her?
00:44:39It's probably best if you rest and then...
00:44:41Take me.
00:44:42Please.
00:44:44Take me down there.
00:44:45Okay, Laura.
00:44:46We can walk down the hall and see your baby now.
00:44:48She has just the sweetest face.
00:44:50No, no.
00:44:52Lay down.
00:44:53We need your rest.
00:44:58Nurse, please bring your baby here.
00:45:08We're checking out today as well.
00:45:20You try anything like that again,
00:45:27and you'll never see that baby.
00:45:34We need some protection out here.
00:45:38What's her name?
00:45:40Tass Lima.
00:45:42But we're gonna call her Tass.
00:45:44Do you like that, Nate?
00:45:45Yeah.
00:45:46It's pretty.
00:45:47She's pretty.
00:45:49Can I hold her?
00:45:50Kids, leave Laura alone now.
00:45:52Baby needs to eat.
00:45:55Yeah, you all stop messing with that child.
00:45:57After I feed her.
00:46:11We need to sign this.
00:46:13What's that?
00:46:15You got another mouth to feed.
00:46:17We need more assistance.
00:46:17Watch, Tass.
00:46:37Amir?
00:46:38What happened?
00:46:39What's wrong?
00:46:39Who did this to you?
00:46:44You did this?
00:46:45Why would you hurt him?
00:46:46He started it.
00:46:48Ahmed?
00:46:52See, that's how we know.
00:46:54He's not one of us.
00:46:57Still can't follow the rules.
00:47:00He's gonna learn now.
00:47:01You let this happen.
00:47:03You let this happen?
00:47:04Are you crazy?
00:47:05They're kids.
00:47:09Ahmed, Miriam, go outside, please.
00:47:19You are evil.
00:47:20I should slap that blasphemy out of your mouth.
00:47:27How dare you?
00:47:29How am I evil when it is God who shows me the righteous path?
00:47:35How?
00:47:38How am I evil when my every action is God speaking?
00:47:44Through me!
00:47:45You take his words and you twist them.
00:47:50They mean nothing in your mouth.
00:47:53Laura?
00:47:55Laura!
00:47:55Laura!
00:48:00Hi.
00:48:03Hi.
00:48:04It's gonna be okay.
00:48:05It's gonna be okay.
00:48:05It's gonna be okay.
00:48:07It's gonna be okay.
00:48:09It's gonna be okay.
00:48:11It's gonna be okay.
00:48:13It's gonna be okay.
00:48:15I must cast out.
00:48:18Cast out.
00:48:31Cast out.
00:48:33Cast out.
00:48:34Cast out.
00:48:34Cast out.
00:48:36Cast out.
00:48:38Cast out.
00:48:40Cast out.
00:48:42Cast out.
00:48:44Cast out.
00:48:45What are you doing?
00:49:00I cast you out.
00:49:02Musa?
00:49:03Musa, what are you doing?
00:49:04Give me my baby.
00:49:05Give me my baby.
00:49:06I cast you out.
00:49:06Give me my baby.
00:49:07Musa!
00:49:08No!
00:49:09I have the divine right.
00:49:12And I cast you out.
00:49:14I cast you out.
00:49:14My baby.
00:49:15I cast you out.
00:49:16Musa, get my baby.
00:49:17Give me my baby.
00:49:18Give me my baby.
00:49:19Ouch.
00:49:20Give me my baby.
00:49:21Get my baby.
00:49:26Musa.
00:49:27Get out.
00:49:29Musa.
00:49:30Musa.
00:49:31No.
00:49:32No.
00:49:34My baby.
00:49:36My baby.
00:49:37My baby.
00:49:38My baby.
00:49:38My baby.
00:49:59My baby.
00:49:59No.
00:50:04Yes.
00:50:05Emily!
00:51:36Mama?
00:51:37How long are we going to stay here?
00:51:42I don't know.
00:51:43I need to use the bathroom.
00:51:49I need to use the bathroom.
00:51:50Okay.
00:51:51Okay.
00:51:52Okay.
00:51:53Okay.
00:51:54Okay.
00:51:55Okay.
00:51:56Okay.
00:51:57Okay.
00:51:58Come on.
00:51:59Okay.
00:52:00Okay.
00:52:01Okay.
00:52:02Come on.
00:52:03Here.
00:52:04Here.
00:52:05Here.
00:52:06Here.
00:52:07Hold on.
00:52:08Stand up.
00:52:09Okay.
00:52:10Hold on.
00:52:11Stand up.
00:52:12Stand up.
00:52:13Okay.
00:52:14Okay.
00:52:15Hold on.
00:52:16Stand up.
00:52:17Okay.
00:52:18You can go now.
00:52:19Okay.
00:52:20Okay.
00:52:21You can go now.
00:52:23Okay.
00:52:24Let's go.
00:52:25clean up these buckets.
00:52:26Let's go.
00:52:27Let's go clean up these buckets.
00:52:28Let's go.
00:52:29Let's go.
00:52:30Go on.
00:52:31Go on.
00:52:32Uh, hold on. Stand up.
00:52:42Okay.
00:52:44You can go now.
00:52:53Let's go. Clean up these buckets.
00:52:56Let's go!
00:52:59Go on.
00:53:02Let's go.
00:53:09Dig.
00:53:19You better dig faster, or I'll dig this hole deeper and put one of you in it.
00:53:24Now dig the hole.
00:53:33The kids need to eat.
00:53:39Tonight we pray. Tomorrow we eat.
00:53:41Look what I found.
00:53:42Look what I found.
00:53:55Look what I found.
00:53:56Look what I found.
00:53:57Look what I found.
00:53:58Look what I found.
00:53:59Look what I found.
00:54:00Look what I found.
00:54:06Look what I found.
00:54:08Look what I found.
00:54:12Look what I found.
00:54:13Look what I found.
00:54:17Moussa says you speak through him, but I know he's lying.
00:54:34All this writing, where's it gotten you?
00:54:39Nowhere.
00:54:48And who is up there that you think you're writing to?
00:55:00If you believe you're speaking to God, you show nothing but disrespect.
00:55:09What you don't seem to understand is that God has chosen me.
00:55:18He has shown me this path for you.
00:55:23He guides my hand.
00:55:26He gives me the words.
00:55:29And he gives me the power to cleanse this sinful world and those in it.
00:55:41He gives me the power to heal!
00:55:47Stay safe.
00:55:51Oh, my God.
00:56:21Oh, my God.
00:56:51Where's the pen?
00:57:06Hello up there.
00:57:08I've been praying to you, but now I'm putting down some words again.
00:57:12We've been in this garage two or three weeks.
00:57:15I don't know.
00:57:17I'm not sure.
00:57:17It's hard to keep track.
00:57:25Musa gives us so little to eat.
00:57:29We're starving.
00:57:30I saw her yesterday.
00:57:39It just about broke me.
00:57:42And I know she's mine.
00:57:45I can feel her in my heart.
00:57:46I spy with my little eye something, something black.
00:58:00A truck.
00:58:02Starts with a B.
00:58:05Bird?
00:58:06Yes, a bird.
00:58:09That's it.
00:58:10You win.
00:58:11Your turn.
00:58:12I try to distract Ahmed and Miriam with stories, songs, or games.
00:58:17Anything to hide this life.
00:58:21But some horrors are just unavoidable.
00:58:23Go.
00:58:26Go.
00:58:27Go.
00:58:27God will kill you.
00:58:57As bad as it is for us, I know it's worse for his children.
00:59:04He calls it discipline in your name, but we know that's not true.
00:59:08It's nothing but torture.
00:59:10I pray for them.
00:59:12If I don't do something, we're all going to die here.
00:59:27I pray for them.
00:59:57Mom, what's that?
01:00:06The tape recorder.
01:00:09Sometimes people don't believe you until they hear what happens.
01:00:13I'm going to record him.
01:00:15Show people what he's doing to them and to us.
01:00:17Step away from me, boy.
01:00:21Don't you step away from me, boy.
01:00:24Get back here.
01:00:26Never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God.
01:00:31I am the wrath of God.
01:00:44I need you to do some work.
01:00:46Marva's sick.
01:00:47I need you to go to the grocery store with me and point out the things that I eat.
01:00:50You think you can handle that?
01:00:55Come on, kids.
01:00:56No, no, no, no, no.
01:00:57I didn't say anything about them.
01:00:58I said you.
01:00:59I didn't say them.
01:01:00You stay.
01:01:01Come on.
01:01:01Don't get smart.
01:01:14Remember, you got your kids at home.
01:01:16If you do anything, they're going to be the ones that answer for it.
01:01:19I'll have to use the bathroom.
01:01:45Can you wait until we get home?
01:01:46Okay, well, I can pee right here and you can start explaining it to everybody.
01:01:55Hurry up.
01:02:16Okay.
01:02:29Okay.
01:02:30Okay.
01:02:31.
01:03:16Now you two stay on the stairs.
01:03:31Don't move.
01:03:32You know the drill.
01:03:33It's okay, kids.
01:03:40Mom, you've still got some fight in you.
01:03:46I will have you whenever I choose.
01:03:52No.
01:03:54It's not you making the decisions here.
01:03:56No, no, no, no.
01:04:02You saved me.
01:04:06I'm bleeding.
01:04:07God, I need to go to the hospital.
01:04:11Seriously, I can bleed.
01:04:13I can bleed to death.
01:04:14So be it.
01:04:19Mom, I'm not.
01:04:21Mom!
01:04:22Mom!
01:04:35Mom!
01:04:36Mom!
01:04:40Mom!
01:04:41Mom!
01:04:42Mom!
01:04:42Stop.
01:05:06Ahmed, Miriam, come here please.
01:05:12All right guys, pay very close attention to what I'm about to tell you, okay?
01:05:22Every night I write on this notepad and I stick these in my waistband.
01:05:27That's where I keep them, okay?
01:05:31And this, this is where I keep this.
01:05:36If something ever happens to Mama, what's going to happen to you?
01:05:41I don't know, I just, I just need you to know where these are.
01:05:51If something happens to me, like if I go to sleep and I don't wake up.
01:05:57You mean like if you die?
01:06:02You must get the letter and this tape and you make sure nobody finds it, okay?
01:06:09Okay.
01:06:10Okay.
01:06:11Okay.
01:06:12Hello up there.
01:06:22Another day locked in this garage with no end in sight.
01:06:25This is where you need to be.
01:06:26No, no, no, no, no, no, please.
01:06:27This is where you need to be.
01:06:28No, no, no, no, no, no, please.
01:06:32I don't want to be the one.
01:06:33Look at this chair.
01:06:34I don't want to be the one!
01:06:35Oh my god, be it.
01:06:36I don't want to be the one!
01:06:37He doesn't want to be the one!
01:06:38Please?
01:06:39This is where you need to be.
01:06:40No!
01:06:41The one!
01:06:42Oh my god, no, no, no, no, no, please!
01:06:45Brother, come on!
01:06:47I don't want to be the one.
01:06:48I want to be the one.
01:06:49Please, please, please, please, please!
01:06:55Hello?
01:07:14Hi. I'm Laura. Laura Cowan.
01:07:23I'm Zara.
01:07:23Hey, what happened?
01:07:28He hit me and he threatened my son.
01:07:35He locked me in that room and he nailed all the windows shut and I just say, I don't
01:07:43know.
01:07:44I don't know.
01:07:45And now he put me in here, I don't know if it happened to me and my son.
01:07:50It's going to be okay.
01:07:56Okay?
01:07:57You have to trust me.
01:07:59Look at me.
01:08:01Look, I know hope seems lost and here I get that, but we're going to get out.
01:08:09Until then, just send up some prayers and words of encouragement to God.
01:08:16Just pray that he hears our cries.
01:08:18Okay?
01:08:19Can you do that?
01:08:21Yeah.
01:08:24Thank you so much.
01:08:29Thank you so much.
01:09:01Thank you so much for and being here.
01:09:03I have a package left, Laura Callen.
01:09:04Oh no, I can come get him myself, can I?
01:09:06No, no, she has a package.
01:09:08All right.
01:09:09The food stamps came in.
01:09:27They're in my name.
01:09:29You need an ID to go get them.
01:09:31Put that on.
01:09:33I'll be right back.
01:09:34My name is Laura Cowan, and I'm being held captive in a garage with my children.
01:09:43Help us.
01:10:04Ahmed, Miriam, listen to me, okay?
01:10:06Remember what Mama told you.
01:10:09Yes, if I die, you find someone that you think you can trust, and you tell them that these
01:10:13papers are on me, okay?
01:10:16Ahmed?
01:10:17Miriam?
01:10:19Okay.
01:10:22Okay.
01:10:29Let's go.
01:10:30Let's go.
01:10:34Let's go.
01:11:00Let's go.
01:11:09Get over there.
01:11:11Come on.
01:11:15You better act right.
01:11:17You got those kids to think about.
01:11:18Hey, Moosa.
01:11:33It's Reggie, your boo, from Bakersfield.
01:11:36Oh, yeah, yeah.
01:11:37Brother Reggie.
01:11:38How you doing?
01:11:38Hey, I'm good, man.
01:11:39You know, I used to run Youth Empowerment Zone.
01:11:41Yeah, yeah, I remember.
01:11:43You live out this way?
01:11:45Not too far.
01:11:46Not too far.
01:11:46We're just moving in.
01:11:48Oh, that's good news, brother.
01:11:49We have a growing community here that I'd love for you to be a part of.
01:11:53Well, we're just getting settled in, so we're going to just have to see about that.
01:11:57All right.
01:11:57Well, come on, brother.
01:11:58Now, you got to remember, it's hard for me to take no foreign answer.
01:12:01I can come out to where you stay.
01:12:03We can talk.
01:12:04No, no, no.
01:12:04That won't be necessary.
01:12:06All right.
01:12:06Well, then, you have a minute now?
01:12:11All right.
01:12:12Okay.
01:12:13All right.
01:12:13Give me one second.
01:12:19I'll just go over there and sign for the package, and then come back over here.
01:12:23Don't do any of those stupid.
01:12:25I don't have any problem.
01:12:26Put the bullet in your head.
01:12:28You understand?
01:12:29Please.
01:12:31So, if you know I started that, I'll buy myself a new blanket.
01:12:36Come back and see me.
01:12:41Just a sec.
01:12:49There you go.
01:12:52Next in line, please.
01:12:58Good morning.
01:12:59Good evening.
01:13:00How's your day going?
01:13:04Fine.
01:13:06Your ID, please.
01:13:12You just wait here.
01:13:13I have to get this in the back.
01:13:14I'll be just a minute.
01:13:15Go teach first.
01:13:27Miss Cowen.
01:13:29Sign here.
01:13:36Okay.
01:13:37Okay.
01:13:38I don't know.
01:14:08Laura, come on now.
01:14:22Okay, thank you.
01:14:38Mama, why you up?
01:15:00I was just praying.
01:15:05Do you want me to pray with you?
01:15:07I can pray too, Mama.
01:15:11Sure.
01:15:13Can't have too much prayer.
01:15:14I was younger.
01:15:25I had these two aunts, Bertha and Marity, and they used to drag me to church every single Sunday.
01:15:32They were so full of life and Jesus.
01:15:37Just to see God through them was amazing.
01:15:42They used to sing this one song to me all the time.
01:15:45Why should my heart feel lonely and long have a home?
01:16:00When Jesus is my portion, a constant friend is he.
01:16:16It's the police.
01:16:36Yes?
01:16:59Yes, Detective Brodney-Gallon, Riverside County Sheriff's Department.
01:17:02Lord, can you open the door?
01:17:07Yes.
01:17:08Yeah, we're looking for a Laura Cowan.
01:17:16Who are you looking for?
01:17:17Laura Cowan.
01:17:22Let me set it.
01:17:23I'm out here.
01:17:39I need you at the door.
01:17:39Ma'am, can you identify yourself?
01:17:57Laura.
01:17:59Laura, Laura Cowan.
01:18:00Miss Cowan, you mind coming outside and talking with us for a second?
01:18:04Alone?
01:18:04Ma'am, could you tell me if you wrote this letter?
01:18:26I did.
01:18:28I did.
01:18:29Okay.
01:18:29My kids are in there.
01:18:33He has a gun.
01:18:34He has a gun.
01:18:35Oh.
01:18:36Keep going.
01:18:37Okay.
01:18:37Keep going.
01:18:38Keep going.
01:18:41My kids are inside.
01:18:43My kids.
01:18:43Oh.
01:18:44Keep going.
01:18:45Go.
01:18:45Keep going.
01:18:46Miriam, your mother needs you.
01:19:11Hand in the air, now!
01:19:13Don't move!
01:19:14Don't move!
01:19:16Got him?
01:19:17Got him?
01:19:18I got him.
01:19:23Oh, Ben?
01:19:24Miriam?
01:19:28Come on!
01:19:29Come on!
01:19:30What?
01:19:30Is there someone out there?
01:19:31Yes.
01:19:31Yes.
01:19:31He's been keeping another woman in there.
01:19:35Oh, my God.
01:19:37Oh, my God.
01:19:45Help!
01:19:46What?
01:19:47Is there someone else in here?
01:19:48Yes.
01:19:48Yes.
01:19:49He's been keeping another woman in there.
01:19:53Help!
01:19:55Can anyone heal me?
01:19:57Help!
01:19:58Can anyone hear me?
01:20:07Help!
01:20:09I got you.
01:20:10I got you.
01:20:11You're okay.
01:20:13I got you.
01:20:16I told you you would make it out.
01:20:19Right?
01:20:20Right?
01:20:21We're free, baby.
01:20:22We're free.
01:20:23I love you so much.
01:20:25Oh, my God.
01:20:34Thank you so much.
01:20:55Don't worry.
01:20:56I'm gonna get out.
01:20:57I'm gonna find you.
01:20:58I'm gonna kill you.
01:21:01I'll kill you!
01:21:03Somebody shut him up.
01:21:27I'm gonna kill you.
01:21:28I'm gonna kill you.
01:21:30I'm gonna kill you.
01:21:32Please.
01:21:33Please.
01:21:34Please.
01:21:35Please.
01:21:36That's my baby.
01:21:37That's my baby.
01:21:38Listen.
01:21:39It's okay.
01:21:40IARA
01:21:49I'm gonna kill you.
01:21:50I'm gonna kill you.
01:21:51I'm gonna kill you.
01:21:52I'm gonna kill you.
01:21:53I'll kill you, baby.
01:21:54I'm never letting you go ever again.
01:22:10Hello up there.
01:22:11It feels good to be free.
01:22:14Here he comes.
01:22:15Javaz is getting out of prison and meeting Taz for the first time.
01:22:19I pray you can help us become a family again.
01:22:23Our new beginning.
01:22:24Why are you over here?
01:22:42I missed you.
01:22:44Not as much as I missed you.
01:22:47How are you holding up?
01:22:49I should be asking you that.
01:22:52Yes.
01:22:54Daddy!
01:22:55My angel.
01:22:58My prince.
01:23:01I pray to God that he would bless me to be able to have you guys in my arms again.
01:23:07And God is good.
01:23:08Yeah!
01:23:09Yes.
01:23:10Oh, my God.
01:23:14Oh, man.
01:23:18Husband, this is Taz Lima.
01:23:24Let Daddy meet this beautiful queen.
01:23:27Well, she's a part of you.
01:23:36She was sent to us to be a part of this family.
01:23:42I found my way to love her.
01:23:51All good?
01:23:54Yeah.
01:23:55All good.
01:23:58Except we need to get this family fed, right?
01:24:01Yeah.
01:24:01Yeah?
01:24:01Yeah?
01:24:02You guys still eat fish sticks and fries?
01:24:04Fish sticks and fries.
01:24:05Fish sticks and fries.
01:24:06Fries!
01:24:06Yes!
01:24:08We were all together for a moment, happy.
01:24:12But life sometimes takes its turns.
01:24:16Shabazz died of a heart attack a month after he got out of prison.
01:24:23My life changes forever again.
01:24:27But you already knew that.
01:24:28All right, little munchkins, come on.
01:24:30We got a lot, so we have to pack up.
01:24:34Watch your sister.
01:24:37What's it?
01:24:38Wow.
01:24:41Take it all in.
01:24:44We're going to go back home to Ohio, and I don't know if we'll be able to see this again.
01:24:50But look at what God can do.
01:24:52There's so much beauty in the world, with endless possibilities, and I don't want you to ever forget that.
01:25:02Okay?
01:25:03Okay?
01:25:04Got it.
01:25:06I promised God when I was in that garage, and it was cold, wet,
01:25:15and we were hungry.
01:25:21I told him I dedicate my life to helping others.
01:25:25And he did.
01:25:27And I'm keeping my promise.
01:25:31You know, I used to call myself a victim.
01:25:35But I realized we're not victims.
01:25:38I'm not a victim.
01:25:40I'm greater than that.
01:25:42We're greater than that.
01:25:45We're survivors and thrivers.
01:25:51I came home with three beautiful children.
01:25:55Blessed with the knowledge that
01:25:57no matter how dark the days are,
01:26:03they will always be my sunshine.
01:26:05Be strong.
01:26:09Stand tall.
01:26:14Don't stop your trouble.
01:26:17Give it your all.
01:26:20You'll raise up above the stormy ground.
01:26:23You'll raise up.
01:26:25No one could chain you down.
01:26:26Be braver.
01:26:28Be bold.
01:26:29Be fire.
01:26:32Be fearless.
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