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00:00Chance, uh, to look at that book I gave you to read?
00:03No, not yet.
00:05Well, since you're gonna be laid up for a bit,
00:06I figured it's a good time to catch up on some reading.
00:09The books are home.
00:11I figured that, too, so...
00:13Bought you a new one, you give me my old copy back
00:15when you're back on your feet.
00:17And, uh, besides, there's nothing really better than, uh,
00:20cracking the spine of a new book.
00:21It's like, um...
00:22Opening the door to a new world.
00:25Hmm.
00:26I was gonna say, like, the smell of a new car, but...
00:29I like yours better.
00:32Yeah, let's rev her up.
00:37So?
00:39I think she'll drive nice.
00:41Me, too.
00:46Truth uncompromisingly told
00:48will always have its jagged edges.
00:53What does that mean?
00:55Well, that's what you're supposed to tell me
00:57when you're done with it.
00:59Hmm.
01:01And just, who is this?
01:03Another doctor?
01:05No, no, no.
01:06I'm John Sykes from the Upward Bound program.
01:08We haven't met.
01:10Unfortunately.
01:11Well, I think you've spoken to my boss, Ruby Dotton.
01:16Oh, my, yes.
01:18Oh, do tell her hello for me.
01:21We have so many friends in common.
01:23I'll do that, okay?
01:25Oh, so, um, Mr. Sykes.
01:27John, please.
01:28John.
01:28Oh, John.
01:29John.
01:29Oh, what is it that, uh, brings you here?
01:32You do, Betty.
01:34Oh, are you charming or what?
01:36No, you really do.
01:38No, I've come to actually keep an eye on my number one student,
01:41making sure he doesn't slack off.
01:42Well, he would never do such a thing.
01:46Education comes first.
01:47That's a motto in our house.
01:48That's a good one to have.
01:49Mm-hmm.
01:50So how exactly did you know that, uh, he would be here?
01:54Oh, um, Stephen's sister told me I phoned your home earlier.
01:57Oh, that was considerate of her.
02:03Well, John, I hope you don't mind, but as you can well imagine,
02:08it's been a really trying day for my poor baby over there.
02:11I think he needs his rest.
02:13I understand.
02:14I understand, Betty.
02:16Betty, I understand far more than you think I do.
02:20In fact, I understand completely.
02:22Now, Stephen.
02:31Will you read that book, young man?
02:35Okay?
02:36I will, yes, sir.
02:37I know you will.
02:38Okay.
02:40I'll see you, young guy.
02:41Bye.
02:48Now, they're going to ask you a bunch of questions,
02:50and you're not going to tell them nothing.
02:52Do you understand?
02:55Yes, ma'am.
02:58Good.
03:02Now, I want you to know that I feel bad about this.
03:09I never meant for this.
03:13It's okay.
03:14Oh, no.
03:15No, it's not.
03:16Now, I know how important it is to you about your folks.
03:22So, when you come home tomorrow, providing there's no problems or delays with that,
03:28I was thinking, maybe we should sit down and talk about your parents and who they are.
03:37You'll tell me who they are?
03:39Maybe even call them with you.
03:41You'd like that, wouldn't you?
03:44Call them?
03:46You said my father was dead.
03:49Oh, you know better than to listen to me when I get mad.
03:53I can say some spiteful things.
03:57But you'd like that, wouldn't you?
04:00To speak with them.
04:01You're real mother and father.
04:02So, we're just gonna keep what happened, our little secret.
04:10And tomorrow when you get home, you're gonna do just that.
04:24Hungry?
04:28It's a beautiful night out.
04:29You have quite an appetite, huh?
04:40Steve, I was wondering if you felt up to talking about your accident.
04:55I have to ask you.
04:57How you got hurt.
05:04Steve, I can't help you unless you tell me the truth.
05:09I have to go back.
05:12Steve, did Mrs. Robinson hit you?
05:17I fell.
05:23Okay.
05:27Okay.
05:28We'll leave it at that.
05:32Hey.
05:33What about those vegetables?
05:38I'm not hungry.
05:40I'm really tired.
05:41All right.
05:51Okay.
05:55I'm gonna go, Steve.
05:57You want me to turn the lights off?
06:02Okay.
06:03Okay.
06:03Nancy?
06:13You're welcome, Steve.
06:26Steve?
06:28Steve Klakowitz?
06:29Yes.
06:39I'm Miss Holt.
06:41I've been assigned to your case as your social worker.
06:45Is it all right if we talk for a bit?
06:51Sure.
06:55Well, Steve, do you know why I'm here?
06:59You're my social worker.
07:03I am.
07:05But that's not why I'm here this morning.
07:09The doctors and nurses here are worried about your injuries and how you got them.
07:19I told them I fell.
07:21I know you did.
07:23But they find it a little hard to believe that you got all these injuries from falling from a cart once.
07:31And having reviewed your file, I find it a little hard to believe, too.
07:35I fell.
07:45Steve, is someone hurting you?
07:49We can remove you from the home.
07:51No.
07:53Okay.
07:55I'm sorry.
07:57I don't want to upset you, but I can't help you, Steve, if you don't tell me what really happened.
08:05All of these years, you're never there.
08:15Nobody was.
08:17Now that I'm so close to finding you, I fell.
08:31Can you please just leave it alone?
08:41All right.
08:43I want you to take my card.
08:45And if anything changes, if you ever need help, I want you to call me directly.
08:51Okay.
08:57Mr. and Mrs. Robinson are outside.
09:01You'll be released to them.
09:03Now?
09:05Unless you have anything to tell me.
09:15Then, yes.
09:17Right now.
09:19Why don't you get dressed, and I'll let them know that you'll be going home with them.
09:25I'll be checking on you.
09:27A little later, just to see how you're doing.
09:49Mrs. Robinson, I'll instruct the doctors to release Steven to you immediately.
09:55Oh.
09:57We'll schedule a follow up on Steven sometime early next week.
09:59Thank you, Jesus.
10:01My baby boy is coming home where he belongs.
10:05Oh, my poor boy.
10:07This horrible place with these evil minded people.
10:09Come here.
10:10Oh, my little Stevie's coming home.
10:11Oh, my little Angel.
10:15And his mama's gonna give him everything he deserves.
10:19Come here.
10:20Come here.
10:21Come here.
10:22Come here.
10:23Come here.
10:24Come here.
10:25Come here.
10:26Oh, my little Stevie's coming home.
10:28Oh, my little Angel.
10:29Oh, my little Angel.
10:30And his mama's gonna give him everything he deserves.
10:34They did not say a word to me on the ride home, and I did not say a word to them.
11:03I had nothing to say.
11:05She had bought my silence with the promise of something I had waited a lifetime for.
11:10A conversation with my mother and father.
11:16I had kept my side of our agreement.
11:19The only thing that mattered was to see if Betty would keep hers.
11:33Well, now, home where you belong.
11:49You're happy to be home, Steve.
11:51Good.
11:52Because we're gonna have a little talk.
11:54Oh, no, no.
11:55None of that.
11:56We're just gonna talk, okay?
11:57Come on, baby.
11:58Sit down.
11:59Stevie.
12:00Now, tell Betty.
12:01I'm just gonna talk, okay?
12:02Come on, baby.
12:04Let's go.
12:05Hey, let's go.
12:07Let's go.
12:08That's him.
12:10That's him.
12:11Stevie, now tell Betty what you told those people.
12:32That I fell from a cart.
12:36And?
12:36That's all. I swear, nothing else.
12:46And why should I believe you?
12:52Because I want to talk to my mother.
12:54Oh, that's right. A promise is a promise.
13:00Yes, ma'am.
13:03Go read or something.
13:06Yes, ma'am.
13:08Oh, Steve, what are we going to say when that lady from social services comes?
13:14That I fell from a cart.
13:18Good boy.
13:19Good boy.
13:20Good boy.
13:21Good boy.
13:22Good boy.
13:23Good boy.
13:24Good boy.
13:25Good boy.
13:26Good boy.
13:27Good boy.
13:28Good boy.
13:29Good boy.
13:30Good boy.
13:31Good boy.
13:32Good boy.
13:33Good boy.
13:34Good boy.
13:35Good boy.
13:36Good boy.
13:37Good boy.
13:38Good boy.
13:39Good boy.
13:40Good boy.
13:41Good boy.
13:42Good boy.
13:43Good boy.
13:44Good boy.
13:45Good boy.
13:46Good boy.
13:47Uh, no one's home, honey.
14:00But we can try again tomorrow.
14:02Maybe around 10.
14:04But I have to be at school for my program.
14:09Oh, well, if it's not that important to you.
14:11No!
14:14It's very important.
14:17Can we please wait till after I get home?
14:22Well, we could, maybe, if you drop out of that program.
14:30College?
14:31Life's about choices, boy.
14:32It's about time you start making one.
14:34Oh, here are those forms you wanted me to sign.
14:37After removing the grip crank,
15:01Re-re-re-leasing the tear, the tear.
15:11I'm nobody.
15:16How long you watch me?
15:19Not long.
15:19What, what, what, what, what then we're saying?
15:31You, you can sound it out.
15:32Cal-ri-bra-tion...
15:46De-vice.
15:49Cal-ri-bra-tion-device, that's right, that makes sense, that makes sense, that's good.
15:59See, now, the main spring, it determines the weight of the trigger.
16:04Can I show you?
16:05Come on.
16:06See, now.
16:06See, that's the weight there.
16:09And that's the main spring's right under that, so you pull back, and then when you release,
16:14pop you out.
16:15Come on, let's see, now, let's see how you do it.
16:18That's the main weight, yeah, let's see.
16:25Steve, something bothering you today?
16:28Huh?
16:30Mr. Sykes.
16:32John.
16:32Mr. Sykes, I don't think this program is right for me.
16:39What?
16:40I don't think this program is right for me.
16:43But, Steve, you're all set.
16:47I thought you wanted to be in the program.
16:49I do.
16:51I mean, I, I, I did.
16:53It's complicated.
16:56Look, I'm, I'm, I'm sorry I wasted your time.
17:00Okay.
17:01Oh!
17:02Damn.
17:03Did you finish the book?
17:05I did.
17:06Well, let's at least go over it so it's not a complete waste of time, all right?
17:10All right.
17:12Well, tell me the story.
17:16It was good.
17:19Sad, but good.
17:21That's a review.
17:22Not the storyline.
17:23Try again.
17:24There's this sailor, Billy Budd.
17:32He's, he's really just a kid, and he signs up to be a part of the crew on this boat.
17:42The, the Bella Potent.
17:43Mm-hmm.
17:44And while he's on there, he meets this master of arms, Claggard.
17:50And at first, Claggard's really nice to him.
17:53He, he, he sets up Billy to make him look like he's a mutineer.
18:07And how does that work out for Billy?
18:13Not good.
18:16They hang him.
18:18Why?
18:19Because he doesn't defend himself.
18:23Why doesn't he do that?
18:27He, he can't.
18:31He stutters, and when he gets upset, he can't speak.
18:37He can't defend himself.
18:40Mm-hmm.
18:41Well, it's kind of unusual, um, to kill the hero of your story, don't you think?
18:47You think Melville was trying to say something by doing that?
18:55That if you don't speak up, bad people in the world will kill you.
19:00I think that's true.
19:06I have to go.
19:09Fair enough.
19:09Um, Steve, you change your mind.
19:14Anything.
19:15You just let me know.
19:19I knew that the program was my best way to get into college.
19:23And college was my best way to get away from the Robinsons.
19:28But that did not matter today.
19:30Today is the day I will find a home.
19:33Today, I will have an answer to all my questions.
19:36I will finally find where I have come from.
19:39And who I belong to.
19:41And who I look like.
19:43There is a hope.
19:44A prayer.
19:45For a real mother.
19:46And a real father.
19:48And that's all I've ever asked for.
19:52Mama.
19:53Who'd you call?
19:55Your grandma.
19:57That phone will ring forever, and she'll never hear it.
19:59And he believed you.
20:02And he believed you.
20:12Can I help you?
20:27Yes.
20:29Can I speak to Miss Whom?
20:35So you see, you have to get me out of there.
20:39Well, we're going to try our best, honey.
20:42It's just that when they took custody of you, they assumed legal guardianship.
20:47I don't understand.
20:49It just means there will be a bit of a process, but we'll get you out of that home.
20:56You'll have to file a 51A against them.
21:02What's that?
21:03It's a form you have to complete if you want to file a complaint against the Robinsons.
21:09You'll have to describe what's been happening in the home.
21:12Well, then an investigation will be conducted by the agency, and they'll see what the facts
21:23are, and then, yes, Steve, yes, you will be able to leave.
21:27There is a little problem.
21:34It's just that when you complete the form, you have to be very specific about what's happening.
21:45And, Steve, they're going to know it was you who filed the form.
21:49Steve, Steve, Steve, Steve, look at me.
22:17They're not going to hurt you anymore.
22:24And once you file this form, they will know that if something happens to you, we are coming
22:28after them.
22:28Social worker called.
22:48Norm!
22:50Nice knowing you.
23:10Just a few minutes to go.
23:11Wait.
23:12Wait.
23:14Wait.
23:15Say hi.
23:17One.
23:18I'm on the other side.
23:18I'm on the other side.
23:21I'm on the other side.
23:22You're on the other side.
23:23I'm on the other side.
23:24I'm on the other side.
23:25I don't know.
23:55I don't know.
24:25I don't know.
24:55Hello, this is Ms. Holt on the way from my desk right now.
25:04Please leave a message.
25:07I'm Ms. Holt.
25:09This is Steve Cockroach.
25:12You have to get me out of here.
25:16Now.
25:18They're gonna kill me.
25:19Please.
25:20You little bastard.
25:33Don't put any marks on her.
25:36I'm gonna kill you.
25:38I'm not gonna take this anymore.
25:56I'm doing this my way.
25:57You see, I shouldn't be letting them be able to dollar those.
26:07It's not right.
26:11$550.
26:12What you doing in there?
26:29Don't you have chores to do?
26:30The garbage can was full of me.
26:34I thought I'd take it outside.
26:46Go ahead.
26:47I'll be watching you.
26:50I'm standing right here.
26:52Hurry up!
26:59Showcase showdown's coming on!
27:01It's time to showcase showdown.
27:06This is nothing.
27:09Come on down!
27:13Adam Carl, come on down!
27:15I need to see Ms. Holt.
27:21Ms. Holt is sick today.
27:22Flu.
27:23Please.
27:27I'll get you Mr. Sylvia.
27:29Your name?
27:30Steve.
27:31Steve Klockowitz.
27:36Hello.
27:37This is Robinson.
27:38Yeah, this is Mike Sylvia from the Social Services Department.
27:42Steve ran away!
27:44No, he didn't.
27:44He's right here, Mrs. Robinson.
27:46And he's badly beaten.
27:49Well, he broke up the house and my antique shiffer robe and all the presents we bought
27:53for his birthday.
27:55Steve says he didn't get anything for his birthday.
27:58Is that true?
27:59Because, you know, the department gave you extra money to provide for him.
28:02Oh, he's lying.
28:04I have taken 39 children into this home.
28:07Yeah.
28:07So if I came over in the next 10 minutes, you'd be able to show me everything you got him?
28:11And the broken antique shiffer robe, whatever you call it?
28:14Huh?
28:14Because I could be there in 10 minutes.
28:16You hear me?
28:18Hey, Steve has the right to press charges against you and Reggie.
28:21But he doesn't want to.
28:23You hear me?
28:23He just wants to get his things and get out of there.
28:25So let's just do this as soon as possible.
28:29Fine by me.
28:31We never wanted him in the first place.
28:34It's the other way around.
28:35You don't deserve him.
28:37But you have two choices.
28:38I can come by with Steve and get his stuff and you can sign the papers and relinquish the
28:42guardianship.
28:44Or I can call the police on you and have you both arrested.
28:47Fine.
28:51I'm glad we understand each other.
28:53We'll be here in 30 minutes.
28:55Have his things ready.
28:55Mrs. Robinson, please.
29:14They're over there.
29:15Mrs. Robinson, I'm going to have you sign these papers and once you do that, consider
29:27this matter closed.
29:29Why you don't wait till I get home?
29:32For what?
29:34So they can lie to you again and you can beat me some more?
29:38Nobody touched nobody around here.
29:47Really?
29:48Look at my face.
29:52No more.
29:55Oh, yeah.
29:56So you're using my hands now.
29:57That's it?
29:58I've always been a man.
30:00You just never noticed it.
30:02Mrs. Robinson, this isn't productive.
30:04I mean, hey, Steve, get your things.
30:08We're going to leave now.
30:09He's not taking anything out of this house until he passes 40 breaks.
30:13Yeah, we talked about this, Mrs. Robinson.
30:15I thought you said everything was going to be all right.
30:17They've never given me anything worth keeping anyway.
30:21But I am taking my books.
30:23Okay, kid.
30:24Okay?
30:34I'm taking my books.
31:03Come out here.
31:20Come on, come out now.
31:24I'm not afraid of you.
31:28Come on, fight me!
31:29Come on, fight me!
31:33Coward.
31:50You ready, kid?
31:53Yeah.
31:54Get the hell out of here!
31:55We never wanted you in the first place.
31:59You were never family.
32:01We could have adopted you a long time ago, but we didn't want you.
32:06Nobody wants you.
32:07Not even your own parents.
32:10You're going to be no good.
32:12You hear me?
32:13No good!
32:14No good!
32:18You stopped being able to hurt me a long time ago.
32:21Come on, it's time to go, Steve.
32:27Guy's going to take care of you.
32:31You okay, man?
32:33Never been better.
32:34You okay?
32:45Okay.
32:47Now we just need you to find you a place to stay.
32:58No, I understand.
33:00No, I do.
33:02If anything changes to you, you got my number.
33:12You can't do anything?
33:15Okay.
33:16Thanks for trying.
33:18No, I understand.
33:29No.
33:30No, thank you.
33:32Let me know if anything changes, all right?
33:35Okay.
33:37No one.
33:38It's Friday night.
33:39I just waited till long.
33:42You think of anybody?
33:43A relative or a friend you could stay, you know, through the weekend so we could find a more permanent place for you?
33:49This might be a long shot, but there's this teacher from the Upward Bound program, Mr. John Sykes.
34:05John Sykes.
34:06John Sykes.
34:10So, Mike, you hungry?
34:12I mean, you sure you don't want any?
34:13I made plenty.
34:13No, I'm fine.
34:15Okay.
34:16Hey, kiddo.
34:17It's better than it looks.
34:19I would hope so.
34:22It's getting late.
34:23My wife's going to kill me.
34:24I could just have you sign a couple of these temporary custodial forms, or we'll be good to go.
34:29All right.
34:29What do you say we'll go to my office?
34:30I've got a pen in there and some questions I want to ask you, okay?
34:32You got some questions?
34:33Yeah.
34:34Hey, we'll be right back, okay?
34:35Okay.
34:36Hey, don't leave town, all right?
34:40This way.
34:40This way.
34:40I'm going to go, Steve.
34:58I'll talk to you on Monday.
34:59See if we can get something a little more permanent for you, okay?
35:02I almost forgot my bags.
35:03I must be getting tired.
35:05Thanks a lot, Mike.
35:07Yeah.
35:07Okay.
35:08I'll talk to you on Monday.
35:10I thought it was in here somewhere.
35:13Oh.
35:14Got it.
35:16John, did you use that car at the Battle of Gettysburg or the Battle of Little Bighorn?
35:20Uh, both.
35:22Yeah, both, if you really want to know.
35:26Hey.
35:28So, look, I'm sorry.
35:31You know, stay over.
35:34So, we'll find a better place for you to sleep in the morning, okay?
35:38This, this is fine, John.
35:43I'm really glad to be here.
35:45I'm really glad.
35:46I'm really glad, too.
35:48Hey, come here.
35:49Come on, let's give it a try.
35:51Here you go.
35:52Lay down there.
35:54All right.
35:55All right.
35:57One of my Civil War days.
35:58I don't want to do this here.
36:00There you go, Steve.
36:01There.
36:02There you go.
36:03This will be great.
36:06Good night.
36:07Good night.
36:09Good night.
36:10I did not sleep my first night of freedom.
36:33Rather, a half-moon illuminated the world outside the window, and I stood there for many hours,
36:39taking it in.
36:41For the first time all day, I was alone with my thoughts.
36:45I can't explain it, but for me, it was a new world with a new promise.
36:51But it also held far too many unanswered questions about a family I never knew, and it was time
36:58for this new world to answer those questions.
37:21My mother's name was Marion.
37:30I don't know.
38:00Oh
38:01Madam sport, I forgot to do a favor and not make us breakfast.
38:09There's this great Waffle House.
38:14What is it?
38:16You okay?
38:19John?
38:20Yeah?
38:21My mother's name was Marion.
38:22Uh huh?
38:23But she's dead.
38:25It's okay.
38:26it's okay remember I promised it's all gonna be okay and it would be despite Mike Sylvia and
38:38Polly Holt's best efforts the weekend turned into a week and the week into two after a few
38:47weeks together John invited me to stay with him permanently and finish high school the
38:52Department of Social Services agreed to this arrangement I would come to terms with my
38:59mother being gone I was glad I had taken those few pages for until then I'd always wondered why
39:06my mother had left me the picture of the pages painted was far different from what I had imagined
39:12it was not an unloving mother who had left me rather a woman who had been victimized by her
39:18circumstances in a series of violent men and who would eventually succumb to an ongoing battle
39:24with alcoholism she died a little over three years after I moved into my first foster home
39:33so while my dream of a mother was gone I still clung to a fantasy of finding out who my biological father
39:41was but fate had now given me John to fill that role never before had I been loved so immediately
39:49and unreservedly I enjoyed the consistent support of not only John but of his parents Teresa and John
39:57senior who insisted I call them grandma and grandpa Sykes
40:01miss Holt and Mike Sylvia would continue to check on me through the years but now it was not for my
40:13safety rather it was to see how I was doing in school or check on my progress towards my goal of
40:20college with John's help and the help of Mrs. Doughton I would complete the Upward Bound program and be
40:27accepted into Boston College on a full scholarship yet despite all the good things that life was giving
40:35me I was never fully free from endless thoughts about the birth family I'd never known especially on
40:41my frequent and solitary bike rides my favorite spot to ride was around Buttonwood Park
40:58these rides in the beauty of the park gave me time to reflect on the young boy that I once was
41:07the man I was still trying to become and so I would sit in this sanctuary listening to the wind rushing
41:18through the trees in a natural harmony staring at a lake whose origins appeared as deep and mysterious
41:25as my own I had fought through seemingly endless suffering on the unyielding belief that one day my family
41:33would come and rescue me but they never did and though the tide had turned I still longed for my own
41:43history the still water seemed to answer me this is your fate you survived you have yourself now and
41:53and that has to be enough but it was not
42:02there was one thing left to do
42:04here just if you can get me that file all right thank you hey Steve Mike it's okay you all right yeah
42:25Mike can we talk sure Mike in my file does it say who my father is
42:36Steve you know I can't discuss that with you but I'm entitled to know there was a definitive answer to
42:46that question department would attract them down to discuss him taking custody of you
42:50so that's a no I mean a more definitive answer would be a blood test or maybe a statement from
42:59your your mother but but she passed away yeah I figured that's where those pages went hey Steve you're
43:10really too young legally for me to answer that question I could lose my job you know what I mean
43:17yeah but if there was an investigation it would be in your file right like I said
43:25right and it wouldn't be definitive but there would be a list of people they interviewed
43:32phone numbers possible people that you know knew your father your real father
43:39you want a soda I'm gonna grab a coke I'll go down them all like one minute you want a coke
43:51yes please hey my file will be here when I get back huh yeah Mike thanks for what coke
44:06don't mention
44:09don't mention
44:09he didn't mind
44:22Jared
44:34Jared Jared
44:37Jared
45:04I'm Steve.
45:06I know who you are.
45:08She's this way.
45:11Now you're going to have to give her some time.
45:15I still can't believe it.
45:18You're a spitting image of him.
45:21You have my eyes.
45:24About half of us do.
45:28Your grandmother was Cape Verdean.
45:34What was he like?
45:44You mean besides thinking he could walk on water?
45:51He had a terrible street reputation.
45:55But to me, he was just my mischievous little brother.
46:02I loved that boy.
46:07And Mama, she loved that boy.
46:11She doted on him.
46:14There's 13 children in all.
46:18Our older brother Gordon, he passed when he was eight.
46:24We had a lot of hard times.
46:29And some of the young kids was put in an orphanage.
46:36And they would later grow up in foster homes.
46:43Daddy left after the fire.
46:48Mama died at 39.
46:52And Kenny, he threw himself into boxing.
46:59But the draw of the streets was too much for him.
47:08Beyond marijuana and selling and using heroin.
47:14He robbed dealers for his own use.
47:18Said to me, I'm hooked, Jerry.
47:22I'm trying to stop, but it's hard.
47:24They're going to shoot you.
47:26You keep this up.
47:27There's no talking to him.
47:31Once he made his mind up about something.
47:36Couldn't stop him.
47:39I got a call in the middle of the night.
47:47It was from a hospital in River Falls.
47:51Asking if I knew a Kenny Pemberton.
47:55Said they called me because my number was the only one he had in his while.
48:04When I got to the hospital, it was already gone.
48:17They had a sheet over him except his face.
48:21I could still see that bandana he had tied around his hand.
48:27When I looked at him, I hit the floor.
48:34You don't have to keep talking about this.
48:36No, no, no, no, no.
48:39You need to notice.
48:46Have you been to his grave?
48:49No.
48:51I don't even know where he was buried.
48:54I'll have Mary taken.
49:00I'm just going to sit for a bit.
49:04Okay?
49:05Okay?
49:24You're the three.
49:41One, two, three.
49:43Okay?
49:45All the way to the end, down that road right there.
50:15Mr. Gomes, when I first came to your house and you were talking to Jerry, can I ask you what you said to her?
50:30I told her Kenny's son was across the street, so she should sit down.
50:35I would spend several more years trying to put together the broken pieces of my biological family.
50:50I would find three brothers and a sister.
50:54I would have aunts and uncles and a grandmother, and we would become close.
51:00But when I look back, I now realize I did have a family after all.
51:05John Sykes, Mrs. Daughton, Mike Sylvia, Mrs. Levin.
51:09They were my family because they chose to be, and I will be forever grateful for that choice.
51:17I would gladly not repeat what I went through, but I wouldn't change it either.
51:25Hey there.
51:27Dad, are you okay?
51:29I am now.
51:30Dad, are you okay?
52:00Dad, are you okay?
52:30For more information visit www.fema.org
53:00For more information visit www.fema.org
53:30And that fight is still in me
53:32I'm still fighting against that prediction made of me at one and a half years old
53:37That I didn't have a chance in the world
53:40That was my adversary
53:42And I wanted to defeat it so convincingly
53:46That no future generation of Pembertons would ever encounter the likes of it again
53:51It ends and it has ended with me
53:55I had that power
53:57I had that ability
53:59And so do you
54:00And so do you
54:05I had a chance in the world
54:08And so do you
54:09And so do you
54:09And so do you
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