1 00:00:02,752 --> 00:00:04,294 (INDISTINCT CHATTERING) 2 00:00:04,379 --> 00:00:05,546 (WHISTLE BLOWS) 3 00:00:06,548 --> 00:00:07,715 QUARTERBACK: Ready. 4 00:00:09,384 --> 00:00:11,218 (CHEERLEADERS CHEERING INDISTINCTLY) 5 00:00:11,302 --> 00:00:12,553 QUARTERBACK: Set, hut! 6 00:00:12,637 --> 00:00:14,263 (FOOTBALL PADS POPPING) 7 00:00:15,015 --> 00:00:16,557 (WHISTLE BLOWING) 8 00:00:18,435 --> 00:00:21,270 COACH 1: Nice job, nice job. Tempo, tempo. Let's go. 9 00:00:21,354 --> 00:00:23,981 - On the ball, on the ball. Let's go. - COACH 2: On the ball, let's go. 10 00:00:24,065 --> 00:00:25,065 Reset. 11 00:00:25,150 --> 00:00:26,984 COACH 1: Tempo, tempo. Let's pick it up this time, boys. 12 00:00:27,068 --> 00:00:29,236 COACH 3: What personnel they got, Coach? All right, let's change it. 13 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:30,904 Wall right, wall right. 14 00:00:30,989 --> 00:00:34,283 Make sure you pick off the flyer. Here we go, here we go. Everybody up! 15 00:00:34,367 --> 00:00:35,367 (WHISTLE BLOWS) 16 00:00:35,452 --> 00:00:36,618 MAN 2: Ready. Set! 17 00:00:36,703 --> 00:00:38,328 (INDISTINCT TALKING) 18 00:00:39,914 --> 00:00:41,832 COACH 2: Watch the motion. QUARTERBACK: Set, hut! 19 00:00:41,916 --> 00:00:43,959 COACH 1: There you go, get it, get it. Turn up, turn up, turn up! 20 00:00:44,044 --> 00:00:46,211 - Think fast! There you go. - COACH 2: Just like this. 21 00:00:46,296 --> 00:00:48,297 - (WHISTLE BLOWS) - There you go. Nice job. Nice job. 22 00:00:55,805 --> 00:00:58,640 TERRY BRADSHAW: Mike did. Someone to help me with maximum protection. Mike did. 23 00:00:58,725 --> 00:01:00,559 Someone to help me call the play. Mike did. 24 00:01:00,643 --> 00:01:03,479 Someone to help me get the team in line. Mike did it. 25 00:01:03,563 --> 00:01:05,647 Mike controlled it, Mike ran it. 26 00:01:05,815 --> 00:01:09,109 We needed him, we used him, we leaned on him. 27 00:01:09,486 --> 00:01:12,738 - (CROWD CHEERING) - He was our strength in our offense. 28 00:01:13,073 --> 00:01:16,742 I know this man. I know his backside as well as anybody. 29 00:01:16,826 --> 00:01:18,202 (CROWD APPLAUDING) 30 00:01:18,286 --> 00:01:23,207 Simply, nothing has ever compared to Mike Webster. 31 00:01:23,541 --> 00:01:27,669 Ladies and gentlemen, the greatest center in the history of the National Football League, 32 00:01:27,754 --> 00:01:33,008 your inductee into the Hall of Fame, number 52, "Iron Mike" Webster! 33 00:01:33,718 --> 00:01:35,511 (CROWD CHEERING) 34 00:01:40,183 --> 00:01:41,475 MAN: Way to go, Mike! 35 00:01:41,559 --> 00:01:42,684 Uh... 36 00:01:43,603 --> 00:01:45,354 I'd like to begin... 37 00:01:45,939 --> 00:01:51,318 Um, obviously, I want it to be fun, but I want to be truthful. 38 00:01:52,987 --> 00:01:59,284 'Cause the people out there are tremendous fans, uh, locally. 39 00:02:00,203 --> 00:02:04,998 But as we, uh, as we go through this, I want you to understand 40 00:02:05,083 --> 00:02:10,629 the greatest thing that has happened to me in my experience of professional football 41 00:02:12,549 --> 00:02:18,220 is to have the opportunity to work with people with a common goal 42 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:22,724 and with the same purpose, and to sacrifice. 43 00:02:32,569 --> 00:02:34,194 I'll say this, 44 00:02:35,238 --> 00:02:38,073 it's painful playing football, obviously. 45 00:02:39,284 --> 00:02:41,827 And, uh, it's not a lot of fun out there 46 00:02:41,911 --> 00:02:46,081 to be in two-a-day drills in the heat of the summer, 47 00:02:46,249 --> 00:02:48,000 and, uh, banging heads. 48 00:02:48,168 --> 00:02:49,585 It's not a natural thing. 49 00:03:03,433 --> 00:03:07,060 I was scared I'd fail. Honest to God, I was scared I'd fail. 50 00:03:08,605 --> 00:03:10,272 I'm still scared of that. 51 00:03:22,368 --> 00:03:23,994 (PLAYERS SHOUTING) 52 00:03:24,078 --> 00:03:25,787 (CROWD CHEERING) 53 00:03:41,012 --> 00:03:45,432 And all we have to do is finish the game. 54 00:03:47,477 --> 00:03:50,187 If we finish, we win. 55 00:03:54,275 --> 00:03:55,275 Yeah. 56 00:04:07,330 --> 00:04:09,498 - (BELL DINGING) - (TRAIN CHUGGING) 57 00:04:12,335 --> 00:04:14,044 (SHIP HORN BLOWING) 58 00:04:21,636 --> 00:04:25,180 ATTORNEY: The state has asked, after a lengthy trial, 59 00:04:25,265 --> 00:04:29,559 a death sentence and two appeals, why we would learn anything new from you. 60 00:04:30,770 --> 00:04:33,563 Dr. Omalu, do you have a medical degree? 61 00:04:34,732 --> 00:04:38,610 Uh, yes. From the University of Nigeria. 62 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:41,530 At Enugu, Nigeria. 63 00:04:42,740 --> 00:04:44,324 And I did my residency 64 00:04:44,409 --> 00:04:48,870 at Columbia University Medical School in New York. 65 00:04:49,664 --> 00:04:55,294 Um, I also have master's degrees in Public Health and Epidemiology. 66 00:04:55,878 --> 00:04:59,881 In addition, I am a certified physician executive, 67 00:05:00,341 --> 00:05:03,635 uh, with a specialty in Emergency Medicine. 68 00:05:04,053 --> 00:05:06,388 (STUTTERS) And, of course, I'm board-certified 69 00:05:06,472 --> 00:05:11,226 in Forensic Pathology, Clinical Pathology and Anatomic Pathology. 70 00:05:11,644 --> 00:05:16,898 Uh, my... My focus is Neuropathology, the examination of the brain. 71 00:05:17,191 --> 00:05:19,985 - While working as a Medical... - I'm sorry. So sorry. I'm sorry. 72 00:05:20,069 --> 00:05:24,448 Uh, I'm also completing my MBA at Carnegie Mellon University. 73 00:05:25,116 --> 00:05:26,366 (CHUCKLING) 74 00:05:26,617 --> 00:05:29,161 Oh, uh, and, uh, before I came to America, 75 00:05:29,245 --> 00:05:34,374 a master's degree in the Theory of Music from the Royal School of Music in London. 76 00:05:38,796 --> 00:05:42,716 Oh, but... Oh, your... Your original question, uh, what can I add? 77 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:43,925 Um... 78 00:05:45,428 --> 00:05:49,514 My specialty is the science of death. 79 00:05:50,308 --> 00:05:55,354 I think more about why people die than I do the way people live. 80 00:05:58,983 --> 00:06:01,068 Hands of the deceased. 81 00:06:01,444 --> 00:06:04,029 Broken and dislodged fingernails. 82 00:06:04,113 --> 00:06:09,618 The hands of a woman who fought wildly for her life and lost. 83 00:06:11,704 --> 00:06:13,955 The hands of the defendant, Thomas Chambers. 84 00:06:14,207 --> 00:06:16,750 And that is, in fact, the blood of the victim. 85 00:06:16,834 --> 00:06:19,544 Now, doesn't that suggest that the state has the right man? 86 00:06:19,629 --> 00:06:25,842 I thought so, until I heard hour 217 of Mr. Chambers' police interview. 87 00:06:25,927 --> 00:06:29,471 I heard him very clearly say, "I hate blood. 88 00:06:30,598 --> 00:06:35,394 "I had a tooth pulled as a child once and it would not stop bleeding. " 89 00:06:35,478 --> 00:06:37,312 - So, I got curious. - What about? 90 00:06:37,647 --> 00:06:41,817 Hands. I could not reconcile these conflicting sets of hands. 91 00:06:41,984 --> 00:06:45,779 So, my mind... My mind is... My mind is going mad, and I'm trying to figure out 92 00:06:45,863 --> 00:06:49,533 if Thomas Chambers' family has a history of hemophilia. 93 00:06:49,951 --> 00:06:52,744 So, I asked his father and, uh, his father said no. 94 00:06:52,829 --> 00:06:56,665 But there is a strain of hemophilia, hemophilia A, 95 00:06:56,749 --> 00:06:59,584 so rare that it is never tested for. 96 00:06:59,669 --> 00:07:02,712 Mr. Chambers tested positive for hemophilia A. 97 00:07:02,797 --> 00:07:08,343 His hands may have touched the victim, perhaps to aid her, as he claims. 98 00:07:08,511 --> 00:07:12,722 If his hands had been the murder weapon, if he had been scratched or bitten, 99 00:07:12,807 --> 00:07:14,808 he would have bled to death. 100 00:07:14,934 --> 00:07:18,687 If the state of Pennsylvania moves forward to execute, 101 00:07:18,771 --> 00:07:22,315 you will be killing an innocent man. 102 00:08:28,674 --> 00:08:30,634 ALL: (SINGING) Happy birthday to... 103 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:31,760 MAN: Way to go, Joe. 104 00:08:35,556 --> 00:08:37,849 - Good morning, Gracie. - Good morning, Dr. Omalu. 105 00:08:37,934 --> 00:08:40,560 - Here are the cases for today. Mmm-hmm. - Okay. This is from yesterday. 106 00:08:40,645 --> 00:08:41,937 Hey, we got a full room today. 107 00:08:42,021 --> 00:08:43,355 - Cycle 'em through. - Yes. 108 00:08:51,322 --> 00:08:53,448 Let's begin with Rachel Green. 109 00:09:13,094 --> 00:09:14,261 (SIGHS) 110 00:09:18,307 --> 00:09:21,142 Okay, Rachel, I need your help. 111 00:09:22,311 --> 00:09:24,312 We are in this together. 112 00:09:24,981 --> 00:09:26,481 Please help me find out what happened to you. 113 00:09:26,566 --> 00:09:27,607 Here we go. 114 00:09:28,150 --> 00:09:29,484 Danny, come on. 115 00:09:34,615 --> 00:09:35,740 Gracie. 116 00:09:36,033 --> 00:09:39,119 GRACIE: Dr. Omalu uses different stuff. Makes less of a mess. 117 00:09:43,833 --> 00:09:46,585 (R&B MUSIC PLAYING OVER HEADPHONES) 118 00:09:46,669 --> 00:09:49,462 Lookin' back over my years 119 00:09:49,547 --> 00:09:52,674 I guess I've shedded some tears 120 00:09:53,467 --> 00:09:56,094 Told myself time and time again 121 00:09:56,178 --> 00:09:57,971 This time I'm gonna win 122 00:09:59,307 --> 00:10:00,849 But another fight 123 00:10:01,267 --> 00:10:02,309 Things ain't right... 124 00:10:02,393 --> 00:10:03,393 (SAW WHIRRING) 125 00:10:28,878 --> 00:10:31,087 BENNET: Possible causal relationship 126 00:10:31,172 --> 00:10:35,008 between self-medication and early head trauma, 127 00:10:35,384 --> 00:10:37,719 leading to narcotics abuse and overdose. 128 00:10:37,803 --> 00:10:39,596 You're not her shrink, Bennet! 129 00:10:40,181 --> 00:10:43,183 If I know how she lived, I know why she died. 130 00:10:43,643 --> 00:10:45,477 And you should be careful, Danny. 131 00:10:45,561 --> 00:10:47,896 One day, I may be rushing through your autopsy. 132 00:10:54,236 --> 00:10:55,362 (INTERCOM BEEPS) 133 00:10:55,446 --> 00:10:58,198 WOMAN: Dr. Wecht, Dr. Omalu is here to see you. 134 00:10:58,532 --> 00:11:02,077 You know the reason you're not back in Nigeria, don't you? 135 00:11:02,161 --> 00:11:04,329 Uh, yes. Because I remind you of you. 136 00:11:04,664 --> 00:11:06,414 Only less handsome. 137 00:11:06,499 --> 00:11:07,582 Sit. 138 00:11:09,794 --> 00:11:12,087 What the hell is going on down there? 139 00:11:12,171 --> 00:11:14,422 Nothing. I'm doing my work. I'm fine. 140 00:11:14,507 --> 00:11:15,507 You're not fine. 141 00:11:15,591 --> 00:11:19,177 Danny hates your guts. I've never seen anything like it. 142 00:11:19,929 --> 00:11:21,846 I think you're working a little too slow. 143 00:11:22,056 --> 00:11:23,306 I'm a doctor. 144 00:11:23,391 --> 00:11:26,768 The dead are my patients. (STUTTERS) I treat them with respect. 145 00:11:26,852 --> 00:11:28,561 But do you have to talk to them? 146 00:11:28,646 --> 00:11:30,939 If you have to do that, talk to them in your head. 147 00:11:31,023 --> 00:11:32,023 (SIGHS) 148 00:11:32,108 --> 00:11:35,110 And we discussed the knives. You're still throwing them away. 149 00:11:35,194 --> 00:11:37,362 We're a public agency in Pittsburgh. 150 00:11:37,446 --> 00:11:39,197 They're expensive. Reuse them. 151 00:11:39,782 --> 00:11:45,453 Would you want me to cut open your mother with the same knife I used on a serial killer? 152 00:11:49,250 --> 00:11:50,291 Yes. 153 00:11:50,626 --> 00:11:52,085 I'd probably request it. 154 00:11:52,169 --> 00:11:53,670 (BOTH CHUCKLE) 155 00:11:54,797 --> 00:11:55,922 Cyril. 156 00:11:56,507 --> 00:11:58,466 You need a girlfriend. 157 00:11:58,676 --> 00:12:01,261 You need to touch somebody alive every once in a while. 158 00:12:02,596 --> 00:12:05,348 Living women are... Well, occasionally they're a pain in the ass, 159 00:12:05,433 --> 00:12:06,975 but quite often, they're amazing. 160 00:12:07,101 --> 00:12:08,560 Give it a try. 161 00:12:08,769 --> 00:12:09,811 Okay. 162 00:12:09,937 --> 00:12:12,272 Just be a little less of an artist. 163 00:12:12,356 --> 00:12:15,024 - Fit in a little more. - Yes. 164 00:12:15,443 --> 00:12:16,860 It's another death row case. 165 00:12:16,986 --> 00:12:19,112 The guy's being railroaded. 166 00:12:19,405 --> 00:12:21,531 $1,000 for you. 167 00:12:23,117 --> 00:12:24,117 Cyril. 168 00:12:26,579 --> 00:12:28,371 Uh... (SIGHS) 169 00:12:29,540 --> 00:12:31,666 - (BELL DINGING) - (TRAIN HORN BLOWING) 170 00:12:36,172 --> 00:12:37,797 (MOTORCYCLE ENGINE REVS) 171 00:12:50,603 --> 00:12:52,228 (TRAIN HORN BLOWING) 172 00:12:56,942 --> 00:12:57,984 Webby. 173 00:12:59,028 --> 00:13:00,445 Hey, man. 174 00:13:00,863 --> 00:13:02,739 I am loving the digs. 175 00:13:02,865 --> 00:13:04,991 (WEBSTER EXHALES AND SNIFFLES) 176 00:13:05,117 --> 00:13:06,117 Mike. 177 00:13:06,952 --> 00:13:08,203 It's Justin. 178 00:13:10,206 --> 00:13:12,791 - I'll just sit with you for a minute, huh? - Yeah. 179 00:13:13,542 --> 00:13:15,043 (STRZELCZYK SIGHS) 180 00:13:22,927 --> 00:13:24,594 (SIGHS) Jugger. 181 00:13:26,222 --> 00:13:28,640 We're all worried about you, man. 182 00:13:28,724 --> 00:13:30,809 - (INHALES DEEPLY) - What are you doing, Mike? Mike! Mike! 183 00:13:30,893 --> 00:13:33,311 - What are y'all doing? Give me that. - No, no, no! 184 00:13:33,395 --> 00:13:35,021 It's all right. It's just... 185 00:13:35,105 --> 00:13:37,732 (COUGHS) I just... (GROANS) 186 00:13:37,817 --> 00:13:39,734 I don't want to go to sleep. 187 00:13:40,528 --> 00:13:41,694 (PANTING) 188 00:13:41,779 --> 00:13:43,905 I heard you sold your Super Bowl rings, Mike. 189 00:13:44,907 --> 00:13:46,574 Your Super Bowl rings, Mike. 190 00:13:51,330 --> 00:13:52,497 (EXHALES) 191 00:13:52,581 --> 00:13:53,581 (SNIFFLES) 192 00:13:53,791 --> 00:13:55,124 Mike, hey. 193 00:13:56,168 --> 00:13:57,669 Pam's your wife. 194 00:13:59,129 --> 00:14:00,922 - Garrett's your boy. - Yeah, yeah. 195 00:14:01,549 --> 00:14:02,966 (PANTING) 196 00:14:05,219 --> 00:14:07,387 I'm starting to forget things. 197 00:14:09,014 --> 00:14:11,724 I'm saying this crazy crap to my kids. 198 00:14:12,476 --> 00:14:14,936 I nearly pushed Keana into a wall. 199 00:14:16,897 --> 00:14:19,607 - I never thought I'd do that to her. - All right, well, don't... 200 00:14:19,692 --> 00:14:21,568 Just don't give up. 201 00:14:22,945 --> 00:14:27,699 All we got to do is finish the game. 202 00:14:28,617 --> 00:14:29,951 We'll all be winners. Okay? 203 00:14:35,291 --> 00:14:39,961 WOMAN: (SINGING) To the upright I will show 204 00:14:40,421 --> 00:14:46,301 The saving power of God 205 00:14:47,469 --> 00:14:50,471 CONGREGATION: (SINGING) To the upright 206 00:14:50,973 --> 00:14:53,433 I will show 207 00:14:53,517 --> 00:14:58,980 The saving power of God 208 00:14:59,565 --> 00:15:03,568 How great 209 00:15:04,361 --> 00:15:07,322 Is our God 210 00:15:08,991 --> 00:15:13,494 How great 211 00:15:14,121 --> 00:15:17,290 Is our God 212 00:15:19,543 --> 00:15:21,336 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) 213 00:15:24,006 --> 00:15:25,882 BENNET: Have a good day. It's good to see you. 214 00:15:25,966 --> 00:15:27,508 Bennet! A moment? 215 00:15:27,718 --> 00:15:29,052 Yes, Father. 216 00:15:29,887 --> 00:15:31,930 - How are you? - WOMAN: We have a new member. 217 00:15:32,014 --> 00:15:33,932 A young lady from Kenya. 218 00:15:34,016 --> 00:15:37,018 She came to us a couple weeks ago and she needs our help. 219 00:15:37,311 --> 00:15:38,770 Oh, sure. How much do you need, Father? 220 00:15:38,854 --> 00:15:41,856 She needs shelter, Bennet. Until we find her something permanent. 221 00:15:42,107 --> 00:15:44,651 Father, (STUTTERS) I'm working on my MBA. 222 00:15:44,735 --> 00:15:46,319 I'm studying. My books are all over, everywhere. 223 00:15:46,403 --> 00:15:48,947 She's a nice girl. She's from Nairobi. 224 00:15:49,031 --> 00:15:50,448 Went to British school. 225 00:15:50,532 --> 00:15:51,950 She wants to work. 226 00:15:52,034 --> 00:15:54,577 We're letting her tidy up around the church. 227 00:15:54,662 --> 00:15:58,623 We're asking you because we know she'll be safe and cared for. 228 00:15:59,208 --> 00:16:03,002 - I feel God in you, Bennet. - Thank you, Father. 229 00:16:06,256 --> 00:16:07,674 Who is she? 230 00:16:17,768 --> 00:16:19,769 (CHURCH BELL TOLLING IN THE DISTANCE) 231 00:16:35,869 --> 00:16:36,869 (DOOR CLOSES) 232 00:16:38,789 --> 00:16:39,914 So, uh... 233 00:16:41,542 --> 00:16:42,917 You can see. 234 00:16:50,968 --> 00:16:55,555 That is, uh, basically my office, there. 235 00:17:03,313 --> 00:17:05,148 PREMA: Is that your father? 236 00:17:05,274 --> 00:17:08,276 Ah, yes. The chief. 237 00:17:08,652 --> 00:17:09,777 Um... 238 00:17:11,113 --> 00:17:12,780 Those are my peaches. 239 00:17:13,824 --> 00:17:16,117 - They should not be here. - (BOTH CHUCKLE) 240 00:17:16,618 --> 00:17:17,952 Your room. 241 00:17:18,078 --> 00:17:20,621 Uh, your room. There is a... 242 00:17:21,290 --> 00:17:23,499 The key, I have it for you. 243 00:17:25,419 --> 00:17:26,627 Um... 244 00:17:28,172 --> 00:17:31,049 How are you for... For money? 245 00:17:31,300 --> 00:17:32,425 I have some. 246 00:17:36,305 --> 00:17:37,430 (STUTTERS) No... 247 00:17:38,057 --> 00:17:40,516 Need is not weak. 248 00:17:42,186 --> 00:17:44,812 Need is need. 249 00:17:46,607 --> 00:17:48,316 I know where you are. 250 00:17:48,692 --> 00:17:49,984 I was you. 251 00:17:52,488 --> 00:17:54,655 You're in America now. 252 00:17:55,157 --> 00:17:58,993 So, you have to be the best version of yourself. 253 00:18:00,287 --> 00:18:04,499 If you don't know what that is, you pick something and fake it. 254 00:18:05,542 --> 00:18:07,210 So, I will just... 255 00:18:08,045 --> 00:18:09,545 There, for you. 256 00:18:09,963 --> 00:18:11,089 What did you pick? 257 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:13,674 - What did I pick? - To fake. 258 00:18:13,759 --> 00:18:18,471 I picked an older bald-headed white man. 259 00:18:19,014 --> 00:18:22,100 Why an older bald-headed white man? 260 00:18:22,184 --> 00:18:23,351 (CHUCKLES) 261 00:18:24,019 --> 00:18:27,021 Because he is the best at what he does. 262 00:18:28,649 --> 00:18:30,650 Do you want to see your room? 263 00:18:40,702 --> 00:18:41,869 (SIGHS) 264 00:18:46,083 --> 00:18:50,670 I was a registered nurse at the Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi. 265 00:18:53,382 --> 00:18:54,841 I understand. 266 00:18:55,551 --> 00:18:57,260 I meant no offense. 267 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:00,388 (SIREN WAILING) 268 00:19:02,182 --> 00:19:03,224 SECURITY GUARD: Hey! 269 00:19:03,642 --> 00:19:04,976 Hey, wake up! 270 00:19:05,435 --> 00:19:07,228 - (KNOCKING) - Hey! Wake up, you. 271 00:19:07,938 --> 00:19:10,481 Come on, now. This ain't no hotel. You can't sleep here. 272 00:19:10,566 --> 00:19:12,567 Put down your window, let's go! 273 00:19:17,614 --> 00:19:18,906 (SOFTLY) Wait. 274 00:19:19,825 --> 00:19:21,742 You're Mike Webster, right? 275 00:19:21,827 --> 00:19:23,286 Iron Mike. 276 00:19:24,163 --> 00:19:26,122 WOMAN: I called for him. He's coming. 277 00:19:26,206 --> 00:19:27,832 Okay, but I don't see him. 278 00:19:29,418 --> 00:19:30,501 Oh. 279 00:19:31,587 --> 00:19:34,714 Come on, come on. 280 00:19:35,424 --> 00:19:36,674 (SIGHS) 281 00:19:38,427 --> 00:19:40,428 Oh, what? What is... 282 00:19:40,512 --> 00:19:42,013 (PANTING) 283 00:19:47,352 --> 00:19:48,352 Oh, look at that. 284 00:19:51,565 --> 00:19:53,149 WOMAN: Mike, he's here. 285 00:19:54,818 --> 00:19:55,902 Hey, Mike. 286 00:19:56,111 --> 00:19:57,820 - Look, can you, uh... - Mike, can you hear me? 287 00:19:57,905 --> 00:19:59,363 Uh, yeah, yeah, yeah. You just, uh... 288 00:20:00,449 --> 00:20:03,826 You just have to tell me what to do, because I am... 289 00:20:03,952 --> 00:20:05,620 I am freaking overwhelmed. 290 00:20:05,829 --> 00:20:08,956 We're gonna get you some help, Mike. What are you taking right now? 291 00:20:09,750 --> 00:20:10,875 Oh, the Ritalin. 292 00:20:10,959 --> 00:20:13,336 Dexedrine, Prozac, Klonopin, you're still taking all of those? 293 00:20:13,420 --> 00:20:14,378 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 294 00:20:14,463 --> 00:20:17,298 - Come sit down, Mike. - All of it, okay? And superglue. 295 00:20:17,382 --> 00:20:19,050 - Okay. - Yeah, superglue. 296 00:20:19,134 --> 00:20:22,553 3.5 Haldol. You call his wife. You tell her he's worse. 297 00:20:22,638 --> 00:20:23,721 He's a lot worse. 298 00:20:23,805 --> 00:20:25,514 You were my doctor. You were my doctor, right? 299 00:20:25,599 --> 00:20:29,518 - I was the team doctor. - Okay! Okay, all right, then, the team doctor! 300 00:20:29,603 --> 00:20:31,437 All right? The team doctor! 301 00:20:31,521 --> 00:20:33,439 All right? Then why aren't you helping me, all right? 302 00:20:33,523 --> 00:20:35,483 - I am gonna help you. - You are not helping me. 303 00:20:35,567 --> 00:20:38,236 You got to fix this! You got to fix this! All right? 304 00:20:38,445 --> 00:20:39,904 In here, all right? 305 00:20:40,113 --> 00:20:42,615 And in here. I am dying in here! 306 00:20:43,825 --> 00:20:45,326 - I'm dying in here, all right? - WOMAN: Dr. Bailes. 307 00:20:45,494 --> 00:20:46,827 I hear you, Mike. 308 00:20:47,079 --> 00:20:48,412 It's okay. 309 00:20:50,332 --> 00:20:52,458 Let me give you something to help you rest, Mike. 310 00:20:52,542 --> 00:20:54,335 You want to rest, don't you? 311 00:20:54,419 --> 00:20:58,589 I just want you to help me, all right? I just want you to help me. 312 00:20:58,674 --> 00:21:01,384 - I will help you, Mike. - Just help me. Just... 313 00:21:01,677 --> 00:21:02,760 (SIGHS) 314 00:21:02,844 --> 00:21:04,428 - Come and sit down. - Okay. 315 00:21:05,138 --> 00:21:06,722 - Come and sit down. - (SIGHS) 316 00:21:11,728 --> 00:21:13,729 Well, go ahead, give me the drugs, give me the drugs. 317 00:21:13,897 --> 00:21:16,023 Show me how you're gonna help me. 318 00:21:16,108 --> 00:21:17,692 - Don't move, Mike. - Mmm-hmm. 319 00:21:18,318 --> 00:21:19,360 Ow! 320 00:21:21,697 --> 00:21:24,282 - Come and sit down, Mike. - Ooh. (SIGHS) 321 00:21:24,825 --> 00:21:25,866 Ooh. 322 00:21:28,120 --> 00:21:29,704 - Ooh. - Come lay down, Mike. 323 00:21:34,710 --> 00:21:36,627 You rest now, Mike. 324 00:21:40,757 --> 00:21:42,383 What am I missing? 325 00:21:43,051 --> 00:21:44,719 - Tumor? - No. 326 00:21:45,387 --> 00:21:47,555 All of his scans were clean. 327 00:21:48,098 --> 00:21:49,724 (TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING) 328 00:21:55,397 --> 00:21:57,064 (PANTING) 329 00:22:17,711 --> 00:22:18,794 (SIGHS) 330 00:22:23,342 --> 00:22:24,342 (GROANS) 331 00:22:24,426 --> 00:22:26,594 REPORTER: Through the years, the dauntless Webster 332 00:22:26,678 --> 00:22:30,848 had abandoned his family, slipped into financial chaos and homelessness. 333 00:22:31,224 --> 00:22:34,643 This is a hard day for the city of Pittsburgh. On a personal note, 334 00:22:34,728 --> 00:22:36,479 I can remember sitting down with my father 335 00:22:36,563 --> 00:22:39,607 and him giving me examples of hard work ethic 336 00:22:39,691 --> 00:22:42,360 and telling me when you get knocked down, you get back up again. 337 00:22:42,444 --> 00:22:45,613 I'm sorry, uh, I don't usually watch TV. 338 00:22:46,573 --> 00:22:48,407 Then why do you have one? 339 00:22:48,575 --> 00:22:51,243 One has a TV in this country. 340 00:22:53,622 --> 00:22:54,622 (CLEARS THROAT) 341 00:23:00,796 --> 00:23:03,631 Oh, I'm sorry, I don't usually eat breakfast. 342 00:23:05,050 --> 00:23:07,676 One should eat breakfast in this country. 343 00:23:13,141 --> 00:23:14,225 (SNIFFS) 344 00:23:14,309 --> 00:23:15,309 (SIGHS) 345 00:23:19,523 --> 00:23:20,815 Dear God, 346 00:23:21,775 --> 00:23:25,486 thank You for the gifts You have so graciously bestowed upon us. 347 00:23:25,570 --> 00:23:29,323 Please help us to continue to be deservant of Your blessings. 348 00:23:29,616 --> 00:23:30,658 Amen. 349 00:23:31,451 --> 00:23:32,493 Bennet! 350 00:23:32,744 --> 00:23:35,079 REPORTER: Just hours after he was rushed to the nearby hospital, 351 00:23:35,163 --> 00:23:37,498 football Hall of Famer, Iron Mike Webster... 352 00:23:37,582 --> 00:23:40,167 - What is going on? - Mike Webster. 353 00:23:40,252 --> 00:23:41,293 Who's Mike Webster? 354 00:23:41,378 --> 00:23:43,129 He's the greatest center to ever play the game. 355 00:23:43,213 --> 00:23:44,255 He's a true warrior. 356 00:23:44,756 --> 00:23:45,756 Um... 357 00:23:45,841 --> 00:23:49,093 - I'm sorry. What is a center? - The big guy in the middle. Hikes it. 358 00:23:49,177 --> 00:23:51,011 My kid plays football because of this guy. 359 00:23:51,096 --> 00:23:53,264 Okay, I'm sorry. I just did not know who he was. 360 00:23:53,348 --> 00:23:54,390 Well, if you're gonna live in this town, 361 00:23:54,474 --> 00:23:56,600 you gonna work in this town, football is a good thing. 362 00:23:56,685 --> 00:23:58,436 I freaking can't believe it's you. 363 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,397 Well, as you know, I was put on the schedule for this weekend. 364 00:24:01,481 --> 00:24:03,607 I am put on the schedule for every weekend. 365 00:24:03,692 --> 00:24:06,360 Come on. Come on. 366 00:24:10,490 --> 00:24:12,616 The whole town was out of work. 367 00:24:12,701 --> 00:24:15,202 He was a guy who gave us hope when there really was no hope. 368 00:24:15,287 --> 00:24:18,205 Just leave him be. 369 00:24:22,544 --> 00:24:24,295 BENNET: Look at his teeth. 370 00:24:24,379 --> 00:24:28,174 He was pulling them out and supergluing them back in. 371 00:24:30,552 --> 00:24:32,428 Gracie, full autopsy, please. 372 00:24:32,512 --> 00:24:35,222 Hey, come on, man. There's no need to cut this man's body. 373 00:24:35,515 --> 00:24:38,684 Why does an apparently healthy favorite son of this city 374 00:24:38,768 --> 00:24:42,021 become self-mutilating and homeless at 50? 375 00:24:43,523 --> 00:24:46,734 Cardiac arrest may be how he died, but not why. 376 00:24:47,194 --> 00:24:49,403 - Prepare the body, please. - Yes. 377 00:24:55,410 --> 00:25:01,040 I think what he's saying is that sometimes in life, you know, you just... 378 00:25:01,458 --> 00:25:03,501 You're asked to leave it alone. 379 00:25:04,044 --> 00:25:05,961 But, uh, sometimes you can't. 380 00:25:06,087 --> 00:25:07,129 Mmm. 381 00:25:07,756 --> 00:25:11,550 Do you believe that he thinks this is a time that I should leave it alone? 382 00:25:11,635 --> 00:25:13,385 No, I don't. 383 00:25:14,012 --> 00:25:15,304 I never leave it alone. 384 00:25:15,388 --> 00:25:17,348 That's why people hate me. 385 00:26:03,311 --> 00:26:04,395 Mike. 386 00:26:06,022 --> 00:26:08,816 People are saying bad things about you. 387 00:26:10,151 --> 00:26:12,403 I can tell something is wrong. 388 00:26:13,321 --> 00:26:15,114 But I can't do this alone. 389 00:26:15,490 --> 00:26:19,285 I need your help to tell the world what happened to you. 390 00:26:29,421 --> 00:26:31,505 (R&B MUSIC PLAYING OVER HEADPHONES) 391 00:26:37,345 --> 00:26:39,054 Close the door 392 00:26:40,223 --> 00:26:43,851 Let me give you what you've been waiting for 393 00:26:45,687 --> 00:26:48,772 Baby, I got so much love to give... 394 00:26:49,733 --> 00:26:51,692 - (MUSIC FADES) - (TOOL WHIRRING) 395 00:27:07,250 --> 00:27:08,500 BENNET: Hmm. 396 00:27:26,019 --> 00:27:28,562 Oh, uh, sorry. Um... 397 00:27:29,606 --> 00:27:30,648 (SNIFFS) 398 00:27:30,732 --> 00:27:32,775 Regular folds of gray matter. 399 00:27:34,027 --> 00:27:35,903 No obvious contusions. 400 00:27:36,863 --> 00:27:40,366 No shrinkage from Alzheimer's. 401 00:27:44,621 --> 00:27:45,871 GRACIE: What's wrong? 402 00:27:49,167 --> 00:27:52,086 Uh, can you show me the CT scan again, please? 403 00:27:57,759 --> 00:28:00,177 - How old are these? - GRACIE: Mmm, six months. 404 00:28:00,845 --> 00:28:02,262 BENNET: Six months. 405 00:28:10,397 --> 00:28:11,605 (SIGHS) 406 00:28:17,779 --> 00:28:19,947 This brain should be a mess. 407 00:28:23,159 --> 00:28:25,077 - But it looks completely normal. - Mmm. 408 00:28:27,330 --> 00:28:32,334 Records say severe headaches, double vision, voices in his head. 409 00:28:33,503 --> 00:28:35,337 No documented concussions. 410 00:28:35,588 --> 00:28:37,423 He did complain of dizziness. 411 00:28:37,966 --> 00:28:40,092 - Yes. How often? - Once. 412 00:28:40,427 --> 00:28:43,095 In 18 years of professional football? 413 00:28:44,514 --> 00:28:45,931 BENNET: "Joseph Maroon. " 414 00:28:46,015 --> 00:28:47,891 SULLIVAN: Sign the certificate. Sew him up. 415 00:28:51,146 --> 00:28:52,980 Fix the brain, please. 416 00:28:53,982 --> 00:28:56,984 You know we don't have the budget to do that. 417 00:28:57,318 --> 00:29:00,529 People do not go mad for no reason. I'm going to continue looking. 418 00:29:00,613 --> 00:29:02,489 No, you're not going to. 419 00:29:02,824 --> 00:29:04,658 Danny, you are out of line. 420 00:29:04,743 --> 00:29:07,077 Hey, you do not speak to me like that! 421 00:29:07,162 --> 00:29:08,704 - I am the pathologist on duty! - Oh, man. 422 00:29:08,788 --> 00:29:10,956 - I am the pathologist of record! - Hey! Listen! 423 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:12,666 This is not your laboratory! 424 00:29:12,751 --> 00:29:15,419 My hands are on this body! If I am wrong, I am wrong! 425 00:29:15,503 --> 00:29:17,880 - And you are wrong. - Not you, me! 426 00:29:18,339 --> 00:29:19,548 Fix that brain. 427 00:29:20,300 --> 00:29:22,926 Hey, I am gonna make sure they don't pay for any of this. 428 00:29:23,011 --> 00:29:26,180 I am going to write my orders for the tests that I need. 429 00:29:26,264 --> 00:29:28,515 - And you're paying for it yourself. - Yes, Danny. 430 00:29:28,850 --> 00:29:30,684 Please, exit my workplace. 431 00:29:32,187 --> 00:29:33,312 (CHUCKLES) 432 00:29:34,606 --> 00:29:36,482 - BENNET: Please! - (DOOR CLOSES) 433 00:29:36,858 --> 00:29:40,652 WECHT: In 25 years, I've never requested a panel of tests like this. 434 00:29:40,737 --> 00:29:41,904 What are you looking for? 435 00:29:42,447 --> 00:29:47,159 There is not a single case in a book or in life 436 00:29:47,410 --> 00:29:52,080 where a man that healthy went that mad that young 437 00:29:52,165 --> 00:29:54,750 with no visible abnormality of the brain. 438 00:29:56,628 --> 00:29:58,796 I don't know what I'm looking for. 439 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:00,297 (CHUCKLES) I can tell. 440 00:30:01,716 --> 00:30:03,842 It's going to cost you a fortune. 441 00:30:04,219 --> 00:30:05,511 I understand. 442 00:30:06,137 --> 00:30:07,387 Okay. 443 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:11,850 Well, if you have to play hero, just make sure we both come out okay. 444 00:30:52,100 --> 00:30:55,853 Dr. Omalu. You got something today. Left it on your desk. 445 00:30:55,937 --> 00:30:57,437 Oh, thank you. 446 00:30:57,522 --> 00:30:58,814 (CLEARS THROAT) 447 00:30:59,607 --> 00:31:01,608 (SIREN WAILING IN THE DISTANCE) 448 00:31:22,630 --> 00:31:23,797 BENNET: Prema! 449 00:31:25,633 --> 00:31:28,176 It's very late. Where have you been? 450 00:31:32,807 --> 00:31:34,266 I got a job. 451 00:31:35,268 --> 00:31:37,853 - Look at you. - Well, uh, a shift. 452 00:31:37,937 --> 00:31:39,229 (CHUCKLES) 453 00:31:39,314 --> 00:31:42,190 At a home. Feeding old people. 454 00:31:42,358 --> 00:31:44,484 That is fantastic. Congratulations. 455 00:31:46,613 --> 00:31:47,988 What is that? 456 00:31:49,157 --> 00:31:50,657 BENNET: Mike Webster. 457 00:31:57,332 --> 00:31:59,416 - (TV CLICKS ON) - PAT SAJAK:... phrase is worth $1,000. 458 00:31:59,500 --> 00:32:00,834 And here we go. 459 00:32:03,796 --> 00:32:07,174 Would you like me to get you a TV for your room? 460 00:32:08,843 --> 00:32:11,345 No. This one will be fine. 461 00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:14,181 Oh, okay. 462 00:32:16,851 --> 00:32:18,018 (SIGHS) 463 00:32:26,235 --> 00:32:28,403 I can't tell what you're more afraid of. 464 00:32:28,988 --> 00:32:32,240 What you will find, or what you won't. 465 00:32:33,701 --> 00:32:34,701 Hmm. 466 00:32:43,086 --> 00:32:47,025 (SNIFFS) 467 00:33:19,247 --> 00:33:20,247 (SIGHS) 468 00:33:59,912 --> 00:34:07,294 My God. 469 00:34:32,487 --> 00:34:33,904 MAN 1 OVER TV: ... jacked up from those guys 470 00:34:33,988 --> 00:34:35,572 that are gonna be racing those sides on this. 471 00:34:35,656 --> 00:34:37,574 Let's get to Jacked Up Number 5. 472 00:34:37,658 --> 00:34:40,160 We're gonna begin with the Rams and the Chargers. 473 00:34:40,244 --> 00:34:43,413 Mark Bulger gonna be delivering the ball to Tony Fisher. 474 00:34:43,498 --> 00:34:45,248 Throws it down around his feet. 475 00:34:45,333 --> 00:34:48,168 So, Donnie Edwards is gonna level him right there. 476 00:34:48,336 --> 00:34:51,004 Always be looking out for the big hit right there. 477 00:34:51,089 --> 00:34:53,507 - Tony Fisher gotjacked up! - MAN 2: Jacked up! 478 00:34:54,509 --> 00:34:57,177 Number 4, the Seahawks and the Chiefs. 479 00:34:57,345 --> 00:35:02,015 D.J. Hackett is gonna make the catch and Ty Law will launch him backwards. 480 00:35:02,225 --> 00:35:03,725 How far backwards? 481 00:35:04,602 --> 00:35:07,145 COACH 1: Eyes on me! Eyes on me! Gentlemen! 482 00:35:08,397 --> 00:35:10,232 This is a game of awareness. 483 00:35:10,817 --> 00:35:14,319 It is a game of desire. That's why we have the three-whistle drill. 484 00:35:14,654 --> 00:35:15,946 MAN: Let's go! 485 00:35:16,197 --> 00:35:18,448 COACH 1: When I blow this whistle three times, 486 00:35:18,533 --> 00:35:20,283 you seek out a teammate. Any teammate. 487 00:35:20,952 --> 00:35:24,329 You make collision, you be physical, you be violent! 488 00:35:24,622 --> 00:35:27,207 - Bring it in here, let's go! Bring it in! - (PLAYERS SHOUTING) 489 00:35:29,418 --> 00:35:31,753 COACH 2: The only way you're gonna get this player's hands off you, 490 00:35:32,004 --> 00:35:34,131 you grab him by the throat and you squeeze! 491 00:35:34,215 --> 00:35:38,218 You choke him until shit runs down his leg! Do you understand me? 492 00:35:38,845 --> 00:35:40,095 MAN 1: Oh! MAN 2: Ooh, ooh, wow. 493 00:35:40,179 --> 00:35:41,429 (SHOUTING) 494 00:35:43,850 --> 00:35:45,225 (WHISTLE BLOWING) 495 00:35:50,982 --> 00:35:52,524 COACH 1: Let's go! Let's go! 496 00:35:52,608 --> 00:35:53,608 (PLAYERS GRUNTING) 497 00:35:54,068 --> 00:35:55,819 Drive! Drive! Hit him! 498 00:35:55,987 --> 00:35:58,155 Hit it! Drive! Drive! 499 00:35:58,656 --> 00:36:00,824 TOM JACKSON: The Jaguars and the Eagles. Dirk Johnson. 500 00:36:00,908 --> 00:36:03,660 And I'm gonna wait for this because the look on his face 501 00:36:03,744 --> 00:36:06,204 - tells you that he gotjacked up! - BOTH: Jacked up! 502 00:36:06,289 --> 00:36:07,914 (COMMENTATORS LAUGHING) 503 00:36:12,253 --> 00:36:14,671 And our Number 1 hit of the week, 504 00:36:14,922 --> 00:36:16,840 Jon Kitna dropping back the pass, 505 00:36:17,675 --> 00:36:22,012 and Shawntae Spencer lifts him off his feet! 506 00:36:22,346 --> 00:36:26,641 - Oh, my God! And Jon Kitna gotjacked up! - BOTH: Jacked up! 507 00:36:31,606 --> 00:36:33,273 (CROWD CHEERING) 508 00:36:49,916 --> 00:36:52,167 You should see this, Bennet. 509 00:36:52,460 --> 00:36:54,127 (CROWD CHEERING) 510 00:36:55,463 --> 00:36:57,964 It's actually really beautiful. 511 00:36:58,466 --> 00:37:01,301 COMMENTATOR: Priest Holmes, he's diving. Yes, he's got it! Touchdown! 512 00:37:01,802 --> 00:37:04,054 Oh, tremendous! Tremendous catch! 513 00:37:07,141 --> 00:37:09,351 I want to show you something. 514 00:37:09,518 --> 00:37:10,894 A human brain 515 00:37:11,229 --> 00:37:15,815 sits in a fluid completely disconnected from the human skull. 516 00:37:26,994 --> 00:37:28,787 (PLAYERS SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY) 517 00:37:52,436 --> 00:37:55,730 Bennet, will you relax? I can hear you breathing. 518 00:38:05,700 --> 00:38:08,034 This is a really terrible brain. 519 00:38:10,204 --> 00:38:12,247 HAMILTON: Ever met the great DeKosky before? 520 00:38:12,373 --> 00:38:14,374 Expect two minutes, tops. 521 00:38:16,294 --> 00:38:17,711 Is that him? 522 00:38:18,170 --> 00:38:19,546 So, you're our prize graduate. 523 00:38:40,151 --> 00:38:41,318 Tell him. 524 00:38:41,736 --> 00:38:43,028 It's Mike Webster. 525 00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:46,865 - The Pittsburgh... - I know who Mike Webster is. 526 00:38:46,949 --> 00:38:48,116 HAMILTON: Steve. 527 00:38:48,576 --> 00:38:49,868 He was 50. 528 00:39:05,426 --> 00:39:07,177 You have my attention. 529 00:39:07,303 --> 00:39:08,470 (CLEARS THROAT) 530 00:39:14,393 --> 00:39:15,769 The Cape gannet. 531 00:39:15,853 --> 00:39:20,690 A diving bird capable of generating speeds of up to 75 miles per hour, 532 00:39:20,775 --> 00:39:24,694 turning itself into a missile as it collides with the face of the sea. 533 00:39:27,114 --> 00:39:30,825 The red-head woodpecker can absorb a G-force of 1,000, 534 00:39:30,910 --> 00:39:36,956 pecking a tree 12,000 times per day, 85 million times over its lifetime. 535 00:39:41,253 --> 00:39:43,380 Bighorn sheep can generate... 536 00:39:43,464 --> 00:39:44,714 - Bennet. - BENNET: Hmm? 537 00:39:46,550 --> 00:39:48,802 Okay, okay. (CLEARS THROAT) 538 00:39:50,429 --> 00:39:54,474 All of these animals have shock absorbers built into their bodies. 539 00:39:54,975 --> 00:39:58,436 The woodpecker's tongue extends through the back of the mouth out of the nostril, 540 00:39:58,521 --> 00:40:00,188 encircling the entire cranium. 541 00:40:00,815 --> 00:40:05,318 It is the anatomical equivalent of a safety belt for its brain. 542 00:40:05,903 --> 00:40:07,404 Human beings? 543 00:40:07,822 --> 00:40:12,617 Not a single piece of our anatomy protects us from those types of collisions. 544 00:40:13,285 --> 00:40:16,996 A human being will get concussed at 60 G's. 545 00:40:17,623 --> 00:40:20,959 A common head-to-head contact on a football field? 546 00:40:22,086 --> 00:40:24,295 One hundred G's. 547 00:40:26,132 --> 00:40:29,342 God did not intend for us to play football. 548 00:40:29,885 --> 00:40:32,220 HAMILTON: Let's keep God out of this. 549 00:40:33,514 --> 00:40:34,681 (STUTTERS) Okay. 550 00:40:35,724 --> 00:40:37,517 Um, okay. Look. 551 00:40:44,275 --> 00:40:47,026 - HAMILTON: What are the S's? - Uh, the Steelers. 552 00:40:47,778 --> 00:40:50,113 - HAMILTON: And the O's? - The others, obviously. 553 00:40:50,281 --> 00:40:51,531 Yes, the other team. 554 00:40:51,699 --> 00:40:53,533 Do you even watch football? 555 00:40:53,701 --> 00:40:55,076 Uh, no, not at all. 556 00:40:55,161 --> 00:40:57,245 But I've been studying Mike Webster's position. 557 00:40:57,955 --> 00:41:02,625 The man in the middle is quite deceptively the most violent position on the field. 558 00:41:02,710 --> 00:41:04,836 The slaps, the punches, the forearm. 559 00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:08,173 It is an unremitting storm of sub-concussive blows. 560 00:41:08,299 --> 00:41:12,343 The head as a weapon on every single play of every single game 561 00:41:12,428 --> 00:41:17,056 of every single practice, from the time he was a little boy to a college man, 562 00:41:17,224 --> 00:41:20,477 culminating in an 18-year professional career. 563 00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:23,271 By my calculations, 564 00:41:23,355 --> 00:41:28,985 Mike Webster sustained more than 70,000 blows to his head. 565 00:41:30,988 --> 00:41:33,364 Now, now, these men, these men, 566 00:41:33,949 --> 00:41:35,867 these are the fastest. 567 00:41:36,410 --> 00:41:40,663 Now, their speed multiplied by the speed of the men who hit them, 568 00:41:40,748 --> 00:41:42,332 the G-forces generated 569 00:41:42,416 --> 00:41:46,127 equivalent to hitting them on the helmet with a sledgehammer. 570 00:41:47,129 --> 00:41:48,379 All of this 571 00:41:49,006 --> 00:41:52,175 triggered a cascading series of neurological events 572 00:41:52,259 --> 00:41:56,763 which unleashed killer proteins upon Mike Webster's brain, 573 00:41:57,681 --> 00:42:03,436 the tangles invading and strangling his mind from the inside out. 574 00:42:04,021 --> 00:42:07,941 Like pouring wet concrete down kitchen pipes. 575 00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:13,446 As it hardens, it chokes the brain, leaving him unrecognizable, 576 00:42:15,282 --> 00:42:16,908 even to himself. 577 00:42:18,410 --> 00:42:21,246 I don't know football. I've never played. 578 00:42:22,289 --> 00:42:27,669 But I am telling you that playing football killed Mike Webster. 579 00:42:29,255 --> 00:42:31,422 And I am certain that there are others. 580 00:42:31,715 --> 00:42:34,050 And how can you possibly know that? 581 00:42:34,426 --> 00:42:35,969 Common sense. 582 00:42:36,178 --> 00:42:39,597 But they are either dead or lost in the way that Mike Webster was lost. 583 00:42:39,682 --> 00:42:42,058 I'm not interested in common sense. 584 00:42:42,142 --> 00:42:44,227 I'm interested in science. 585 00:42:44,353 --> 00:42:46,020 And science is knowing. 586 00:42:46,313 --> 00:42:48,982 I know from these players' records 587 00:42:49,066 --> 00:42:52,402 that their doctors believe they have early Alzheimer's, 588 00:42:52,486 --> 00:42:54,904 which is statistically impossible. 589 00:42:55,447 --> 00:42:57,115 They're too young. 590 00:42:57,992 --> 00:43:00,493 Because it's not Alzheimer's. 591 00:43:01,245 --> 00:43:02,537 It is this. 592 00:43:11,422 --> 00:43:12,714 (SIGHS) 593 00:43:14,508 --> 00:43:15,508 (SNIFFS) 594 00:43:24,435 --> 00:43:26,019 DeKOSKY: I don't like it. 595 00:43:27,021 --> 00:43:28,062 No. 596 00:43:28,522 --> 00:43:30,356 No, actually, I hate it. 597 00:43:31,525 --> 00:43:33,359 But as a scientist, 598 00:43:35,779 --> 00:43:37,447 I can't deny it. 599 00:43:38,657 --> 00:43:41,618 Name it. You have to give this a name. 600 00:43:44,705 --> 00:43:45,913 (BENNET SIGHS) 601 00:44:07,478 --> 00:44:09,854 Oh, I'm sorry. Did I wake you? 602 00:44:11,065 --> 00:44:14,484 Did they agree what it is? 603 00:44:14,568 --> 00:44:16,235 Oh. (CHUCKLES) 604 00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:18,821 Yes, yes. We are going to publish. 605 00:44:20,115 --> 00:44:21,282 They... 606 00:44:21,825 --> 00:44:23,534 - With you? - Yes. 607 00:44:24,328 --> 00:44:25,953 In a medical journal. 608 00:44:27,247 --> 00:44:28,247 With you? 609 00:44:28,540 --> 00:44:31,584 (CHUCKLES) Yes, with me. Together. 610 00:44:32,127 --> 00:44:33,795 That's so... 611 00:44:36,507 --> 00:44:38,049 Congratulations. 612 00:44:38,967 --> 00:44:40,760 - Thank you. Thank you. - (CHUCKLES) 613 00:44:44,098 --> 00:44:45,932 Uh, you, um... 614 00:44:46,892 --> 00:44:48,851 Are you going somewhere? 615 00:44:49,645 --> 00:44:50,770 Yes. 616 00:44:51,563 --> 00:44:52,855 With you. 617 00:44:54,066 --> 00:44:55,274 To celebrate. 618 00:44:55,484 --> 00:44:57,110 (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) 619 00:44:57,194 --> 00:44:58,736 (INDISTINCT CHATTERING) 620 00:45:11,917 --> 00:45:13,918 You don't dance, do you? 621 00:45:14,294 --> 00:45:15,628 Makes the fellas go 622 00:45:15,713 --> 00:45:18,047 The way you ride it, girl 623 00:45:18,132 --> 00:45:19,215 Makes the fellas go 624 00:45:19,299 --> 00:45:21,551 Move your body, girl 625 00:45:21,635 --> 00:45:23,594 Make the fellas go 626 00:45:23,679 --> 00:45:25,471 The way you ride it, girl 627 00:45:25,556 --> 00:45:27,181 Makes the fellas go 628 00:45:27,266 --> 00:45:31,102 All up in the club looking fly 629 00:45:31,186 --> 00:45:34,439 Made your first approach and caught his eye 630 00:45:34,523 --> 00:45:39,068 Slowly move your way towards the dance floor 631 00:45:39,153 --> 00:45:43,030 Grab her hand and she whispered 632 00:45:43,115 --> 00:45:44,991 Hold my hip, got in the groove 633 00:45:45,075 --> 00:45:47,034 Stand behind me, let me grind with you 634 00:45:47,119 --> 00:45:48,661 If I lick my lips... 635 00:45:48,746 --> 00:45:50,371 (LAUGHS) 636 00:45:50,456 --> 00:45:53,291 Move your body, girl 637 00:45:53,375 --> 00:45:54,917 Makes the fellas go 638 00:45:55,002 --> 00:45:57,211 The way you ride it, girl 639 00:45:57,296 --> 00:45:58,921 Makes the fellas go 640 00:45:59,006 --> 00:46:01,257 Move your body, girl 641 00:46:01,341 --> 00:46:02,842 Make the fellas go 642 00:46:02,926 --> 00:46:04,594 Can you feel the beat 643 00:46:04,678 --> 00:46:08,514 Can you, can you feel the beat 644 00:46:08,599 --> 00:46:10,141 (MUSIC FADES) 645 00:46:48,514 --> 00:46:49,514 (DOOR CLOSES) 646 00:46:51,058 --> 00:46:52,266 (BENNET SIGHS) 647 00:46:55,896 --> 00:46:59,732 I had quite a revelation tonight. 648 00:47:02,569 --> 00:47:05,530 - This body was made for dancing. - (CHUCKLES) 649 00:47:05,614 --> 00:47:08,699 When they say "dancing machine," I am what they mean. 650 00:47:08,826 --> 00:47:10,660 (BOTH CHUCKLE) 651 00:47:10,744 --> 00:47:13,538 I'm very proud of you. 652 00:47:17,918 --> 00:47:18,918 Okay. 653 00:47:19,002 --> 00:47:20,253 (CLEARS THROAT) 654 00:47:37,187 --> 00:47:38,187 (DOOR CLOSES) 655 00:47:43,819 --> 00:47:45,528 May I kiss you? 656 00:47:46,613 --> 00:47:47,780 (CHUCKLES) 657 00:48:20,772 --> 00:48:22,940 (SIREN WAILING IN THE DISTANCE) 658 00:48:32,576 --> 00:48:34,368 WECHT: Good morning. BENNET: Cyril. 659 00:48:34,703 --> 00:48:37,705 It's very weird to bring women into the morgue at night. 660 00:48:37,873 --> 00:48:40,833 - She is a friend. - You don't have friends. 661 00:48:41,543 --> 00:48:43,502 Listen, Danny knows she's been in there. 662 00:48:43,587 --> 00:48:45,296 He's thinking about filing a formal complaint. 663 00:48:45,380 --> 00:48:46,422 BENNET: What? 664 00:48:47,382 --> 00:48:49,050 I was working on Webster. 665 00:48:49,134 --> 00:48:50,927 I know. I'll take care of it. 666 00:48:51,053 --> 00:48:53,346 How much has that cost you so far? 667 00:48:54,181 --> 00:48:56,265 - $20,000. - Twenty? 668 00:48:56,892 --> 00:48:58,225 I save. 669 00:48:58,769 --> 00:49:01,520 - Everything. - Really? How un-American. 670 00:49:03,190 --> 00:49:05,316 Well, maybe it was worth it. 671 00:49:05,400 --> 00:49:06,901 I got the call. 672 00:49:07,194 --> 00:49:09,362 Chronic traumatic encephalopathy. 673 00:49:09,696 --> 00:49:11,238 Got a nice ring to it, doesn't it? 674 00:49:11,323 --> 00:49:12,615 Yes. CTE. 675 00:49:13,241 --> 00:49:14,867 So, what happens now? 676 00:49:15,035 --> 00:49:17,995 We publish. Uh, DeKosky is going to coauthor. 677 00:49:18,956 --> 00:49:20,289 - DeKosky? - Yes. 678 00:49:20,374 --> 00:49:24,543 Omalu, DeKosky and Cyril Wecht. 679 00:49:25,837 --> 00:49:26,837 Oh. 680 00:49:28,298 --> 00:49:29,799 Well, I'm very proud of you. 681 00:49:30,968 --> 00:49:32,134 Thank you. 682 00:49:33,011 --> 00:49:37,264 See? The gray's the right color. The blue shows the dirt, even in the rain. 683 00:49:37,724 --> 00:49:39,225 Here you go. 684 00:49:43,063 --> 00:49:44,897 (CHEERING) 685 00:49:46,733 --> 00:49:48,401 Let's go, baby! 686 00:49:48,694 --> 00:49:49,735 (WHOOPING) 687 00:49:49,820 --> 00:49:51,362 Come on, get it, get it, get it! 688 00:49:51,446 --> 00:49:55,199 COMMENTATOR: And watch the play-action. The safeties jump up. 689 00:49:55,283 --> 00:49:57,076 And look at that touch by Ben Roethlisberger. 690 00:49:57,160 --> 00:49:59,745 And Plaxico Burress does a greatjob. 691 00:49:59,830 --> 00:50:00,830 - Looked like he tripped... - (CHUCKLES) 692 00:50:00,914 --> 00:50:01,998 You may not! 693 00:50:03,458 --> 00:50:05,543 I say not to, but he does. 694 00:50:06,545 --> 00:50:09,630 COMMENTATOR: Roethlisberger scrambling out of the pocket. 695 00:50:10,590 --> 00:50:12,591 Throwing across the middle! Caught! 696 00:50:12,926 --> 00:50:15,594 Burress at the 45! 697 00:50:15,679 --> 00:50:18,931 - (SCREAMS) - And if you don't know, Plaxico! 698 00:50:22,436 --> 00:50:26,105 Yeah. That was a pressure toss by the rook. 699 00:50:28,692 --> 00:50:30,526 - I'm hearing voices. - Are you serious? 700 00:50:30,610 --> 00:50:32,903 - They're just talking. - Stop. Justin, stop. You're scaring me. 701 00:50:32,988 --> 00:50:34,363 You're scaring them. 702 00:50:34,448 --> 00:50:35,531 Look at me! 703 00:50:35,615 --> 00:50:36,741 (GASPS) 704 00:50:36,825 --> 00:50:38,409 - They're telling me to kill you. - (SOBBING) 705 00:50:38,493 --> 00:50:40,828 They're telling me to kill you! 706 00:50:40,912 --> 00:50:42,121 (SCREAMS) 707 00:50:42,205 --> 00:50:43,289 (CRYING) 708 00:50:43,373 --> 00:50:45,124 Get out! Get out! 709 00:50:46,001 --> 00:50:47,293 Get out! 710 00:50:53,967 --> 00:50:55,551 (CAR DOOR OPENS) 711 00:50:58,764 --> 00:50:59,722 No! 712 00:50:59,806 --> 00:51:01,223 (SOBBING) 713 00:51:02,809 --> 00:51:03,976 No! 714 00:51:04,561 --> 00:51:07,063 DISPATCHER 1: All units, black pickup spotted on thruway eight miles... 715 00:51:07,314 --> 00:51:09,482 OFFICER 1: Okay, I see him. Just passing me. Where am I? 716 00:51:09,649 --> 00:51:12,693 DISPATCHER 2: Reportedly driving into opposite traffic last 10 miles. 717 00:51:12,778 --> 00:51:14,070 OFFICER 1: Oh, my God. 718 00:51:14,237 --> 00:51:15,654 OFFICER 2: Pickup has collided. 719 00:51:15,989 --> 00:51:17,656 DISPATCHER 3: All units. Reported collision. 720 00:51:36,009 --> 00:51:39,261 ANCHORWOMAN: A few months after Steeler favorite Justin Strzelczyk 721 00:51:39,346 --> 00:51:41,764 was killed in that fiery accident, 722 00:51:41,848 --> 00:51:44,266 yet another Steeler favorite, Terry Long, 723 00:51:44,351 --> 00:51:47,645 has apparently committed suicide at the age of 45. 724 00:51:47,729 --> 00:51:48,896 SULLIVAN: Oh, Terry. 725 00:51:49,731 --> 00:51:51,774 You wonder where they are now? Now we know. 726 00:51:54,277 --> 00:51:56,112 Terry Long, Pittsburgh Steelers. 727 00:51:56,446 --> 00:51:58,531 I guess these guys only die when you're working. 728 00:51:59,658 --> 00:52:02,993 - What other problems did he have? - Arrested a few times. 729 00:52:03,245 --> 00:52:05,496 Fraud, federal theft. 730 00:52:05,956 --> 00:52:07,456 Wow, arrested a lot. 731 00:52:07,541 --> 00:52:09,125 I need a full autopsy. 732 00:52:09,292 --> 00:52:12,128 - Same tests as Mike Webster. - You're paying for that, too? 733 00:52:12,212 --> 00:52:14,672 Yes, Danny, I'm paying for that, too. 734 00:52:20,428 --> 00:52:22,054 Joseph Maroon. 735 00:53:19,112 --> 00:53:20,738 BENNET: This is my dream. 736 00:53:24,367 --> 00:53:26,202 The schools are good. 737 00:53:28,288 --> 00:53:30,080 You are good, Prema. 738 00:53:33,793 --> 00:53:35,961 I'm sure you see good in me. 739 00:53:37,631 --> 00:53:40,716 I see all that you are. 740 00:53:43,803 --> 00:53:45,638 I want to marry you. 741 00:53:48,767 --> 00:53:50,559 We can fall in love. 742 00:53:57,984 --> 00:54:00,402 If you want to marry me, 743 00:54:01,404 --> 00:54:03,364 I will marry you. 744 00:54:05,158 --> 00:54:08,494 That is good, because I already made the down payment. 745 00:54:08,578 --> 00:54:09,870 (CHUCKLES) 746 00:54:13,166 --> 00:54:17,253 I saved all my money and I bought this for you. 747 00:54:29,474 --> 00:54:31,016 (HORNS HONKING) 748 00:54:32,560 --> 00:54:34,311 (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) 749 00:54:45,282 --> 00:54:46,365 - (BEEPS) - (LOCK CLICKS) 750 00:54:57,210 --> 00:54:59,044 Get me Elliot Pellman. 751 00:55:07,804 --> 00:55:10,055 (INDISTINCT COMMENTARY ON TV) 752 00:55:13,727 --> 00:55:14,893 (PHONE RINGS) 753 00:55:14,978 --> 00:55:17,062 RECEPTIONIST: I have Chris Jones for you. 754 00:55:17,731 --> 00:55:18,814 I'm just looking at it. 755 00:55:20,483 --> 00:55:22,401 Anything to be concerned about? 756 00:55:22,569 --> 00:55:25,738 This Omalu, he's a coroner in Pittsburgh. 757 00:55:25,905 --> 00:55:28,532 He looks like a nobody, but let me get into it. 758 00:55:28,742 --> 00:55:29,950 All right. 759 00:55:40,587 --> 00:55:41,587 (SIGHS) 760 00:55:44,841 --> 00:55:46,300 (PHONE RINGS) 761 00:55:48,219 --> 00:55:50,888 - Hello? - MAN: Is Bennet Omalu there? 762 00:55:51,222 --> 00:55:53,265 Uh, yes, he is. 763 00:55:53,683 --> 00:55:54,683 Okay. 764 00:55:55,518 --> 00:55:56,518 Yes. 765 00:55:56,603 --> 00:55:58,937 I'm a neurologist who's worked around football for years. 766 00:55:59,022 --> 00:56:01,982 Very familiar with the NFL's concussion research. 767 00:56:02,067 --> 00:56:03,525 And the League concluded unequivocally 768 00:56:03,610 --> 00:56:06,820 that football players do not get brain damage. 769 00:56:06,988 --> 00:56:09,656 Webster is one random case, Mr. Omalu. 770 00:56:09,991 --> 00:56:11,408 Dr. Omalu. 771 00:56:11,493 --> 00:56:14,870 Well, whatever. You're an uneducated quack and your career is over. 772 00:56:14,954 --> 00:56:15,954 (CLICKS) 773 00:56:18,083 --> 00:56:20,209 WECHT: They said you were uneducated? 774 00:56:20,335 --> 00:56:22,878 Did they even read your résumé? 775 00:56:22,962 --> 00:56:24,797 Well, I got calls, too. 776 00:56:24,881 --> 00:56:28,425 Apparently, the National Football League owns neuroscience. 777 00:56:28,510 --> 00:56:29,510 Who knew? 778 00:56:29,803 --> 00:56:31,303 "Failure to find. " 779 00:56:31,513 --> 00:56:34,014 "Absence of clinical information. " 780 00:56:34,182 --> 00:56:36,600 - What do they want? - Your head on a spike. 781 00:56:36,684 --> 00:56:38,894 They want you to retract your findings. 782 00:56:38,978 --> 00:56:41,355 They want you to say you made it all up. 783 00:56:43,191 --> 00:56:45,943 - I made it up? - They're accusing you of fraud. 784 00:56:46,069 --> 00:56:49,488 If you retract, you'll be fine. This all goes away. 785 00:56:51,324 --> 00:56:52,741 Why... Why are they doing this? 786 00:56:52,826 --> 00:56:54,243 They're terrified of you. 787 00:56:54,369 --> 00:56:56,829 What did you think they were gonna say? "Thank you"? 788 00:56:56,913 --> 00:56:57,913 Yes. 789 00:56:57,997 --> 00:57:00,666 - What the hell for? - For being told. 790 00:57:01,084 --> 00:57:02,334 For knowing. 791 00:57:03,920 --> 00:57:05,421 Oh, I understand. 792 00:57:05,964 --> 00:57:07,923 You think you're being a good American. 793 00:57:10,718 --> 00:57:14,888 So, the city of Pittsburgh spent $233 million 794 00:57:15,348 --> 00:57:19,226 to build their glorious Steelers a new stadium. 795 00:57:19,477 --> 00:57:23,856 All the while, they were closing schools and raising taxes. 796 00:57:24,691 --> 00:57:27,776 These people are not out to change the world. 797 00:57:28,319 --> 00:57:32,614 And this is not some quaint academic discovery 798 00:57:32,699 --> 00:57:35,826 stuck in the back of an obscure medical journal. 799 00:57:36,661 --> 00:57:40,873 Bennet Omalu is going to war with a corporation 800 00:57:40,957 --> 00:57:45,919 that has 20 million people, on a weekly basis, craving their product, 801 00:57:46,004 --> 00:57:48,338 the same way they crave food. 802 00:57:48,423 --> 00:57:49,590 (SCOFFS) 803 00:57:49,674 --> 00:57:52,468 The NFL owns a day of the week. 804 00:57:53,428 --> 00:57:56,054 The same day the church used to own. 805 00:57:56,139 --> 00:57:57,764 Now it's theirs. 806 00:57:58,183 --> 00:57:59,850 They're very big. 807 00:58:13,239 --> 00:58:14,281 (SNIFFS) 808 00:58:14,365 --> 00:58:15,741 Terry Long. 809 00:58:18,203 --> 00:58:20,412 The tests came back positive. 810 00:58:21,456 --> 00:58:26,293 Football gave him CTE, and CTE told his brain 811 00:58:27,086 --> 00:58:31,256 to drink a gallon of antifreeze, and he died. 812 00:58:32,509 --> 00:58:34,259 I told you there would be more. 813 00:58:35,929 --> 00:58:37,930 You have done great work. 814 00:58:38,264 --> 00:58:40,516 No one would blame you if you stopped now. 815 00:58:41,100 --> 00:58:43,268 Oh, no one is stopping anything. 816 00:58:45,021 --> 00:58:49,274 Then I'd be Iying if I didn't tell you how important your next move is. 817 00:58:57,367 --> 00:58:59,993 By the time Terry Long committed suicide, 818 00:59:00,078 --> 00:59:04,790 his brain had been consumed by chronic traumatic encephalopathy. 819 00:59:05,041 --> 00:59:08,335 And it is probable, perhaps even likely, 820 00:59:08,962 --> 00:59:13,549 that a larger percentage of professional football players have and will die from CTE. 821 00:59:13,633 --> 00:59:17,719 REPORTER: This was the Pittsburgh Medical Examiner's own Dr. Bennet Omalu, 822 00:59:17,804 --> 00:59:20,639 who today threw down the gauntlet at the feet of the National Football League. 823 00:59:21,099 --> 00:59:22,349 Thank you. 824 00:59:22,433 --> 00:59:24,059 (CROWD MURMURING) 825 00:59:25,853 --> 00:59:27,104 What do you think? 826 00:59:27,188 --> 00:59:29,189 I think you're gonna be an American hero. 827 00:59:30,775 --> 00:59:33,235 - I'm not even an American. - That's even better. 828 00:59:33,611 --> 00:59:35,279 That's so fucking American. 829 00:59:39,659 --> 00:59:42,953 PREMA: "Dr. Maroon, who is also vice-chairman of 830 00:59:43,037 --> 00:59:46,540 "the neurosurgery department at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 831 00:59:46,624 --> 00:59:52,671 "said of Omalu's CTE diagnosis that it was fallacious reasoning. " 832 00:59:53,881 --> 00:59:55,591 (PHONE RINGING) 833 01:00:01,180 --> 01:00:02,556 Yes. 834 01:00:02,640 --> 01:00:04,349 MAN: Yeah, is this Bennet Omalu? 835 01:00:04,434 --> 01:00:06,226 Dr. Bennet Omalu. 836 01:00:06,311 --> 01:00:09,771 MAN: You want to pussify this country? You want to vaginize football? 837 01:00:09,856 --> 01:00:13,191 Get the hell out. Or they'll be doing your autopsy. 838 01:00:22,577 --> 01:00:23,952 (DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE) 839 01:00:24,037 --> 01:00:25,621 (SOFT CLATTERING) 840 01:00:30,877 --> 01:00:32,044 (SOFT THUMP) 841 01:00:34,422 --> 01:00:36,214 (SIREN WAILING IN THE DISTANCE) 842 01:00:41,554 --> 01:00:42,679 (ENGINE REVVING) 843 01:00:52,774 --> 01:00:54,316 (PHONE RINGING) 844 01:01:08,915 --> 01:01:10,248 BAILES: Dr. Omalu? 845 01:01:10,583 --> 01:01:11,667 Yes. 846 01:01:12,377 --> 01:01:15,796 I took you to be an early riser. I didn't want to call you at your office. 847 01:01:15,880 --> 01:01:18,090 This is Julian Bailes. 848 01:01:19,425 --> 01:01:20,842 Do you know who I am? 849 01:01:20,927 --> 01:01:22,761 I know who you are. 850 01:01:24,097 --> 01:01:25,889 Mike Webster was a personal friend. 851 01:01:27,767 --> 01:01:28,892 Was he? 852 01:01:28,976 --> 01:01:30,185 Dr. Omalu. 853 01:01:31,562 --> 01:01:34,690 You're in trouble, but you're not wrong. 854 01:01:35,191 --> 01:01:37,109 I'd like to talk with you. 855 01:02:07,557 --> 01:02:10,642 The NFL has known about this concussion crisis for years. 856 01:02:11,269 --> 01:02:13,603 And what you have there is the research 857 01:02:13,688 --> 01:02:16,648 that forms the basis for the League's concussion guidelines. 858 01:02:17,233 --> 01:02:18,984 In this study, 859 01:02:19,068 --> 01:02:22,904 some academics put helmets on monkeys and shook them real hard. 860 01:02:22,989 --> 01:02:27,325 They threw dogs and pigs and human cadavers down elevator shafts. 861 01:02:27,660 --> 01:02:30,704 Helmets on crash-test dummies and bashed them together. 862 01:02:30,788 --> 01:02:32,247 And their conclusion? 863 01:02:35,710 --> 01:02:39,379 "No striking player experienced neck injury or concussion. " 864 01:02:39,714 --> 01:02:43,133 So, a concussion's no more dangerous than a hangnail. 865 01:02:43,760 --> 01:02:45,677 - And that was it? - Oh, no, no, no. 866 01:02:46,012 --> 01:02:48,722 The NFL did what every organization does. 867 01:02:48,806 --> 01:02:51,266 They put together a commission to study the study. 868 01:02:51,350 --> 01:02:55,061 Dr. Elliot Pellman's Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Committee. 869 01:02:55,146 --> 01:02:56,938 You know who else was on that committee? 870 01:02:57,023 --> 01:02:59,191 - Dr. Maroon. - Joe, yeah, he was on there. 871 01:02:59,275 --> 01:03:02,110 Plus a couple of other team doctors, 872 01:03:02,862 --> 01:03:08,366 an equipment manager and two trainers, guys who tape knees for a living. 873 01:03:08,618 --> 01:03:10,452 (CHUCKLES) I mean... 874 01:03:22,799 --> 01:03:24,716 Why am I here, Dr. Bailes? 875 01:03:26,010 --> 01:03:28,845 Doctor, I'm not with the Steelers anymore. 876 01:03:30,223 --> 01:03:32,390 I'm not with the NFL. 877 01:03:33,476 --> 01:03:38,104 Now, do you know how many Pittsburgh Steelers, just Steelers, now, 878 01:03:38,189 --> 01:03:40,565 have died in the last few years? 879 01:03:41,275 --> 01:03:42,943 And I'm not talking about the older guys. 880 01:03:43,069 --> 01:03:46,488 I'm talking about men that I worked with, and just the ones that I know about. 881 01:03:47,907 --> 01:03:49,199 Twelve. 882 01:03:51,410 --> 01:03:53,119 And I don't want to see 883 01:03:53,204 --> 01:03:57,332 any more of these men vanish in the back of a pickup truck. 884 01:04:09,387 --> 01:04:10,762 I know them. 885 01:04:11,639 --> 01:04:13,265 I was them. 886 01:04:13,766 --> 01:04:15,517 And I think you're doing this wrong. 887 01:04:15,768 --> 01:04:19,354 As long as the NFL continues to deny the truth, nothing changes. 888 01:04:19,605 --> 01:04:21,815 It's only true if they say it's true. 889 01:04:21,899 --> 01:04:24,276 And they've got to say it out loud. 890 01:04:24,569 --> 01:04:26,778 Get me a meeting with the Commissioner. 891 01:04:26,863 --> 01:04:30,448 I want to sit with him, man to man, face to face. I will make him say it out loud. 892 01:04:31,701 --> 01:04:33,535 They don't want to talk to you. 893 01:04:34,328 --> 01:04:36,955 Football does not want to talk to you. 894 01:04:37,957 --> 01:04:40,458 Like my daddy, a Louisiana judge, always used to say to me, 895 01:04:40,543 --> 01:04:45,130 "Son, God is number one and football is number two. " 896 01:04:45,673 --> 01:04:46,840 (CHUCKLES) 897 01:04:47,425 --> 01:04:52,053 Besides, to them you're not even American. You're not even African-American. 898 01:04:52,680 --> 01:04:53,972 You're... 899 01:04:55,933 --> 01:04:57,142 A doctor? 900 01:04:57,226 --> 01:04:58,560 (CHUCKLING) 901 01:05:01,981 --> 01:05:03,148 Okay. 902 01:05:04,901 --> 01:05:06,026 Look. 903 01:05:06,402 --> 01:05:09,070 The League has kept everyone in the dark. 904 01:05:09,280 --> 01:05:13,283 And you turned on the lights and gave their biggest boogeyman a name. 905 01:05:13,659 --> 01:05:18,079 What's happening now, what you think they're doing to you, that's nothing. 906 01:05:20,166 --> 01:05:24,711 I've done my own research on this NFL Brain Injury Committee. 907 01:05:25,671 --> 01:05:28,173 You know what Dr. Elliot Pellman is? 908 01:05:28,674 --> 01:05:30,091 He's a rheumatologist. 909 01:05:30,217 --> 01:05:33,261 He's a specialist in arthritis and joint pain. 910 01:05:33,429 --> 01:05:38,350 Can you tell me what a rheumatologist knows about the brain and brain disease? 911 01:05:39,602 --> 01:05:44,356 Corporate men like this, in this country, usually go to Harvard or Yale. 912 01:05:45,566 --> 01:05:48,318 He went to medical school in Guadalajara. 913 01:05:49,820 --> 01:05:51,321 - Mexico? - Yes. 914 01:05:51,405 --> 01:05:53,907 (LAUGHS) I did not know that. 915 01:05:55,534 --> 01:05:56,910 That's beautiful. 916 01:05:58,788 --> 01:05:59,788 (BLOWS) 917 01:06:01,499 --> 01:06:05,293 Now, two cases does not meet the scientific burden of proof. 918 01:06:06,003 --> 01:06:07,420 You have to keep going. 919 01:06:09,173 --> 01:06:13,718 Just so you understand, this does not show up on a CT scan. 920 01:06:13,970 --> 01:06:16,930 Which means there's no diagnosis before death. 921 01:06:17,014 --> 01:06:20,392 In order for me to keep going, more have to die. 922 01:06:21,018 --> 01:06:23,812 Unfortunately, that's already happening. 923 01:06:58,431 --> 01:06:59,764 (HORNS HONKING) 924 01:07:01,600 --> 01:07:02,934 (TALKING INDISTINCTLY) 925 01:07:06,939 --> 01:07:08,231 JONES: Double D. 926 01:07:08,607 --> 01:07:10,275 Did I hear right? We're losing you? 927 01:07:10,359 --> 01:07:12,485 - Tapping you for mayor of Chicago? - (CHUCKLES) 928 01:07:12,653 --> 01:07:14,487 Still a long, long road, my friend. 929 01:07:14,613 --> 01:07:19,284 All-world killer athlete to civilian to king, all in one lifetime. 930 01:07:19,368 --> 01:07:22,996 Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Mayor Dave Duerson... 931 01:07:23,080 --> 01:07:25,373 - (CHUCKLES) - ... who has figured it out. 932 01:07:25,666 --> 01:07:27,250 - (TRAFFIC RUMBLING) - (HORNS HONKING) 933 01:07:30,087 --> 01:07:31,171 - Dave! - Yeah. 934 01:07:31,297 --> 01:07:33,381 It's me, man. Andre Waters. 935 01:07:33,466 --> 01:07:34,632 How you doing, man? 936 01:07:35,301 --> 01:07:36,801 Look, let me walk with you. 937 01:07:38,345 --> 01:07:41,264 This is not good, Dave, not good. It's in the paperwork. 938 01:07:41,348 --> 01:07:44,434 But, um, why is the committee doing this, man? 939 01:07:44,769 --> 01:07:47,062 There are five other trustees. You talk to them? 940 01:07:47,146 --> 01:07:48,354 You're the only one who played, man. 941 01:07:48,439 --> 01:07:50,440 You the only one who knows what it is to be us. 942 01:07:50,608 --> 01:07:53,860 Hey, hey, hey. You and me, we were the same, man, huh? 943 01:07:53,944 --> 01:07:55,403 We were bangers, hitmen. 944 01:07:55,488 --> 01:07:57,072 File the appeal. 945 01:07:57,865 --> 01:08:01,367 You denied the appeal, Dave! Look, something's wrong with me, man. 946 01:08:01,452 --> 01:08:02,577 I can't sleep. Okay... 947 01:08:02,661 --> 01:08:04,871 I mean, my eyes get crossed. It just weirds me out. 948 01:08:04,955 --> 01:08:07,040 - Hey, hey! Look at me! - Jesus! 949 01:08:07,124 --> 01:08:09,250 Look. Twelve years I paid my dues. 950 01:08:09,335 --> 01:08:11,127 I made millions for those assholes. 951 01:08:11,212 --> 01:08:13,546 I mean, come on. It's not even your money, man. 952 01:08:13,631 --> 01:08:16,049 I'm just asking back what I gave! 953 01:08:16,300 --> 01:08:19,886 Listen. Fat? Stop eating like a pig. Got a headache? See a doctor. 954 01:08:19,970 --> 01:08:23,306 I've seen 20 doctors! I just need rent money. 955 01:08:23,682 --> 01:08:25,683 Get your shit together! 956 01:08:26,393 --> 01:08:28,103 You used to be a warrior. 957 01:08:28,187 --> 01:08:30,772 - You fucking sellout. - Get your hands off me! 958 01:08:30,856 --> 01:08:33,149 I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Dave. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. 959 01:08:33,234 --> 01:08:34,651 Look, hey, hey, hey. 960 01:08:34,735 --> 01:08:37,570 Remember when we were kids? Remember when we were kids? 961 01:08:37,988 --> 01:08:40,115 Playing's what we lived for. Huh? 962 01:08:40,866 --> 01:08:43,827 (SOBS) I need your help. I need your help, Dave. 963 01:08:47,832 --> 01:08:49,374 Dave, help me! 964 01:08:53,587 --> 01:08:55,421 (SIREN WAILING IN THE DISTANCE) 965 01:09:00,594 --> 01:09:05,515 "Andre Waters, known as 'Dirty Waters,' notorious for his aggressive style of play 966 01:09:05,683 --> 01:09:09,561 "and devastating hits that filled highlight reels. 967 01:09:09,895 --> 01:09:13,648 "Waters died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. 968 01:09:13,983 --> 01:09:15,525 "He was 44." 969 01:09:20,364 --> 01:09:26,286 WATERS' MOTHER: And, uh, this is the part where he, uh, got knocked out. 970 01:09:27,580 --> 01:09:30,623 COMMENTATOR: Andre Waters has it. We'll be back... 971 01:09:30,708 --> 01:09:32,709 He said he was all right. 972 01:09:32,793 --> 01:09:36,671 Said he was just a little dazed, but he said he was all right. 973 01:09:40,134 --> 01:09:41,676 You look well. 974 01:09:43,721 --> 01:09:46,097 - How are the kids? - Kids are fine. 975 01:09:47,558 --> 01:09:48,808 I'm fine. 976 01:09:51,979 --> 01:09:54,314 I'm sorry I couldn't make it to the funeral. 977 01:09:56,192 --> 01:09:58,276 No one made it to the funeral. 978 01:09:59,778 --> 01:10:01,279 WATERS' MOTHER: He was the sun. 979 01:10:01,989 --> 01:10:04,657 We was the planets. (CHUCKLES) 980 01:10:05,492 --> 01:10:09,954 And then, after he gave me this card, he said, "Ma, 981 01:10:14,919 --> 01:10:16,586 "I'm ready to go. " 982 01:10:17,421 --> 01:10:20,632 Because he knew people was thinking he was crazy. 983 01:10:22,176 --> 01:10:23,509 Not crazy. 984 01:10:24,803 --> 01:10:27,555 (STUTTERS) He'd already become someone else. 985 01:10:28,015 --> 01:10:31,976 You definitely think he had this disease? 986 01:10:32,061 --> 01:10:34,479 Because I want to believe that. 987 01:10:35,189 --> 01:10:36,856 I believe so, yes. 988 01:10:38,359 --> 01:10:42,362 And now you want what's left of my boy. 989 01:10:45,032 --> 01:10:46,532 You heard about Mike Webster? 990 01:10:49,787 --> 01:10:51,955 And Terry Long and... 991 01:10:52,581 --> 01:10:53,790 And... 992 01:10:53,916 --> 01:10:55,416 And who else? 993 01:10:59,797 --> 01:11:02,632 What do you really want to ask me, Julian? 994 01:11:30,786 --> 01:11:33,788 Dr. Cyril Wecht, Dr. Julian Bailes. 995 01:11:35,374 --> 01:11:36,916 - Pleasure to meet you. - Mmm-hmm. 996 01:11:42,840 --> 01:11:44,340 Andre Waters. 997 01:11:53,350 --> 01:11:55,018 Justin Strzelczyk. 998 01:12:05,738 --> 01:12:06,988 (CLICKS TONGUE) 999 01:12:08,073 --> 01:12:10,116 I just kept sending them back out there. 1000 01:12:10,617 --> 01:12:13,036 (SCOFFS) What the hell were you thinking? 1001 01:12:13,954 --> 01:12:15,496 You've got to be a part of it. 1002 01:12:15,581 --> 01:12:19,709 You've got to be on the sidelines with them to understand. 1003 01:12:20,336 --> 01:12:24,547 Whatever it takes to keep them in the game, to keep the whole thing going. 1004 01:12:24,631 --> 01:12:29,093 Tape, needles, Vicodin, Toradol, Lidocaine, 1005 01:12:29,178 --> 01:12:32,263 Percocet, Lexapro, Zoloft. 1006 01:12:34,308 --> 01:12:36,267 - Have I left anything out? - WECHT: Mmm. 1007 01:12:36,643 --> 01:12:38,436 It's tires and oil. 1008 01:12:38,896 --> 01:12:41,356 Just mechanics trying to keep the cars on the racetrack. 1009 01:12:41,440 --> 01:12:44,942 Yeah, well, it's not medicine. I don't know what it is. 1010 01:12:45,903 --> 01:12:47,403 It's business. 1011 01:12:49,073 --> 01:12:50,073 Oh. 1012 01:12:50,157 --> 01:12:52,241 - There you go. - Okay, okay. 1013 01:12:52,576 --> 01:12:56,621 Three cases is the scientific burden of evidence. 1014 01:12:56,705 --> 01:12:57,955 We have four. 1015 01:12:58,207 --> 01:13:01,459 That is far beyond anything the NFL can or cannot deny. 1016 01:13:01,543 --> 01:13:03,628 This is bigger than they are. 1017 01:13:04,797 --> 01:13:07,382 They have to listen to us now. 1018 01:13:20,145 --> 01:13:21,312 (SIGHS) 1019 01:13:22,898 --> 01:13:24,232 (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) 1020 01:13:25,484 --> 01:13:27,026 - Dr. Maroon. - (MAROON CLEARS THROAT) 1021 01:13:27,194 --> 01:13:29,654 - Would you like a drink? - I said five minutes. 1022 01:13:29,905 --> 01:13:31,823 He doesn't want a drink. 1023 01:13:31,907 --> 01:13:35,076 Your conclusions totally misrepresent the facts. 1024 01:13:35,244 --> 01:13:38,996 To say that Webster and Long and Waters were killed by football is... 1025 01:13:39,081 --> 01:13:41,499 Is fallacious reasoning. 1026 01:13:42,042 --> 01:13:43,459 Yes, I know. 1027 01:13:45,087 --> 01:13:47,004 Where's he going with this? 1028 01:13:47,464 --> 01:13:49,006 Just hear him out. 1029 01:13:50,092 --> 01:13:53,428 I would like to propose a formal, controlled study 1030 01:13:53,762 --> 01:13:57,515 of former and current NFL football players. 1031 01:13:57,599 --> 01:14:02,562 We will bring together the greatest minds in America to solve the problem. 1032 01:14:02,688 --> 01:14:04,021 We should be working together. 1033 01:14:06,191 --> 01:14:09,026 Who do you think you're talking to? 1034 01:14:09,903 --> 01:14:10,987 Excuse me? 1035 01:14:11,280 --> 01:14:14,740 I was the President of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. 1036 01:14:15,033 --> 01:14:18,077 And I was the man who performed the autopsies 1037 01:14:18,287 --> 01:14:20,872 on Mike Webster, Terry Long. 1038 01:14:21,874 --> 01:14:23,207 Your men. 1039 01:14:24,460 --> 01:14:26,377 Men under your care. 1040 01:14:29,047 --> 01:14:31,632 Do you know what Mike Webster's wife said? 1041 01:14:31,717 --> 01:14:36,387 She said that if she had known that Mike was sick, 1042 01:14:38,223 --> 01:14:40,641 she would have done more for him. 1043 01:14:43,270 --> 01:14:46,564 But he died in disgrace. 1044 01:14:48,150 --> 01:14:52,695 Your man. 1045 01:14:53,238 --> 01:14:54,906 You took an oath. 1046 01:14:55,908 --> 01:14:57,658 - Tell the truth. - The truth? 1047 01:14:57,743 --> 01:15:00,411 - Tell the truth! - The truth is 1048 01:15:00,746 --> 01:15:04,957 that the NFL is a blessing and a salvation, my friend. 1049 01:15:06,752 --> 01:15:09,670 We employ hundreds of thousands of people. 1050 01:15:09,755 --> 01:15:13,758 We send thousands and thousands of poor kids to school. 1051 01:15:14,092 --> 01:15:16,344 The ownership of this football club 1052 01:15:16,428 --> 01:15:20,348 has donated millions of dollars to countless charities. 1053 01:15:20,432 --> 01:15:23,267 - Do you want me to go on? - That won't be necessary. 1054 01:15:23,435 --> 01:15:25,269 Oh, it is necessary. 1055 01:15:25,521 --> 01:15:29,857 Football is the most popular sport in America 1056 01:15:30,192 --> 01:15:33,528 because it is so goddamn fantastic! 1057 01:15:33,612 --> 01:15:35,071 (CHUCKLES) 1058 01:15:36,865 --> 01:15:38,783 And that, right there? 1059 01:15:40,369 --> 01:15:43,746 That is the beating heart of this city. 1060 01:15:44,581 --> 01:15:46,707 And you want to, what, end it? 1061 01:15:46,792 --> 01:15:50,127 You want to fold up the National Football League? 1062 01:15:51,380 --> 01:15:53,506 I want to solve the problem. 1063 01:15:53,590 --> 01:15:54,966 Who are you? 1064 01:15:55,634 --> 01:15:58,636 - What are you asking? - (STAMMERING) You're a pathologist. 1065 01:15:58,887 --> 01:16:00,471 You perform autopsies. 1066 01:16:00,556 --> 01:16:02,056 Yes, I am a mere pathologist. 1067 01:16:02,140 --> 01:16:04,267 That's it. That's all I am. 1068 01:16:09,648 --> 01:16:10,731 (WHISPERS) Wow. 1069 01:16:11,984 --> 01:16:15,486 Do you have any idea of the impact of what you're doing? 1070 01:16:15,737 --> 01:16:18,322 - Yes, I do. - Do you understand the impact 1071 01:16:18,407 --> 01:16:20,116 of what you are doing? 1072 01:16:20,200 --> 01:16:23,619 Ifjust 10% of the mothers in America 1073 01:16:23,704 --> 01:16:26,789 decide that football is too dangerous for their sons to play, 1074 01:16:26,873 --> 01:16:30,167 that is it. It is the end of football. 1075 01:16:30,460 --> 01:16:35,423 Kids, colleges, and eventually, it's just a matter of time, the professional game. 1076 01:16:36,091 --> 01:16:39,552 Joe, he does autopsies. He's not in the outcome business. 1077 01:16:39,803 --> 01:16:41,679 He has no business. 1078 01:16:41,805 --> 01:16:45,224 Do you know what history does to people, 1079 01:16:45,892 --> 01:16:47,810 trained physicians, 1080 01:16:48,103 --> 01:16:50,104 - who ignore science? - Oh, wow. 1081 01:16:50,272 --> 01:16:52,231 Sir, I am not done! 1082 01:16:52,482 --> 01:16:54,066 History laughs. 1083 01:16:55,777 --> 01:17:01,115 If you continue to deny my work, the world will deny my work. 1084 01:17:02,993 --> 01:17:06,579 But men, your men, 1085 01:17:07,914 --> 01:17:11,834 continue to die, their families left in ruins. 1086 01:17:15,714 --> 01:17:20,885 Tell the truth. 1087 01:17:28,935 --> 01:17:30,186 (MAROON SIGHS) 1088 01:17:32,272 --> 01:17:35,441 You sure... You sure you want to do this? 1089 01:17:36,193 --> 01:17:39,403 I would ask you that same question, Dr. Maroon. 1090 01:17:43,700 --> 01:17:46,869 Oh, your study, I'll get back to you. 1091 01:17:55,420 --> 01:17:56,671 (CLEARS THROAT) 1092 01:17:59,966 --> 01:18:01,759 Well, that went well. 1093 01:18:36,795 --> 01:18:37,962 (BENNET SIGHS) 1094 01:18:42,259 --> 01:18:45,928 When I was a boy growing up in Nigeria, 1095 01:18:49,516 --> 01:18:55,646 heaven was here and America was here. 1096 01:18:58,608 --> 01:19:02,820 To me, it was the place where God sent all of His favorite people. 1097 01:19:05,282 --> 01:19:08,200 You could be anything, you could do anything. 1098 01:19:10,203 --> 01:19:14,874 Americans were the manifestation of what God wanted us all to be. 1099 01:19:19,880 --> 01:19:22,965 I have never wanted anything 1100 01:19:24,092 --> 01:19:27,636 as much as I wanted to be accepted as an American. 1101 01:19:33,685 --> 01:19:38,689 But Mike Webster goes mad and nobody asks why. 1102 01:19:41,151 --> 01:19:42,985 They make fun of him. 1103 01:19:43,320 --> 01:19:45,279 They insult him on TV. 1104 01:19:45,363 --> 01:19:48,574 And now they want to pretend that his disease does not exist. 1105 01:19:48,658 --> 01:19:51,035 And they want to bury me. 1106 01:19:54,581 --> 01:19:56,207 It's offensive. 1107 01:19:58,335 --> 01:20:00,419 I am offended. 1108 01:20:05,842 --> 01:20:08,886 I am the wrong person to have discovered this. 1109 01:20:10,639 --> 01:20:11,639 (SIGHS) 1110 01:20:13,809 --> 01:20:17,186 There is no coincidence in this world. 1111 01:20:19,898 --> 01:20:21,148 Tell me, 1112 01:20:22,192 --> 01:20:27,196 what is the statistical probability that you, not just a doctor, 1113 01:20:27,948 --> 01:20:32,618 but Bennet Omalu, came to America, 1114 01:20:33,119 --> 01:20:39,959 ended up here in this rusty place for you alone to be the one to see this? 1115 01:20:47,467 --> 01:20:49,802 When I arrived in New York, 1116 01:20:51,555 --> 01:20:53,055 I was attacked. 1117 01:20:53,807 --> 01:20:54,932 What happened? 1118 01:20:55,267 --> 01:20:57,935 Something that is better left unsaid. 1119 01:20:59,980 --> 01:21:03,566 But that man almost broke me. 1120 01:21:05,652 --> 01:21:09,321 I wanted to give up and go back. 1121 01:21:13,201 --> 01:21:15,202 But I knew God. 1122 01:21:16,913 --> 01:21:22,167 I decided to trust His wisdom and I stayed. 1123 01:21:24,921 --> 01:21:28,591 And now I am looking at this man, 1124 01:21:29,676 --> 01:21:32,094 an Omalu Onyemalukwube. 1125 01:21:32,929 --> 01:21:37,766 Your name, it means, "If you know, 1126 01:21:37,893 --> 01:21:40,227 "you must come forth and speak. " 1127 01:21:42,606 --> 01:21:44,315 How did you know that? 1128 01:21:44,524 --> 01:21:46,275 I called your father. 1129 01:21:46,359 --> 01:21:48,027 He was pleased to hear from me. 1130 01:21:48,111 --> 01:21:50,070 Yes, I am sure he was. 1131 01:21:51,114 --> 01:21:54,408 If you don't speak for the dead, who will? 1132 01:21:56,536 --> 01:21:59,163 You are of the Igbo tribe, Bennet. 1133 01:21:59,706 --> 01:22:01,540 When you have truth, 1134 01:22:01,958 --> 01:22:05,878 the thing you are told you cannot do is the thing you must do. 1135 01:22:05,962 --> 01:22:07,588 Embrace that 1136 01:22:08,131 --> 01:22:11,967 and nothing created by man can bring you down. 1137 01:22:18,808 --> 01:22:21,602 JONES: Omalu's gone to the press now. Listen to this. 1138 01:22:22,771 --> 01:22:24,688 "After examining the remains 1139 01:22:24,773 --> 01:22:27,441 "of former National Football League player Andre Waters, 1140 01:22:27,525 --> 01:22:31,820 "a neuropathologist in Pittsburgh, Dr. Bennet Omalu, is claiming 1141 01:22:31,905 --> 01:22:36,200 "that Mr. Waters had sustained brain damage from playing football, and he says 1142 01:22:36,493 --> 01:22:39,828 "that led to his depression and ultimate death. " 1143 01:22:41,122 --> 01:22:42,748 It gets worse. 1144 01:22:43,583 --> 01:22:45,459 "Dr. Julian Bailes, medical director 1145 01:22:45,543 --> 01:22:47,670 "for the Center for the Study of Retired Athletes 1146 01:22:47,754 --> 01:22:51,674 "and the chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery of West Virginia University, 1147 01:22:51,800 --> 01:22:54,385 "said, 'Unfortunately, I'm not shocked. "' 1148 01:22:55,261 --> 01:22:57,638 There's more Omalu and more Bailes. 1149 01:22:57,931 --> 01:23:00,182 Bailes. Why do I know that name? 1150 01:23:00,266 --> 01:23:04,103 Steelers team doctor. Neurologist for the Players Association. 1151 01:23:04,604 --> 01:23:05,604 (SIGHS) 1152 01:23:07,065 --> 01:23:08,732 - Wow. - Yeah, wow. 1153 01:23:09,359 --> 01:23:12,277 The Times is calling it a potential epidemic. 1154 01:23:12,779 --> 01:23:13,821 Paul. 1155 01:23:15,198 --> 01:23:17,783 It's not the Sports section, not Science. 1156 01:23:18,952 --> 01:23:23,330 It's A-1, front page New York Times. 1157 01:23:27,210 --> 01:23:28,335 REPORTER 1: Apparently, the Commissioner 1158 01:23:28,420 --> 01:23:31,672 has been yearning for years to go back to his litigator roots. 1159 01:23:31,756 --> 01:23:35,634 REPORTER 2: Paul Tagliabue announced that he would retire in July 1160 01:23:35,719 --> 01:23:37,553 after nearly 17 years. 1161 01:23:38,138 --> 01:23:42,933 REPORTER 3:... comprised the most lucrative and stabilizing reign perhaps in the history. 1162 01:23:43,226 --> 01:23:45,728 REPORTER 4: At the NFL owners meeting in lllinois, Roger Goodell... 1163 01:23:46,062 --> 01:23:49,023 There's a new sheriff in town. His name is Roger Goodell. 1164 01:23:49,107 --> 01:23:51,692 REPORTER 5: Each day seems to bring a fresh round of tributes. 1165 01:23:51,776 --> 01:23:54,403 GOODELL: What I'm here to do now is protect the shield. 1166 01:23:54,487 --> 01:23:57,322 The NFL isn'tjust a sports league. 1167 01:23:58,241 --> 01:23:59,700 It's an entertainment product. 1168 01:23:59,784 --> 01:24:01,660 - (PHONE RINGING) - America's game. 1169 01:24:01,953 --> 01:24:04,204 I want us to go on enjoying our great game... 1170 01:24:04,289 --> 01:24:05,289 Allegheny County Coroner. 1171 01:24:05,915 --> 01:24:07,583 Sure, one second. 1172 01:24:08,835 --> 01:24:10,836 - It's Dr. Julian Bailes. - Yes, yeah. 1173 01:24:11,254 --> 01:24:12,671 Here he is. 1174 01:24:13,965 --> 01:24:15,007 Julian. 1175 01:24:15,091 --> 01:24:17,843 - Hey, turn on the TV. - Yes, I'm watching. 1176 01:24:17,927 --> 01:24:21,764 You asked for a face-to-face with the Commissioner? Man to man? 1177 01:24:22,098 --> 01:24:26,060 Goodell and the NFL are asking for a concussion summit. 1178 01:24:26,436 --> 01:24:30,022 A full presentation in Chicago next week. 1179 01:24:31,107 --> 01:24:32,649 They heard you. 1180 01:24:33,026 --> 01:24:34,818 - You have your shot. - (CHUCKLES) 1181 01:24:36,446 --> 01:24:37,654 Julian. 1182 01:24:41,201 --> 01:24:42,367 (SIGHS) 1183 01:24:52,128 --> 01:24:54,546 Why don't you throw in some football stuff? 1184 01:24:54,631 --> 01:24:56,548 Some non-medical terms? 1185 01:24:56,800 --> 01:24:58,133 Things we'd say. 1186 01:24:58,968 --> 01:25:01,678 Why do I need to say things they'd say? 1187 01:25:02,889 --> 01:25:05,224 I thought I was here for the other reason. 1188 01:25:05,517 --> 01:25:06,517 (CHUCKLES) No. 1189 01:25:06,810 --> 01:25:09,061 You have what, seven, eight degrees? 1190 01:25:09,145 --> 01:25:13,107 You're one of the smartest people they'll ever meet. You... Well... 1191 01:25:14,484 --> 01:25:15,901 You know what? 1192 01:25:16,528 --> 01:25:18,195 You're gonna be fine. 1193 01:25:27,789 --> 01:25:29,289 How about you? 1194 01:25:31,209 --> 01:25:32,709 How will you be? 1195 01:25:35,380 --> 01:25:36,463 (SIGHS) 1196 01:25:37,173 --> 01:25:42,761 You know, it is a mindless, violent game and then it's Shakespeare. 1197 01:25:43,847 --> 01:25:45,806 I mean, to me it's like life that way. 1198 01:25:45,890 --> 01:25:49,393 And I know you can't see how exciting 1199 01:25:49,853 --> 01:25:53,397 and beautiful all that is, and I don't blame you. 1200 01:25:54,983 --> 01:26:00,070 But what I'm trying to tell you is this is not fun for me. 1201 01:26:01,865 --> 01:26:05,159 All of the people we're going to see tomorrow, I know them personally. 1202 01:26:05,243 --> 01:26:06,743 And that feeling you have 1203 01:26:06,870 --> 01:26:11,373 when someone you love and admire screws you over? 1204 01:26:14,544 --> 01:26:17,045 They're going to have that feeling. 1205 01:26:19,299 --> 01:26:20,799 Because of me. 1206 01:26:22,218 --> 01:26:24,970 And there is not a damn thing I can do about it. 1207 01:26:39,319 --> 01:26:40,861 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 1208 01:26:45,575 --> 01:26:46,617 Hey. 1209 01:26:46,701 --> 01:26:48,368 We have to talk. 1210 01:26:48,453 --> 01:26:49,745 What's wrong? 1211 01:26:52,457 --> 01:26:55,959 There's no easy way to say this, so I'm just going to say it. 1212 01:26:56,127 --> 01:26:57,836 They're not gonna let you speak. 1213 01:26:59,547 --> 01:27:00,631 What? 1214 01:27:01,466 --> 01:27:03,634 They don't even want you in the room. 1215 01:27:06,346 --> 01:27:07,638 They want me to do it. 1216 01:27:10,391 --> 01:27:12,434 - One of their own. - One of their own. 1217 01:27:12,644 --> 01:27:15,729 - So, they want to pretend... - That you don't even exist, that's right. 1218 01:27:15,813 --> 01:27:17,481 Okay. Yeah. 1219 01:27:17,565 --> 01:27:19,983 - They still have to sit and listen. - To you. 1220 01:27:20,068 --> 01:27:22,527 Yes. You blew up their whole world. 1221 01:27:22,612 --> 01:27:24,154 And yours, Julian. 1222 01:27:24,280 --> 01:27:25,781 Yes. Mine. 1223 01:27:26,324 --> 01:27:32,037 Because how can it be possible that some African voodoo doctor 1224 01:27:32,664 --> 01:27:35,415 could understand this subject better than them? 1225 01:27:36,417 --> 01:27:38,377 Or even better than you? 1226 01:27:39,420 --> 01:27:42,589 Wait a second. You think this is about Bennet Omalu? 1227 01:27:42,674 --> 01:27:45,759 I'm not here because of you. I'm here because people are dying. 1228 01:27:45,843 --> 01:27:47,803 You are here for redemption. 1229 01:27:47,887 --> 01:27:50,889 You are here to use me to cleanse your sins. 1230 01:27:52,934 --> 01:27:55,519 You self-righteous bastard. 1231 01:27:56,020 --> 01:27:59,690 Do you have any idea what I could have, how much I could have 1232 01:27:59,983 --> 01:28:04,528 if I went back to my side of the ball and just kept my mouth shut? 1233 01:28:06,447 --> 01:28:10,450 Everything in my world is telling me not to agree with you, except one. 1234 01:28:11,160 --> 01:28:12,661 Science. 1235 01:28:13,371 --> 01:28:14,871 So, here I am. 1236 01:28:15,790 --> 01:28:20,210 Up here, beside you. Not down there in that audience with them. 1237 01:28:22,046 --> 01:28:25,382 What more can I do to prove myself to you? 1238 01:28:54,662 --> 01:28:56,204 I am sorry. 1239 01:28:58,499 --> 01:29:00,417 Convince them, Julian. 1240 01:29:12,805 --> 01:29:14,514 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS) 1241 01:29:17,268 --> 01:29:19,853 You know, my father can't remember a goddamn thing. 1242 01:29:19,937 --> 01:29:21,355 He never played a day of football. 1243 01:29:22,023 --> 01:29:24,608 He was too busy working in a factory, you quack! 1244 01:29:25,276 --> 01:29:26,818 I beg your pardon? 1245 01:29:26,903 --> 01:29:29,780 You take your bullshit science, go back to Africa. 1246 01:29:29,864 --> 01:29:31,239 And get away from our game! 1247 01:29:35,036 --> 01:29:36,453 What happened? 1248 01:29:36,788 --> 01:29:38,497 Roger Goodell just said that 1249 01:29:38,623 --> 01:29:42,084 Justin Strzelczyk may have gotten his concussion swimming. 1250 01:29:42,794 --> 01:29:44,252 In a swimming pool. 1251 01:29:44,337 --> 01:29:45,712 That's insanity. 1252 01:29:45,797 --> 01:29:47,714 This whole thing was staged. 1253 01:29:47,799 --> 01:29:50,634 They needed to say that they heard us so they could goddamn bury us. 1254 01:29:50,802 --> 01:29:53,136 The science means nothing to them. 1255 01:29:53,304 --> 01:29:56,556 GOODELL: This is an important day in the National Football League. 1256 01:29:56,641 --> 01:29:58,934 We've had some very good dialogue 1257 01:29:59,018 --> 01:30:02,479 which will help us improve the care for our players. 1258 01:30:03,147 --> 01:30:07,901 What do you think when you hear about former NFL players suffering from symptoms 1259 01:30:07,985 --> 01:30:11,113 that has only been seen in boxers and people at over 80 years old? 1260 01:30:11,406 --> 01:30:14,616 I mean, what does that say about the effect of concussions on players? 1261 01:30:14,700 --> 01:30:15,784 GOODELL: I'm not a doctorhere, 1262 01:30:15,868 --> 01:30:19,538 but you have to look at their entire medical history. 1263 01:30:19,622 --> 01:30:22,624 This is an evolving science. And that's okay. 1264 01:30:22,917 --> 01:30:25,419 PELLMAN: While I agree with the Commissioner, 1265 01:30:25,503 --> 01:30:29,840 no empirically determined proof was presented today. 1266 01:30:30,341 --> 01:30:32,259 Because there simply isn't any. 1267 01:30:33,344 --> 01:30:36,054 BERNIE GOLDBERG: Because according to the NFL's own numbers, 1268 01:30:36,139 --> 01:30:40,100 half of all players with concussions are sent back into the same game, 1269 01:30:40,685 --> 01:30:44,020 including some who were actually knocked out cold. 1270 01:30:45,440 --> 01:30:50,569 Ira Casson was head of the team of NFL doctors who had looked into the issue 1271 01:30:50,653 --> 01:30:54,656 and determined that the concern over head injuries was overblown. 1272 01:30:55,032 --> 01:30:57,701 Is there any evidence, as far as you're concerned, 1273 01:30:58,202 --> 01:31:03,039 that links multiple head injuries among pro football players with depression? 1274 01:31:03,374 --> 01:31:04,374 No. 1275 01:31:04,500 --> 01:31:07,169 - BERNIE: With dementia? - No. 1276 01:31:07,253 --> 01:31:09,504 BERNIE: With early onset ofAlzheimer's? 1277 01:31:09,589 --> 01:31:10,630 No. 1278 01:31:10,840 --> 01:31:14,217 Is there any evidence as of today that links 1279 01:31:14,302 --> 01:31:18,638 multiple head injuries with any long-term problem like that? 1280 01:31:18,723 --> 01:31:20,640 - In NFL players? No. - Yeah. 1281 01:31:48,836 --> 01:31:50,587 BENNET: (WHISPERING) Hey, little one. 1282 01:31:52,507 --> 01:31:54,299 This is your father. 1283 01:31:58,262 --> 01:32:00,597 I am in deep shit. 1284 01:32:05,019 --> 01:32:07,437 I have not done anything wrong, 1285 01:32:09,607 --> 01:32:11,858 but I am being punished. 1286 01:32:14,737 --> 01:32:15,987 (SIGHS) 1287 01:32:18,282 --> 01:32:22,202 It might not be so nice when you get out here. 1288 01:32:26,207 --> 01:32:28,458 You are still with God. 1289 01:32:30,795 --> 01:32:33,547 Please ask Him to help me. 1290 01:32:40,179 --> 01:32:41,429 (SIGHS) 1291 01:32:49,272 --> 01:32:50,605 (GROANS SOFTLY) 1292 01:32:55,861 --> 01:32:57,112 (SIGHS) 1293 01:32:59,949 --> 01:33:01,533 (PHONE RINGING) 1294 01:33:05,121 --> 01:33:07,163 It's all right. It's okay. 1295 01:33:14,005 --> 01:33:16,673 - What is this? - This is the FBI. 1296 01:33:17,133 --> 01:33:19,718 Apparently, I'm being relieved of my duties. 1297 01:33:19,802 --> 01:33:21,386 What? I don't understand. 1298 01:33:21,470 --> 01:33:25,098 AGENT: Dr. Wecht has been indicted on 84 federal counts, including... 1299 01:33:25,182 --> 01:33:28,727 Please, please, Tex. Let me at least have the joy of telling him. 1300 01:33:28,811 --> 01:33:32,105 I'm being indicted on 84 federal counts, 1301 01:33:32,189 --> 01:33:37,235 including mail fraud, wire fraud, other related offenses, arising out of 1302 01:33:37,695 --> 01:33:42,032 my use of government resources to advance my private practice. 1303 01:33:42,533 --> 01:33:46,494 Including, but not limited to, uh, mileage vouchers, 1304 01:33:46,871 --> 01:33:52,292 misuse of office stationery and my personal use of the fax machine. 1305 01:33:54,503 --> 01:33:55,754 - Faxes? - Yeah. 1306 01:33:55,838 --> 01:33:58,423 They could not come up with something this stupid in Nigeria. 1307 01:33:58,507 --> 01:33:59,507 (SCOFFS) 1308 01:33:59,592 --> 01:34:01,926 This man has been a public servant for decades. 1309 01:34:04,764 --> 01:34:05,889 Cyril. 1310 01:34:06,223 --> 01:34:09,768 Have you ever performed any private services on county time? 1311 01:34:09,852 --> 01:34:11,186 - Have I? - WECHT: Whoa! 1312 01:34:11,854 --> 01:34:14,564 Apparently, we've both hurt the government's feelings. 1313 01:34:14,899 --> 01:34:15,899 (CHUCKLES) 1314 01:34:15,983 --> 01:34:20,070 Are you referring to the death row case where I used my personal time? 1315 01:34:20,154 --> 01:34:23,239 We don't want you, Dr. Omalu, but we can have you. 1316 01:34:24,075 --> 01:34:27,118 - And what does that mean? - That means they want your testimony. 1317 01:34:29,914 --> 01:34:31,748 - Against you? - Yes. 1318 01:34:33,209 --> 01:34:34,793 I... I understand. 1319 01:34:35,920 --> 01:34:39,255 You are attacking him to get to me. 1320 01:34:39,882 --> 01:34:41,091 I know. 1321 01:34:41,884 --> 01:34:44,886 This is because his name is on my research. 1322 01:34:45,137 --> 01:34:46,429 What research is that? 1323 01:34:46,597 --> 01:34:48,306 (CHUCKLES) 1324 01:34:48,391 --> 01:34:50,350 No. I will resign first. 1325 01:34:50,434 --> 01:34:53,520 In which case, your immigration status will be revised 1326 01:34:53,604 --> 01:34:55,939 since your status requires full-time employment. 1327 01:34:57,274 --> 01:35:00,193 Then I will get anotherjob in another city. 1328 01:35:00,277 --> 01:35:01,695 AGENT: That would be fine. 1329 01:35:01,779 --> 01:35:03,488 That would be fine. 1330 01:35:12,957 --> 01:35:14,249 GRACIE: Bennet. 1331 01:35:25,594 --> 01:35:29,973 All I asked is that if you did this, we both came out okay. 1332 01:35:30,266 --> 01:35:31,850 Not professional ruination. 1333 01:35:35,646 --> 01:35:36,980 Whoever... 1334 01:35:37,356 --> 01:35:39,774 Whatever takes over for me, 1335 01:35:41,819 --> 01:35:45,155 they're going to want the CTE information, you know that. 1336 01:35:46,657 --> 01:35:48,658 What if they show up here with a warrant? 1337 01:35:48,909 --> 01:35:51,035 On suspicion of what? Science? 1338 01:35:51,120 --> 01:35:54,372 Ah, suspicion of bullshit. We got screwed. 1339 01:35:55,166 --> 01:35:57,000 You didn't deserve it. 1340 01:35:58,127 --> 01:36:00,795 You know the worst part? How easy it was. 1341 01:36:01,130 --> 01:36:05,550 Cyril, they are not going to make me say one word against you. 1342 01:36:06,594 --> 01:36:08,511 What are you gonna say? 1343 01:36:08,637 --> 01:36:11,306 Cyril Wecht's a loudmouth asshole? 1344 01:36:12,349 --> 01:36:14,684 I don't care. I'm tired. 1345 01:36:15,311 --> 01:36:16,853 My balls are low. 1346 01:36:24,320 --> 01:36:26,654 I didn't do good enough by you. 1347 01:36:29,200 --> 01:36:30,408 Cyril, um... 1348 01:36:32,787 --> 01:36:35,038 I cannot go back to Nigeria. 1349 01:36:37,166 --> 01:36:39,959 Everything that I am is here. 1350 01:36:42,046 --> 01:36:44,964 My child has got to be born in America. 1351 01:36:46,133 --> 01:36:47,258 (PATS ARM) 1352 01:36:47,343 --> 01:36:48,718 Don't worry. 1353 01:36:49,011 --> 01:36:50,720 I'll get you a job. 1354 01:36:51,388 --> 01:36:54,057 Hey, you can work with me in the prison laundry. 1355 01:36:54,225 --> 01:36:55,558 (BOTH CHUCKLE SOFTLY) 1356 01:37:00,064 --> 01:37:01,773 Call the surgeon. 1357 01:37:02,191 --> 01:37:03,942 We need a goddamn drink. 1358 01:37:07,238 --> 01:37:08,905 (TRAIN HORN BLOWING) 1359 01:37:21,710 --> 01:37:23,878 - (BIRDS SQUAWKING) - (DOGS BARKING) 1360 01:37:27,466 --> 01:37:29,217 (TURN SIGNAL TICKING) 1361 01:37:31,679 --> 01:37:33,179 (TICKING STOPS) 1362 01:37:58,789 --> 01:38:00,790 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) 1363 01:38:02,042 --> 01:38:03,835 BENNET: I solved the problem. 1364 01:38:04,545 --> 01:38:06,462 All they have to do is put on the side of the helmet, 1365 01:38:06,547 --> 01:38:11,217 "The Surgeon General has determined that playing football is hazardous to your health. " 1366 01:38:11,302 --> 01:38:13,261 You got to put it on both sides of the helmet. 1367 01:38:13,345 --> 01:38:14,804 (BAILES LAUGHING) 1368 01:38:26,650 --> 01:38:30,028 BAILES: Did you know that Paul Tagliabue... This is the former Commissioner Tagliabue, 1369 01:38:30,112 --> 01:38:33,239 did you know that Paul was a partner in Covington and Burling? 1370 01:38:33,324 --> 01:38:36,451 Which is the same law firm that represented the big seven tobacco companies. 1371 01:38:36,535 --> 01:38:37,660 Of course he was. 1372 01:38:37,912 --> 01:38:39,746 But now they're representing the National Football League. 1373 01:38:39,830 --> 01:38:41,497 Of course they do. 1374 01:38:47,755 --> 01:38:49,172 (TIRES SQUEALING) 1375 01:38:51,467 --> 01:38:53,134 BAILES: My last year with the Steelers, 1376 01:38:53,218 --> 01:38:56,512 we moved a game from a Sunday to a Tuesday because of a blizzard. 1377 01:38:57,014 --> 01:38:59,557 And the League said that they weren't concerned about the ratings 1378 01:38:59,642 --> 01:39:02,685 because the League was immune from acts of God. 1379 01:39:02,811 --> 01:39:04,395 (TIRES SQUEALING) 1380 01:39:10,110 --> 01:39:11,861 (HEAVY BREATHING) 1381 01:39:25,376 --> 01:39:26,376 GRACIE: Bennet! 1382 01:39:27,294 --> 01:39:28,294 Bennet! 1383 01:39:54,738 --> 01:39:56,155 DOCTOR: I'm so sorry. 1384 01:39:56,240 --> 01:39:58,032 There's no heartbeat. 1385 01:40:01,996 --> 01:40:04,622 BENNET: May... May we have the room, please? 1386 01:40:04,707 --> 01:40:06,708 Excuse us. Thank you. 1387 01:40:24,893 --> 01:40:26,394 I'm so sorry. 1388 01:40:27,438 --> 01:40:30,314 I'm so sorry. I made a mistake. 1389 01:40:30,733 --> 01:40:32,400 This is my fault. 1390 01:40:32,943 --> 01:40:34,444 (SHUDDERING BREATHS) 1391 01:40:37,614 --> 01:40:38,948 (SNIFFLES) 1392 01:40:42,745 --> 01:40:43,995 (CRYING) 1393 01:40:57,426 --> 01:41:01,387 MAN OVER PA: Dr. Pierson, E.R. med one. Dr. Pierson, E.R. med one. 1394 01:41:04,641 --> 01:41:07,310 I wish I had never met Mike Webster. 1395 01:41:12,232 --> 01:41:14,067 They destroyed us. 1396 01:41:17,279 --> 01:41:22,283 And I don't understand why it is happening this way. 1397 01:41:26,288 --> 01:41:28,206 Bennet, listen to me. 1398 01:41:31,126 --> 01:41:34,462 Do you know what I chose to fake? 1399 01:41:39,802 --> 01:41:40,843 You. 1400 01:41:47,351 --> 01:41:49,352 We will have this family. 1401 01:41:50,020 --> 01:41:51,062 Yes. 1402 01:41:51,980 --> 01:41:53,356 We will. 1403 01:41:56,527 --> 01:41:58,194 Just not here. 1404 01:42:01,782 --> 01:42:03,574 We have to go. 1405 01:42:39,570 --> 01:42:41,696 MAN: Hello? Mr. Omalu? 1406 01:42:44,825 --> 01:42:46,159 Dr. Omalu. 1407 01:42:46,243 --> 01:42:49,120 MAN: I just need the measurements for the flat screens. 1408 01:42:51,582 --> 01:42:53,457 That won't be necessary. 1409 01:43:17,441 --> 01:43:18,816 (INAUDIBLE) 1410 01:43:21,987 --> 01:43:26,282 I have drifted 1411 01:43:30,245 --> 01:43:33,372 I am worn 1412 01:43:33,957 --> 01:43:36,792 I have drifted 1413 01:43:38,295 --> 01:43:40,963 Too deep 1414 01:43:46,470 --> 01:43:50,765 In the tangle 1415 01:43:54,603 --> 01:43:57,563 Of the dark 1416 01:44:02,527 --> 01:44:05,988 I am weathered 1417 01:44:06,740 --> 01:44:09,909 I have drifted 1418 01:44:10,869 --> 01:44:14,413 Too deep 1419 01:45:05,882 --> 01:45:07,425 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) 1420 01:45:29,906 --> 01:45:32,450 BENNET: Tell me what happened to you, Jose. 1421 01:45:33,452 --> 01:45:34,702 Tell me. 1422 01:45:35,954 --> 01:45:37,872 It's going to be okay. 1423 01:45:38,248 --> 01:45:39,790 (BELL TOLLING) 1424 01:45:41,501 --> 01:45:43,002 (HEAVY BREATHING) 1425 01:45:47,924 --> 01:45:49,091 Listen. 1426 01:45:49,593 --> 01:45:51,510 My mind keeps slipping. 1427 01:45:52,095 --> 01:45:55,139 I can't seem to find the goddamn words no more. 1428 01:45:55,766 --> 01:45:56,891 What? 1429 01:46:01,355 --> 01:46:02,897 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 1430 01:46:05,609 --> 01:46:07,443 I just can't do this. 1431 01:46:07,861 --> 01:46:09,362 And I'm sorry. 1432 01:46:45,816 --> 01:46:46,857 (GUN COCKS) 1433 01:46:46,942 --> 01:46:48,359 (PHONE RINGING) 1434 01:46:53,031 --> 01:46:54,031 Yes. 1435 01:46:54,199 --> 01:46:55,533 Bennet, it's Julian. 1436 01:46:57,994 --> 01:47:00,246 Dave Duerson killed himself today. 1437 01:47:01,164 --> 01:47:03,833 Shot himself in the chest. In the heart. 1438 01:47:03,917 --> 01:47:05,543 Hold on, hold on. 1439 01:47:11,716 --> 01:47:13,551 - My God. - He left a note. 1440 01:47:14,511 --> 01:47:16,470 He wants his brain to be donated. 1441 01:47:16,763 --> 01:47:18,347 To be examined. 1442 01:47:22,018 --> 01:47:23,811 They said that we were right. 1443 01:47:28,525 --> 01:47:30,025 Benny, you there? 1444 01:47:31,528 --> 01:47:33,404 Yes. Yes, I'm here. 1445 01:47:36,032 --> 01:47:38,951 A Pro Bowler in that deep with NFL leadership 1446 01:47:39,035 --> 01:47:42,705 killing himself in the way he killed himself, they can't explain this one away. 1447 01:47:44,249 --> 01:47:46,167 Players are gonna want to hear from you now. 1448 01:47:54,384 --> 01:47:56,260 BENNET: Trying to find the... 1449 01:47:56,678 --> 01:47:58,012 (CLEARS THROAT) 1450 01:48:12,694 --> 01:48:14,153 (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) 1451 01:48:14,237 --> 01:48:16,655 I don't know what to say to them. 1452 01:48:21,286 --> 01:48:23,746 Tell them what's really happening. 1453 01:48:40,764 --> 01:48:42,765 (INDISTINCT MURMURING) 1454 01:49:13,630 --> 01:49:14,755 Hello. 1455 01:49:14,839 --> 01:49:16,131 (CLEARS THROAT) 1456 01:49:16,800 --> 01:49:18,092 Um... 1457 01:49:20,887 --> 01:49:24,306 A small boy, uh, came to me 1458 01:49:25,642 --> 01:49:28,811 and said, "Mister, why do you hate football?" 1459 01:49:29,229 --> 01:49:31,605 I said, "I don't hate football. " 1460 01:49:32,274 --> 01:49:34,858 He said, "Yes, my father said you hate football. " 1461 01:49:35,986 --> 01:49:37,987 I said, "You tell your father to come see me. " 1462 01:49:38,530 --> 01:49:40,030 (SPARSE LAUGHTER) 1463 01:49:43,493 --> 01:49:46,161 My wife watches the games. 1464 01:49:46,830 --> 01:49:50,666 And she will scream and she will jump. 1465 01:49:51,084 --> 01:49:53,335 She startles me a lot. 1466 01:49:56,006 --> 01:49:59,341 But through her eyes, I can see the beauty 1467 01:50:00,677 --> 01:50:04,388 and the grace, the power. 1468 01:50:07,767 --> 01:50:11,353 I said to her that I wished I'd never met Mike Webster. 1469 01:50:23,533 --> 01:50:25,868 But that was before I knew him. 1470 01:50:29,664 --> 01:50:34,001 He has given me a great gift. 1471 01:50:37,297 --> 01:50:39,089 A dangerous gift. 1472 01:50:41,217 --> 01:50:43,052 The gift of knowing. 1473 01:50:45,722 --> 01:50:49,767 When a man is a soldier, he knows what is at risk. 1474 01:50:50,310 --> 01:50:53,312 He may be injured or even killed. 1475 01:50:55,815 --> 01:51:02,696 But when a man is a football player, he knows he may break his arm or his leg. 1476 01:51:04,157 --> 01:51:08,452 He does not know that he can lose his mind. 1477 01:51:10,246 --> 01:51:12,790 His family, his money. 1478 01:51:12,874 --> 01:51:14,249 (SOBBING SOFTLY) 1479 01:51:15,168 --> 01:51:16,502 His life. 1480 01:51:19,047 --> 01:51:21,256 They have to know. 1481 01:51:27,013 --> 01:51:28,472 Mike Webster. 1482 01:51:29,766 --> 01:51:31,433 Justin Strzelczyk. 1483 01:51:31,768 --> 01:51:33,143 Terry Long. 1484 01:51:34,020 --> 01:51:35,521 Andre Waters. 1485 01:51:37,065 --> 01:51:38,524 Dave Duerson. 1486 01:51:40,694 --> 01:51:44,905 By dying, they speak for the living. 1487 01:51:47,242 --> 01:51:49,159 And I speak for them. 1488 01:51:51,121 --> 01:51:52,913 That is all I do. 1489 01:51:56,292 --> 01:51:57,793 Forgive them. 1490 01:52:01,548 --> 01:52:03,298 Forgive yourselves. 1491 01:52:04,926 --> 01:52:06,343 (SNIFFLES) 1492 01:52:10,056 --> 01:52:11,598 Be at peace. 1493 01:52:17,480 --> 01:52:20,649 JOHN CONYERS: Commissioner Goodell, is there a link between 1494 01:52:21,526 --> 01:52:24,737 playing professional football and the likelihood 1495 01:52:24,821 --> 01:52:27,990 of contracting a brain-related injury 1496 01:52:28,867 --> 01:52:33,871 such as dementia, Alzheimer's, depression or CTE? 1497 01:52:34,330 --> 01:52:37,583 We're doing everything we possibly can for our players now. 1498 01:52:37,667 --> 01:52:40,961 CONYERS: I just asked you a simple question. What's the answer? 1499 01:52:41,045 --> 01:52:45,758 LINDA SANCHEZ: It sort ofreminds me of the tobacco companies, pre-'90s, 1500 01:52:45,842 --> 01:52:48,218 when they kept saying, "No, there's no link 1501 01:52:48,303 --> 01:52:50,888 "between smoking and, um, damage to your health, 1502 01:52:50,972 --> 01:52:52,723 "or ill health effects. " 1503 01:52:52,807 --> 01:52:56,393 And they were forced to admit that that was incorrect 1504 01:52:56,478 --> 01:52:59,188 through a spate of litigation in the 1990s. 1505 01:52:59,272 --> 01:53:01,190 And my question to you is... 1506 01:53:02,025 --> 01:53:05,194 MAXINE WATERS: Oh, we have heard from the NFL time and time again. 1507 01:53:05,361 --> 01:53:09,198 You're always "studying," you're always "trying," you're "hopeful. " 1508 01:53:09,282 --> 01:53:10,949 Son of a bitch. 1509 01:53:11,034 --> 01:53:14,161 I want to know what are you doing in the negotiations that are going on now 1510 01:53:14,329 --> 01:53:18,916 to deal with this problem and the other problems related to the injuries 1511 01:53:19,334 --> 01:53:25,631 that football players obtain and its impact on their health. 1512 01:53:26,382 --> 01:53:28,050 You did all this. 1513 01:53:28,134 --> 01:53:29,968 I know my time is drawing to a close, 1514 01:53:30,053 --> 01:53:34,681 but let me just say this to Mr. Goodell, uh, and everybody who's here today 1515 01:53:35,058 --> 01:53:40,062 that I think it's time for the Congress of the United States to take a look. 1516 01:53:42,565 --> 01:53:44,942 DEPUTY MAYOR: First time in Washington? BENNET: Uh, yes. 1517 01:53:45,777 --> 01:53:48,153 DEPUTY MAYOR: Well, we're thrilled you accepted our invitation. 1518 01:53:48,238 --> 01:53:50,572 BENNET: I was, uh, very curious. 1519 01:53:52,450 --> 01:53:55,202 Chief Medical Examiner for Washington, D.C., 1520 01:53:55,286 --> 01:53:58,705 means you would also consult with the CIA and FBI 1521 01:53:58,790 --> 01:53:59,790 and any foreign government 1522 01:53:59,874 --> 01:54:03,168 requesting the assistance of the United States government. 1523 01:54:03,878 --> 01:54:06,588 Essentially, you're America's forensic pathologist. 1524 01:54:07,298 --> 01:54:10,676 Wouldn't have to put on scrubs or perform an autopsy. 1525 01:54:11,636 --> 01:54:13,762 You're beyond all that now. 1526 01:54:18,852 --> 01:54:21,186 Would you like to hear about the benefits package? 1527 01:54:21,271 --> 01:54:22,437 No. 1528 01:54:23,106 --> 01:54:24,857 (STUTTERS) I mean, I'm sure it's fine. 1529 01:54:31,698 --> 01:54:35,200 We know everything you did, Dr. Omalu. 1530 01:54:36,202 --> 01:54:39,538 You exemplify everything it is to be an American. 1531 01:54:40,540 --> 01:54:43,709 You belong here with us, in the nation's capital. 1532 01:54:57,891 --> 01:55:01,435 Why don't you take a couple days and think about it? 1533 01:55:35,386 --> 01:55:36,386 QUARTERBACK: Ready. 1534 01:55:39,223 --> 01:55:40,223 Hut! 1535 01:55:41,017 --> 01:55:43,060 COACH 1: Get up, get up field, get up field, get up field! 1536 01:55:43,186 --> 01:55:44,853 COACH 2: You heard him. Move up field, let's go! 1537 01:55:45,396 --> 01:55:46,772 COACH 1: You, on the ball, on the ball. 1538 01:55:46,898 --> 01:55:49,274 COACH 2: Okay, let's huddle up! Bring it back, huddle up. 1539 01:55:53,404 --> 01:55:56,657 All right, call it out! Douglas, I'm talkin' to you. 1540 01:55:57,033 --> 01:55:58,033 QUARTERBACK: Hut! 1541 01:55:58,117 --> 01:56:00,452 - COACH 2: Get 'em, get 'em, get 'em! - (WHISTLE BLOWING) 1542 01:56:00,536 --> 01:56:01,536 That's it. Good! 1543 01:56:01,704 --> 01:56:03,205 COACH 1: There you go. Good job, good job, on the ball. 1544 01:56:03,873 --> 01:56:06,041 COACH 1: Let's go, let's go, tempo, tempo! COACH 2: Tempo, tempo! 1545 01:56:12,882 --> 01:56:15,008 COACH 1: How 'bout we hit somebody this time, huh? 1546 01:56:15,551 --> 01:56:17,219 Try a little more contact. 1547 01:56:17,387 --> 01:56:18,387 QUARTERBACK: One-sixteen, one-sixteen! 1548 01:56:21,516 --> 01:56:29,940 (GRUNTING) 1549 01:56:46,749 --> 01:56:48,709 ANCHORWOMAN: A tragic loss for the family and fans 1550 01:56:48,793 --> 01:56:50,919 of former Chargers star Junior Seau 1551 01:56:51,212 --> 01:56:53,714 after he was found dead in his Oceanside home. 1552 01:56:53,965 --> 01:56:55,674 Good evening and thanks forjoining us tonight. 1553 01:56:55,758 --> 01:56:59,052 Junior Seau's death is being investigated as a suicide. 1554 01:56:59,220 --> 01:57:01,346 ANCHORMAN: Police say his girlfriend reported finding him 1555 01:57:01,431 --> 01:57:04,850 with an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. 1556 01:57:04,934 --> 01:57:08,520 Tonight there's widespread shock and disbelief over the sudden death. 1557 01:57:08,938 --> 01:57:11,356 MALE REPORTER: Standing in front of her son's beachfront home, 1558 01:57:11,441 --> 01:57:14,985 Junior Seau's mother poured out her heart and her grief. 1559 01:57:15,069 --> 01:57:17,279 SEAU'S MOTHER: I'm shocked. 1560 01:57:17,780 --> 01:57:21,199 But I appreciate everybody's over here, 1561 01:57:21,284 --> 01:57:23,368 showyourlove... (SOBS) 1562 01:57:23,453 --> 01:57:26,038 MAN 1: We loved Junior. MAN 2: We love you, Mrs. Seau! 1563 01:57:26,122 --> 01:57:28,540 SEAU'S MOTHER: Show your love to my son. 1564 01:58:08,664 --> 01:58:13,627 - So long - So long 1565 01:58:15,004 --> 01:58:18,006 So long 1566 01:58:21,719 --> 01:58:26,598 - So long - So long 1567 01:58:28,184 --> 01:58:30,435 So long 1568 01:58:34,816 --> 01:58:39,402 See it in your eyes 1569 01:58:41,364 --> 01:58:44,616 There's been a change 1570 01:58:47,912 --> 01:58:51,540 I feel distant 1571 01:58:52,875 --> 01:58:57,003 There's been a change 1572 01:59:00,883 --> 01:59:04,136 A fear 1573 01:59:05,888 --> 01:59:09,266 Hangs over my head 1574 01:59:13,896 --> 01:59:16,815 I search for peace 1575 01:59:18,985 --> 01:59:21,903 In the midst of it all 1576 01:59:27,201 --> 01:59:29,828 What we had 1577 01:59:32,039 --> 01:59:35,584 In those old photographs 1578 01:59:40,214 --> 01:59:42,924 So far gone 1579 01:59:45,386 --> 01:59:48,138 I gotta move on 1580 01:59:50,141 --> 01:59:54,686 - So long - So long 1581 01:59:56,480 --> 01:59:59,149 So long 1582 02:00:03,196 --> 02:00:07,824 - So long - So long 1583 02:00:09,619 --> 02:00:12,120 So long 1584 02:00:16,167 --> 02:00:21,129 See it in your eyes 1585 02:00:22,965 --> 02:00:26,509 There's been a change 1586 02:00:29,305 --> 02:00:32,641 I feel distant 1587 02:00:34,435 --> 02:00:40,440 There's been a change