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[plane engine roaring]
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[sirens blaring]
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[man 1] All I was doing
is what I was trained to do.
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-That's how I think of it, so…
-[woman 1 sniffling]
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[man 2] You realize
how weak and fragile you are.
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[woman 1] This was his first day
going to that office.
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-[woman 2] We had his picture posted.
-[woman 1] He was happy.
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[man 3] I have pulmonary fibrosis…
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[woman 3] When I saw the building
come down, I just prayed, you know.
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[woman 2] I don't know
if we were just in denial.
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-Thought he'd end up in the trash.
-[woman 3] They're done digging.
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-[man 3] Don't know how it could get easy.
-[woman 3] Have to come to terms with it.
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-[man 4] The rest of them, all gone.
-[woman 3] I lost a son.
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You want other information?
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[scoffs]
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I'll say this.
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I'm angry.
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I'm angry with God,
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I'm angry with our country, also,
because they let this happen.
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My beautiful boy…
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[inhales deeply]
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…was burned alive
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because of them.
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We don't… We don't even have a body.
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If someone took your child…
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and blew them up…
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He didn't even have a fingernail.
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[inhales deeply]
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How do you go on from there?
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How do you calculate that?
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-[writing on chalkboard]
-[man] What is life worth?
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Not a trick question, people.
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Who's gonna give us a number? Uh…
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Back row. Uh, you there, Mr. Barron.
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Big boy voice here, counselor.
Tell us, where are you from?
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I was raised in Wichita.
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[man] Kansas. Farm boy.
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Good, good, good.
You were raised on one, a farm?
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My girlfriend's father owned one.
He grew sorghum.
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[man] Sorghum.
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Girlfriend's father grew sorghum.
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Miss Paula Tano.
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Miss Paula Tano, you are now
Mr. Barron's girlfriend's father.
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[students laugh]
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[man] Don't laugh, people, it's very sad.
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Mr. Barron just died,
tragically crushed by a combine harvester
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in Miss Paula Tano's sorghum field.
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Mr. Dickerson,
you're now representing Mr. Barron.
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And where's Miss Chen?
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Miss Chen, you're representing
Amalgamated Caterpillar,
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manufacturer of said combine harvester,
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which took poor young Mr. Barron's life,
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in the Kansas state civil action
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of Mr. Barron v. Mr. Barron's
girlfriend's father's sorghum farm
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and the Caterpillar company.
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So, Miss Chen, how much do you offer
Mr. Dickerson to settle this?
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All right, let me rephrase.
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How much is Mr. Barron's life worth?
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Give us a number.
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Two million?
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Hey, I'm in law school.
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I could be earning that before I'm 30.
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[students laugh]
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If you aced the final, maybe,
and if you weren't dead, but you are.
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[students laugh]
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This is now Mr. Dickerson's decision,
along with Mr… Your name?
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-Patel.
-[man] Patel.
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Mr. Patel is the poor bereaved mother
of Mr. Barron.
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[students laugh]
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Three million?
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Two-point-seven.
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Deal.
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There you have it. There's the deal.
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To be clear, you haven't stumbled
into a philosophy course.
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Where the law is concerned,
this question actually has an answer.
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And the answer is a number,
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and that's the job.
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[instrumental music playing]
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[elevator dings]
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No. Yes, 55 per victim.
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Yeah, and both sides agreed to walk.
That's right.
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No one thinks it's fair,
but fair is not the goal here.
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It's finish and move on.
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Yeah. Well, thank you, Senator.
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[woman] Mr. Feinberg, you have a message
from Judge Clinton.
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Thank you, Vic.
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Just remember me when POTUS calls
about a vacancy on the Supreme Court.
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I saw Rehnquist the other day.
He's looking pale.
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I said he's looking pale.
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He-- Hello?
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I think I lost him.
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-Probably a good thing.
-It was a joke.
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Usually the funny ones,
you don't have to announce that after.
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I just saved the taxpayers
a year's worth of courtroom.
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Do you think he really hung up?
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I'm sure he's off
commissioning a monument.
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-I have a forum to run.
-No way. [chuckles]
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Mr. Darryl Barnes, Esq.
I have an important question for you.
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-Is this birthday cake?
-Margo in Accounting.
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Mmm.
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-Is that the important question?
-No.
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Did she save any for you?
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Gloria, where are we on that email?
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[Gloria] "And so I would ask…"
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And so I would insist…
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Not "ask," "insist."
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…that you be on time.
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I have a very busy schedule that day,
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so punctuality will be imperative.
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Please promptly advise.
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"Love, Dad"?
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Huh? Yeah, yeah. Love, Dad.
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-Okay. I'll type this up right now.
-Thank you.
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[train horn blaring]
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["Mein Herr, was dächten sie von mi"
playing on headphones]
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Remind me why we're building this
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instead of buying that cute little place
on Cape Charles?
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-Fog.
-[woman] You could still commute.
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The numbers show Cape Charles
is more than twice as likely
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to be fogged in on any given day.
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-[woman] That's not a real statistic.
-[Ken] Two-point-two is the statistic.
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If you wanna retire to that.
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Well, I have heard that people that base
their future happiness on weather data
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-are 100% less likely to be fun.
-[dog barks]
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Why does he only just looks at me?
Do you mind?
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You're not retiring anyway.
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[dog whining]
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[crickets chirping]
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[La Wally, Act I: "Ebben?
Ne andro lontana" playing on headphones]
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[sighs]
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[woman muffled] Good night, Kenny.
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[music continues on headphones]
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[horns honking]
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[cooing]
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[siren wailing in distance]
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[man] Because they want to put in
another shoe store.
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We need another one of those.
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They wanna take out
those beautiful arched windows.
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You know, the ones that have
the Corinthian carved cartouche-y things.
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They wanna take them out
and put in modern ones
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so they can hawk more sneakers. It's just…
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[woman] Not on your watch.
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No. No. Now you're mocking me.
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[woman] There's chicken piccata
in the fridge.
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I'm going to post this. Just wait.
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[woman] Power to the people.
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Yep.
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[plane engine roaring]
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[boy 1] Yeah, you can take it first.
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-[boy 2] Who's that?
-[boy 3] You can take it apart.
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-Hey, love.
-[boy 3] Morning.
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[boy 1] You can snap that back in,
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take it apart and…
A shorter wing span. Just putting--
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All right, come eat, please.
Breakfast is ready.
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-Quickly.
-[boys] Yay, breakfast!
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-Thank you.
-[man] Owen, slow down.
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Oh, this way.
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[man] Gotta go. Love ya.
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[boy 1] And here's, uh,
exactly the one that I got.
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[door closes]
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-[boy 3] What are we doing after school?
-All right.
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[boys] Mom!
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[Lakmé, Act 1:
"Sous le dome épais" playing]
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[cell phone ringing]
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[ringing continues]
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[man] I can't see anything.
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-[phones ringing]
-[man] Right now, I don't see anything.
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Are you sure?
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[phones ringing]
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[woman speaking indistinctly]
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…freaking out, hold on.
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Yeah.
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[frantic chatter]
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[woman 1] Yeah, how you doing?
What's going on?
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-Excuse me, sir, is there any--
-[conductor] Can't talk.
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Excuse me?
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-[woman 2] What's happening?
-[woman 1] Did you find her somewhere?
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[frantic chatter]
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[woman 1] Turn on the TV.
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[train brakes squealing]
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[woman 3] Oh my God.
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[gasps]
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Yes, we see it.
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[sirens wailing]
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[reporter 1] The shock from the attacks
{\an8}in New York and D.C.
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-{\an8}reverberate across the entire nation.
-[woman sobbing]
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[reporter 2] Our correspondent,
Tanya Riddle, has been told
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that state officials are working
to strengthen security all across…
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[reporter 3] Officials
at Somerset County Airport
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confirm the crash of a large plane
north of that airport.
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[reporter 4] The army has been placed
at Prescott, Delta.
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[reporter 5] Firefighters
and police officers
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are frantically trying to help
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those people who have been hurt,
who perhaps have not been rescued.
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[reporter 6] With tragedy so great,
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tonight, a city comes together
searching for safety and comfort.
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[reporter 7] …of a hundred waiting
for their turn
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to go into the World Trade Center area.
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…the days to come,
to the rescue those who may be alive.
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So we have, at this point,
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well over a thousand people
confirmed dead.
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The 300 that are missing
that he talked about,
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the 800 at the Pentagon,
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266 who were on those airplanes today,
passengers and crew.
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Uh, we're now up to about 1300,
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and it is expected to go much higher.
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Twenty-four hundred people altogether
were killed in Pearl Harbor.
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They were military personnel
for the most part.
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It was a military attack
on military installations.
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We know who did it.
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This is a different kind of a war
in a new century.
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-[loud rumbling]
-[glass shattering]
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-[siren wailing]
-[woman screaming]
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[screaming]
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[somber music playing]
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[inaudible]
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[reporter speaking on TV]
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…that involves so many people?
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[spokesperson] Well, I think all of that
is going to have to be sifted out.
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I think that in the midst
of our outrage and anger,
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uh, President Bush is right,
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we have to show the world
how we respond to this
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uh, both with determination, uh…
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-So, what did you tell Kennedy?
-That I'd think about it.
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That you're my partner,
and I'd have to talk to you.
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[woman] Hah. Hmm.
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I mean, I know why he asked us.
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We're one of five or six firms
with this kind of experience.
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If that. If that.
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-Yeah. Asbestos, Agent Orange.
-Yeah.
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Those were hot-button cases too.
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Yeah. I'll let you know
how the committee hearing goes.
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-Yeah.
-[door opens]
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[door closes]
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Thanks for coming.
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{\an8}-I know Teddy appreciates it.
-Sure.
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{\an8}We want our best trial lawyers.
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{\an8}We'll be needing your support
on this thing.
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-Yeah.
-Your people okay?
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-Kids, family?
-Yeah. Yeah.
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Mike was at his dorm at NYU.
He's all right.
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He was shaken up, but, uh… What thing?
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A new bill on the floor.
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The Air Transportation
Safety and System Stabilization Act.
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-Wait, they're bailing out the airlines?
-More like the whole economy.
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If the victims of these attacks
or their families
247
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attempt to sue the airline industry
for damages, we will go bankrupt.
248
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And never mind whether they win or not,
the legal costs alone…
249
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And that's when we might as well
just hand those terrorists the victory,
250
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because we're paralyzed.
251
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Deliveries, commuter travel.
252
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The whole economy grinding to a halt.
253
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What we're facing is a national emergency.
254
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-Mm-hmm.
-[man 1] Lee?
255
00:15:09,326 --> 00:15:10,285
Ken?
256
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-Help us come up with another way.
-[man 2] Right.
257
00:15:13,705 --> 00:15:16,041
Ah, brass tacks here.
258
00:15:16,124 --> 00:15:19,002
You're trying to prevent
lawsuits from the victims.
259
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-That's what they're saying.
-That's not what we're saying.
260
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It's called due process.
261
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Limit. We're saying limit civil suits
against the airlines.
262
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Denying recourse to the people
most impacted by these attacks.
263
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Stop grandstanding.
264
00:15:32,349 --> 00:15:34,476
[man 3] What we're proposing
is a treasury fund
265
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offering tort-style compensation
to the victims.
266
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For their economic losses,
something for pain and suffering.
267
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Yes, but coming from us, Congress,
not the courts.
268
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And in exchange,
the claimants promise not to sue.
269
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-Corporate bailout.
-Chrissakes, Lee.
270
00:15:49,032 --> 00:15:51,076
-[people murmuring]
-What, you're calling it charity?
271
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Yes. Government-sponsored charity.
272
00:15:53,745 --> 00:15:55,539
With strings attached?
273
00:15:56,707 --> 00:15:58,291
Ken, help me out here.
274
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A lawsuit could take decades.
275
00:16:00,836 --> 00:16:01,837
[man 1] Yes.
276
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After it crashes the economy.
277
00:16:05,215 --> 00:16:07,009
And the victims might still lose.
278
00:16:07,092 --> 00:16:10,137
This is for their own good,
and the nation's.
279
00:16:10,220 --> 00:16:12,222
-[people murmuring]
-[Lee scoffs]
280
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Yeah. How many, uh…
281
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How many victims are there?
282
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Well, we don't really know yet.
283
00:16:26,236 --> 00:16:30,073
A special master we select
will have to negotiate all settlements.
284
00:16:30,157 --> 00:16:31,908
[man 3] A flat fee would
be another option.
285
00:16:31,992 --> 00:16:34,202
The same dollar value
for every loss of life.
286
00:16:34,286 --> 00:16:38,749
But those towers had CEOs and janitors.
287
00:16:39,374 --> 00:16:41,376
They won't all say yes to the same number.
288
00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:43,253
[man 1] And even if they did,
289
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anybody wanna go on record
with what that number is?
290
00:16:49,051 --> 00:16:52,888
Yeah, well, pretty soon somebody's
gonna have to do the vulgar work
291
00:16:52,971 --> 00:16:54,765
of putting numbers on a check.
292
00:17:01,646 --> 00:17:05,942
So you're saying, what,
you wanna do this job?
293
00:17:07,152 --> 00:17:08,487
Well, no, I mean…
294
00:17:08,570 --> 00:17:12,949
Well, I mean,
we're discussing it right now, so…
295
00:17:15,202 --> 00:17:18,288
Look, you're telling me
you're not sick about it,
296
00:17:18,371 --> 00:17:19,873
watching all this on TV?
297
00:17:21,416 --> 00:17:23,668
-Of course I'm sick about it.
-Well…
298
00:17:24,211 --> 00:17:28,131
Well, it's just tough stuff, Kenny.
299
00:17:28,215 --> 00:17:30,425
I know, I know. It is very tough, yeah.
300
00:17:30,509 --> 00:17:32,969
[woman] And you're not exactly…
301
00:17:33,053 --> 00:17:33,887
What?
302
00:17:34,387 --> 00:17:37,516
You're not a rabbi or a priest,
you're a lawyer.
303
00:17:37,599 --> 00:17:40,477
I know. And that's exactly
what these people need right now.
304
00:17:41,061 --> 00:17:44,106
There's a process here, you know.
I hire a team,
305
00:17:44,189 --> 00:17:47,109
I draft an objective formula,
306
00:17:47,192 --> 00:17:49,569
and I dispense reasonable payments.
307
00:17:49,653 --> 00:17:50,612
Just like that?
308
00:17:50,695 --> 00:17:54,199
[Ken] Yeah, it's no different
than my previous cases in that regard.
309
00:17:54,282 --> 00:17:57,702
Look, this is something I'm good at.
310
00:17:58,662 --> 00:17:59,788
This is something…
311
00:18:01,832 --> 00:18:03,917
This is something I can do to help.
312
00:18:06,253 --> 00:18:07,462
[elevator button clicks]
313
00:18:13,718 --> 00:18:15,137
[elevator dings]
314
00:18:15,220 --> 00:18:19,099
Judge Weinstein told me
how you reached a settlement on DES.
315
00:18:19,933 --> 00:18:21,977
Ten years of courthouse war.
316
00:18:22,477 --> 00:18:24,437
You brought both sides to a motel room,
317
00:18:24,521 --> 00:18:26,398
told them they could stay
as long as they wanted,
318
00:18:26,481 --> 00:18:29,109
but they couldn't leave
until they reached a settlement.
319
00:18:29,192 --> 00:18:30,944
-Is that really true?
-It is.
320
00:18:31,027 --> 00:18:33,655
-I did let them order room service.
-[both laugh]
321
00:18:33,738 --> 00:18:36,116
You know, Attorney General, I…
322
00:18:37,325 --> 00:18:38,743
People are rational animals.
323
00:18:38,827 --> 00:18:41,413
I find if you…
if you force them to the table,
324
00:18:41,496 --> 00:18:44,207
most behave in a way
that makes the most sense.
325
00:18:45,250 --> 00:18:47,419
It's hard to believe
you live in Washington.
326
00:18:47,502 --> 00:18:50,922
Well, in politics, uh, conflict sells.
327
00:18:51,006 --> 00:18:53,758
I find that what works best is compromise.
328
00:18:53,842 --> 00:18:56,178
No one walks away too happy,
329
00:18:56,261 --> 00:18:58,096
just happy enough to walk away.
330
00:18:58,847 --> 00:19:02,017
And when you walk away today,
what outcome makes you happy enough?
331
00:19:03,101 --> 00:19:04,936
I'd like to have the job, John.
332
00:19:06,021 --> 00:19:07,480
[John] No one wants this job.
333
00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:12,402
[smacks lips] Well, that narrows down
your options.
334
00:19:13,612 --> 00:19:15,197
[laughs]
335
00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:16,656
I suppose it does.
336
00:19:17,574 --> 00:19:19,951
Except that you're a Democrat,
337
00:19:20,660 --> 00:19:23,872
Teddy's former chief of staff.
Did you hope I'd overlook that?
338
00:19:23,955 --> 00:19:26,875
Well, I was hoping
you could see that as a good thing.
339
00:19:26,958 --> 00:19:29,419
I mean, you said yourself,
this is a hot potato.
340
00:19:29,502 --> 00:19:31,838
You know if you give it to an insider,
341
00:19:31,922 --> 00:19:35,217
you know, a party man
or friend of the president, then…
342
00:19:35,300 --> 00:19:37,510
-They'll blame us if it fails.
-Right.
343
00:19:39,179 --> 00:19:41,681
Pick me, it's the opposition's fault.
344
00:19:42,432 --> 00:19:44,643
Unless for some reason, you know,
345
00:19:44,726 --> 00:19:47,145
by some miracle, I pull this off,
in which case…
346
00:19:47,229 --> 00:19:48,563
Don't we look open-minded,
347
00:19:48,647 --> 00:19:51,149
reaching all the way
across the aisle to find you.
348
00:19:52,192 --> 00:19:55,904
It is felt, and I'm speaking
for the White House here,
349
00:19:55,987 --> 00:19:59,866
that for the program
to succeed in staving off
350
00:19:59,950 --> 00:20:02,911
a full-on economic cataclysm,
351
00:20:03,453 --> 00:20:07,999
no fewer than 80%
of eligible claimants must opt in.
352
00:20:08,625 --> 00:20:11,878
That means voluntarily choose not to sue.
353
00:20:12,754 --> 00:20:14,673
Uh, that shouldn't be a problem.
354
00:20:16,508 --> 00:20:18,760
Well, congratulations, Special Master.
355
00:20:19,886 --> 00:20:22,472
-You got any more surprises for me?
-Yeah.
356
00:20:23,265 --> 00:20:24,808
I'd like to work for free.
357
00:20:26,142 --> 00:20:29,229
Uh, hey, everyone come in here for just a…
358
00:20:29,771 --> 00:20:32,774
Uh, Camille and I want to thank you
359
00:20:32,857 --> 00:20:36,569
for shouldering the firm's
day-to-day responsibilities
360
00:20:36,653 --> 00:20:40,448
while we devote our time to this pro bono.
361
00:20:41,032 --> 00:20:44,953
Uh, it's not gonna be easy,
and we sure welcome all of your help.
362
00:20:45,036 --> 00:20:48,707
But if we do our job
the way I know we can,
363
00:20:48,790 --> 00:20:52,460
well, we just might make a difference.
364
00:20:53,169 --> 00:20:56,006
So thank you. And, uh… Thank you.
365
00:20:56,089 --> 00:20:57,632
[all applauding]
366
00:20:57,716 --> 00:20:59,718
[indistinct chatter]
367
00:21:00,927 --> 00:21:01,886
[Ken] Thanks again.
368
00:21:03,555 --> 00:21:05,557
[woman breathes deeply]
369
00:21:06,641 --> 00:21:10,979
This is you psyching yourself up,
or considering a quick escape?
370
00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:14,899
When's the last time
I took on something I couldn't handle?
371
00:21:14,983 --> 00:21:18,361
-Well, Brockton track meet, 1961.
-[Ken scoffs]
372
00:21:18,445 --> 00:21:19,446
I came in second.
373
00:21:19,529 --> 00:21:21,406
And you still remember who beat you.
374
00:21:21,489 --> 00:21:22,490
Phil Leonardo.
375
00:21:22,574 --> 00:21:24,367
And I was robbed, by the way.
376
00:21:26,619 --> 00:21:28,621
You don't know how to lose, Kenny.
377
00:21:29,497 --> 00:21:31,916
Yeah, well, this one's, you know,
378
00:21:33,293 --> 00:21:34,627
not that kind of case.
379
00:21:35,754 --> 00:21:37,213
There is no winning.
380
00:21:37,297 --> 00:21:38,882
That's what I'm afraid of.
381
00:21:39,632 --> 00:21:41,426
[Gloria] Ken. Call for you.
382
00:21:41,926 --> 00:21:43,386
It's the president.
383
00:21:47,265 --> 00:21:48,266
Wanna take it here?
384
00:21:48,350 --> 00:21:49,601
-Yeah.
-[Gloria] Line one.
385
00:21:50,852 --> 00:21:52,187
[people shushing]
386
00:21:52,270 --> 00:21:54,147
Yeah, this is Ken Feinberg.
387
00:21:54,230 --> 00:21:56,024
[woman on phone]
Please hold for the president.
388
00:21:56,107 --> 00:21:58,276
-[line rings]
-Well… Hello, Mr. President.
389
00:21:58,360 --> 00:22:01,363
-[President] Ken? Is this Ken Feinberg?
-Yeah.
390
00:22:01,446 --> 00:22:03,615
[President] Ken, I wanna
congratulate you on this thing.
391
00:22:03,698 --> 00:22:05,867
-Yeah. Yeah, Ashcroft was impressed.
-Well--
392
00:22:05,950 --> 00:22:08,661
[President] Listen, you're taking
the heat on this, okay?
393
00:22:08,745 --> 00:22:11,790
Now, I would not wish this job
on my worst enemy.
394
00:22:11,873 --> 00:22:14,084
They tell me you're type of guy
that takes no prisoners.
395
00:22:14,167 --> 00:22:15,794
-[laughs] Well--
-[President laughs]
396
00:22:15,877 --> 00:22:18,254
[President] I'm kidding you, counselor.
I like to josh.
397
00:22:18,338 --> 00:22:19,881
-Did I scare you off?
-No, sir.
398
00:22:20,757 --> 00:22:22,258
No, no, sir. I'm still here.
399
00:22:22,342 --> 00:22:23,968
[President] No, there you are. Okay, good.
400
00:22:24,052 --> 00:22:27,055
Well, thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you very much.
401
00:22:27,138 --> 00:22:29,140
And, look, you won't regret this.
402
00:22:29,641 --> 00:22:30,767
[President] Sure hope not.
403
00:22:30,850 --> 00:22:31,935
[hangs up]
404
00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:33,561
Okay.
405
00:22:36,272 --> 00:22:37,315
[receiver clatters]
406
00:22:42,153 --> 00:22:44,155
[all laugh]
407
00:22:47,909 --> 00:22:49,911
[waves crashing]
408
00:22:50,829 --> 00:22:52,831
[seagulls cawing]
409
00:22:52,914 --> 00:22:54,916
[instrumental music playing]
410
00:23:16,438 --> 00:23:18,440
[music continues]
411
00:23:21,234 --> 00:23:22,861
[footsteps approaching]
412
00:23:35,415 --> 00:23:37,417
[breathes deeply]
413
00:23:38,334 --> 00:23:39,836
[sighs, clears throat]
414
00:23:43,006 --> 00:23:45,008
[indistinct chatter]
415
00:23:54,309 --> 00:23:56,478
-[Ken] Morning.
-[woman] Good morning.
416
00:23:56,561 --> 00:23:59,814
Ah, I assume you've all met,
but this is Priya Khundi.
417
00:24:00,315 --> 00:24:03,568
Priya graduated first
in my class last year, Georgetown.
418
00:24:04,235 --> 00:24:06,946
And after she passed the bar,
I offered her a place here,
419
00:24:07,030 --> 00:24:10,158
but she, very politely, turned me down
420
00:24:10,950 --> 00:24:13,119
for a big, fancy company
down on Wall Street.
421
00:24:13,661 --> 00:24:17,457
Their main office
was on the 98th floor of the North Tower.
422
00:24:18,082 --> 00:24:20,835
-Ah.
-[Ken] So we're very lucky to have her.
423
00:24:22,212 --> 00:24:23,963
Do you all have copies of the statute?
424
00:24:24,047 --> 00:24:25,965
H.R.2926,
425
00:24:26,049 --> 00:24:29,677
the Airline Transportation
Safety and System Stabilization Act.
426
00:24:29,761 --> 00:24:32,180
Okay, who's read it? Great.
427
00:24:32,263 --> 00:24:34,015
-Did it take you long?
-[Darryl] Not really.
428
00:24:34,098 --> 00:24:36,309
-You wanna know why?
-Because it's short?
429
00:24:36,392 --> 00:24:40,230
Uh, yeah, that
and there's no law in this law.
430
00:24:40,313 --> 00:24:43,775
What it says is the victims
and their families will be compensated
431
00:24:43,858 --> 00:24:46,819
based on economic value lost.
432
00:24:46,903 --> 00:24:51,074
What that means,
they left up to the special master. Us.
433
00:24:51,157 --> 00:24:53,284
It's up to us to write the rules.
434
00:24:53,368 --> 00:24:55,245
Ken and I have done it in other cases
435
00:24:55,328 --> 00:24:57,914
and it is always messy,
so get ready for it.
436
00:24:58,581 --> 00:25:01,960
Like, who's eligible?
Who gets how much? Where we draw the line?
437
00:25:02,669 --> 00:25:03,753
Where do we start?
438
00:25:08,675 --> 00:25:10,343
Eighty percent, Priya.
439
00:25:10,426 --> 00:25:12,095
[Camille] That's our target from the DOJ.
440
00:25:12,178 --> 00:25:14,389
[Ken] If we don't hit that number,
the plan won't work.
441
00:25:14,472 --> 00:25:16,099
Any fewer claimants come aboard,
442
00:25:16,182 --> 00:25:19,227
the lawsuits that result
could crater the economy.
443
00:25:19,310 --> 00:25:21,563
-So we're told.
-No pressure, people.
444
00:25:21,646 --> 00:25:22,855
[Camille chuckles]
445
00:25:22,939 --> 00:25:25,692
For every claimant,
we'll need to calculate a dollar value
446
00:25:25,775 --> 00:25:29,028
for the human loss,
whether it's loss of limb or loss of life.
447
00:25:29,112 --> 00:25:32,532
Most of the people who died that day
were providers for their families.
448
00:25:33,074 --> 00:25:34,409
We can't bring them back,
449
00:25:34,492 --> 00:25:36,953
but we can help their loved ones
pay their bills.
450
00:25:37,036 --> 00:25:38,329
Now you people understand
451
00:25:38,413 --> 00:25:42,292
we're not gonna be able to haggle
every case subjectively.
452
00:25:42,375 --> 00:25:44,419
That's where the math comes in.
453
00:25:44,502 --> 00:25:47,130
So we're, uh, we're gonna need a rubric.
454
00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:49,716
[Camille] These are the latest
actuarial tables
455
00:25:49,799 --> 00:25:52,635
from the top casualty
in life insurance companies.
456
00:25:52,719 --> 00:25:55,305
We'll use these numbers as a basis.
457
00:25:55,388 --> 00:25:57,348
Here, you guys study up on these
458
00:25:57,432 --> 00:25:59,851
and help Camille come up with a proposal.
459
00:26:00,685 --> 00:26:05,106
Okay, so West Street, South Ferry,
460
00:26:05,940 --> 00:26:07,275
Lower Broadway,
461
00:26:08,234 --> 00:26:10,028
and Canal Street.
462
00:26:10,111 --> 00:26:11,654
[Darryl] Okay, here's one.
463
00:26:12,155 --> 00:26:15,283
What if there are multiple dependents?
How do we decide who gets the money?
464
00:26:15,366 --> 00:26:16,993
Where there's a will, we follow it.
465
00:26:17,076 --> 00:26:19,662
-[Darryl] And where there isn't one?
-We follow the state law.
466
00:26:19,746 --> 00:26:22,081
The state they died in,
or the state they came from?
467
00:26:22,165 --> 00:26:25,251
-[Camille] The state of residence.
-[Darryl] What about domestic partners?
468
00:26:25,335 --> 00:26:26,586
What do we do about them?
469
00:26:29,130 --> 00:26:30,757
[Camille] Let's talk about the deadline.
470
00:26:31,341 --> 00:26:34,469
The statute gives us two years
and a month from today.
471
00:26:34,552 --> 00:26:37,680
That's December 22nd, 2003.
472
00:26:37,764 --> 00:26:39,057
That feels short.
473
00:26:39,140 --> 00:26:42,393
-Well, not for families in grief.
-[Priya] We could file for an extension.
474
00:26:42,477 --> 00:26:44,812
Ah-ah-ah. Don't you dare. No, no, no.
475
00:26:44,896 --> 00:26:48,816
If we extend it, they'll hem
and they'll haw, and they won't act.
476
00:26:48,900 --> 00:26:51,069
Deadline is our friend here.
477
00:26:53,196 --> 00:26:56,449
Okay, what are we forgetting?
478
00:26:57,241 --> 00:26:58,493
[Camille] Their names.
479
00:26:58,576 --> 00:27:01,621
So far, we have a dozen lists,
but nothing comprehensive.
480
00:27:01,704 --> 00:27:05,833
The flight manifests and the Pentagon,
those are the easy ones.
481
00:27:06,334 --> 00:27:08,503
NYPD and FDNY, they have lists.
482
00:27:08,586 --> 00:27:12,173
The big companies like Cantor Fitzgerald,
they're putting some lists together,
483
00:27:12,256 --> 00:27:16,010
but as for the records
of who passed through the doors that day…
484
00:27:16,094 --> 00:27:17,178
They're all gone.
485
00:27:17,261 --> 00:27:19,597
We don't even know
how many names we're looking for.
486
00:28:22,827 --> 00:28:24,829
[somber music playing]
487
00:28:32,545 --> 00:28:34,338
[music continues]
488
00:28:34,422 --> 00:28:36,424
[bells tolling]
489
00:29:17,131 --> 00:29:19,133
[music continues]
490
00:30:03,594 --> 00:30:05,596
[indistinct chatter]
491
00:30:12,645 --> 00:30:15,189
Relax.
We've done this kind of thing before.
492
00:30:15,273 --> 00:30:18,734
No, this one is raw.
Those aren't lawyers out there.
493
00:30:18,818 --> 00:30:20,486
Good, I can't stand lawyers.
494
00:30:21,279 --> 00:30:23,322
What are you, running for office?
495
00:30:23,406 --> 00:30:25,658
Come on, be a person, not a politician.
496
00:30:25,741 --> 00:30:26,784
Mmm.
497
00:30:28,828 --> 00:30:29,662
Thank you.
498
00:30:30,162 --> 00:30:32,373
-[Camille] Okay. Good luck.
-[Ken] Thank you.
499
00:30:47,847 --> 00:30:48,890
Good afternoon.
500
00:30:49,599 --> 00:30:51,058
Uh, thank you for coming.
501
00:30:51,142 --> 00:30:53,644
Uh, as you may know,
I am Kenneth Feinberg.
502
00:30:53,728 --> 00:30:55,354
I am the special master
503
00:30:56,022 --> 00:31:01,152
of the September 11th
Victim Compensation Fund.
504
00:31:01,652 --> 00:31:05,489
Um, I would like today to tell you--
505
00:31:05,573 --> 00:31:06,991
[woman 1 sobbing]
506
00:31:09,118 --> 00:31:13,789
Um, I'd… I'd like to tell you
how the 9/11 fund will work.
507
00:31:13,873 --> 00:31:18,169
You've all been given copies of this,
the presumptive claims formula.
508
00:31:18,252 --> 00:31:19,086
[woman 2] Yes.
509
00:31:19,170 --> 00:31:21,297
Um, and quite soon,
510
00:31:21,380 --> 00:31:25,885
we'll be sending this along to Congress
for a comment period.
511
00:31:26,552 --> 00:31:27,386
[woman 3] What?
512
00:31:27,470 --> 00:31:30,514
[Ken] Upon approval,
there will be no further changes.
513
00:31:30,598 --> 00:31:32,558
-[man 1] Mr. Feinberg?
-[woman 4] I got a question.
514
00:31:32,642 --> 00:31:34,226
-I'm sorry.
-[woman 4] I got a question.
515
00:31:34,310 --> 00:31:37,313
[Ken] If you could hold your questions
till after my remarks.
516
00:31:37,855 --> 00:31:42,735
Now, I'd ask you to refer to the table
at the top of page two.
517
00:31:43,569 --> 00:31:45,404
[people murmuring]
518
00:31:46,405 --> 00:31:50,159
So as you can see, the formula
is actually fairly streamlined.
519
00:31:50,242 --> 00:31:51,410
[man 2] Why do we need one?
520
00:31:51,494 --> 00:31:54,413
-Please just hold your question.
-Why do we need a formula?
521
00:31:54,497 --> 00:31:55,623
[all] Yeah.
522
00:31:55,706 --> 00:31:57,708
[man 2] Why isn't it equal payment
for everybody?
523
00:31:57,792 --> 00:31:58,876
[all] Yeah!
524
00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:02,296
My daughter's life was worth just as much
as anybody in a corner office.
525
00:32:03,047 --> 00:32:06,550
Unfortunately, that aspect of the law
has been out of our control.
526
00:32:07,176 --> 00:32:08,886
My boy was a firefighter.
527
00:32:09,971 --> 00:32:12,139
Was he… Was he worth less
528
00:32:12,974 --> 00:32:16,852
than the… than the guy pushing pencils
and trading stock?
529
00:32:16,936 --> 00:32:18,521
-[all agreeing, applauding]
-No.
530
00:32:18,604 --> 00:32:20,606
[people murmuring]
531
00:32:21,482 --> 00:32:23,901
Certainly not… not as a human being, no.
532
00:32:23,985 --> 00:32:25,903
Their… Their lives ended the same way.
533
00:32:25,987 --> 00:32:27,863
But their mortgages did differ.
534
00:32:27,947 --> 00:32:29,073
[man 3] How dare you!
535
00:32:29,156 --> 00:32:31,909
[man 4] He's just trying to shut us up
so we don't sue.
536
00:32:32,785 --> 00:32:33,953
-[man] Hi.
-Hi.
537
00:32:34,036 --> 00:32:36,831
-Have they… Has it started already?
-[Priya] They're just starting.
538
00:32:36,914 --> 00:32:39,125
-[man] Good, okay.
-Would you like a claims form?
539
00:32:39,208 --> 00:32:42,044
Uh, no, I have my own.
I printed it off the web.
540
00:32:42,128 --> 00:32:45,214
And there's a typo on page three
that you should know about.
541
00:32:45,297 --> 00:32:47,049
-And also, there are…
-Okay.
542
00:32:47,633 --> 00:32:49,969
-[man] I should sign in here, right?
-[Priya] Yes, please do.
543
00:32:53,222 --> 00:32:55,933
[man] There… And there are more issues
that need to be addressed.
544
00:32:56,017 --> 00:32:58,519
They're substantive, okay.
And they need to be addressed.
545
00:32:58,602 --> 00:32:59,520
[Priya] Okay.
546
00:33:00,396 --> 00:33:01,605
[people applauding]
547
00:33:01,689 --> 00:33:03,733
[clamoring]
548
00:33:03,816 --> 00:33:06,527
[Ken] I mean…
Look, as a legal professional,
549
00:33:06,610 --> 00:33:09,196
I know chasing a lawsuit is a big mistake.
550
00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:11,032
-Did you lose anybody?
-[Ken] Look--
551
00:33:11,115 --> 00:33:14,368
-Did you lose anybody in your family?
-[Ken] I just… Let me explain.
552
00:33:14,452 --> 00:33:20,207
Congress mandated
that I calculate the economic value.
553
00:33:20,291 --> 00:33:22,251
-[people murmuring]
-[Ken] Economical.
554
00:33:22,334 --> 00:33:23,461
Please.
555
00:33:23,544 --> 00:33:25,296
[man 1] You're just afraid of being sued.
556
00:33:25,379 --> 00:33:27,131
-I understand how it is.
-[uproar]
557
00:33:27,214 --> 00:33:29,300
-Understand?
-[Ken] Look, please.
558
00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:32,762
-What I mean is, I sympathize.
-Who did you lose?
559
00:33:32,845 --> 00:33:35,056
[Ken] Listen, as a legal professional,
I will tell you,
560
00:33:35,139 --> 00:33:37,016
it will be years in court.
561
00:33:37,099 --> 00:33:39,018
You might win, you might not.
562
00:33:39,685 --> 00:33:42,063
This is fast money and it's tax-free.
563
00:33:42,646 --> 00:33:44,190
Put your thinking caps on.
564
00:33:44,273 --> 00:33:46,192
This is the only game in town.
565
00:33:46,275 --> 00:33:48,611
-[man 1] How dare you!
-You think this is a game?
566
00:33:49,111 --> 00:33:50,905
-[Ken] I'm sorry.
-[man 2] This isn't a game!
567
00:33:50,988 --> 00:33:53,783
-[woman 1] What do you know about law?
-[man 2] Who do you think you are?
568
00:33:53,866 --> 00:33:56,327
We lost brothers.
Now they sent some Jew lawyer…
569
00:33:56,410 --> 00:33:58,412
[all clamoring]
570
00:33:59,246 --> 00:34:02,750
I wish… I wish we could spit on your grave
the way you spit on ours.
571
00:34:02,833 --> 00:34:05,002
-Please.
-[man 3] Wait, everyone. Wait, wait.
572
00:34:05,086 --> 00:34:08,672
This man, he did not cause our situation.
573
00:34:09,340 --> 00:34:14,261
He's here to tell us how the government
intends to deal with it.
574
00:34:14,345 --> 00:34:17,473
And I for one
would just like to hear him out.
575
00:34:18,849 --> 00:34:19,683
[Ken] Thank you.
576
00:34:19,767 --> 00:34:20,768
Thank you.
577
00:34:21,602 --> 00:34:23,145
Thank you. And I… I was…
578
00:34:23,229 --> 00:34:27,108
Uh, look, as I was…
579
00:34:27,608 --> 00:34:30,611
This meeting is only…
580
00:34:30,694 --> 00:34:33,781
It's purely introductory, that's it.
581
00:34:33,864 --> 00:34:37,409
Any questions you have
that aren't answered in the pamphlet,
582
00:34:37,493 --> 00:34:41,080
well, I will make my staff available
for private hearings
583
00:34:41,872 --> 00:34:46,293
every business day
between now and the filing deadline.
584
00:34:46,377 --> 00:34:48,379
[people murmuring]
585
00:34:52,883 --> 00:34:53,968
[Ken] What do you think?
586
00:34:54,051 --> 00:34:56,887
Maybe a poor choice of words
here and there.
587
00:34:57,388 --> 00:34:58,347
Here and there?
588
00:34:59,431 --> 00:35:00,808
-[Darryl] Camille?
-Yeah.
589
00:35:00,891 --> 00:35:03,352
-We need to get back to the office.
-Mr. Feinberg?
590
00:35:03,853 --> 00:35:06,188
-Mr. Feinberg, give me a minute, please?
-Yeah?
591
00:35:07,189 --> 00:35:09,316
I'm Frank Donato. I'm sorry to bother you.
592
00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:10,776
No, not at all. Not at all.
593
00:35:10,860 --> 00:35:12,361
Hi, Ken Feinberg.
594
00:35:13,028 --> 00:35:14,864
What happened there? Did you break that?
595
00:35:14,947 --> 00:35:16,657
My son, Andy, broke his last year.
596
00:35:16,740 --> 00:35:17,741
Rugby injury.
597
00:35:19,785 --> 00:35:20,828
South Tower.
598
00:35:22,288 --> 00:35:24,290
[man] Yeah, I'm just curious
about this number.
599
00:35:24,373 --> 00:35:25,249
[Camille] Sure.
600
00:35:25,332 --> 00:35:28,502
Jeez. Thank you for… for your courage.
601
00:35:28,586 --> 00:35:32,089
[Frank] My brother, too, Nick. Nicholas.
Same line of company.
602
00:35:32,590 --> 00:35:34,133
Ah. Is he here?
603
00:35:38,304 --> 00:35:39,138
Well…
604
00:35:40,097 --> 00:35:41,182
Gosh, I'm sorry.
605
00:35:41,682 --> 00:35:45,186
[Frank] Yeah. I, uh, I lost track of him
after the first one fell,
606
00:35:45,269 --> 00:35:47,730
and the captain says
he went back in to help.
607
00:35:48,439 --> 00:35:49,356
[Ken] Well, that…
608
00:35:50,107 --> 00:35:51,483
That takes a hero.
609
00:35:51,567 --> 00:35:53,694
[Frank] Yeah. Except there wasn't any use.
610
00:35:54,278 --> 00:35:57,740
I mean, the engineers, they knew
the second one was coming down.
611
00:35:57,823 --> 00:36:01,744
They told PD to call out evacs,
but our radios, they're garbage.
612
00:36:02,369 --> 00:36:06,540
They hardly work in high-rise buildings,
if you believe that, in New York City.
613
00:36:06,624 --> 00:36:09,418
Look, we've been filing
the same damn reports for years,
614
00:36:09,501 --> 00:36:11,795
and you can guess
where they tell us to shove 'em.
615
00:36:11,879 --> 00:36:14,715
That's why things went so sideways
like they did, negligence,
616
00:36:14,798 --> 00:36:16,258
top-down, cheap, fucking…
617
00:36:18,886 --> 00:36:20,346
-Sorry.
-[Ken] It's all right.
618
00:36:20,846 --> 00:36:24,934
When you file your report, whatever it is
that you do at the end of this,
619
00:36:25,017 --> 00:36:27,895
I want Nicky's story in it,
to make sure they change things,
620
00:36:27,978 --> 00:36:30,773
so that it don't ever happen
this way again. Can you do that?
621
00:36:30,856 --> 00:36:32,608
-Well--
-[Frank] Can you promise me?
622
00:36:32,691 --> 00:36:35,611
-We can certainly look into--
-[Frank] Not just talk.
623
00:36:36,111 --> 00:36:37,446
I want it to change.
624
00:36:37,947 --> 00:36:39,240
That's why I'm here.
625
00:36:39,323 --> 00:36:41,200
-Why I'm still here.
-[Ken] I understand.
626
00:36:41,283 --> 00:36:44,203
-Believe that.
-Can you hold? Camille.
627
00:36:44,286 --> 00:36:45,704
Can you come over here?
628
00:36:47,248 --> 00:36:50,167
-Frank, this is Camille Biros.
-[Camille] Hi.
629
00:36:50,251 --> 00:36:51,794
[Ken] She's my deputy administrator.
630
00:36:51,877 --> 00:36:54,755
And if you talk to her,
she can explain the whole process.
631
00:36:54,838 --> 00:36:57,466
No, I don't need to hear anything else.
I just…
632
00:36:58,175 --> 00:37:00,719
I need you to give me your word
on this thing.
633
00:37:01,220 --> 00:37:02,096
Ken.
634
00:37:02,805 --> 00:37:04,223
Then me and my wife,
635
00:37:04,306 --> 00:37:07,601
Nicky's widow, our whole family,
we'll sign up for your fund, no problem.
636
00:37:09,186 --> 00:37:12,398
Yeah. Well, we're certainly
going to take a look at it.
637
00:37:19,947 --> 00:37:22,032
[man] Website at the bottom.
First meeting tomorrow.
638
00:37:22,574 --> 00:37:24,618
There you go, folks.
First meeting tomorrow.
639
00:37:24,702 --> 00:37:26,787
-Yeah.
-[man] First meeting. Would you like one?
640
00:37:29,581 --> 00:37:32,084
There you go.
First meeting is tomorrow, if you'd like.
641
00:37:32,167 --> 00:37:35,671
So Fix The Fund. Here you are.
Take a few of these, hand them out.
642
00:37:35,754 --> 00:37:37,298
We need to talk about this.
643
00:37:37,381 --> 00:37:39,049
[Ken] Yeah, not now though.
644
00:37:39,133 --> 00:37:40,718
Website on the bottom, okay?
645
00:37:41,218 --> 00:37:42,928
-[Ken] Hello.
-Oh, hi. How are you?
646
00:37:43,012 --> 00:37:45,639
Hey, I wanna thank you
for your help back there.
647
00:37:45,723 --> 00:37:47,099
-Oh.
-[Ken] I gotta tell you, I was…
648
00:37:47,182 --> 00:37:49,852
Here you are. Website at the bottom.
First meeting is tomorrow.
649
00:37:49,935 --> 00:37:52,521
…a little worried when you stood up.
I'm glad you did.
650
00:37:52,604 --> 00:37:55,482
Oh, well, I believe in civility,
Mr. Feinberg.
651
00:37:55,566 --> 00:37:56,984
-[Ken] Yeah.
-Charles Wolf.
652
00:37:57,067 --> 00:37:58,944
And you'll be seeing a lot of me.
653
00:37:59,028 --> 00:38:00,571
Oh, good to know. And it's Ken.
654
00:38:00,654 --> 00:38:03,407
I think you'll find
that I'm one of your harshest critics.
655
00:38:04,116 --> 00:38:05,743
Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
656
00:38:05,826 --> 00:38:07,536
Well, my wife died that day,
657
00:38:08,037 --> 00:38:10,539
and everything about this formula
offends me.
658
00:38:10,622 --> 00:38:11,623
[Ken] Oh.
659
00:38:11,707 --> 00:38:14,585
Here you go. Take one of those.
And I'll give you one too.
660
00:38:14,668 --> 00:38:16,754
I've set up a page on the World Wide Web.
661
00:38:16,837 --> 00:38:18,172
Website's there at the bottom.
662
00:38:18,255 --> 00:38:21,008
It's called Fix The Fund.
And here you go. Fix The Fund.
663
00:38:21,550 --> 00:38:26,013
There you go. There's two there.
And, um, if you'd like to visit it
664
00:38:26,096 --> 00:38:28,891
and come to our meeting,
we have the first meeting, uh, tomorrow…
665
00:38:28,974 --> 00:38:30,225
Here you go. Take that please.
666
00:38:30,309 --> 00:38:32,311
And we'd… I'd love it if you would attend.
667
00:38:32,394 --> 00:38:33,729
Also, I have this for you.
668
00:38:33,812 --> 00:38:36,732
This is something…
And there are a number of notes
669
00:38:36,815 --> 00:38:39,777
and corrections and things.
It's important you address those.
670
00:38:39,860 --> 00:38:41,487
Here you are. Take these, folks.
671
00:38:41,570 --> 00:38:45,032
Take a look at the website on the bottom.
There's a couple of them there for you.
672
00:38:45,115 --> 00:38:46,784
-Nice to meet you.
-[Charles] All right.
673
00:38:46,867 --> 00:38:47,993
Fix The Fund.
674
00:38:48,494 --> 00:38:51,330
-We're not gonna rewrite the formula.
-They don't trust us.
675
00:38:51,413 --> 00:38:53,332
They don't understand
this is for their own good.
676
00:38:53,415 --> 00:38:56,627
The airlines would bury them in litigation
until they had nothing left.
677
00:38:56,710 --> 00:38:58,420
You think I don't know that?
678
00:38:58,921 --> 00:39:01,840
[sighs] This is different.
Didn't you feel it in there?
679
00:39:01,924 --> 00:39:04,176
Our other cases like this,
Agent Orange, Asbestos,
680
00:39:04,259 --> 00:39:06,804
those were settled after years in court.
People had moved on.
681
00:39:06,887 --> 00:39:08,430
These people aren't there yet.
682
00:39:08,514 --> 00:39:10,682
Camille, they're emotional right now.
683
00:39:10,766 --> 00:39:13,227
We need to be objective toward them.
That's all.
684
00:39:13,310 --> 00:39:15,521
-[horn honks]
-[man] Hey, that's for you, Feinberg!
685
00:39:16,605 --> 00:39:17,773
[car revs]
686
00:39:17,856 --> 00:39:18,982
[man] Fuck you!
687
00:39:20,818 --> 00:39:21,693
What the…
688
00:39:23,695 --> 00:39:25,697
[opera music playing on headphones]
689
00:39:48,345 --> 00:39:50,347
[calculator keys clacking]
690
00:39:51,098 --> 00:39:53,100
[opera continues]
691
00:40:15,289 --> 00:40:16,832
[Camille] {\an8}Families got in last night.
692
00:40:16,915 --> 00:40:20,586
Cleary Gottlieb helped us out
with the immigration status and the INS,
693
00:40:20,669 --> 00:40:22,629
so we'll use their conference room.
694
00:40:22,713 --> 00:40:23,714
[elevator dings]
695
00:40:27,843 --> 00:40:28,677
Coming?
696
00:40:32,681 --> 00:40:34,057
-[elevator dings]
-[exhales]
697
00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:36,977
[breathes deeply]
698
00:40:37,060 --> 00:40:38,103
[laughs]
699
00:40:38,187 --> 00:40:42,733
Sorry, it's just, you know,
small spaces these days, and heights.
700
00:40:43,650 --> 00:40:45,444
I'll be fine. It's…
701
00:40:46,236 --> 00:40:47,237
[clears throat]
702
00:40:47,321 --> 00:40:49,323
[breathes deeply]
703
00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:54,286
I know you've been informed,
but I wanna reassure you
704
00:40:54,369 --> 00:40:56,747
that your citizenship
or your immigration status
705
00:40:56,830 --> 00:41:00,125
will have absolutely no effect
on our process here today.
706
00:41:00,209 --> 00:41:03,128
Everything you tell us
will be kept strictly confidential.
707
00:41:03,212 --> 00:41:05,631
[woman translating in Spanish]
708
00:41:17,267 --> 00:41:19,269
[people murmuring]
709
00:41:34,493 --> 00:41:38,080
[man] We're all looking at your tables
and not liking what we're seeing.
710
00:41:38,580 --> 00:41:41,083
You're only factoring in
yearly compensation.
711
00:41:41,166 --> 00:41:44,294
What about commissions, bonuses?
We represent high-worth individuals.
712
00:41:44,378 --> 00:41:47,464
That kind of income comes and goes.
There's no guarantees with that.
713
00:41:47,548 --> 00:41:50,384
-That's why we stick to the salaries.
-[man] That's unacceptable.
714
00:41:50,467 --> 00:41:53,053
You'll also have to strike this rule
deducting life insurance.
715
00:41:53,136 --> 00:41:54,638
This is not a negotiation here--
716
00:41:54,721 --> 00:41:57,474
Why should our clients' families
be penalized for planning well?
717
00:41:57,558 --> 00:41:58,517
Come on.
718
00:41:59,309 --> 00:42:01,228
-No one's being penalized.
-[scoffs]
719
00:42:01,311 --> 00:42:02,396
[Ken] Thank you, Lee.
720
00:42:02,479 --> 00:42:05,274
We're just being paid off
to keep our clients out of court.
721
00:42:05,357 --> 00:42:07,401
[chuckles] That's an oversimplification.
722
00:42:07,484 --> 00:42:09,611
[Lee] That's the purpose of the fund, Ken.
723
00:42:09,695 --> 00:42:12,114
I was in the room, too, remember?
724
00:42:13,782 --> 00:42:16,493
I do wanna point out that the law requires
725
00:42:16,577 --> 00:42:19,204
we base awards on income,
726
00:42:19,288 --> 00:42:22,874
but we've decided on a floor payout
727
00:42:23,500 --> 00:42:27,087
for all lost lives of $200,000.
728
00:42:27,879 --> 00:42:30,090
[translating in Spanish]
729
00:42:40,559 --> 00:42:42,561
[speaking Spanish]
730
00:42:46,773 --> 00:42:50,736
Now, mind you, that's just a minimum.
731
00:42:50,819 --> 00:42:54,698
Is that split between more people,
or just the families here?
732
00:42:55,198 --> 00:42:58,452
Uh, no, it's not a split at all.
It's per decedent.
733
00:42:59,536 --> 00:43:01,538
[translating in Spanish]
734
00:43:02,914 --> 00:43:04,916
[people murmuring]
735
00:43:09,713 --> 00:43:13,717
This is a report by an economist,
a distinguished one,
736
00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:17,679
predicting future compensation
growth rates for our clients.
737
00:43:18,263 --> 00:43:20,641
We suggest you use
those numbers as a baseline.
738
00:43:21,433 --> 00:43:23,518
We're here as friends, Ken.
739
00:43:23,602 --> 00:43:27,022
Your formula may be enough
for waitresses at Windows on the World,
740
00:43:27,105 --> 00:43:29,524
but our clients expect a little more.
741
00:43:30,651 --> 00:43:33,153
And if they can't get it from the fund,
742
00:43:33,987 --> 00:43:36,406
they'll seek that remuneration elsewhere.
743
00:43:39,534 --> 00:43:40,702
That bad?
744
00:43:41,453 --> 00:43:44,164
[sighs] Pack of wolves out for blood.
745
00:43:44,915 --> 00:43:45,791
Yours?
746
00:43:45,874 --> 00:43:46,833
Grateful.
747
00:43:53,799 --> 00:43:55,801
[indistinct chatter]
748
00:43:59,596 --> 00:44:01,932
-Are they all here to meet with the staff?
-Yeah.
749
00:44:02,015 --> 00:44:05,686
Priya and the others are helping out.
I'm meeting with as many as I can myself.
750
00:44:05,769 --> 00:44:07,437
Oh good, good. Very good.
751
00:44:07,521 --> 00:44:09,648
Most would rather meet with you, you know.
752
00:44:09,731 --> 00:44:11,983
They lost loved ones
that are gone forever,
753
00:44:12,067 --> 00:44:15,487
and nothing you do will fill that hole.
754
00:44:16,279 --> 00:44:19,157
You'll feel cold and cruel at times
755
00:44:19,241 --> 00:44:21,576
because you can't make them happy, but…
756
00:44:21,660 --> 00:44:23,870
[breathes deeply]
757
00:44:23,954 --> 00:44:24,955
…that's the job.
758
00:44:26,707 --> 00:44:29,251
So just try to remember
why you're doing it.
759
00:44:34,005 --> 00:44:35,048
[clears throat]
760
00:44:38,218 --> 00:44:41,012
I… I hope this is all right.
761
00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:45,851
The stenographer will be here
just to keep a record of our conversation.
762
00:44:45,934 --> 00:44:46,768
Sure.
763
00:44:48,061 --> 00:44:49,813
Is… Why don't you, um…
764
00:44:50,689 --> 00:44:53,358
Why don't you tell me
about your loved one,
765
00:44:53,984 --> 00:44:54,943
Ann-Marie?
766
00:44:55,569 --> 00:44:59,489
Uh, Page 14, um, Part 2K
767
00:44:59,573 --> 00:45:02,117
talks about supporting documents
I should enclose,
768
00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:04,578
like financial stuff, so I…
769
00:45:04,661 --> 00:45:07,622
[inhales deeply] I dug up
all his files here,
770
00:45:09,166 --> 00:45:10,667
what I could find. [sniffles]
771
00:45:11,460 --> 00:45:13,503
Honestly, I don't know where to start.
772
00:45:14,004 --> 00:45:15,630
Let's see if we can make sense of it.
773
00:45:18,300 --> 00:45:21,928
It asks here if she was suffering
from any medical disabilities.
774
00:45:22,429 --> 00:45:25,474
What does that mean? If she was,
you gonna cut the amount of money?
775
00:45:25,557 --> 00:45:28,143
-Well, not necessarily.
-Bullshit you guys are pulling.
776
00:45:28,226 --> 00:45:30,645
This is like going
to an insurance company.
777
00:45:31,146 --> 00:45:33,398
Gotta watch your back
with every thing you say with them,
778
00:45:33,482 --> 00:45:34,858
and it's the same thing here.
779
00:45:36,193 --> 00:45:38,445
My kids need money for the both of us.
780
00:45:39,404 --> 00:45:41,114
They won't have anybody left.
781
00:45:43,950 --> 00:45:44,951
[inhales deeply]
782
00:45:46,244 --> 00:45:47,245
[exhales]
783
00:45:47,329 --> 00:45:50,040
There's no way to cut me a check
before the official deadline?
784
00:45:50,540 --> 00:45:53,794
[woman] That morning,
she was scheduled for a different flight,
785
00:45:53,877 --> 00:45:56,129
but another girl called in sick,
786
00:45:56,213 --> 00:45:59,424
and so, it was my sister.
787
00:46:01,718 --> 00:46:03,094
Uh… [sighs]
788
00:46:03,178 --> 00:46:05,806
And she's the one
who called the tower on the radio.
789
00:46:08,433 --> 00:46:09,726
Air Traffic Control,
790
00:46:11,102 --> 00:46:12,479
they played it for me.
791
00:46:14,147 --> 00:46:16,942
She must have been so scared.
792
00:46:20,612 --> 00:46:22,072
She sounded so calm.
793
00:46:23,949 --> 00:46:27,244
So the elevators came,
and everybody piled on,
794
00:46:29,287 --> 00:46:31,623
but there wasn't enough room,
and so Greg said,
795
00:46:31,706 --> 00:46:35,043
"That's okay, everyone. You go ahead."
796
00:46:38,088 --> 00:46:42,008
There were two women who weren't ready,
and so he said, "I'll wait with them."
797
00:46:44,886 --> 00:46:48,515
And so everyone else got out,
and another elevator never came.
798
00:46:51,643 --> 00:46:52,936
And I know that part of the story
799
00:46:53,019 --> 00:46:55,522
because he called me
when they were trapped there
800
00:46:55,605 --> 00:46:59,526
to say that he loved me
801
00:47:00,652 --> 00:47:01,653
and the children.
802
00:47:02,821 --> 00:47:03,822
He said…
803
00:47:08,577 --> 00:47:10,161
He told me that he was trapped,
804
00:47:11,746 --> 00:47:13,874
and he was having difficulty breathing.
805
00:47:13,957 --> 00:47:16,209
I could hear the women
screaming in the background
806
00:47:16,293 --> 00:47:17,794
that they didn't wanna die.
807
00:47:21,047 --> 00:47:24,634
And just then he heard
an announcement. They were…
808
00:47:25,343 --> 00:47:26,303
I heard it too.
809
00:47:26,386 --> 00:47:30,682
They were announcing on the loudspeakers,
"Please evacuate the building."
810
00:47:34,394 --> 00:47:35,645
[laughing] And Greg was…
811
00:47:37,856 --> 00:47:40,233
He always had a sense of humor. And he…
812
00:47:41,026 --> 00:47:44,070
While he was talking to me,
he actually started to laugh. [laughs]
813
00:47:44,696 --> 00:47:46,656
He was joking to me saying that,
814
00:47:47,949 --> 00:47:50,535
"I think I know
I have to get out of the building."
815
00:47:51,536 --> 00:47:53,538
And he was laughing so hard,
816
00:47:53,622 --> 00:47:55,916
until he said, "I have to go now
817
00:47:57,083 --> 00:48:01,004
because I can't talk anymore,
because I'm having trouble with air."
818
00:48:08,303 --> 00:48:09,304
[inhales sharply]
819
00:48:10,138 --> 00:48:12,474
[breathes deeply]
820
00:48:13,391 --> 00:48:15,769
[breathes shakily]
821
00:48:22,901 --> 00:48:23,902
[exhales]
822
00:48:28,823 --> 00:48:31,409
[man] I know
I'm not officially his next of kin.
823
00:48:33,995 --> 00:48:35,580
We never made it to Vermont.
824
00:48:38,041 --> 00:48:39,751
And Tom's parents don't, uh…
825
00:48:42,504 --> 00:48:45,006
Well, they're a pretty traditional
military family.
826
00:48:47,050 --> 00:48:48,677
They pretend I don't exist.
827
00:48:51,763 --> 00:48:53,348
But I'm the one he called,
828
00:48:54,557 --> 00:48:55,558
before the end,
829
00:48:56,101 --> 00:48:57,102
not them.
830
00:49:02,857 --> 00:49:03,942
Machine picked up.
831
00:49:05,860 --> 00:49:06,987
I wasn't home.
832
00:49:08,321 --> 00:49:09,990
[sobbing]
833
00:49:10,573 --> 00:49:12,534
-I'm so sorry.
-[man] Yeah.
834
00:49:13,159 --> 00:49:14,202
I know the rules.
835
00:49:15,954 --> 00:49:18,289
State law says
we were nothing to each other.
836
00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:23,795
But I'd like you to hear his voice.
837
00:49:27,507 --> 00:49:28,967
-[people screaming]
-[Tom] Hi, hon.
838
00:49:29,050 --> 00:49:31,970
By now I guess you've heard
about the mess in New York.
839
00:49:32,053 --> 00:49:33,638
Um… [sighs]
840
00:49:33,722 --> 00:49:37,767
Well, a plane just hit here, too,
on the western side of the building.
841
00:49:38,309 --> 00:49:40,895
-It went right through the E and D rings.
-[Ken] Okay, that's…
842
00:49:40,979 --> 00:49:42,105
Could you turn that off?
843
00:49:42,188 --> 00:49:44,315
[Tom] I don't know
if they're showing it on the news.
844
00:49:44,399 --> 00:49:45,442
That's enough.
845
00:49:45,942 --> 00:49:47,068
[Tom] I love you.
846
00:49:47,152 --> 00:49:49,195
[Ken] That's enough. I don't wanna listen.
847
00:49:49,279 --> 00:49:50,989
-[switches off tape]
-[Ken clears throat]
848
00:49:52,532 --> 00:49:55,243
He was a civilian contractor
at the Pentagon.
849
00:49:55,326 --> 00:49:57,954
They were gonna have a civil union,
but Tom's parents…
850
00:49:58,872 --> 00:50:01,916
-They won't even take Graham's calls.
-And what did you tell him?
851
00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:06,337
I told him that Virginia state law
has no protection for same-sex couples,
852
00:50:06,421 --> 00:50:08,840
and our rules are tied to state law.
853
00:50:08,923 --> 00:50:12,510
[Ken] Well, that's it then.
I mean, our hands are tied.
854
00:50:13,303 --> 00:50:17,182
-[inhales] We can't insert ourselves in--
-Why can't we make exceptions?
855
00:50:17,766 --> 00:50:19,059
There are others.
856
00:50:19,142 --> 00:50:21,644
Last week, a widow came in with cancer.
857
00:50:22,187 --> 00:50:26,024
She needs more than we can give her
by the rules, and she needs it expedited.
858
00:50:26,107 --> 00:50:28,860
Can't cherry pick one case over another.
859
00:50:28,943 --> 00:50:31,863
We can't write new rules
for every claimant.
860
00:50:31,946 --> 00:50:33,698
-[scoffs]
-I know this is personal to you--
861
00:50:33,782 --> 00:50:36,076
You weren't in those rooms, okay?
862
00:50:36,159 --> 00:50:39,120
-You didn't listen to them.
-[Ken] We're not therapists.
863
00:50:41,790 --> 00:50:43,458
Am I right? It's not our job.
864
00:50:44,709 --> 00:50:45,543
I…
865
00:50:46,127 --> 00:50:48,797
It's not like I don't care.
Of course I care.
866
00:50:49,589 --> 00:50:51,800
How could you not care?
That's why we're here.
867
00:50:51,883 --> 00:50:54,761
But I need to stay impartial
for this to work.
868
00:50:55,261 --> 00:50:58,807
We set rules for a reason.
We set deadlines for a reason.
869
00:50:58,890 --> 00:51:00,141
That's the job.
870
00:51:00,683 --> 00:51:02,185
Camille, go on, tell her.
871
00:51:10,652 --> 00:51:11,653
Priya.
872
00:51:13,988 --> 00:51:15,198
-[Priya sighs]
-[Darryl] Hey.
873
00:51:16,324 --> 00:51:17,534
-Hey. [sighs]
-You okay?
874
00:51:18,201 --> 00:51:19,202
Yeah, just…
875
00:51:19,702 --> 00:51:22,789
[chuckling] He thinks
I'm taking it too personally.
876
00:51:22,872 --> 00:51:24,624
Come on, that is out of line.
877
00:51:24,707 --> 00:51:25,625
[sighs]
878
00:51:26,167 --> 00:51:27,168
No.
879
00:51:27,752 --> 00:51:29,254
No, he's right, you know.
880
00:51:30,255 --> 00:51:32,048
It is personal for me. I…
881
00:51:32,632 --> 00:51:33,800
[sighs]
882
00:51:33,883 --> 00:51:34,884
[smacks lips]
883
00:51:34,968 --> 00:51:38,429
If I can't be objective,
then maybe I shouldn't be here.
884
00:51:39,097 --> 00:51:40,723
[breathes deeply]
885
00:51:41,891 --> 00:51:45,103
I just…
I think I just need some air. Yeah.
886
00:51:45,186 --> 00:51:46,312
-All right.
-[inhales deeply]
887
00:51:46,396 --> 00:51:47,689
-Hey.
-Yeah.
888
00:51:47,772 --> 00:51:48,773
See you tomorrow?
889
00:51:49,274 --> 00:51:50,859
[sighs] Yeah.
890
00:51:54,612 --> 00:51:55,613
[exhales sharply]
891
00:52:09,294 --> 00:52:10,295
Oh.
892
00:52:11,462 --> 00:52:12,714
-[intercom beeps]
-Gloria.
893
00:52:13,840 --> 00:52:15,341
Call the restaurant
894
00:52:15,884 --> 00:52:19,721
and see if Dede and the kids
are still eating dinner, would ya, please?
895
00:52:20,346 --> 00:52:22,182
[Gloria] They called an hour ago, Ken.
896
00:52:22,265 --> 00:52:23,766
The kids had trains to catch.
897
00:52:23,850 --> 00:52:26,644
Oh, they said to tell you, though,
that they understand.
898
00:52:27,187 --> 00:52:28,188
Whoa.
899
00:52:29,022 --> 00:52:29,898
All right.
900
00:52:49,584 --> 00:52:52,212
[Gloria] I understand that, and I'm sorry,
901
00:52:52,295 --> 00:52:54,214
but our staff already went home.
902
00:52:54,714 --> 00:52:57,800
Come back tomorrow,
I'll make sure that we get you into see…
903
00:52:58,509 --> 00:53:00,261
Is there a problem, Gloria?
904
00:53:01,554 --> 00:53:03,848
Oh, Mr. Donato, right?
905
00:53:03,932 --> 00:53:07,268
Yeah, we… we had an appointment,
but we hit traffic, so we're late.
906
00:53:08,019 --> 00:53:09,229
There's no one here.
907
00:53:09,729 --> 00:53:11,189
The whole staff is gone.
908
00:53:12,232 --> 00:53:14,817
Oh, well, I'll take this one.
909
00:53:15,318 --> 00:53:17,320
-Come on into my office.
-[Frank] Not me,
910
00:53:18,571 --> 00:53:19,405
them.
911
00:53:24,535 --> 00:53:25,745
[Ken] So, uh…
912
00:53:27,247 --> 00:53:30,083
Frank told me about your husband.
913
00:53:30,667 --> 00:53:32,001
-[woman] Nick.
-[Ken] Yeah.
914
00:53:32,669 --> 00:53:34,212
Yeah, Frank thinks this is a scam.
915
00:53:35,088 --> 00:53:38,341
That it's, like, blood money
to cover up mistakes.
916
00:53:38,424 --> 00:53:41,594
Well, at least, you're open-minded.
917
00:53:41,678 --> 00:53:45,890
I just think that the boys might want
their dad's story told in your report,
918
00:53:46,391 --> 00:53:47,684
if that's a thing.
919
00:53:47,767 --> 00:53:49,686
Hmm, sure. Sure.
920
00:53:52,855 --> 00:53:55,233
Are you gonna take notes or somethin'?
921
00:53:56,985 --> 00:53:57,944
[inhales deeply]
922
00:53:58,027 --> 00:53:59,362
Ah, right.
923
00:53:59,904 --> 00:54:00,780
Uh…
924
00:54:01,322 --> 00:54:05,952
Actually, our stenographer
already went home for the day.
925
00:54:06,035 --> 00:54:07,036
[woman] Oh.
926
00:54:09,038 --> 00:54:09,998
Can't you type?
927
00:54:18,589 --> 00:54:19,590
[clicks]
928
00:54:20,091 --> 00:54:21,384
Wha-- Uh…
929
00:54:21,467 --> 00:54:23,678
Hold on a minute here. There we go.
930
00:54:23,761 --> 00:54:24,929
[inhales deeply] Uh…
931
00:54:25,513 --> 00:54:26,514
Why don't we…
932
00:54:27,932 --> 00:54:29,809
uh, start with your name?
933
00:54:29,892 --> 00:54:31,978
Okay. Karen Donato.
934
00:54:33,062 --> 00:54:34,480
My husband, Nick…
935
00:54:36,065 --> 00:54:38,484
Nicholas Donato,
was a New York City firefighter.
936
00:54:38,985 --> 00:54:42,155
Ladder 179 out of Staten Island.
937
00:54:42,780 --> 00:54:43,614
Yeah.
938
00:54:49,037 --> 00:54:50,038
[clears throat]
939
00:54:53,249 --> 00:54:54,125
Do you…
940
00:54:54,625 --> 00:54:56,002
Tell me more about him.
941
00:54:58,338 --> 00:55:01,549
Do you have like a list of questions
you could ask me maybe?
942
00:55:03,092 --> 00:55:08,723
Uh, well, actually I… I don't…
I don't usually do this part myself.
943
00:55:08,806 --> 00:55:12,226
Yeah, I just… It's harder
than I thought it was gonna be.
944
00:55:12,310 --> 00:55:13,686
[Ken] Yeah, I understand.
945
00:55:13,770 --> 00:55:16,064
Uh, well, if you're uncomfortable--
946
00:55:16,147 --> 00:55:19,359
My husband of eight years,
and I can't even think of anything to say.
947
00:55:20,985 --> 00:55:25,490
Well, uh, he must have been a good…
a good dad.
948
00:55:26,824 --> 00:55:27,909
Yeah.
949
00:55:27,992 --> 00:55:29,786
Oh God, he was a great dad.
950
00:55:30,286 --> 00:55:32,455
He would come home every night after work,
951
00:55:32,955 --> 00:55:34,874
he'd throw the ball with Nicky Jr.,
952
00:55:34,957 --> 00:55:37,043
he would read Patty a book.
953
00:55:37,126 --> 00:55:39,462
He didn't even mind
when Tyler made number two.
954
00:55:39,545 --> 00:55:42,548
-He said he liked changing diapers.
-Well, that's a hero.
955
00:55:42,632 --> 00:55:43,883
[laughs]
956
00:55:46,260 --> 00:55:47,261
Yeah.
957
00:55:52,266 --> 00:55:53,518
He was my whole world.
958
00:55:54,894 --> 00:55:55,937
[sobs]
959
00:55:57,814 --> 00:55:59,607
-Can I have a tissue, please?
-[Ken] Yeah.
960
00:56:02,276 --> 00:56:03,277
[woman sobbing]
961
00:56:04,612 --> 00:56:05,613
[Ken] Here we go.
962
00:56:05,696 --> 00:56:06,697
Thank you.
963
00:56:07,448 --> 00:56:08,658
[sobs, blows nose]
964
00:56:08,741 --> 00:56:12,578
You know, everybody
keeps telling me to move on.
965
00:56:13,788 --> 00:56:15,456
I don't know how to do that.
966
00:56:17,458 --> 00:56:20,503
-I'm never gonna get over him.
-Well, it's still very soon.
967
00:56:20,586 --> 00:56:21,671
No, never.
968
00:56:23,214 --> 00:56:25,633
-[sniffles] I'm really sorry.
-[Ken] No, no, no.
969
00:56:25,716 --> 00:56:27,468
That's all right. Look, um,
970
00:56:27,552 --> 00:56:31,347
I just want you to know there's
no pressure to sign on to the fund today.
971
00:56:31,431 --> 00:56:32,932
Your status as a single mother--
972
00:56:33,015 --> 00:56:35,017
No, I'm not gonna take any money.
[exhales]
973
00:56:35,101 --> 00:56:36,269
Not now, no, but--
974
00:56:36,352 --> 00:56:39,605
No, there's no money in the world
that's good enough for Nick.
975
00:56:39,689 --> 00:56:42,358
-I didn't mean--
-[woman] You know, I had him in my life.
976
00:56:43,151 --> 00:56:44,444
We had so many…
977
00:56:47,822 --> 00:56:49,532
dreams and plans…
978
00:56:52,076 --> 00:56:54,078
[sniffles] …and things we were gonna do.
979
00:56:55,872 --> 00:56:58,541
[sobbing] And then he was just gone.
He was gone.
980
00:57:00,209 --> 00:57:03,296
He didn't even eat breakfast.
He was just gone.
981
00:57:06,799 --> 00:57:08,634
And now you're trying to give me money,
982
00:57:08,718 --> 00:57:10,303
Frank wants me to make a stink,
983
00:57:10,386 --> 00:57:13,723
there's lawyers calling me
and telling me to sue everybody,
984
00:57:13,806 --> 00:57:16,601
and the phone just won't stop ringing.
985
00:57:17,477 --> 00:57:19,228
But it's never the phone call I want.
986
00:57:19,312 --> 00:57:22,190
It's never the call saying
that they found his body.
987
00:57:22,773 --> 00:57:24,525
That they're gonna bring him home.
988
00:57:25,026 --> 00:57:26,235
And no offense,
989
00:57:27,111 --> 00:57:28,362
I just want you,
990
00:57:28,446 --> 00:57:31,824
I want all of you
to please stop calling me.
991
00:57:31,908 --> 00:57:33,576
Please leave me alone.
992
00:57:37,079 --> 00:57:38,080
I'm sorry.
993
00:57:39,874 --> 00:57:41,417
I'm sorry I wasted your time.
994
00:57:44,295 --> 00:57:46,297
[footsteps receding]
995
00:57:48,216 --> 00:57:49,217
[door opens]
996
00:57:52,053 --> 00:57:53,095
[door closes]
997
00:58:06,609 --> 00:58:08,611
[solemn music playing]
998
00:58:14,825 --> 00:58:15,826
[Dede] Kenny?
999
00:58:19,247 --> 00:58:20,581
[Ken] I met a widow today.
1000
00:58:22,583 --> 00:58:23,668
Three kids.
1001
00:58:25,294 --> 00:58:26,337
Can you imagine?
1002
00:58:31,842 --> 00:58:32,843
No.
1003
00:58:35,555 --> 00:58:37,098
I didn't know what to say.
1004
00:58:40,977 --> 00:58:43,354
[Dede] Well, sometimes,
there isn't anything.
1005
00:58:43,437 --> 00:58:45,439
[somber music playing]
1006
00:58:48,859 --> 00:58:49,860
[smacks lips]
1007
00:59:00,037 --> 00:59:02,456
-[people screaming on tape]
-[man] That one's blocked.
1008
00:59:02,999 --> 00:59:04,875
[Tom] Anyway, it's hard to see.
1009
00:59:06,752 --> 00:59:08,337
I'll… I'll call when I get out.
1010
00:59:08,421 --> 00:59:11,007
People are collapsing from the smoke.
1011
00:59:11,090 --> 00:59:13,384
Bye. Bye-bye. Bye. Sorry. Sorr--
1012
00:59:13,467 --> 00:59:14,385
[tape clicks]
1013
00:59:14,468 --> 00:59:15,636
[rewinding]
1014
00:59:16,929 --> 00:59:18,514
-[plays tape]
-[Tom] Hi, hon.
1015
00:59:19,307 --> 00:59:21,475
By now I guess you've heard about
the mess in New York.
1016
00:59:21,559 --> 00:59:23,477
-[people screaming]
-Um… [sighs]
1017
00:59:23,978 --> 00:59:28,482
Well, a plane just hit here, too,
on the western side of the building.
1018
00:59:28,566 --> 00:59:30,568
[solemn music playing]
1019
00:59:56,260 --> 00:59:58,137
[man on TV] This is not
the preferred option
1020
00:59:58,220 --> 01:00:00,765
of the president of the United States,
or any member of this body.
1021
01:00:00,848 --> 01:00:02,558
This is the last option.
1022
01:00:03,392 --> 01:00:04,810
We can make the case
1023
01:00:06,103 --> 01:00:08,731
that it is obvious
that Saddam Hussein continues
1024
01:00:08,814 --> 01:00:11,025
this buildup of weapons
of mass destruction,
1025
01:00:11,108 --> 01:00:13,694
and his desire and effort even in…
1026
01:00:13,778 --> 01:00:15,696
Up to and including nuclear weapons.
1027
01:00:16,405 --> 01:00:19,533
But we are not the ones
who are forcing this issue.
1028
01:00:19,617 --> 01:00:22,411
The president and his resolution
did not force the issue.
1029
01:00:22,495 --> 01:00:25,331
It is Saddam Hussein
who is forcing this issue.
1030
01:00:25,414 --> 01:00:26,374
And we will…
1031
01:00:26,457 --> 01:00:27,917
[continues indistinctly]
1032
01:00:30,711 --> 01:00:32,546
[announcer] Final stop
on this express train,
1033
01:00:32,630 --> 01:00:34,048
New York Penn Station.
1034
01:00:34,131 --> 01:00:36,258
Next stop, New York Penn Station.
1035
01:00:39,929 --> 01:00:41,931
[siren wailing in distance]
1036
01:00:47,937 --> 01:00:49,939
[indistinct chatter]
1037
01:00:59,031 --> 01:01:01,033
[indistinct chatter]
1038
01:01:02,868 --> 01:01:07,456
[Charles] Well, I… I think the most
important thing is that we stand united.
1039
01:01:07,957 --> 01:01:12,461
Because the only way
that they're going to respond to you
1040
01:01:12,545 --> 01:01:14,755
is if they know you're speaking as one.
1041
01:01:14,839 --> 01:01:16,924
-Excuse me for a moment.
-[man] Of course.
1042
01:01:21,846 --> 01:01:23,347
[Charles] You came. Thank you.
1043
01:01:23,848 --> 01:01:25,182
We start in a few minutes.
1044
01:01:25,725 --> 01:01:26,934
An enemy in our midst.
1045
01:01:27,017 --> 01:01:30,062
-Ah, hi. Priya Khundi.
-Yes, I remember.
1046
01:01:30,938 --> 01:01:35,317
Did Mr. Feinberg send you here
to spy on us or to listen?
1047
01:01:36,235 --> 01:01:38,988
-Actually, he doesn't know I came.
-Ah.
1048
01:01:39,655 --> 01:01:42,575
Well, it's easier for him
if we just remain numbers, right?
1049
01:01:42,658 --> 01:01:43,784
More manageable?
1050
01:01:44,702 --> 01:01:46,662
He's right, it is.
1051
01:01:46,746 --> 01:01:48,706
Hmm, I understand. Yeah. Yeah.
1052
01:01:49,874 --> 01:01:51,459
-But you came.
-[smack lips]
1053
01:01:52,042 --> 01:01:54,795
-Yeah, um, I've been following your blog.
-Mm-hmm.
1054
01:01:54,879 --> 01:01:58,883
[Priya] Your wife, Katherine,
she had a job at Kyle and MacAllan.
1055
01:01:59,550 --> 01:02:00,551
Yes. Yeah.
1056
01:02:01,051 --> 01:02:04,096
That, um, was her dream job.
1057
01:02:05,639 --> 01:02:07,475
Well, it would have been mine too.
1058
01:02:08,017 --> 01:02:09,894
I… I was, uh…
1059
01:02:11,103 --> 01:02:12,521
I was gonna start that week.
1060
01:02:13,647 --> 01:02:14,648
Oh my.
1061
01:02:17,568 --> 01:02:19,695
Well, I'm glad that you…
1062
01:02:20,279 --> 01:02:21,280
[Priya softly] Yeah.
1063
01:02:23,324 --> 01:02:24,700
So can I ask you then?
1064
01:02:28,078 --> 01:02:32,500
What would your life be worth
on your boss's spreadsheet?
1065
01:02:33,793 --> 01:02:37,379
I'm not married,
so, um, less than Katherine's.
1066
01:02:37,922 --> 01:02:39,507
[Charles] And do you think that's fair?
1067
01:02:40,007 --> 01:02:40,925
[smacks lips]
1068
01:02:41,467 --> 01:02:42,635
No.
1069
01:02:42,718 --> 01:02:43,928
But your boss does?
1070
01:02:44,637 --> 01:02:46,847
He doesn't think fair exists.
1071
01:02:47,932 --> 01:02:48,933
[Charles] Do you?
1072
01:02:49,558 --> 01:02:52,019
Honestly, I don't know.
1073
01:02:53,813 --> 01:02:56,106
But I did come here to listen.
1074
01:03:00,110 --> 01:03:02,112
[indistinct chatter]
1075
01:03:08,452 --> 01:03:10,538
[Ken] This is the latest, huh? This is…
1076
01:03:10,621 --> 01:03:14,166
You're sure this is the latest?
These totals are accurate?
1077
01:03:14,250 --> 01:03:15,918
Technically, we rounded up.
1078
01:03:16,001 --> 01:03:18,212
Uh, it's all right, it's okay.
1079
01:03:18,712 --> 01:03:21,340
We're 12 months out.
That's an eternity. It's like I say,
1080
01:03:21,423 --> 01:03:24,426
people will wait for a deadline.
They're just avoiding it for now.
1081
01:03:24,510 --> 01:03:27,847
They're not avoiding it.
They're just avoiding us.
1082
01:03:28,347 --> 01:03:29,640
I mean, look at this.
1083
01:03:30,516 --> 01:03:33,060
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Fix The Fund. I remember, yeah.
1084
01:03:33,143 --> 01:03:35,521
This is my pal.
This is my buddy from the town hall.
1085
01:03:35,604 --> 01:03:40,192
His web page is receiving more than
twice the visits ours does every day.
1086
01:03:40,276 --> 01:03:43,195
He's got a mailing list
of almost 7,000 names.
1087
01:03:43,279 --> 01:03:44,655
So does the phone book.
1088
01:03:45,281 --> 01:03:46,198
I went to see him.
1089
01:03:47,032 --> 01:03:48,534
I told her it was okay to go.
1090
01:03:48,617 --> 01:03:49,869
Look, he's a leader.
1091
01:03:49,952 --> 01:03:51,120
He's a gadfly.
1092
01:03:51,203 --> 01:03:53,163
He's earning people's trust.
1093
01:03:53,247 --> 01:03:57,293
Every income level, first responders…
That's what we should be doing.
1094
01:03:57,376 --> 01:04:00,004
If he says so, all of them will sue.
1095
01:04:02,590 --> 01:04:04,008
What's he asking for?
1096
01:04:04,091 --> 01:04:05,843
You should ask him yourself.
1097
01:04:08,971 --> 01:04:12,057
[La clemenza di Tito, Act 1:
"Parto, ma tu ben mio" playing]
1098
01:04:21,150 --> 01:04:23,402
[door opens, closes]
1099
01:04:23,485 --> 01:04:24,486
[Ken] Charles.
1100
01:04:25,988 --> 01:04:26,906
[Charles] Mr. Feinberg.
1101
01:04:27,489 --> 01:04:30,200
I'm sorry they left you in here
with the music running.
1102
01:04:30,284 --> 01:04:31,535
-Oh.
-Uh…
1103
01:04:31,619 --> 01:04:33,537
-Soothes the soul.
-Yeah.
1104
01:04:34,079 --> 01:04:37,875
Yeah, this was the Lincoln Center cast,
if I'm not mistaken.
1105
01:04:37,958 --> 01:04:40,794
Bartoli was otherworldly.
1106
01:04:41,545 --> 01:04:44,757
Wow, you're an opera fan.
I was on the board that year.
1107
01:04:44,840 --> 01:04:46,842
My wife, Katherine, she was, uh…
1108
01:04:47,343 --> 01:04:50,387
She sang soprano
in an amateur touring choir.
1109
01:04:50,471 --> 01:04:52,181
I sing tenor. That's how we met.
1110
01:04:52,681 --> 01:04:55,017
Well, she must have had a lovely voice.
1111
01:04:57,269 --> 01:04:58,103
Yep.
1112
01:05:00,689 --> 01:05:02,858
Would that help her fit into your formula?
1113
01:05:04,026 --> 01:05:04,944
[inhales sharply]
1114
01:05:05,027 --> 01:05:06,528
Do you read my website?
1115
01:05:06,612 --> 01:05:09,990
I will confess I don't,
because I'm not a computer guy.
1116
01:05:10,074 --> 01:05:12,284
-[Charles] Ah.
-My staff handles all that,
1117
01:05:12,368 --> 01:05:16,246
and they tell me
you're a very reasonable man.
1118
01:05:16,330 --> 01:05:17,498
And as I understand it,
1119
01:05:17,581 --> 01:05:19,792
you've taken on somewhat
of a leadership role
1120
01:05:20,292 --> 01:05:22,544
uh, amongst the people that we serve.
1121
01:05:22,628 --> 01:05:26,340
-[Charles] Mm-hmm.
-That's nice. Good. Good.
1122
01:05:27,091 --> 01:05:31,053
-Uh, why don't we talk?
-That's why I'm here.
1123
01:05:31,136 --> 01:05:32,137
[chuckles]
1124
01:05:33,889 --> 01:05:35,349
Tell me what you want.
1125
01:05:36,225 --> 01:05:38,894
Because we could make some adjustments.
1126
01:05:38,978 --> 01:05:42,314
We could, uh, you know,
raise the baselines.
1127
01:05:43,273 --> 01:05:45,609
So you think this is about the money?
1128
01:05:46,652 --> 01:05:47,736
Hmm, of course, yeah.
1129
01:05:48,362 --> 01:05:49,530
That it's greed?
1130
01:05:49,613 --> 01:05:53,200
No. No, no, no, no. Not greed.
1131
01:05:53,283 --> 01:05:55,160
Money, yes. Greed, no.
1132
01:05:55,661 --> 01:05:58,372
Money puts food on people's tables
1133
01:05:58,455 --> 01:06:00,374
and it puts roofs over people's heads.
1134
01:06:00,457 --> 01:06:02,793
There's nothing dirty
or demeaning about it,
1135
01:06:02,876 --> 01:06:07,464
but let's not pretend
like it doesn't matter. It does.
1136
01:06:07,548 --> 01:06:08,966
It helps people move on.
1137
01:06:10,884 --> 01:06:11,927
Who?
1138
01:06:13,637 --> 01:06:16,348
-What do you mean who?
-Do you know any of our names?
1139
01:06:17,099 --> 01:06:19,101
Have you met any of us yourself?
1140
01:06:19,184 --> 01:06:21,311
As a matter of fact, I have, yeah.
1141
01:06:21,395 --> 01:06:22,396
Huh.
1142
01:06:23,772 --> 01:06:25,024
And what were they worth?
1143
01:06:25,733 --> 01:06:26,608
Oh. [laughs]
1144
01:06:26,692 --> 01:06:28,944
Well, now…
Now you're talking about numbers,
1145
01:06:29,028 --> 01:06:30,988
and you know, pretending--
1146
01:06:31,071 --> 01:06:32,072
Throw it out.
1147
01:06:32,573 --> 01:06:34,450
[Ken] Throw what out? Throw what out?
1148
01:06:34,950 --> 01:06:37,619
-Throw out your formula.
-I can't. I can't.
1149
01:06:37,703 --> 01:06:39,788
We need to have something rational.
1150
01:06:39,872 --> 01:06:42,416
I got it. I understand. I got it.
1151
01:06:42,499 --> 01:06:46,045
But my wife is not a statistic.
1152
01:06:46,128 --> 01:06:49,923
No, certainly not,
but we do have to go by a set of rules.
1153
01:06:50,007 --> 01:06:53,135
Okay. Will your rules help Graham Morris?
1154
01:06:53,969 --> 01:06:57,723
Graham Morris. His partner died
two weeks before their civil ceremony,
1155
01:06:57,806 --> 01:07:00,476
but your fund would give
his full claim to his parents
1156
01:07:00,559 --> 01:07:02,019
who condemned his lifestyle.
1157
01:07:02,102 --> 01:07:04,313
-[Ken] I recall him.
-They were estranged.
1158
01:07:04,396 --> 01:07:07,232
Completely estranged, Mr. Feinberg.
Is that fair?
1159
01:07:07,733 --> 01:07:09,401
We're just the administrators on that.
1160
01:07:09,485 --> 01:07:11,403
[Charles] Let's go to the section
of your rules
1161
01:07:11,487 --> 01:07:14,907
that limits injuries
to only those that occurred right away.
1162
01:07:15,407 --> 01:07:17,451
We have cleanup workers
who come to our meetings.
1163
01:07:17,534 --> 01:07:19,787
-They have polyps from asbestos.
-[Ken] I think the thing--
1164
01:07:19,870 --> 01:07:22,873
They were on that site for weeks,
for weeks, breathing in that crap.
1165
01:07:22,956 --> 01:07:24,666
-[Ken] Hmm.
-But according to your rules,
1166
01:07:24,750 --> 01:07:27,920
unless they got to that site
within three days of the attack--
1167
01:07:28,003 --> 01:07:31,090
Ah, that's because
we have to draw the line somewhere.
1168
01:07:31,173 --> 01:07:35,219
If we award every worker
who was injured on that site,
1169
01:07:35,302 --> 01:07:38,764
I mean, where does it end? You understand?
1170
01:07:38,847 --> 01:07:41,809
I don't know, you tell me.
That's up to you.
1171
01:07:43,352 --> 01:07:46,939
The law gives you broad discretion
as special master, does it not?
1172
01:07:47,022 --> 01:07:48,774
-[Ken] Yes, it does.
-Okay.
1173
01:07:48,857 --> 01:07:51,610
And responsibilities.
Responsibilities to the taxpayers,
1174
01:07:51,693 --> 01:07:53,028
to objectivity.
1175
01:07:53,112 --> 01:07:57,407
I… I can't bend the rules
for every case that doesn't fit the mold.
1176
01:07:57,491 --> 01:07:58,492
Why not?
1177
01:07:59,409 --> 01:08:00,327
Congress did.
1178
01:08:02,246 --> 01:08:03,372
You know they did.
1179
01:08:04,206 --> 01:08:07,793
When the law said that we could sue
two airlines out of business,
1180
01:08:07,876 --> 01:08:10,546
Congress rewrote that law like that,
1181
01:08:11,130 --> 01:08:12,089
in a day.
1182
01:08:12,589 --> 01:08:13,423
Why?
1183
01:08:13,966 --> 01:08:16,468
Because the big corporations
asked them to.
1184
01:08:17,177 --> 01:08:21,348
But when 7,000 citizens come to you
and they ask you for respect
1185
01:08:21,932 --> 01:08:24,935
and ask not to be treated
like some numbers on a spreadsheet,
1186
01:08:25,018 --> 01:08:27,437
you act like that law
came down from Sinai.
1187
01:08:28,063 --> 01:08:30,899
Please, Mr. Feinberg, don't. Don't. Don't.
1188
01:08:30,983 --> 01:08:33,360
Don't tell me
you can't give us what we want.
1189
01:08:33,443 --> 01:08:36,446
Just tell us
that we are not the top priority.
1190
01:08:36,530 --> 01:08:37,531
Admit that,
1191
01:08:38,490 --> 01:08:39,491
to yourself.
1192
01:08:44,830 --> 01:08:46,582
[door opens, closes]
1193
01:08:46,665 --> 01:08:48,208
[waves crashing]
1194
01:08:48,292 --> 01:08:49,293
Over here.
1195
01:08:49,376 --> 01:08:50,711
[seagulls cawing]
1196
01:08:51,795 --> 01:08:53,797
-[cell phone ringing]
-[dog whimpering]
1197
01:08:57,551 --> 01:08:59,428
-Hello?
-[man on phone] Is this Kenneth Feinberg?
1198
01:08:59,928 --> 01:09:02,389
-Come here. Come here. Goddamn it.
-[dog whimpering]
1199
01:09:02,931 --> 01:09:05,517
-Hello?
-[man] Yeah, hi. Is this Kenneth Feinberg?
1200
01:09:05,601 --> 01:09:06,894
Yes. Who's this?
1201
01:09:06,977 --> 01:09:08,395
[man] Bart Cuthbert, sir.
1202
01:09:08,478 --> 01:09:09,855
Uh, we haven't met.
1203
01:09:09,938 --> 01:09:11,773
I represent a claimant to your fund.
1204
01:09:11,857 --> 01:09:13,275
[dog barking]
1205
01:09:13,358 --> 01:09:14,735
Uh, this is a private line.
1206
01:09:14,818 --> 01:09:16,820
Fund matters should go through my office.
1207
01:09:16,904 --> 01:09:19,615
[Bart] Right, the office, yes.
I spoke to someone at the office
1208
01:09:19,698 --> 01:09:22,284
who said you took the meeting
on this case yourself.
1209
01:09:22,784 --> 01:09:25,954
Uh, it's a young woman
by the name of Karen Donato.
1210
01:09:26,496 --> 01:09:27,414
Widow of Nicholas?
1211
01:09:27,497 --> 01:09:28,624
Yes, we spoke.
1212
01:09:29,124 --> 01:09:34,421
[Bart] He was a fireman with three sons
aged, um, eight, six, and four.
1213
01:09:35,380 --> 01:09:37,174
-Look--
-What's this about?
1214
01:09:37,257 --> 01:09:39,468
[Bart] Well, it's an unusual scenario,
you see.
1215
01:09:39,551 --> 01:09:42,429
Look, I don't mean
to cause you any trouble, Mr. Feinberg.
1216
01:09:42,512 --> 01:09:44,848
Ken. Ken. No, go ahead. I'm used to it.
1217
01:09:44,932 --> 01:09:48,227
[Bart] All right. Well, Ken,
you see, my client, Melanie Vale,
1218
01:09:48,310 --> 01:09:50,354
was Mr. Donato's mistress.
1219
01:09:52,189 --> 01:09:55,817
-I'm not… I'm not sure I heard correctly.
-[Bart] You heard correctly.
1220
01:09:55,901 --> 01:09:58,904
Melanie Vale and Nick Donato
have two daughters of their own
1221
01:09:58,987 --> 01:10:02,032
ages one and three
at the time of the attack.
1222
01:10:02,115 --> 01:10:04,618
Uh, I have DNA results to prove paternity.
1223
01:10:04,701 --> 01:10:06,995
My secretary
can fax them over to your office.
1224
01:10:09,039 --> 01:10:10,082
Mr. Feinberg?
1225
01:10:10,791 --> 01:10:11,625
Yes.
1226
01:10:12,417 --> 01:10:16,797
Uh, all right. Well, I'm looking forward
to going over the papers.
1227
01:10:17,798 --> 01:10:20,008
[Bart] Like I said,
I'm not trying to make trouble here.
1228
01:10:20,092 --> 01:10:23,470
I just want you to know that when
you cut that check for Mr. Donato's life,
1229
01:10:23,553 --> 01:10:26,390
it needs to go to five children
instead of three.
1230
01:10:28,141 --> 01:10:30,435
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
1231
01:10:31,561 --> 01:10:33,563
[solemn music playing]
1232
01:10:45,701 --> 01:10:47,703
[music continues]
1233
01:10:57,796 --> 01:10:59,548
-[knocking on window]
-Hey, mister.
1234
01:11:00,173 --> 01:11:01,300
[kid yelling]
1235
01:11:04,803 --> 01:11:08,223
So your office said that you had, uh,
some more questions about Nick.
1236
01:11:08,307 --> 01:11:12,477
Yeah. Really it's more
just of a… a record-keeping thing.
1237
01:11:12,561 --> 01:11:14,313
I told you we don't want the money.
1238
01:11:14,396 --> 01:11:16,189
-Of course. Yeah.
-Okay.
1239
01:11:16,273 --> 01:11:19,901
Uh… Oh, look.
There's your wedding pictures.
1240
01:11:19,985 --> 01:11:21,111
No… [laughs]
1241
01:11:21,695 --> 01:11:23,697
Okay, this is just for show.
1242
01:11:24,489 --> 01:11:26,491
-The real one was at City Hall.
-[laughs]
1243
01:11:26,575 --> 01:11:29,369
Before I was, you know,
as big as a circus tent.
1244
01:11:29,453 --> 01:11:30,829
[laughs]
1245
01:11:30,912 --> 01:11:34,958
You know, I… I told him that I didn't need
anything all grand and fancy
1246
01:11:35,042 --> 01:11:37,294
just to prove that he loved me, but, uh…
1247
01:11:38,045 --> 01:11:40,839
You know, he worked doubles
for a whole year.
1248
01:11:41,340 --> 01:11:44,968
He wouldn't take a nickel
from my family or anybody.
1249
01:11:46,011 --> 01:11:48,138
Just so we could have
that picture on the wall.
1250
01:11:49,348 --> 01:11:50,349
He was like that.
1251
01:11:52,684 --> 01:11:56,855
And that, I'm assuming, Nicky Jr. there?
1252
01:11:58,065 --> 01:11:59,274
Oh no.
1253
01:11:59,358 --> 01:12:04,279
Uh, that was a girl.
We lost her. She was a preemie.
1254
01:12:04,363 --> 01:12:06,365
-Oh, I'm sorry.
-That's okay.
1255
01:12:06,907 --> 01:12:07,824
Eden.
1256
01:12:09,493 --> 01:12:13,330
Most dads don't want little girls,
but Nicky always did.
1257
01:12:13,955 --> 01:12:14,915
[door opens]
1258
01:12:14,998 --> 01:12:16,041
Hey.
1259
01:12:16,875 --> 01:12:18,835
You didn't need to come.
1260
01:12:18,919 --> 01:12:20,128
Sorry, excuse me.
1261
01:12:20,212 --> 01:12:21,338
You didn't have to come.
1262
01:12:21,421 --> 01:12:23,673
-[Frank] I got cereal for the kids.
-[Karen] Thank you.
1263
01:12:23,757 --> 01:12:25,300
-[kids yelling]
-Hey! Hey!
1264
01:12:25,801 --> 01:12:27,761
-I'll be right back. Sorry.
-[Ken] Sure.
1265
01:12:28,553 --> 01:12:29,388
Hi, Frank.
1266
01:12:30,597 --> 01:12:31,973
I just wanted to, uh,
1267
01:12:33,308 --> 01:12:34,726
discuss Nick's claim.
1268
01:12:36,019 --> 01:12:38,271
I already told you, we're not making one.
1269
01:12:38,355 --> 01:12:40,482
[Ken] Yeah, I know, of course, but I just…
1270
01:12:40,565 --> 01:12:43,318
You know, just in case Karen decides to…
1271
01:12:43,402 --> 01:12:45,487
Here, let me… Can I show you something?
1272
01:12:46,947 --> 01:12:47,906
[paper rustles]
1273
01:12:47,989 --> 01:12:50,450
This… I wanna show this number here.
1274
01:12:53,036 --> 01:12:54,121
That's just, uh…
1275
01:12:54,871 --> 01:12:57,290
That's a presumptive calculation.
That means…
1276
01:12:57,374 --> 01:12:59,292
I know what it means to presume.
1277
01:13:05,215 --> 01:13:07,467
You and Nick were… were very close.
1278
01:13:10,345 --> 01:13:11,179
Yeah.
1279
01:13:12,681 --> 01:13:14,015
He was my kid brother.
1280
01:13:16,101 --> 01:13:17,644
[Ken] So I… I have to assume
1281
01:13:18,145 --> 01:13:18,979
you would know
1282
01:13:19,729 --> 01:13:22,399
if there was something that Nick
1283
01:13:23,733 --> 01:13:26,445
wouldn't necessarily want Karen to know.
1284
01:13:30,824 --> 01:13:32,242
My brother was a family man.
1285
01:13:32,826 --> 01:13:34,619
Of course. Of course, yeah.
1286
01:13:38,915 --> 01:13:40,292
We are not signing nothing.
1287
01:13:40,792 --> 01:13:43,712
Frank, this is money for those boys.
1288
01:13:43,795 --> 01:13:45,714
It's tax-free.
It's not every day the government--
1289
01:13:45,797 --> 01:13:49,468
Nicky died 'cause of people like you
holding the purse strings.
1290
01:13:49,968 --> 01:13:52,137
Now you think you could come here
and make it right
1291
01:13:52,220 --> 01:13:54,014
by tossing money on his grave?
1292
01:13:54,097 --> 01:13:55,682
[paper rustling]
1293
01:13:58,310 --> 01:13:59,603
Get out of his house.
1294
01:14:02,481 --> 01:14:03,482
All right.
1295
01:14:09,863 --> 01:14:12,073
[door opens, closes]
1296
01:14:21,124 --> 01:14:22,542
[dog barking]
1297
01:14:27,923 --> 01:14:29,966
[woman] See, this is Tom Jr.
1298
01:14:30,759 --> 01:14:32,469
Don't you think he looks older?
1299
01:14:33,178 --> 01:14:37,098
Tom Jr.'s the one not in uniform.
He was a civilian contractor.
1300
01:14:37,766 --> 01:14:40,268
His brother, Dave,
rejoined to fight for him.
1301
01:14:40,769 --> 01:14:42,062
That's very brave.
1302
01:14:42,145 --> 01:14:44,105
They were only 11 months apart.
1303
01:14:44,648 --> 01:14:46,816
Like two peas in a pod growing up.
1304
01:14:48,193 --> 01:14:51,196
I had a chance to meet Tom's partner,
Graham Morris.
1305
01:14:51,279 --> 01:14:52,948
-[man] The gold digger?
-Tom.
1306
01:14:55,283 --> 01:14:58,954
What my husband means to say
is that man is a liar.
1307
01:14:59,621 --> 01:15:03,333
He and Tom were living together.
He said that they had plans to--
1308
01:15:03,416 --> 01:15:05,085
They were roommates.
1309
01:15:06,253 --> 01:15:08,547
Tom had girlfriends. He would…
1310
01:15:09,631 --> 01:15:11,091
-Mrs…?
-Biros.
1311
01:15:11,174 --> 01:15:15,178
Mrs. Biros, this boy had a long history
1312
01:15:15,262 --> 01:15:17,722
of being infatuated with our son.
1313
01:15:18,265 --> 01:15:21,101
He tried to get his hooks in him,
but Tom did…
1314
01:15:23,478 --> 01:15:25,146
We knew our son.
1315
01:15:25,855 --> 01:15:30,151
These guys just crawl out of the woodwork.
1316
01:15:30,235 --> 01:15:31,319
[inhales deeply]
1317
01:15:31,403 --> 01:15:33,822
I'm sure your office sees a lot of those.
1318
01:15:35,907 --> 01:15:37,867
I didn't get that sense from him.
1319
01:15:39,452 --> 01:15:40,996
Isn't that always the way?
1320
01:15:45,250 --> 01:15:46,459
[exhales]
1321
01:15:52,757 --> 01:15:55,343
Rumor has it
that your numbers are a little stagnant.
1322
01:15:55,427 --> 01:15:56,720
Still plenty of time.
1323
01:15:56,803 --> 01:15:59,264
You had plenty of time,
and you've signed what, 900?
1324
01:15:59,889 --> 01:16:01,600
That's… That's not enough, Ken.
1325
01:16:04,519 --> 01:16:05,729
You know, I…
1326
01:16:06,354 --> 01:16:09,190
I sat down with your friend, Charles Wolf.
1327
01:16:09,274 --> 01:16:11,693
-[laughs]
-Wolf? Well, good luck with him.
1328
01:16:11,776 --> 01:16:13,695
He's fighting for the "left behind,"
by the way.
1329
01:16:13,778 --> 01:16:16,072
He's not trying to help
the rich get richer.
1330
01:16:16,156 --> 01:16:19,784
See, it's that kind of accusation
that has people calling you insensitive.
1331
01:16:19,868 --> 01:16:21,036
Doesn't matter.
1332
01:16:23,288 --> 01:16:25,832
Anyway, I emphasized our common ground.
1333
01:16:25,915 --> 01:16:28,084
A rising tide lifts all boats.
1334
01:16:28,168 --> 01:16:30,253
[inhales deeply] I think
I'm mixing a metaphor.
1335
01:16:30,337 --> 01:16:33,632
But the point is,
if his supporters join our cause,
1336
01:16:33,715 --> 01:16:36,468
we have enough participants
to certify a suit.
1337
01:16:37,177 --> 01:16:38,136
Hold on here.
1338
01:16:39,638 --> 01:16:41,514
Are you threatening a class action?
1339
01:16:42,015 --> 01:16:44,434
No, I'm offering to help you out here.
1340
01:16:44,517 --> 01:16:45,393
[Ken] Bullshit.
1341
01:16:45,477 --> 01:16:46,936
You can afford to roll the dice,
1342
01:16:47,020 --> 01:16:49,522
to win or lose a case
over the course of 15 years,
1343
01:16:49,606 --> 01:16:51,274
Most of those people cannot.
1344
01:16:51,358 --> 01:16:55,111
Well, with all due respect, you haven't
met these people, your staff has.
1345
01:16:55,195 --> 01:16:57,447
And I got news for ya.
1346
01:16:57,530 --> 01:16:59,074
They hate your guts.
1347
01:16:59,157 --> 01:17:01,201
Well, maybe they do, maybe they don't.
1348
01:17:02,243 --> 01:17:04,329
What I'm offering them is a choice,
1349
01:17:04,412 --> 01:17:07,123
and I'm here as a friend
to give you the same.
1350
01:17:07,624 --> 01:17:12,545
Raise the ceiling on the top awards,
and I'll deliver everybody to your fund.
1351
01:17:13,046 --> 01:17:14,422
Wrapped in a bow.
1352
01:17:17,842 --> 01:17:19,511
Let's win this together, Ken.
1353
01:17:21,179 --> 01:17:23,223
[John] This isn't the latest number,
is it, Ken?
1354
01:17:23,932 --> 01:17:25,058
Fifteen percent?
1355
01:17:25,725 --> 01:17:29,145
John, we still have four months
till the statutory deadline,
1356
01:17:29,229 --> 01:17:30,730
but I'm… I'm confident.
1357
01:17:30,814 --> 01:17:31,940
[John] Oh, I know.
1358
01:17:32,524 --> 01:17:33,525
Confident.
1359
01:17:35,110 --> 01:17:36,695
Companies are getting nervous, Ken.
1360
01:17:38,947 --> 01:17:42,200
John, I didn't know we were, uh,
having a meeting with the airline lobby.
1361
01:17:42,701 --> 01:17:44,202
I'm just here to listen.
1362
01:17:45,203 --> 01:17:47,455
[lobbyist 1] We're told Lee Quinn
is planning to bring suit
1363
01:17:47,539 --> 01:17:49,457
unless you give more money at the top.
1364
01:17:49,999 --> 01:17:52,335
Look, Quinn is not the issue.
1365
01:17:52,419 --> 01:17:54,879
You really want to change the law
to help people?
1366
01:17:55,964 --> 01:17:58,717
There are plenty
of emergency workers and firemen.
1367
01:17:58,800 --> 01:18:02,512
They inhaled toxic chemicals.
Didn't get sick till months later.
1368
01:18:03,012 --> 01:18:05,223
-This law doesn't cover them.
-[lobbyist 1] No.
1369
01:18:05,306 --> 01:18:07,559
That would be unproductive.
1370
01:18:07,642 --> 01:18:11,354
If you change rules, this gets kicked
back to the Congress for a comment period.
1371
01:18:11,855 --> 01:18:14,691
-Have you experienced a comment period?
-[Ken] No.
1372
01:18:14,774 --> 01:18:18,153
They'll be on their soapboxes ten months
after the whole statute's kaput.
1373
01:18:18,236 --> 01:18:20,113
The whole economy is in the toilet.
1374
01:18:20,196 --> 01:18:22,323
Nobody gets anything,
including re-elected.
1375
01:18:22,407 --> 01:18:24,284
So, yeah…
1376
01:18:25,410 --> 01:18:26,244
No.
1377
01:18:26,828 --> 01:18:28,997
Quinn only cares about
the people at the top
1378
01:18:29,080 --> 01:18:31,166
'cause that's where he gets his paycheck.
1379
01:18:31,249 --> 01:18:35,378
-His lawsuit is a problem for us.
-Look, I work for the taxpayers.
1380
01:18:35,462 --> 01:18:37,005
We pay our share of taxes too.
1381
01:18:37,088 --> 01:18:39,591
Yeah, but you don't have to look
the victims in the eye.
1382
01:18:39,674 --> 01:18:42,635
As the special master,
you have broad discretionary power,
1383
01:18:42,719 --> 01:18:44,012
even within your formula.
1384
01:18:44,095 --> 01:18:47,348
All we're asking is you use it here
to make Quinn happy so he goes away.
1385
01:18:50,059 --> 01:18:52,437
Like I said Ken, neutral party.
1386
01:18:53,188 --> 01:18:56,357
You have DOJ's support,
whatever you decide.
1387
01:19:03,740 --> 01:19:05,742
[indistinct chatter]
1388
01:19:12,999 --> 01:19:15,126
[woman] ♪ I lost my voice ♪
1389
01:19:15,210 --> 01:19:17,420
♪ I lost an earring ♪
1390
01:19:17,504 --> 01:19:19,464
♪ I lost my father ♪
1391
01:19:19,964 --> 01:19:21,800
♪ I lost my voice ♪
1392
01:19:22,300 --> 01:19:24,385
♪ I lost my ticket ♪
1393
01:19:24,469 --> 01:19:26,221
♪ I lost the case ♪
1394
01:19:26,721 --> 01:19:28,348
♪ I lost the map ♪
1395
01:19:28,890 --> 01:19:30,517
♪ I lost my wits ♪
1396
01:19:31,100 --> 01:19:32,769
♪ I lost my way ♪
1397
01:19:33,269 --> 01:19:35,271
♪ I lost my tongue ♪
1398
01:19:37,398 --> 01:19:39,192
[singers] ♪ I lost a sock ♪
1399
01:19:39,692 --> 01:19:41,778
♪ I lost an umbrella ♪
1400
01:19:42,779 --> 01:19:44,572
♪ I lost a sock ♪
1401
01:19:44,656 --> 01:19:46,616
♪ I lost a tooth ♪
1402
01:19:46,699 --> 01:19:48,618
♪ I lost my teeth ♪
1403
01:19:48,701 --> 01:19:50,662
♪ I lost the map ♪
1404
01:19:50,745 --> 01:19:52,705
♪ I lost my dog ♪
1405
01:19:52,789 --> 01:19:54,707
♪ I lost an earring ♪
1406
01:19:54,791 --> 01:19:56,918
♪ I lost my father ♪
1407
01:19:57,001 --> 01:19:58,878
♪ I lost my voice ♪
1408
01:19:58,962 --> 01:20:00,922
♪ I lost my ticket ♪
1409
01:20:01,005 --> 01:20:02,966
♪ I lost the keys ♪
1410
01:20:03,049 --> 01:20:04,926
♪ I lost the map ♪
1411
01:20:05,009 --> 01:20:07,011
♪ I lost my wits ♪
1412
01:20:07,095 --> 01:20:09,013
♪ I lost my way ♪
1413
01:20:09,097 --> 01:20:10,932
♪ I lost my tongue ♪
1414
01:20:14,227 --> 01:20:16,229
♪ I lost my heart ♪
1415
01:20:16,312 --> 01:20:18,356
♪ I lost faith ♪
1416
01:20:18,439 --> 01:20:20,358
♪ I lost weight ♪
1417
01:20:21,568 --> 01:20:23,528
♪ I lost my plan ♪
1418
01:20:23,611 --> 01:20:25,613
♪ I lost my hand ♪
1419
01:20:25,697 --> 01:20:27,657
♪ I lost my mind ♪
1420
01:20:27,740 --> 01:20:29,701
♪ I lost my house ♪
1421
01:20:29,784 --> 01:20:31,744
♪ I lost my time ♪
1422
01:20:31,828 --> 01:20:33,746
♪ I lost my way ♪
1423
01:20:33,830 --> 01:20:35,415
♪ I lost my book ♪
1424
01:20:41,838 --> 01:20:43,006
[Charles] Mr. Feinberg?
1425
01:20:43,631 --> 01:20:45,466
-I thought I might see you here.
-Uh…
1426
01:20:46,968 --> 01:20:48,678
-Hello, Mr. Wolf.
-[chuckling] Hi.
1427
01:20:50,221 --> 01:20:53,975
I think Katherine would have appreciated
this modern stuff, but I don't…
1428
01:20:54,058 --> 01:20:56,853
I… I can't understand music
that you have to,
1429
01:20:57,687 --> 01:20:59,689
you know, struggle to listen to.
1430
01:20:59,772 --> 01:21:01,316
-[both laugh]
-You know?
1431
01:21:01,399 --> 01:21:04,277
I… I do. Well, Puccini, it ain't.
1432
01:21:05,320 --> 01:21:07,113
We can agree on that. [chuckles]
1433
01:21:07,822 --> 01:21:10,366
So I thought
you'd be in the seat of honor.
1434
01:21:13,244 --> 01:21:14,245
Oh.
1435
01:21:15,204 --> 01:21:17,540
-That bad, huh?
-Yeah. Yeah.
1436
01:21:18,917 --> 01:21:20,209
You know, um…
1437
01:21:22,170 --> 01:21:25,048
the reason I even wanted to do this,
was I really believed
1438
01:21:25,131 --> 01:21:28,343
I should serve my country
in its time of need. I did.
1439
01:21:28,426 --> 01:21:30,011
Maybe part of that's ego,
1440
01:21:30,595 --> 01:21:33,056
but… here we are.
1441
01:21:34,349 --> 01:21:38,937
I've got, what, 1100 families on board
1442
01:21:39,020 --> 01:21:41,689
and 6,000 more to go.
1443
01:21:42,565 --> 01:21:44,359
Uh-huh. Yeah, well…
1444
01:21:45,234 --> 01:21:48,696
[Ken] I just want you to know
that I know the fund's not perfect.
1445
01:21:50,990 --> 01:21:54,911
There are people who just don't fit
within the rules that we wrote.
1446
01:21:57,538 --> 01:21:58,539
I know that.
1447
01:22:02,251 --> 01:22:03,836
I honestly don't know
1448
01:22:05,421 --> 01:22:06,422
what to do.
1449
01:22:09,384 --> 01:22:11,511
Remember that you're not the bridge.
1450
01:22:12,971 --> 01:22:13,972
Okay.
1451
01:22:15,139 --> 01:22:16,641
Sounds like a fortune cookie.
1452
01:22:16,724 --> 01:22:18,017
[Charles] No. [chuckles]
1453
01:22:18,101 --> 01:22:19,310
Katherine and I,
1454
01:22:19,811 --> 01:22:22,814
this town that we lived in years ago
in Upstate New York.
1455
01:22:22,897 --> 01:22:24,732
-Uh, Ithaca, you know.
-[Ken] Uh-huh.
1456
01:22:24,816 --> 01:22:27,151
[clears throat] There was
this gorgeous bridge.
1457
01:22:28,111 --> 01:22:31,364
[smacks lips] Depression-era. Beautiful.
To me? Beautiful.
1458
01:22:32,031 --> 01:22:34,158
And developers wanted to knock it down
1459
01:22:34,659 --> 01:22:36,619
'cause they were gonna
put in an interstate.
1460
01:22:37,120 --> 01:22:38,830
So I got on the city council,
1461
01:22:39,372 --> 01:22:42,542
and I spent two years,
and all of our savings,
1462
01:22:43,835 --> 01:22:46,045
fighting for that hunk of concrete.
1463
01:22:47,922 --> 01:22:49,507
And when they demolished it,
1464
01:22:51,342 --> 01:22:53,678
I sat around the house
moping for a couple of weeks,
1465
01:22:53,761 --> 01:22:55,346
feeling sorry for myself.
1466
01:22:56,389 --> 01:22:57,515
And then Katherine,
1467
01:22:59,017 --> 01:23:03,688
you know, she looked at me one day,
and she told me that.
1468
01:23:05,481 --> 01:23:07,942
"You're not the bridge." Mmm.
1469
01:23:08,026 --> 01:23:09,110
[Charles] It is rubble,
1470
01:23:09,694 --> 01:23:10,737
I'm not.
1471
01:23:11,863 --> 01:23:12,905
I am still here.
1472
01:23:14,866 --> 01:23:15,867
Mmm.
1473
01:23:15,950 --> 01:23:18,327
Fighting a new lost cause, but you know…
1474
01:23:18,411 --> 01:23:20,913
-Which is me, I suppose. [laughs]
-No. No, no, no.
1475
01:23:20,997 --> 01:23:24,625
No, that's… See, I have
nothing against you, Mr. Feinberg.
1476
01:23:24,709 --> 01:23:26,002
-Look--
-I wanna make that clear.
1477
01:23:26,085 --> 01:23:26,919
-Okay.
-Okay?
1478
01:23:27,003 --> 01:23:30,965
I just… Look, I may have screwed
this whole thing up.
1479
01:23:31,049 --> 01:23:32,258
Very possible.
1480
01:23:32,341 --> 01:23:34,343
But if I try to fix it now,
1481
01:23:34,427 --> 01:23:37,430
if I even go on record
saying this thing even needs fixing,
1482
01:23:37,513 --> 01:23:41,142
trust me, courts are gonna throw it back
to Congress and they'll let it die.
1483
01:23:41,225 --> 01:23:44,145
Nothing for anyone, just dead.
1484
01:23:46,355 --> 01:23:48,107
-Then it deserves to be.
-[Ken] Why?
1485
01:23:48,191 --> 01:23:51,027
-Because it's not perfect?
-No. No.
1486
01:23:51,652 --> 01:23:54,030
Because it's not just.
1487
01:23:54,113 --> 01:23:56,449
But I can't change that.
1488
01:23:56,532 --> 01:23:58,576
[Charles] Well, something has to change.
1489
01:23:58,659 --> 01:23:59,619
Find it.
1490
01:23:59,702 --> 01:24:01,704
[indistinct chatter]
1491
01:24:03,748 --> 01:24:05,750
[instrumental music playing]
1492
01:24:11,380 --> 01:24:13,382
[music continues]
1493
01:24:39,617 --> 01:24:41,828
[breathes deeply]
1494
01:24:41,911 --> 01:24:43,913
[music continues]
1495
01:25:00,096 --> 01:25:01,848
[breathes deeply]
1496
01:25:14,193 --> 01:25:16,195
[indistinct chatter]
1497
01:25:20,992 --> 01:25:23,411
[Camille] Call off the search party.
I found him.
1498
01:25:23,494 --> 01:25:24,745
[Priya chuckles]
1499
01:25:24,829 --> 01:25:25,955
Did you sleep here?
1500
01:25:26,038 --> 01:25:27,540
[Ken grunts] I guess so.
1501
01:25:27,623 --> 01:25:28,958
[both chuckle]
1502
01:25:29,041 --> 01:25:33,212
[Ken] I was going through these cases,
the uncommitted ones.
1503
01:25:33,838 --> 01:25:37,341
What's going on with that, uh…
the civil union suit you're working on?
1504
01:25:37,425 --> 01:25:39,385
Um, that's one of dozens.
1505
01:25:39,468 --> 01:25:41,679
It won't be an issue
for New York residents
1506
01:25:41,762 --> 01:25:44,348
'cause Pataki just extended
the spousal benefits
1507
01:25:44,432 --> 01:25:46,893
for gay people whose partners died.
1508
01:25:46,976 --> 01:25:48,978
Virginia legislature feels differently.
1509
01:25:51,105 --> 01:25:53,149
[Ken] Then we gotta
call the governor, right?
1510
01:25:53,649 --> 01:25:57,028
Look, obviously we can't help everyone
with special interests.
1511
01:25:57,111 --> 01:26:00,072
We still have to set limits,
but it's a start.
1512
01:26:00,573 --> 01:26:02,783
Now, that's the civil union, right?
1513
01:26:02,867 --> 01:26:05,620
Some of these poor people,
these first responders, this is trickier.
1514
01:26:05,703 --> 01:26:07,496
They didn't know
they were sick for months.
1515
01:26:07,580 --> 01:26:09,123
-Look at these. This is…
-Ken.
1516
01:26:09,207 --> 01:26:11,375
I know.
We're gonna have to take the heat on it.
1517
01:26:11,459 --> 01:26:13,961
We're gonna have to set the formula aside.
1518
01:26:14,045 --> 01:26:15,546
-Ken--
-I know. I know. I know.
1519
01:26:16,088 --> 01:26:19,842
I know. We're in the weeds here.
That's where we should be.
1520
01:26:19,926 --> 01:26:23,596
If we do this, we have to go
the whole way. Can't go halfway.
1521
01:26:23,679 --> 01:26:26,057
We have to consider
every claimant individually.
1522
01:26:26,140 --> 01:26:29,352
If they can't come here to see us,
we'll have to go and see them.
1523
01:26:29,435 --> 01:26:31,020
You understand? Good.
1524
01:26:31,103 --> 01:26:32,647
What? You don't like it.
1525
01:26:34,065 --> 01:26:34,982
We love it.
1526
01:26:35,483 --> 01:26:37,401
Oh. Good.
1527
01:26:37,902 --> 01:26:40,404
All right, set some meetings.
I'm gonna get coffee.
1528
01:26:42,365 --> 01:26:43,366
[Priya chuckles]
1529
01:26:47,119 --> 01:26:49,914
Me and a few of the other stronger guys,
1530
01:26:49,997 --> 01:26:54,669
we pried open the doors
so that everyone could… could get away.
1531
01:26:56,545 --> 01:26:58,297
But that's… that's when it happened.
1532
01:26:59,173 --> 01:27:03,344
Uh, the oxygen ignited all the fuel and…
1533
01:27:10,518 --> 01:27:11,519
that was it.
1534
01:27:12,395 --> 01:27:13,604
Guy like me thinks he's tough.
1535
01:27:13,688 --> 01:27:15,982
Thinks he can handle anything
that's thrown at him.
1536
01:27:17,566 --> 01:27:21,821
That's until you look in the eyes
of a five-year-old and a six-year-old,
1537
01:27:21,904 --> 01:27:23,239
and you tell 'em that, uh…
1538
01:27:25,408 --> 01:27:27,243
that you've been lying to 'em,
1539
01:27:27,743 --> 01:27:30,288
and that, uh, Mommy's not coming home.
1540
01:27:31,497 --> 01:27:35,835
[woman] …and asked me if he was wearing
his wedding ring, and I said, "No. Why?"
1541
01:27:38,629 --> 01:27:40,047
[Priya] You need something?
1542
01:27:40,589 --> 01:27:43,467
Oh, I thought I'd join in, uh,
1543
01:27:44,302 --> 01:27:45,678
just perhaps listen, but--
1544
01:27:45,761 --> 01:27:47,221
[Priya] Sandra, is that okay?
1545
01:27:53,227 --> 01:27:55,313
Go on. Whenever you're ready.
1546
01:27:55,813 --> 01:27:56,814
[Sandra sniffling]
1547
01:27:58,482 --> 01:28:01,235
I used to ask each time he flew
for school or work,
1548
01:28:01,319 --> 01:28:03,112
I would ask for his itinerary.
1549
01:28:05,156 --> 01:28:07,533
Just so I could breathe a little easier
1550
01:28:08,784 --> 01:28:10,369
knowing he landed…
1551
01:28:13,164 --> 01:28:14,790
back on solid ground.
1552
01:28:20,087 --> 01:28:22,214
[breathes deeply]
1553
01:28:22,298 --> 01:28:23,382
[smacks lips]
1554
01:28:23,924 --> 01:28:26,052
It takes a parent to know that feeling…
1555
01:28:28,846 --> 01:28:30,556
and I'll never have it again.
1556
01:28:36,520 --> 01:28:38,189
It's a fishing fly.
1557
01:28:39,440 --> 01:28:40,941
He made them… [clears throat]
1558
01:28:41,901 --> 01:28:43,277
We made them together.
1559
01:28:44,111 --> 01:28:46,947
My wife and I want you to keep it.
1560
01:28:48,824 --> 01:28:50,117
[Ken] Well, thank you.
1561
01:28:50,826 --> 01:28:51,827
Thank you.
1562
01:28:52,703 --> 01:28:59,085
[woman] We were told, uh, because he
suffered about 90% burns over his body,
1563
01:28:59,168 --> 01:29:05,132
he might not appear
to be the same person we know him to be.
1564
01:29:06,634 --> 01:29:10,596
And then we got a call
from the medical examiner's office
1565
01:29:10,679 --> 01:29:12,807
saying that there was a mix-up
1566
01:29:14,558 --> 01:29:17,061
and we had to make another identification.
1567
01:29:18,145 --> 01:29:20,272
It turned out we spent four days
1568
01:29:21,440 --> 01:29:23,192
at the bedside of a stranger…
1569
01:29:24,443 --> 01:29:25,611
[sniffles]
1570
01:29:26,237 --> 01:29:27,238
…while Alex…
1571
01:29:31,617 --> 01:29:32,576
While he died.
1572
01:29:35,037 --> 01:29:37,498
[man 1 on tape] You know,
my wife and I, we were thinking,
1573
01:29:37,581 --> 01:29:39,875
"Gosh, those poor people."
1574
01:29:40,376 --> 01:29:43,712
Because at first, you assume
it's… it's happening to someone else.
1575
01:29:43,796 --> 01:29:45,923
And then within a few hours,
1576
01:29:46,006 --> 01:29:49,510
they, of course, confirmed
that she was there for a meeting.
1577
01:29:50,010 --> 01:29:53,639
We realized we were one of those people.
1578
01:29:53,722 --> 01:29:55,599
I mean, it… it was staggering.
1579
01:29:56,308 --> 01:29:58,477
[Ken on tape] Sure. I'm sorry.
1580
01:29:58,561 --> 01:30:00,521
[woman 1] I was on the 85th floor.
1581
01:30:01,021 --> 01:30:03,315
We actually started
going down the stairs early.
1582
01:30:03,399 --> 01:30:04,859
[woman 2] Well, you can call me Jean.
1583
01:30:04,942 --> 01:30:07,319
[Ken] Jean, tell me more about your son.
1584
01:30:07,403 --> 01:30:09,655
Like, when did he move away from Iowa?
1585
01:30:09,738 --> 01:30:11,824
[Jean] In 1997.
1586
01:30:12,324 --> 01:30:14,827
He got a job as an analyst right away.
1587
01:30:14,910 --> 01:30:16,745
He was actually so excited.
1588
01:30:17,621 --> 01:30:18,539
[Ken] It's up to you,
1589
01:30:18,622 --> 01:30:20,958
but I think you should take
what the government's giving.
1590
01:30:21,041 --> 01:30:22,877
-[man 2] I got bad anxiety.
-[Ken] Jerry.
1591
01:30:22,960 --> 01:30:25,129
[man 2] I don't know.
I don't sleep much at all.
1592
01:30:25,212 --> 01:30:28,632
-[Ken] Yeah, I can't imagine.
-[man 2] I had to move out of the city.
1593
01:30:28,716 --> 01:30:30,593
Couldn't bear seeing
the hole in the skyline.
1594
01:30:30,676 --> 01:30:33,929
[Ken] I want to do everything I can
to expedite this process.
1595
01:30:34,013 --> 01:30:36,307
-Well, Florida's nice.
-[man 2] Yeah.
1596
01:30:36,390 --> 01:30:39,059
"It seems as if I don't feel anything,
1597
01:30:39,143 --> 01:30:41,479
but inside I do."
1598
01:30:43,022 --> 01:30:46,025
"Inside, I wanna burst
and just talk to everyone
1599
01:30:46,108 --> 01:30:48,360
about what I'm holding in."
1600
01:30:51,071 --> 01:30:52,865
"I wanna say how much pain I have,
1601
01:30:52,948 --> 01:30:55,784
and I wanna say
all the pressure that I have."
1602
01:30:58,370 --> 01:31:00,789
"I have to control myself emotionally."
1603
01:31:01,624 --> 01:31:04,543
"I have to help with them
and be strong for them,
1604
01:31:04,627 --> 01:31:07,254
but also still be strong for me."
1605
01:31:08,547 --> 01:31:09,882
"My dad was good at that."
1606
01:31:10,382 --> 01:31:12,301
"I have to be the man that he was."
1607
01:31:29,026 --> 01:31:30,486
It's not enough.
1608
01:31:33,155 --> 01:31:35,491
So we keep going,
right up to the deadline.
1609
01:31:35,574 --> 01:31:38,160
Maybe we get the word out wider,
make a public statement.
1610
01:31:38,244 --> 01:31:39,286
Nah.
1611
01:31:39,370 --> 01:31:41,747
If you announce this publicly,
it starts to look like
1612
01:31:41,830 --> 01:31:45,668
there's a change in policy,
then the law goes back to Congress…
1613
01:31:50,130 --> 01:31:52,383
{\an8}[Camille] What if
someone else announces it?
1614
01:31:53,092 --> 01:31:55,219
So you're meeting with people.
1615
01:31:55,886 --> 01:31:56,762
Yeah.
1616
01:31:57,638 --> 01:32:02,643
And I hear you've been telling them
that you're throwing out the formula.
1617
01:32:02,726 --> 01:32:06,355
Nope. The law gives me discretion,
which someone reminded me.
1618
01:32:06,438 --> 01:32:07,773
So I'm going to use it.
1619
01:32:07,856 --> 01:32:12,945
But I promise you, if people come aboard,
I will do everything I can to help them.
1620
01:32:15,155 --> 01:32:16,407
[Charles breathes deeply]
1621
01:32:16,907 --> 01:32:19,660
Guaranteed by what, your word?
1622
01:32:19,743 --> 01:32:21,287
Oh, Charles. I… I mean…
1623
01:32:22,538 --> 01:32:23,372
What?
1624
01:32:23,914 --> 01:32:25,249
No, I'm sorry.
1625
01:32:25,332 --> 01:32:29,503
Mr. Feinberg,
you've been telling us for two years
1626
01:32:30,129 --> 01:32:33,215
that you're nothing but a numbers cruncher
for the government,
1627
01:32:33,841 --> 01:32:36,176
and now you're asking us to trust you.
1628
01:32:36,260 --> 01:32:37,678
No, I'm asking you.
1629
01:32:38,429 --> 01:32:40,973
You already have their trust,
and you earned it.
1630
01:32:41,473 --> 01:32:42,975
Help them trust me too.
1631
01:32:45,811 --> 01:32:47,479
Are you just trying to win?
1632
01:32:47,563 --> 01:32:49,690
No, I'm trying to make things right.
1633
01:32:59,033 --> 01:33:00,993
When's your deposition with Lee Quinn?
1634
01:33:02,328 --> 01:33:03,746
Uh, Monday.
1635
01:33:05,331 --> 01:33:07,541
He's gonna tell you you wanted kids.
1636
01:33:09,543 --> 01:33:12,880
Forty-year-old married female
who was pregnant,
1637
01:33:12,963 --> 01:33:15,758
or even she's just trying to get pregnant,
1638
01:33:16,258 --> 01:33:18,469
the damage settlement shoots way up.
1639
01:33:18,552 --> 01:33:20,262
Way up. Skyward.
1640
01:33:20,346 --> 01:33:22,848
And Quinn's gonna coach you
through every step.
1641
01:33:22,931 --> 01:33:25,309
When to cry, when to quiver your lip.
1642
01:33:29,605 --> 01:33:30,898
How do you know this?
1643
01:33:30,981 --> 01:33:32,524
'Cause we're the same guy.
1644
01:33:33,317 --> 01:33:34,485
That's what I'd do.
1645
01:33:37,613 --> 01:33:39,615
[instrumental music playing]
1646
01:33:59,551 --> 01:34:01,178
[Camille] Ashcroft stood you up?
1647
01:34:02,137 --> 01:34:05,557
[Ken] Uh, he's under pressure of his own.
1648
01:34:08,686 --> 01:34:10,270
Do you think it's a message?
1649
01:34:10,771 --> 01:34:12,398
Give Quinn what he wants?
1650
01:34:13,399 --> 01:34:14,692
I'm not suggesting it.
1651
01:34:15,818 --> 01:34:18,987
There's still time. You always say
they'll come in at the deadline.
1652
01:34:19,697 --> 01:34:20,823
What if I'm wrong?
1653
01:34:23,283 --> 01:34:24,910
What if I'm wrong, Camille?
1654
01:34:30,499 --> 01:34:31,333
Sorry.
1655
01:34:31,834 --> 01:34:35,045
You did everything you could.
Everyone did everything they could.
1656
01:34:36,380 --> 01:34:39,883
-[knocking on door]
-A call for you, Ken. Lawyer from Queens.
1657
01:34:39,967 --> 01:34:41,135
Name's Cuthbert.
1658
01:34:41,218 --> 01:34:42,469
Take a message, please.
1659
01:34:42,553 --> 01:34:45,389
[Gloria] He already left you three.
It's about the Donato case.
1660
01:34:45,472 --> 01:34:48,434
He says
if you don't tell the widow, he will,
1661
01:34:48,517 --> 01:34:50,936
and tell you that you have until tomorrow.
1662
01:34:52,104 --> 01:34:53,230
[Ken sighs]
1663
01:34:55,733 --> 01:34:56,734
[Gloria] Ken?
1664
01:34:59,236 --> 01:35:01,155
[woman] Grab my bag out of the trunk,
please.
1665
01:35:02,573 --> 01:35:04,366
Come on, guys. It's time to come in.
1666
01:35:04,867 --> 01:35:06,243
[Frank] Karen isn't home yet.
1667
01:35:07,035 --> 01:35:08,036
[breathes deeply]
1668
01:35:08,120 --> 01:35:09,538
She told me you called.
1669
01:35:10,164 --> 01:35:11,790
Said you wouldn't tell her why.
1670
01:35:12,291 --> 01:35:13,625
When will she be back?
1671
01:35:15,544 --> 01:35:16,795
Put away your checkbook.
1672
01:35:17,296 --> 01:35:18,630
We're joining the lawsuit.
1673
01:35:19,673 --> 01:35:22,509
Well, you'll… you'll do whatever
you have to do.
1674
01:35:22,593 --> 01:35:23,510
[scoffs]
1675
01:35:24,011 --> 01:35:26,263
Yeah. But you know better, right?
1676
01:35:26,346 --> 01:35:29,475
No, I… I would not presume or judge.
1677
01:35:29,558 --> 01:35:30,434
Bullshit.
1678
01:35:31,059 --> 01:35:34,062
You see her being loyal to a dead guy,
you can't imagine why.
1679
01:35:34,772 --> 01:35:37,483
Frank, the signing deadline is Saturday,
1680
01:35:37,566 --> 01:35:40,861
and after that you won't see me anymore.
1681
01:35:43,113 --> 01:35:45,240
It's the first thing you said
I'm glad to hear.
1682
01:35:47,075 --> 01:35:49,536
[Ken] I'm still gonna
have to talk to Karen first.
1683
01:35:50,078 --> 01:35:52,206
[Frank] Yeah, like I said, she's not home.
1684
01:35:52,748 --> 01:35:54,416
Tell me, I'll pass it along.
1685
01:35:55,375 --> 01:35:57,127
I don't think you would, Frank.
1686
01:35:57,211 --> 01:35:59,213
In fact, I think you already know.
1687
01:36:01,215 --> 01:36:04,551
You don't have to protect him anymore.
Nick's gone.
1688
01:36:04,635 --> 01:36:07,471
You didn't know Nick. He was a good man.
1689
01:36:08,555 --> 01:36:09,973
This is not about Nick.
1690
01:36:18,774 --> 01:36:20,150
He went back in for me.
1691
01:36:20,734 --> 01:36:21,777
Into the tower.
1692
01:36:22,778 --> 01:36:24,655
-Did you know that?
-[Ken] No.
1693
01:36:26,406 --> 01:36:29,117
For all I know,
he heard the evac orders on his radio,
1694
01:36:29,201 --> 01:36:31,453
and he said,
"Fuck it, my brother's in there."
1695
01:36:31,537 --> 01:36:34,039
He died trying to save me,
and you think I should…
1696
01:36:34,122 --> 01:36:35,707
I should forget about that?
1697
01:36:37,209 --> 01:36:38,669
Don't you have a family?
1698
01:36:39,169 --> 01:36:42,089
If you died tomorrow, what's the worst
they'd find out about you, huh?
1699
01:36:42,172 --> 01:36:44,925
-Maybe you're not such a hero either.
-[Ken] I'm not a hero.
1700
01:36:45,008 --> 01:36:46,718
Yeah, well, Nick was.
1701
01:36:46,802 --> 01:36:49,388
Nick was.
He was a family man. He was a good man.
1702
01:36:49,471 --> 01:36:51,849
And that's why
he'd want his children taken care of.
1703
01:36:52,349 --> 01:36:53,350
[Ken] All of them.
1704
01:36:53,892 --> 01:36:55,894
Frank, if I were you,
1705
01:36:56,687 --> 01:36:57,563
honestly,
1706
01:36:58,814 --> 01:37:00,274
I don't know what I would do.
1707
01:37:00,357 --> 01:37:01,316
I can't imagine.
1708
01:37:01,984 --> 01:37:04,570
I might… I might wanna sue the hell
out of everyone.
1709
01:37:05,529 --> 01:37:07,739
But you're not the only ones left behind.
1710
01:37:07,823 --> 01:37:09,241
I know you know that.
1711
01:37:11,368 --> 01:37:14,705
That family wants the money
so they can just move on,
1712
01:37:14,788 --> 01:37:16,665
and I think they deserve it,
1713
01:37:16,748 --> 01:37:18,917
and I think Nick would think so too.
1714
01:37:23,338 --> 01:37:24,339
That's why I'm…
1715
01:37:25,424 --> 01:37:27,885
I'm gonna count them
as equal beneficiaries.
1716
01:37:27,968 --> 01:37:29,720
I just thought Karen should know,
1717
01:37:29,803 --> 01:37:31,555
and I wanted to tell her myself
1718
01:37:32,264 --> 01:37:34,808
so she didn't have to read it
in the public record.
1719
01:37:34,892 --> 01:37:36,018
[Karen] What are their names?
1720
01:37:36,101 --> 01:37:37,769
-Karen, go back in the house.
-No.
1721
01:37:38,896 --> 01:37:39,897
I wanna know.
1722
01:37:44,026 --> 01:37:45,903
[Ken] Uh, Jenna and Belle.
1723
01:37:51,658 --> 01:37:52,951
[chuckles]
1724
01:37:53,035 --> 01:37:54,161
[sniffles]
1725
01:37:57,039 --> 01:37:58,790
He always wanted girls. [chuckles]
1726
01:38:12,012 --> 01:38:13,513
-[door closes]
-You happy?
1727
01:38:28,195 --> 01:38:30,197
[solemn music playing]
1728
01:38:30,989 --> 01:38:32,157
[sighs]
1729
01:38:49,216 --> 01:38:50,217
[woman] Mail's here.
1730
01:38:54,596 --> 01:38:57,015
-Do y'all wanna sign for these together?
-I'll sign.
1731
01:38:57,099 --> 01:38:59,101
[indistinct chatter]
1732
01:39:00,686 --> 01:39:02,854
What's it look like there?
How many we got?
1733
01:39:06,900 --> 01:39:09,569
-How many do you have?
-Thirty. Maybe 40.
1734
01:39:09,653 --> 01:39:10,696
[sighs]
1735
01:39:10,779 --> 01:39:11,863
Me too.
1736
01:39:33,343 --> 01:39:34,261
I'm sorry.
1737
01:39:36,054 --> 01:39:38,807
[sighs] You did the best you could.
1738
01:39:40,726 --> 01:39:41,560
Did I?
1739
01:39:42,561 --> 01:39:44,479
[smacks lips] I'm still sorry.
1740
01:39:48,150 --> 01:39:50,152
[indistinct chatter]
1741
01:39:53,280 --> 01:39:55,657
You just ask the question? [laughs]
1742
01:39:58,326 --> 01:39:59,494
Five.
1743
01:39:59,578 --> 01:40:02,664
One, two, three, four, five.
1744
01:40:04,833 --> 01:40:06,835
[solemn music continues]
1745
01:40:10,922 --> 01:40:12,924
[crickets chirping]
1746
01:40:23,727 --> 01:40:24,770
[sighs]
1747
01:40:33,445 --> 01:40:35,530
-[waves crashing]
-[seagulls cawing]
1748
01:40:39,034 --> 01:40:41,036
[indistinct chatter]
1749
01:40:43,205 --> 01:40:44,915
You're working too hard, Ken.
1750
01:40:46,166 --> 01:40:49,127
-Get yourself a drink.
-No, I'm… I'm fine.
1751
01:40:49,628 --> 01:40:51,171
Let's just get on with it.
1752
01:40:53,632 --> 01:40:55,175
Don't think I don't respect it.
1753
01:40:55,884 --> 01:40:58,470
Your whole crusade.
1754
01:40:59,387 --> 01:41:02,015
-[Ken] That's not what this is.
-No, I know. I know.
1755
01:41:03,433 --> 01:41:05,560
You're Robin Hood.
You're solving everybody's problem
1756
01:41:05,644 --> 01:41:06,853
one good deed at a time.
1757
01:41:09,898 --> 01:41:11,358
You poisoned the well.
1758
01:41:12,150 --> 01:41:13,235
You did, Lee.
1759
01:41:13,819 --> 01:41:16,279
You poisoned the well.
You played on people's fear
1760
01:41:16,363 --> 01:41:18,532
and their pain and their anger,
1761
01:41:18,615 --> 01:41:20,450
their distrust of government,
1762
01:41:20,534 --> 01:41:22,869
to act against their own best interest.
1763
01:41:22,953 --> 01:41:25,997
Look, my girl's birthday is today.
1764
01:41:26,081 --> 01:41:27,290
Caterer's coming.
1765
01:41:27,791 --> 01:41:30,502
-You gonna meet these numbers or what?
-Give me a pen.
1766
01:41:35,924 --> 01:41:38,718
[sighs] Look, I know, I know it hurts,
1767
01:41:39,219 --> 01:41:41,054
but fair is not the goal.
1768
01:41:41,888 --> 01:41:43,557
It's finish and move on.
1769
01:41:46,518 --> 01:41:47,352
What?
1770
01:41:51,815 --> 01:41:52,774
I said that.
1771
01:41:53,358 --> 01:41:55,193
[laughing] Yeah, you probably did.
1772
01:41:55,819 --> 01:41:58,113
You've always been my hero, Ken.
1773
01:41:58,989 --> 01:42:01,825
I watched you argue
in front of Fuld, 1984.
1774
01:42:01,908 --> 01:42:03,994
You had hair then.
1775
01:42:04,077 --> 01:42:07,914
Doubt you believed a word you said,
but, man, did it sound good.
1776
01:42:09,749 --> 01:42:11,877
-[unscrewing pen]
-What are you doing? Ken.
1777
01:42:14,546 --> 01:42:15,630
Don't be an idiot.
1778
01:42:17,132 --> 01:42:18,216
Ken.
1779
01:42:18,842 --> 01:42:19,843
Come on, man.
1780
01:42:20,719 --> 01:42:22,053
Change your high, Lee.
1781
01:42:23,680 --> 01:42:24,806
Ken.
1782
01:42:24,890 --> 01:42:25,724
Ken!
1783
01:42:30,395 --> 01:42:31,396
[elevator dings]
1784
01:42:39,529 --> 01:42:41,531
-[indistinct chatter]
-[phones ringing]
1785
01:43:17,651 --> 01:43:18,485
[Camille] Ken.
1786
01:43:19,069 --> 01:43:21,279
-What is going on here?
-[Camille] The families.
1787
01:43:21,363 --> 01:43:24,908
It's been like this all morning.
Some calls, some walk-ins.
1788
01:43:24,991 --> 01:43:27,035
Suddenly everyone
wants to have a private meeting.
1789
01:43:27,118 --> 01:43:28,703
-Why?
-[knocking on glass]
1790
01:43:32,499 --> 01:43:36,628
"By now, many of us have sat down
with Mr. Feinberg, looked him in the eye."
1791
01:43:36,711 --> 01:43:39,339
"We've told him
it's not the money that we're after."
1792
01:43:39,422 --> 01:43:44,177
"It's for our own government, this system,
to treat us all with dignity, respect."
1793
01:43:44,761 --> 01:43:46,763
"Well, I can't speak for the system,
1794
01:43:46,846 --> 01:43:49,557
but I have come to believe
in Mr. Feinberg."
1795
01:43:50,267 --> 01:43:54,396
"That's why I'm happy to announce
the fund is fixed."
1796
01:43:54,479 --> 01:43:55,522
[gasps]
1797
01:43:55,605 --> 01:43:57,023
We just passed 65%.
1798
01:43:57,107 --> 01:43:58,483
[Camille] Oh my God.
1799
01:43:58,566 --> 01:44:01,152
-All right, let's keep going, everybody.
-[Ken applauding]
1800
01:44:01,236 --> 01:44:03,613
-[man] We're really doing it.
-[Camille] Well done, everybody.
1801
01:44:03,697 --> 01:44:05,031
[man 1] I'm still looking at it.
1802
01:44:05,156 --> 01:44:07,284
-I need your number right there.
-[woman] Yeah.
1803
01:44:07,367 --> 01:44:09,327
Would you be able
to bring that by before 3:00?
1804
01:44:09,411 --> 01:44:10,370
Uh-huh.
1805
01:44:11,121 --> 01:44:12,122
[man 1] Is that Richmond?
1806
01:44:12,205 --> 01:44:14,916
-I need that as soon as you're done.
-[Ken] Yeah, yeah.
1807
01:44:15,000 --> 01:44:17,419
Well, I know your kids start school soon.
1808
01:44:18,670 --> 01:44:22,507
If you would like,
we can fax a redirect payment
1809
01:44:22,590 --> 01:44:24,884
right into the tuition account,
1810
01:44:24,968 --> 01:44:26,886
and, uh, that would be helpful.
1811
01:44:26,970 --> 01:44:28,054
How's that sound?
1812
01:44:28,555 --> 01:44:33,018
What… What I can do is, um,
is fax the materials to a copy center.
1813
01:44:33,101 --> 01:44:34,477
Are you near one of those?
1814
01:44:34,561 --> 01:44:37,105
Uh, you know what?
I can look that up for you.
1815
01:44:37,188 --> 01:44:39,524
You're… You're still
at the Arthur Ave. address?
1816
01:44:41,693 --> 01:44:43,695
[indistinct chatter]
1817
01:44:47,866 --> 01:44:48,700
[Ken] Hello.
1818
01:44:49,701 --> 01:44:50,535
Charles.
1819
01:44:52,370 --> 01:44:53,872
[Priya] I should get back to it.
1820
01:44:54,456 --> 01:44:55,999
-Nice to see you.
-You too.
1821
01:44:57,083 --> 01:44:57,959
Here you go.
1822
01:44:58,668 --> 01:45:00,754
There's still a typo on page three.
1823
01:45:01,379 --> 01:45:02,797
We'll get right on that.
1824
01:45:03,798 --> 01:45:06,384
And, uh, you were wrong about Lee Quinn.
1825
01:45:06,968 --> 01:45:08,595
He didn't try to coach you?
1826
01:45:09,220 --> 01:45:10,055
He did,
1827
01:45:10,638 --> 01:45:13,475
but you're nothing like him.
1828
01:45:17,896 --> 01:45:18,980
Bye, Mr. Feinberg.
1829
01:45:21,566 --> 01:45:22,400
Ken.
1830
01:45:35,663 --> 01:45:39,667
No, Mrs. Benson.
I've been, uh, handling your claim myself.
1831
01:45:39,751 --> 01:45:44,339
Uh, I know there's been an issue
with your husband's life insurance offset.
1832
01:45:44,422 --> 01:45:46,549
And look, I've been fiddling
with the numbers,
1833
01:45:46,633 --> 01:45:48,635
and, uh, I want to propose something.
1834
01:45:48,718 --> 01:45:50,178
I think you're gonna like it.
1835
01:45:50,804 --> 01:45:53,390
We just wanna make sure
you have everything together.
1836
01:45:53,473 --> 01:45:56,184
This looks good to me.
You filled it out well.
1837
01:45:56,768 --> 01:45:58,353
[man] You guys wanna give me a hand here?
1838
01:45:58,436 --> 01:45:59,813
[indistinct chatter]
1839
01:46:00,814 --> 01:46:02,524
[man] There's a lot more
down in the truck.
1840
01:46:03,316 --> 01:46:04,442
[Ken] Please tally it up.
1841
01:46:04,526 --> 01:46:05,360
Thank you.
1842
01:46:05,985 --> 01:46:08,113
[Priya] All right.
Come on, guys, let's go.
1843
01:46:08,655 --> 01:46:09,656
Let's go, let's go.
1844
01:46:14,619 --> 01:46:16,788
Okay, what have you got?
1845
01:46:18,456 --> 01:46:21,167
A little over 95% so far.
1846
01:46:21,251 --> 01:46:22,961
-[sighs]
-[Darryl chuckles]
1847
01:46:23,044 --> 01:46:24,546
[Camille] Should we call the president?
1848
01:46:24,629 --> 01:46:26,297
Let's get drunk.
1849
01:46:26,381 --> 01:46:29,134
-Let's get drunk with the president.
-[all laugh]
1850
01:46:30,718 --> 01:46:31,719
[Priya] Yeah.
1851
01:46:32,720 --> 01:46:34,139
[people laughing]
1852
01:46:55,118 --> 01:46:56,369
[answering machine beeps]
1853
01:46:56,911 --> 01:47:00,665
Mr. Morris, this is Camille Biros
from the Victim Compensation Fund.
1854
01:47:00,748 --> 01:47:02,083
[inhales deeply]
1855
01:47:03,126 --> 01:47:05,295
I'm sure you've heard the news.
1856
01:47:08,089 --> 01:47:11,342
[inhales shakily] You should know
because of your case,
1857
01:47:12,969 --> 01:47:16,264
we were able to accommodate
a great number of people
1858
01:47:16,347 --> 01:47:18,725
in similar relationships in New York.
1859
01:47:22,687 --> 01:47:23,688
But, um…
1860
01:47:25,106 --> 01:47:26,149
unfortunately,
1861
01:47:27,400 --> 01:47:32,780
Tom's parents being how they are,
and Virginia state law,
1862
01:47:32,864 --> 01:47:35,992
we were not able to accommodate yours.
1863
01:47:39,078 --> 01:47:40,205
I'm so sorry.
1864
01:47:43,917 --> 01:47:46,002
[smacks lips] I'm sure that doesn't help.
1865
01:47:52,008 --> 01:47:53,092
[inhales deeply]
1866
01:47:59,974 --> 01:48:01,017
[woman] Excuse me, sir.
1867
01:48:02,268 --> 01:48:04,687
[Karen] Hey. Uh, you know, I just…
1868
01:48:04,771 --> 01:48:06,606
I'm gonna talk to him real quick.
1869
01:48:08,983 --> 01:48:10,818
Hey, Mr. Feinberg. I, uh…
1870
01:48:12,612 --> 01:48:14,864
-Look, I'm sorry.
-Come on. Come on over here.
1871
01:48:17,408 --> 01:48:18,785
I, um…
1872
01:48:21,746 --> 01:48:22,747
I just…
1873
01:48:25,083 --> 01:48:26,292
I didn't wanna know.
1874
01:48:27,252 --> 01:48:28,461
I'm not stupid.
1875
01:48:29,087 --> 01:48:30,088
You know? [chuckles]
1876
01:48:33,007 --> 01:48:35,677
He'd get a call after dinner,
1877
01:48:36,678 --> 01:48:38,346
and he would say it was Frank,
1878
01:48:38,930 --> 01:48:42,976
you know, and there was, like,
a three-alarm in the city or whatever.
1879
01:48:44,519 --> 01:48:45,979
He'd kiss me goodbye,
1880
01:48:46,062 --> 01:48:48,690
and I would pretend like
I didn't know that he was lying.
1881
01:48:48,773 --> 01:48:49,983
[chuckles]
1882
01:48:50,066 --> 01:48:51,693
Then later, I'd be over with Irene,
1883
01:48:51,776 --> 01:48:54,571
and Frank would come home
after drinking with the boys.
1884
01:48:54,654 --> 01:48:57,407
And I would say,
"How'd that three-alarm go?"
1885
01:48:57,490 --> 01:48:59,200
And, you know, he would look at me
1886
01:49:00,159 --> 01:49:03,121
with the straightest face you've ever seen
in your life, and he'd say,
1887
01:49:03,204 --> 01:49:04,330
[laughs]
1888
01:49:05,582 --> 01:49:06,791
"Nicky's mopping up,
1889
01:49:08,209 --> 01:49:09,794
but he was a real hero tonight."
1890
01:49:09,877 --> 01:49:11,129
"You should've seen him."
1891
01:49:13,214 --> 01:49:16,050
"Might be a while though,
so don't wait up."
1892
01:49:19,095 --> 01:49:21,681
And, you know,
I don't… I don't hate Frank for that.
1893
01:49:22,890 --> 01:49:24,851
Because Nicky was his little brother.
1894
01:49:27,353 --> 01:49:29,022
I didn't want him to die.
1895
01:49:29,105 --> 01:49:30,356
No, of course not.
1896
01:49:30,440 --> 01:49:31,399
[Karen sobs]
1897
01:49:31,482 --> 01:49:33,651
But I used to wish
all sorts of things about her.
1898
01:49:35,320 --> 01:49:37,030
You didn't do anything wrong, Karen.
1899
01:49:37,113 --> 01:49:38,406
[Karen] No, God tests us.
1900
01:49:38,489 --> 01:49:40,116
No, it's not your fault.
1901
01:49:47,206 --> 01:49:48,207
[sniffles]
1902
01:49:48,958 --> 01:49:49,959
[exhales]
1903
01:49:51,628 --> 01:49:54,797
Will you make sure
that they get what they need?
1904
01:49:55,965 --> 01:49:57,383
His little girls? [sniffles]
1905
01:50:00,470 --> 01:50:01,346
I will.
1906
01:50:06,017 --> 01:50:08,019
[gentle music playing]
1907
01:50:09,020 --> 01:50:09,937
[Karen sniffling]
1908
01:50:11,189 --> 01:50:12,565
[sobbing]
1909
01:50:16,653 --> 01:50:18,655
[music continues]
1910
01:50:42,345 --> 01:50:43,680
[waves crashing]
1911
01:50:43,763 --> 01:50:45,765
[seagulls cawing]
1912
01:51:33,479 --> 01:51:35,481
[gentle music continues]
1913
01:52:15,480 --> 01:52:16,814
[music ends]
1914
01:52:18,107 --> 01:52:20,109
[instrumental music playing]
1915
01:53:08,741 --> 01:53:10,743
[music continues]
1916
01:54:07,008 --> 01:54:09,010
{\an8}[music continues]
1917
01:55:07,026 --> 01:55:09,028
[music continues]
1918
01:56:07,628 --> 01:56:09,630
[music continues]