The year my brother died, my dad was in a coma from the same accident. Mom didn't let me see him often, but I drew him a card and she let me take it to him and put it next to his bed. It was scary, he was really still and quiet, and he had all these machines that were feeding him and breathing for him and stuff, and I just remember thinking "That can't be my dad, my dad's bigger and stronger than that guy in the bed." It took him six months to wake up, and after that he tried to hide it at first, but he was just so sad all the time. 'Cause Jason died, and Dad tried to save him but he couldn't.
Then last year, a little bit after school started, a bad man kidnapped me and --
[His voice is shaking again and he has to fight to get control again.]
My dad saved me from him. My dad was a hero. I don't care what anyone else said.
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[Here, Shaun's voice cracks.]
The year my brother died, my dad was in a coma from the same accident. Mom didn't let me see him often, but I drew him a card and she let me take it to him and put it next to his bed. It was scary, he was really still and quiet, and he had all these machines that were feeding him and breathing for him and stuff, and I just remember thinking "That can't be my dad, my dad's bigger and stronger than that guy in the bed." It took him six months to wake up, and after that he tried to hide it at first, but he was just so sad all the time. 'Cause Jason died, and Dad tried to save him but he couldn't.
Then last year, a little bit after school started, a bad man kidnapped me and --
[His voice is shaking again and he has to fight to get control again.]
My dad saved me from him. My dad was a hero. I don't care what anyone else said.