STRENGTH AND, MOST OF ALL, THE LOVE FOR THEIR MOM. >> TAKE ME BACK TO THE DAY. IT WAS I GUESS A NORMAL WEEKEND FOR YOU.
>> YEAH. >> THE WEEKEND YOUR MOM WENT MISSING, TELL ME WHAT YOU WERE DOING AND WHAT HAPPENED? >> WE JUST -- I HAD GIVEN MIKE A BOYS TRIP TO GO PLAY TENNIS SO HE HAD BEEN GONE FOR THE WEEKEND SO I TOOK MY KIDS ACTUALLY TO CARSON'S SO WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL, FUN NIGHT TOGETHER AND THEN I CAME HOME AND REALLY IT JUST GOT HOME AT THE SAME TIME MIKE CAME HOME AND WE WERE JUST SAYING HI, PUT DOWN OUR STUFF AND THE KIDS WERE RUNNING AROUND AND MY SISTER CALLED ME, AND I SAID, IS EVERYTHING OKAY, AND SHE SAID, NO, SHE SAID, MOM'S MISSING.
AND I SAID, WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? SHE SAID, SHE'S GONE.
AND WE -- SHE WAS IN A PANIC. I WAS IN A PANIC. I'M, LIKE, CALL 911.
SHE'S LIKE, I DID. WE'VE CALLED THEM. THEY'RE HERE AND WE THOUGHT THAT SHE MUST HAVE HAD, LIKE, SOME KIND OF MEDICAL EPISODE IN THE NIGHT AND THAT SOMEHOW, YOU KNOW, THE PARAMEDICS HAD COME, BECAUSE THE BACK DOORS WERE PROPPED OPEN, YOU KNOW, AND THAT DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
WE THOUGHT MAYBE THEY CAME AND THERE'S A STRETCHER AND THEY TOOK HER OUT THE BACK, BUT HER PHONE WAS THERE AND HER PURSE WAS THERE AND ALL HER THINGS, AND IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE SO, YOU KNOW, ANNIE AND TOMMY HAD ALREADY CALLED ALL THE HOSPITALS BUT THEN LIKE I'M GOING TO CALL THE HOSPITALS SO THEN I STARTED CALLING THE HOSPITALS AND THE POLICE WERE THERE AND TALKING TO HER AT THE SAME TIME AND IT WAS JUST CHAOS, AND DISBELIEF. >> Reporter: WITHIN HOURS SAVANNAH WAS MAKING THE LONG JOURNEY HOME TO TUCSON. >> YOU SAW ANNIE AND HIM WHEN YOU GOT TO THEIR HOUSE.
TELL ME ABOUT THAT MOMENT. >> JUST DISBELIEF AND HUGGING EACH OTHER AND I THINK WE WERE ON THE PHONE WITH THE SHERIFF AND TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY MAKE CLEAR AS -- I MEAN, FROM THE VERY EARLY MOMENTS, YOU KNOW, ANNIE AND TOMMY WERE STAYING, THIS ISN'T -- THIS ISN'T THAT CASE THAT YOU ARE USED TO WHERE SOMEONE WANDERS OFF. SHE CAN'T WANDER OFF.
MY MOM, HER -- HER -- SHE WAS IN TREMENDOUS PAIN. HER BACK WAS VERY BAD. YOU KNOW, SHE WAS TRYING TO ON A GOOD DAY SHE COULD WALK DOWN TO THE MAILBOX AND GET THE MAIL BUT MOST DAYS NOT, SO THERE WAS NO WANDER OFF.
AND THE DOORS WERE PROPPED OPEN, AND THERE WAS BLOOD ON THE FRONT DOORSTEP, AND THE RING CAMERA HAD BEEN YANKED OFF AND SO WE WERE SAYING, THIS IS -- >> DO SOMETHING. >> THIS IS NOT OKAY. THIS ISN'T -- SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG HERE.
>> YEAH. DID YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT WHAT POSSIBLY COULD HAVE HAPPENED -- LIKE, WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED, WHAT WENT DOWN. DID YOU -- >> I THINK MY BROTHER, I MEAN, MY SIBLINGS ARE SO AMAZING.
MY BROTHER, YOU KNOW, HE SPENT HIS CAREER IN THE MILITARY AND WORKED IN INTELLIGENCE AND WAS A FIGHTER PILOT AND IS BRILLIANT AND HE SAW VERY CLEARLY RIGHT AWAY WHAT THIS WAS. >> YEAH. >> AND EVEN ON THE PHONE WHEN I CALLED HIM, HE KNEW.
>> HE KNEW. >> AND HE SAID, I THINK SHE'S BEEN KIDNAPPED FOR RANSOM AND I SAID -- >> YEAH. >> WHAT?
WELL, WHY -- WHAT, I MEAN, IT SOUNDS SO -- LIKE, HOW DUMB COULD I BE BUT I JUST -- I DIDN'T WANT TO BELIEVE -- I JUST SAID DO YOU THINK BECAUSE OF ME? AND HE SAID, I'M SORRY, SWEETIE, BUT, YEAH, MAYBE. BUT I KNEW THAT.
>> YOU DID. >> I HOPED NOT. I MEAN, WE STILL DON'T KNOW.
HONESTLY WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING. WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING. SO, I DON'T KNOW.
>> YEAH. >> THAT IT'S BECAUSE SHE'S MY MOM AND SOMEBODY THOUGHT, OH, THAT GIRL, THAT LADY HAS MONEY, WE COULD GET -- MAKE A QUICK BUCK, I MEAN, THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW, BUT, YEAH, THAT'S PROBABLY, WHICH IS TOO MUCH TO BEAR TO THINK THAT I BROUGHT THIS TO HER BEDSIDE, THAT IT'S BECAUSE OF ME. AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY, I'M SO SORRY, MOMMY.
I'M SO SORRY. I'M SORRY TO MY SISTER AND MY BROTHER AND MY KIDS AND MY NEPHEW AND TOMMY AND MY BROTHER-IN-LAW, JUST, LIKE, I'M SO SORRY, I'M SO SORRY. IF IT IS ME, I'M SO SORRY.
I'M SO SORRY. >> WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THE PRAYERS FOR OUR BELOVED MOM. >> IN THE INITIAL DAYS YOU AND YOUR SISTER AND BROTHER SAT TOGETHER IN ALL THE DESPAIR, YOU SAT AND MANAGED TO THINK OF WORDS TO SAY.
HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO DO THAT IN THAT MOMENT? >> WELL, MY SIBLINGS ARE AMAZING, AND WE ARE A UNIT, AND I TALKED ABOUT HOW BRILLIANT MY BROTHER IS BUT MY SISTER IS EQUALLY BRILLIANT AND ALSO HAS SPECIAL POWERS OF INTUITION AND FAITH AND LANGUAGE AND DEPTH AND HEART AND I FEEL LIKE WE CAME TOGETHER WITH ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL GIFTS THAT CAME FROM OUR MOM AND DAD AND FROM GOD AND SOMEHOW TOGETHER WE DID OUR BEST TO COME UP WITH THE WORDS TO SAY. AND I HAVEN'T HOSTED ONE THING OR SAID ONE THING THAT THE THREE OF US HAVEN'T DECIDED TOGETHER.
IT IS SURREAL. IT'S -- HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE ARE HAVING TO MAKE A VIDEO SPEAKING TO A KIDNAPPER WHO TOOK AN 84-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT IN HER PAJAMAS WITH NO SHOES WITHOUT HER MEDICINE, BECAUSE A LITTLE PERSON AND TO BEG FOR MERRY. >> Reporter: IN THE DAYS THAT FOLLOWED MULTIPLE NOTES DEMANDING PAYMENT WERE SENT TO MEDIA OUTLETS.
>> THE RANSOM NOTES OR RANSOM REQUESTS CAME. DID YOU BELIEVE THOSE TO BE REAL? >> THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT NOTES I THINK THAT CAME AND I THINK MOST OF THEM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, ARE NOT REAL AND I DIDN'T SEE THEM, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE PERSON THAT WOULD SEND A FAKE RANSOM NOTE REALLY HAS TO LOOK DEEPLY AT THEMSELVES.
>> YEAH. >> TO A FAMILY IN PAIN. BUT I BELIEVE THE TWO NOTES WE RECEIVED THAT WE RESPONDED TO, I TEND TO BELIEVE THOSE ARE REAL.
>> REALLY? >> UH-HUH. >> WHEN THE RING CAMERA VIDEO SURFACED AND YOU COULD SEE WHO THAT PERSON WAS, JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU THOUGHT WHEN YOU SAW -- WHEN YOU SAW THOSE IMAGES OF THE PERSON WHO TOOK YOUR MOTHER.
>> I MEAN, IT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING. >> YEAH. >> IT'S JUST TOTALLY TERRIFYING.
AND I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THAT IS WHO SHE SAW STANDING OVER HER BED. >> YEAH. >> I CAN'T.
>> HUH-UH. >> IT'S TOO MUCH. >> YEAH.
>> AND I'M GLAD AND GRATEFUL TO THE INVESTIGATORS AND THE TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES THAT WERE ABLE TO FIND THAT VIDEO. I HOPE AT LEAST WITH PEOPLE OF GOOD HEART AND COMPASSION STOP, THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE AND CRUEL SPECULATION THAT HAD STARTED TO SWIRL. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE.
>> I'M GLAD THAT PEOPLE SAW WHAT CAME TO OUR DOOR. >> YEAH. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE CRUEL SPECULATION, THE WHISPERS, THE INNUENDO THAT IT WAS SOMEBODY IN YOUR FAMILY, HOW DID YOU WEATHER THAT?
>> IT'S UNBEARABLE. AND IT PILES PAIN UPON PAIN. THERE ARE NO WORDS.
THERE ARE NO WORDS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND, I'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND, AND NO ONE TOOK BETTER CARE OF MY MOM THAN MY SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW. AND TO ONE PROTECTED MY MOM MORE THAN MY BROTHER.
AND WE LOVE HER AND SHE IS OUR SHINING LIGHT. SHE'S OUR MATRIARCH. SHE'S ALL WE HAVE.
>> SAVANNAH AND HER FAMILY STAYED TOGETHER IN ARIZONA FOR WEEKS AS THE MEDIA COVERAGE GREW MORE INTENSE. >> WE HAD TO MOVE HOUSES MANY TIMES, BECAUSE PEOPLE CAME AND NOT EVERYONE IS RESPECTFUL, UNFORTUNATELY. >> YEAH.
>> YOU KNOW? >> UH-HUH. >> THERE WAS A NIGHT WE HAD TO LEAVE IN THE DARK IN THE DESERT HOLDING HANDS ME AND MY SISTER AND BROTHER AND I GET INTO A CAR WAITING FOR US TO JUST -- THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE WERE CLOSING IN, SO WE FOUND A PLACE THAT WAS SAFE AND THEN -- THEN WE COULDN'T REALLY LEAVE TOO MUCH, SO, LIKE THOSE DAYS ARE A BLUR, CRYING, PRAYING.
>> HOW DID YOUR FAMILY FEEL ABOUT THE WAY THE INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED? >> WELL, IT'S STILL GOING. >> YEAH.
>> AND -- >> YEAH. >> PEOPLE HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY, TIRELESSLY AND WE SEE THAT. >> UH-HUH.
>> BUT WE NEED ANSWERS. >> UH-HUH. >> WE CANNOT BE AT PEACE WITHOUT KNOWING AND SOMEONE CAN DO THE RIGHT THING AND IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO DO REALLY TALKED ABOUT PUBLICLY, AN INSPIRING MOMENT DURING HER DARKEST HOUR.
>> YOU SPEAK ABOUT YOUR MOM ALWAYS IN THE PRESENT TENSE. >> YEAH. I MEAN, SHE IS PRESENT TENSE TO ME.
>> YOU FEEL HER OR HAVE YOU HEARD HER, ANY MOMENTS? >> UM, YEAH, A LITTLE BIT. >> TELL ME ABOUT YOUR POM ECONOMY.
JUST TELL ME ABOUT HER. >> MY MOM IS SO INCREDIBLE. SHE'S RESOLUTE AND STRONG, QUIET STRENGTH, QUIET FAITH, BUT HARD FOUGHT.
SHE'S FUNNY AND A LITTLE MISCHIEVOUS, I WOULD SAY, IN HER HUMOR. SHE'S A NOBLE CREATURE. SHE DOES WHAT'S RIGHT.
SHE WALKS IN FAITH, BUT NOT A FAKE PIOUS PUT ON FAITH, BUT, LIKE, A GROUNDED, EARTHY -- SHE FOUGHT FOR IT FAITH. >> WHEN YOU POSTED PLEASE PRAY IN THE BEGINNING, THE OCEAN OF LOVE AND PRAYERS, DID YOU FEEL THAT? DID YOU SENSE WHAT WAS HAPPENING?
>> I DO FEEL PRAYERS, YOU KNOW, I DO. I BELIEVE THAT. I THINK SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST AMAZED, JUST TRULY AMAZED.
>> ONE OF THE IMAGES THAT STAYED WITH ME THROUGH ALL OF THIS WAS YOU AND ANNIE AND TOMMASO WALKING UP AND LOOKING AT THE FLOWERS AND AT THE NOTES. AS I SAW THAT, I THOUGHT -- I WONDER IF SAVANNAH IS GOING INSIDE AND WHAT THAT MUST HAVE FELT LIKE FOR YOU TO GO INSIDE OF YOUR MOM'S -- YOUR CHILDHOOD HOME, YOUR MOM'S HOUSE. >> YEAH, I MEAN, THIS IS THE HOUSE THAT WE GREW UP IN.
IT'S REALLY THE ONLY HOUSE I'VE EVER KNOWN AND REMEMBER. WE MOVED THERE WHEN I WAS ABOUT 4, I THINK. IT'S THE HOUSE WHERE I CAME HOME ON A FRIDAY NIGHT AT 16 AND MY MOM AND SISTER WERE ON THE COUCH PRAYING AND TOLD ME THAT MY FATHER HAD DIED.
IT'S THE HOUSE WHERE ALL OF OUR MEMORIES ARE, GOOD AND BAD. SO IT'S HALLOWED GROUND. MY MOM LOVED AND TREASURED THAT HOUSE IN GOOD YEARS AND LEAN YEARS, THEY WERE ABLE TO HOLD ON TO THAT HOUSE.
THAT'S MY MOM'S SAFE HAVEN. IT'S REALLY HARD TO SEE THAT VIOLATED AND THE TERROR, THE TERROR THAT SHE MUST HAVE FELT IS UNBEARABLE. IT'S UNBEARABLE.
>> TELL ME WHILE YOU WERE SPENDING ALL THIS TIME IN TUCSON, YOUR KIDS WERE HOME, WHAT DO THEY KNOW? >> WELL, IT'S SO HARD WITH KIDS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO PROTECT THEM. >> YEAH.
>> THEY WOULD WRITE ME ALL THE TIME, MOMMA, ANY LEADS? >> ANY LEADS. >> DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING?
YOU KNOW, ANY HOPE? AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TRIED TO TALK TO THEM AND TRY TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE MORE CERTAINTY THAN WE HAVE TO LET THEM GRIEVE AND FOR MY LITTLE NEPHEW TOO, HE'S -- THERE'S JUST A WAY IN WHICH THIS IS EVEN SO MUCH HARDER ON ANNIE AND TOMMY AND HIM BECAUSE THEY'RE THERE. AND THEY WERE THERE EVERY DAY FOR MY MOM.
THEY MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR HER TO STAY IN THE HOUSE WE GREW UP THAT SHE LOVED SO MUCH. I THINK SHE ALWAYS STAYED IN THAT HOUSE BECAUSE I THINK SHE STILL FELT MY FATHER THERE. ALL OUR MEMORIES, YOU KNOW.
LET HER HAVE HER SPACE, AND THERE'S JUST A WAY IN WHICH THIS IS EVEN MORE EXCRUCIATING FOR THEM AND ALL THAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH. >> I KNOW IT WAS A HARD DECISION FOR YOU AND I KNOW YOU TOLD ME WAS COMING BACK HERE, LEAVING ARIZONA TO COME BACK TO NEW YORK. WHY WAS THAT SO DIFFICULT, THAT CHOICE?
>> I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW OF THE AIRPLANE AND JUST THOUGHT WHERE ARE YOU? THAT DESERT, THAT BEAUTIFUL DESERT THAT SHE LOVES, WHERE ARE YOU? HOW COULD I LEAVE YOU?
BUT MY MOM TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT GRIEF, OUR FAMILY KNOWS GRIEF. MY FATHER PASSED WHEN I WAS 16 YEARS OLD. HE WAS ONLY 49.
IT WAS A SHOCK. AND I REMEMBER MY MOM SAYING THIS THOSE EARLY DAYS WHEN DADDY DIED, LIKE, YOU HAVE TO GET UP AND DECIDE AND DO, JUST DECIDE AND DO AND SHE HAD READ THAT IN A BOOK THAT MEANT A LOT TO HER IN HER GRIEF AND SO I REMEMBER -- I ALWAYS REMEMBERED THAT SO I'M TRYING TO DECIDE AND DO. >> DECIDE AND DO.
>> JUST GET UP AND DECIDE AND DO EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW, I FELT TERRIBLE GRIEF AND I FELT UNFATHOMABLE LOVE AND COMFORT. THE GOOD NEWS AND KINDNESS OF GOD IS REMARKABLE AND IN EQUAL MEASURE TO MY SORROW. >> WOW.
>> SHE SHOWED US HOW TO SURVIVE THE UNIMAGINABLE WHEN SHE LOST MY DAD, SHE WAS 46 YEARS OLD. SHE HAD THREE KIDS. SHE HAD NEVER WORKED OUTSIDE THE HOME.
SHE HAD TO GET UP, SHE HAD TO FIND A JOB. SHE HAD TO MOTHER TWO TEENAGERS AND ONE YOUNG ADULT JUST STARTING MAKING HIS WAY INTO THE WORLD. SHE TOOK CARE OF HER MOTHER, HER BROTHER, WHO HAD DOWN SYNDROME.
SHE INVITED TO COME LIVE WITH US. SHE WORKED PART TIME TO MAKE ENDS KIND OF MEET. SHE FOUND A WAY, ANOTHER JOB, A JOB SHE TURNED INTO A FULL TIME JOB, A JOB SHE TURNED INTO A CAREER.
SHE HAD A SECOND LIFE OF PURPOSE AND MEANING. SHE HAD A MILLION FRIENDS. SHE STAYED STRONG FOR US.
SHE WAS RESOLUTE. SHE WAS REAL. SHE GRIEVED.
I REMEMBER MOLTS IN MY CHILDHOOD IN THOSE DAYS AFTER MY DAD DIED, SHE WAS SO STRONG, BUT SOME MORNINGS BEFORE DAWN WHEN SHE THOUGHT WE WERE STILL SLEEPING I WOULD HEAR HER CRYING AT MY DOOR. TO NOT BE ALONE IN HER GRIEF SO SHE TAUGHT ME TO BE STRONG, BUT SHE TAUGHT ME TO BE TRUE. MY FAITH IS STRONG AND RESOLUTE, BUT I EARLY ON FELT THAT I HEARD ONE OF THE VERY FEW TIMES IN MY LIFE, I DID HEAR GOD SPEAK TO ME.
AS I SAID TO MYSELF I CAN HANDLE ANYTHING, GOD, I CAN HANDLE ANYTHING, I JUST CAN'T HANDLE NOT KNOWING. WE CAN'T HANDLE NOT KNOWING. >> YEAH.
>> I HAVE TO KNOW. AND I HEARD A VOICE AND IT SAID YOU DO KNOW WHERE SHE IS. SHE'S WITH ME.
SHE'S WITH ME. SO WHETHER SHE'S ON THIS EARTH STILL, OR WHETHER SHE IS IN HEAVEN, I KNOW WHERE SHE IS. I KNOW WHO SHE'S DISAPPEARANCE AND SHE ALSO SHARES HER PLANS TO COME BACK HOME TO "TODAY.
" >> DID YOU WRESTLE WITH YOUR FAITH THROUGHOUT THIS, YOUR -- YOU'RE RESOLUTE AND STRONG LIKE YOUR MOMMA BUT AT SOME POINT DID YOU HAVE TO WRESTLE WITH IT. >> YES. AND I'M NOT DONE.
BUT GOD DOESN'T TELL US NOT TO WRESTLE WITH HIM. THIS ISN'T SOME CHEAP FAITH AND MY MOM TAUGHT ME THAT. GOD ONLY REQUIRES OUR AUTHENTIC PRESENCE, AND THAT HE HAS.
BUT I NEVER DOUBTED. ONE OF MY MOM'S BEST FRIENDS TOLD ME SHE HAD BEEN GOING THROUGH A HARD TIME AND SHE SAID TO MY MOM, HOW HAVE YOU KEPT YOUR FAITH ALL THESE YEARS? LOSING YOUR HUSBAND, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT MY MOM HAD BEEN THROUGH, LIKE, NANCY, HOW DO YOU KEEP YOUR FAITH AND MY MOM SAID TO HER, WELL, WHERE ELSE WOULD I GO?
AND I HOLD THAT WITH ME. BUT FAITH IS HOW I WILL STAY CONNECTED TO MY MOM. GOD IS HOW I'M HOLDING HANDS WITH MY MOM.
AND I WON'T LET SADNESS WIN. FOR HER. SHE TAUGHT ME -- I SAW HER GRIEVE, I SAW HER WORLD SHATTER.
I SAW IT AND I SAW HER GET UP AND I SAW HER BELIEVE AND I SAW HER LOVE AND I SAW HER HOPE AND I SAW HER SMILE AND I SAW HER LAUGH, I SAW HER JOY. I SAW HER LOVE FOR THE WORLD AND ADVENTURE. I SAW HER BELIEF.
I SAW HER FAITH. SHE TAUGHT ME. SHE TAUGHT ALL OF US AND I MAY NOT DO IT AS WELL AS HER, BUT I WILL DO IT.
I WILL DO IT FOR MY KIDS. I WILL. I WILL NOT FALL APART.
I WILL NOT LET WHOEVER DID THIS TAKE MY CHILDREN'S MOTHER FROM THEM. I WILL NOT LET THEM TAKE MY JOY. THEY WILL NOT TAKE MY SISTER'S JOY.
THEY WILL NOT TAKE MY BROTHER'S JOY. THEY WILL NOT TAKE OUR LOVE. THEY WILL NOT TAKE OUR FAITH.
BUT OUR ANGUISH IS REAL. WE NEED HELP. WE NEED SOMEONE TO TELL THE TRUTH.
>> YES. >> I HAVE NO ANGER IN MY HEART. I HAVE HOPE IN MY HEART.
I HAVE LOVE BUT THIS FAMILY NEEDS PEACE. >> YES. YES.
>> I DON'T THINK WE DESERVE ANYTHING MORE OR LESS THAN ANY OTHER PERSON. WE DON'T SAY WHY US, WHY ME, WHY ANYTHING? IF I SAY WHY ME FOR THIS HORRIBLE THING THEN I HAVE TO SAY WHY ME FOR ALL THE BEAUTIFUL BLESSINGS IN MY LIFE, YES, WHY, I DON'T KNOW WHY.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR MY BLESSINGS, AND I'M HEARTBROKEN FOR THIS SORROW. >> YES. >> I'M HEARTBROKEN.
>> YES. YES. YES.
>> I AM CRUSHED BUT I AM NOT ABANDONED. WE ARE NOT ALONE. WE NEED AN ANSWER AND SOMEONE HAS IT IN THEIR POWER TO HELP.
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE AND WHEN YOU DO, THE WARMTH OF LOVE AND FORGIVENESS, THAT WILL COME, WE'LL BE GREATER THAN CAN BE IMAGINED. I KNOW WHAT IT IS TO BE FORGIVEN. >> YES.
>> AND THERE IS NO GREATER JOY. >> YES. >> AND THAT JOY AWAITS.
WHOEVER CAN HEAR THIS AND FIND IT IN THEIR HEART TO HELP. >> YES. YOU'RE FOCUSING ON PEOPLE IN TUCSON, SOMEBODY THERE MUST HAVE SEEN OR KNOWN SOMETHING AND MAYBE FORGOT ABOUT IT OR DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION TO IT.
>> HOW CAN SOMEONE VANISH WITHOUT A TRACE? HOW? SOMEONE KNOWS SOMETHING.
EVEN IF THAT SOMETHING IS SOMEONE'S BEEN ACTING STRANGE FOR THE LAST SEVEN, EIGHT WEEKS, EVEN IF IT'S JUST THAT, SOMEBODY KNOWS. >> UH-HUH. >> AND MAYBE SOMEBODY'S AFRAID AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT OUR HEARTS ARE IN AGONY. WE CAN'T BREATHE. WE CAN'T LIVE.
WE CAN'T GO ON. WE CAN'T BE AT PEACE. WE CAN'T GO FORWARD.
WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HER. >> YES. YOU TALKED ABOUT COMING BACK TO NEW YORK.
ONE OF THE OTHER ENDURING IMAGES FOR ME WAS WALKING INTO STUDIO 1A AND SEEING YOU THERE SPEAKING TO EVERYBODY. WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU WALKING BACK IN THERE? >> I REALLY WANTED TO COME AND SEE EVERYBODY.
>> YEAH. >> I JUST LOVE THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE THAT WE CALL HOME, WHERE WE GET TO COME AND BE EVERY DAY, AND I KNOW HOW MUCH PEOPLE HAVE PRAYED FOR ME AND LOVED ME. ALL THE PEOPLE THAT YOU SEE ON TV, YOU KNOW, AND THEN ALL THE PEOPLE THAT YOU DON'T, ALL THE NOTES AND MESSAGES THAT I HAVE RECEIVED, THEY'RE JUST SO BEAUTIFUL.
I JUST WANT THE TO BE WITH MY FAMILY. THEY'RE MY FAMILY TOO. >> YOU SAID SOMETHING WHEN YOU WERE THERE AND YOU SAID, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO COME BACK AND I DON'T KNOW HOW NOT TO COME BACK.
>> YEAH. THAT'S HOW I FEEL. WHEN I LOOK AT THE "TODAY" SHOW, WHICH IS, I MEAN, THE ANSWER TO ALL MY DREAMS ACTUALLY BETTER THAN MY DREAMS.
>> SO HOW ABOUT COMING BACK? YOU KNOW, EVERYONE IS WONDERING. >> SO, IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE DOING IT BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A PLACE OF JOY AND LIGHTNESS AND I CAN'T COME BACK AND TRY TO BE SOMETHING THAT I'M NOT.
BUT I CAN'T NOT COME BACK, BECAUSE IT'S MY FAMILY. I THINK IT'S PART OF MY PURPOSE RIGHT NOW. I WANT TO SMILE.
AND WHEN I DO, IT WILL BE REAL. AND MY JOY WILL BE MY PROTEST. MY JOY WILL BE MY ANSWER.
AND BEING THERE IS JOYFUL. AND WHEN IT'S NOT, I'LL SAY SO. AND I HAVE BEEN SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE THIS FAMILY.
I CONSIDER THIS MY FAMILY, MY GREATER FAMILY, AND WHEN TIMES ARE HARD, YOU WANT TO BE WITH YOUR FAMILY AND I WANT TO BE WITH MY FAMILY AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO IT. I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL BELONG ANYMORE BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TRY. I WOULD LIKE TO TRY.
AND I'M NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME. BUT MAYBE IT'S LIKE THAT OLD POEM, MORE BEAUTIFUL IN THE BROKEN PLACES. >> AMEN.
>> I MEAN, THAT WAS -- THAT WAS PUT PERFECTLY. JENNA, I FEEL LIKE I JUST WANT TO TALK TO YOU BECAUSE THERE'S NO ONE AT THIS TABLE WOULD IS CLOSER THAN SAVANNAH THAN YOU. YOU GUYS ARE LIKE SISTERS AND I JUST WANTED YOU TO SAY A FEW WORD.
>> WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY EVERYTHING SHE SAID TO YOU OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS IS PERFECTLY SAVANNAH. SHE HAS BEEN BRAVER THAN I CAN EVEN IMAGINE. SHE HAS BEEN SO VULNERABLE.
I MEAN SHE TOOK HER PAIN, HER HEART, HER FAITH, HER FAMILY IN THE MIDST OF HER DESPAIR, SHE LAID IT ON THE TABLE FOR ALL OF US, SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT. >> NO, SHE DIDN'T. >> AND SHE HAS AND I THINK OF ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD HEARTBREAK, THEY FEEL SEEN.
>> I WAS THINKING THAT TOO BECAUSE SHE SAID SHE HAS A PURPOSE AND I WAS THINKING IF YOU CAN COME HERE AND SIT HERE AND DO THIS JOB THROUGH THAT, YOU ARE SHOWING SOMETHING INCREDIBLE AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WONDERING WHEN IS SHE COMING BACK. WELL, SHE IS COMING BACK. >> SHE IS.
>> TO THIS JOB THAT SHE LOVES HERE AT "TODAY" AND WE'RE GLAD TO SAY THAT SHE WILL START HERE SITTING NEXT THIS WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING, CRAIG, MONDAY, APRIL THE 6th. >> BECAUSE SHE IS NOT GOING TO LET SADNESS WIN. JOY IS GOING TO BE HER PROTEST.
IT IS WHERE SHE BELONGS. IT'S WHERE WE ALL WANT HER TO BE. WE CANNOT WAIT TO WELCOME HER BACK WITH OPEN ARMS HERE IN STUDIO 1A.
THERE'S NOT BEEN A DAY THAT'S PASSED SINCE ALL OF THIS WENT DOWN WHERE SOMEONE HAS NOT COME UP TO ME AND SOMEONE SAID, WHEN IS SAVANNAH COMING BACK. >> WHEN IS SAVANNAH COMING BACK? >> APRIL 6th.
>> WHAT'S WONDERFUL AND IT'S ALMOST SYMBOLIC AFTER EASTER AND THE RESURRECTION AND RISING? >> YES, YES. >> I THINK AS A FAMILY WE'LL HOLD HANDS AND HELP HER.
>> I HAD NOT THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. >> OF COURSE, YOU DID, MR. MR.
ROKER. >> AND SHE DID, TOO. >> OF COURSE.
I THINK FROM HER POINT OF VIEW TAO, I WAS THINKING IMAGINE IF ALL OF YOUR LIFE IS SO CHAOTIC THERE'S A PLACE TO COME THAT'S NORMAL. LIKE, THIS IS FOR HER A NORMAL PILLAR IN HER LIFE. >> SHE KNOWS SHE HAS ALL OF OUR SUPPORT.
WE CAN'T WAIT TO -- >> SHE'S HAD OURS ALL THE TIME. >> I DO THINK WE SHOULD MENTION SOMETHING ELSE HERE BEFORE WE TAKE A QUICK BREAK. YOU'VE SAT HERE FOR A FEW WEEKS.
YOU HAVE A LOT HAPPENING IN YOUR LIFE. YOU GOT TWO GIRLS. >> OH,S OF LIKE, WHAT'S -- >> AND WHEN THE COACH CALLED AND THEY SAID, WE NEED SOMEBODY TO PINCH HIT, YOU DIDN'T BAT AN EYE.
>> AND WE NEEDED YOU. >> OH, I LOVE YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
