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- The breaking point
for me was to see my son

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lying naked in a chamber for radiation.

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(poignant music)

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You know, they say time heals
all wounds, that's a lie.

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Time just teaches you
to deal with the wounds.

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At one point in my life
I had gun in my mouth.

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I had no friends, I was turning
inward more than outward

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to look for help at that time.

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What changed me was

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seeing my son fight.

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He fought every day.

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And I felt weak.

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We're human and sometimes we need help

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to get through these things in life.

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It still hits me at times
and my wife will talk to me.

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She's my support group
(chuckles), so to speak.

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And it's tough to reach out.

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It's not so tough to reach to her,

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but it was tough to me to
reach to anybody else for help.

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You have to reach out,
otherwise you'll fail.

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I have two sayings, every
day I wake up I say,

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"I gotta fight the
fight to survive today."

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And I strive, I strive for the day.

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I strive to be the best I
can be every day of my life.

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Some days I succeed,
some days I kinda fail.

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My son fought to the day he died.

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I was beside him and

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to see him fight made
me a stronger man today.