The Twisters

00:28:13,928 --> 00:28:15,095 It's okay. 502 00:28:15,129 --> 00:28:17,298 PTSD. 503 00:28:20,801 --> 00:28:23,837 But then I knew I had to do what I could to help. 504 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:27,975 Sorry I couldn't help Steven in time. 505 00:28:30,411 --> 00:28:35,015 It's not your fault. It's not anybody's fault. 506 00:28:35,049 --> 00:28:39,086 No, it <i>was</i> my fault this time. 507 00:28:41,121 --> 00:28:42,823 Like it was last time. 508 00:28:42,856 --> 00:28:45,159 We need to stay focused, James. 509 00:28:45,192 --> 00:28:46,827 No need to explain. 510 00:28:49,129 --> 00:28:51,298 Thanks. 511 00:28:51,332 --> 00:28:53,033 But it helps me to talk about it. 512 00:28:53,067 --> 00:28:56,303 What if I don't want to talk about it? 513 00:28:56,337 --> 00:28:58,172 It was the worst day of my life, James. 514 00:28:58,205 --> 00:28:59,373 Mine, too. 515 00:29:02,276 --> 00:29:04,445 We both lost a lot that day. 516 00:29:08,949 --> 00:29:12,319 Okay, then tell her. 517 00:29:19,260 --> 00:29:21,362 Erica and I were on a team 518 00:29:21,395 --> 00:29:24,231 chasing storms all over Tornado Alley. 519 00:29:24,265 --> 00:29:27,901 Retrieving the most accurate information we could gather. 520 00:29:27,935 --> 00:29:31,872 My best friend, Dan, was on that team. 521 00:29:35,577 --> 00:29:38,045 On one particular chase... 522 00:29:39,581 --> 00:29:41,516 we were tracking an F4. 523 00:29:45,185 --> 00:29:46,987 All the data we were getting was amazing. 524 00:29:52,527 --> 00:29:54,328 But... 525 00:29:56,130 --> 00:29:59,099 Erica felt it was too dangerous 526 00:29:59,133 --> 00:30:02,069 and too unpredictable to follow the tornado anymore. 527 00:30:09,043 --> 00:30:12,112 Dan and I felt the information we were gathering 528 00:30:12,146 --> 00:30:15,349 was worth the risk. 529 00:30:15,382 --> 00:30:18,986 I did everything I could to talk Dan out of continuing. 530 00:30:21,922 --> 00:30:23,490 He believed in the cause. 531 00:30:25,292 --> 00:30:26,393 And he went. 532 00:30:27,928 --> 00:30:30,598 Our team, minus Erica, 533 00:30:30,632 --> 00:30:33,901 took off in two trucks after the tornado. 534 00:30:34,902 --> 00:30:38,972 Dan took one truck, and I was in the other. 535 00:30:43,344 --> 00:30:45,179 We were getting fantastic data. 536 00:30:48,949 --> 00:30:53,220 Until out of nowhere the tornado turned into an F5. 537 00:30:57,191 --> 00:30:58,292 It was a monster. 538 00:31:00,994 --> 00:31:03,897 Wait, you're talking about the El Reno tornado, aren't you? 539 00:31:05,199 --> 00:31:06,568 We were on our planned escape route 540 00:31:06,601 --> 00:31:09,103 when the tornado turned, 541 00:31:09,136 --> 00:31:12,607 and Dan and I decided it was statistically safer to split up. 542 00:31:14,375 --> 00:31:15,976 Dan took the team in one truck. 543 00:31:17,378 --> 00:31:20,080 I was by myself in the other. 544 00:31:20,114 --> 00:31:21,915 That way the data would survive 545 00:31:21,949 --> 00:31:25,119 if something happened to one of the trucks. 546 00:31:26,621 --> 00:31:28,222 That's when we were driving our separate ways. 547 00:31:32,326 --> 00:31:34,228 And I watched the tornado turn... 548 00:31:37,532 --> 00:31:40,334 and devour Dan's truck, killing everybody inside. 549 00:31:40,367 --> 00:31:41,636 Oh, my God. 550 00:31:46,674 --> 00:31:48,909 And just when I thought it couldn't get any worse... 551 00:31:53,113 --> 00:31:54,281 the tornado changed course. 552 00:31:56,718 --> 00:31:59,319 It blew my truck off the road and flipped it into a ditch. 553 00:31:59,353 --> 00:32:00,522 Jesus. 554 00:32:03,457 --> 00:32:05,426 I broke 18 bones in my body. 555 00:32:08,128 --> 00:32:09,963 But I was the lucky one. 556 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:14,501 I survived. 557 00:32:16,403 --> 00:32:18,172 That's horrible. 558 00:32:21,275 --> 00:32:24,411 I'm so, so sorry, Erica. 559 00:32:24,445 --> 00:32:27,181 I told you. 560 00:32:27,214 --> 00:32:29,983 You wouldn't listen. 561 00:32:30,017 --> 00:32:32,152 We lost our team and I lost everything. 562 00:32:34,756 --> 00:32:36,457 I know. 563 00:32:37,257 --> 00:32:41,028 But that is why I've improved the algorithm. 564 00:32:41,061 --> 00:32:43,497 Why your sensors are so important. 565 00:32:45,767 --> 00:32:48,302 I took the data from that tornado and used it for good... 566 00:32:50,404 --> 00:32:52,406 so that nobody ever has to go through that again. 567 00:32:52,439 --> 00:32:55,108 Just tell yourself what you want, James. 568 00:32:55,142 --> 00:32:58,145 But you buried yourself inside, refusing to deal, 569 00:32:58,178 --> 00:33:00,682 hoping to hide from the pain of life 570 00:33:00,715 --> 00:33:03,217 while I was outside, 571 00:33:03,250 --> 00:33:05,452 facing my pain. 572 00:33:09,089 -->