1 00:00:45,805 --> 00:00:48,431 There's so damn many places that you can fall. 2 00:00:48,556 --> 00:00:51,560 You fall right outta sight. 1,000, 2,000 feet. 3 00:00:51,685 --> 00:00:53,579 And you sure as hell ain't gonna live through it. 4 00:00:53,603 --> 00:00:55,122 And the other thing are the thunderstorms, 5 00:00:55,146 --> 00:00:57,150 they come in so damn quick. 6 00:00:57,275 --> 00:00:58,835 And if you don't get down behind a rock, 7 00:00:58,901 --> 00:01:00,820 you're just a livin' target. 8 00:01:04,574 --> 00:01:09,371 You're just a little kid, you know, 12 years old, 9 00:01:09,496 --> 00:01:10,956 scrawny. 10 00:01:11,081 --> 00:01:12,666 You try to guess what they might do, 11 00:01:12,791 --> 00:01:14,376 but there's no damn way of predicting 12 00:01:14,501 --> 00:01:16,419 what a kid will do. 13 00:01:16,544 --> 00:01:19,757 In fact, by nine days, we were lookin' for a body. 14 00:01:55,837 --> 00:01:57,422 Donn: Ooh! 15 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:03,260 Ryan: Donn, it's Dad! He's up the road! 16 00:02:03,385 --> 00:02:05,096 Come on, let's go, he's here! 17 00:02:09,935 --> 00:02:11,520 Donn: We're goin' fishin'! 18 00:02:11,645 --> 00:02:12,938 Wooh! 19 00:02:16,441 --> 00:02:18,443 Donn: Dad! Slow down! 20 00:02:18,568 --> 00:02:19,278 Dad! 21 00:02:19,404 --> 00:02:21,239 Dad! 22 00:02:21,364 --> 00:02:22,449 Donn: Dad! 23 00:02:23,532 --> 00:02:24,992 Hey, Dad, slow down! 24 00:02:25,117 --> 00:02:26,595 Radio Newscaster 1: Russian armies are menacing from the north, 25 00:02:26,619 --> 00:02:28,662 German armies are menacing from the west, 26 00:02:28,787 --> 00:02:31,124 and the United States remains neutral. 27 00:02:31,249 --> 00:02:33,167 - Dad's home! - Daddy! 28 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:36,148 - Tommy: Daddy. - Ruth: Come on. 29 00:02:36,172 --> 00:02:37,441 Tommy: Can I tell him about the pie? 30 00:02:37,465 --> 00:02:38,715 Yes, you can. 31 00:02:44,805 --> 00:02:45,805 Hiya, peanut. 32 00:02:45,890 --> 00:02:47,326 Tommy: Welcome home, Dad. 33 00:02:47,350 --> 00:02:48,850 Hello, handsome. 34 00:02:48,977 --> 00:02:50,227 Never a moment's peace. 35 00:02:50,352 --> 00:02:52,188 Oh, you have no idea. 36 00:02:52,314 --> 00:02:53,148 Yes, ma'am. 37 00:02:53,273 --> 00:02:55,693 Tommy: Daddy, we made a pie. 38 00:02:55,818 --> 00:02:56,568 Blueberry? 39 00:02:56,693 --> 00:02:58,111 Not if Patsy keeps eating it all. 40 00:02:58,236 --> 00:02:59,863 - Hey, hey, hey. - Save some for me. 41 00:03:00,989 --> 00:03:02,007 Tommy: I'm gonna eat it all, 42 00:03:02,031 --> 00:03:03,342 and then I'm gonna make another pie 43 00:03:03,366 --> 00:03:04,366 and eat that, too. 44 00:03:07,580 --> 00:03:08,705 Everything okay? 45 00:03:10,290 --> 00:03:11,584 Yeah. 46 00:03:13,294 --> 00:03:15,295 - Work. - Donn: Dad! 47 00:03:15,420 --> 00:03:16,464 Press on. 48 00:03:16,589 --> 00:03:18,483 - Ryan: Donn, I can't! - Donn: 49 00:03:18,507 --> 00:03:19,717 Oh, boy. 50 00:03:19,842 --> 00:03:20,509 Here they come. 51 00:03:20,635 --> 00:03:22,305 All they talk about is the trip. 52 00:03:22,430 --> 00:03:23,614 They've been up since dawn just waiting for you. 53 00:03:23,638 --> 00:03:24,681 Donn: Dad! 54 00:03:29,853 --> 00:03:30,980 Sir. 55 00:03:33,731 --> 00:03:35,735 Well, how's the water? 56 00:03:35,860 --> 00:03:36,693 Good. 57 00:03:36,818 --> 00:03:38,737 Great, sir. 58 00:03:38,862 --> 00:03:40,031 Sir. 59 00:03:41,532 --> 00:03:43,159 Look at these hands. 60 00:03:43,284 --> 00:03:45,829 It's too much summer. Not enough elbow grease. 61 00:03:47,831 --> 00:03:49,582 Donn Fendler, not in front of your mother. 62 00:03:50,709 --> 00:03:51,876 Sorry, sir. 63 00:03:53,670 --> 00:03:54,689 Do you think we'll catch more fish 64 00:03:54,713 --> 00:03:55,965 than the last time? 65 00:03:56,090 --> 00:03:58,968 Yes, sir. Grab my bag. 66 00:03:59,093 --> 00:04:00,194 Donn: No, Ryan, I've got it. I've got it! 67 00:04:00,218 --> 00:04:01,238 Donald: You said something about blueberries? 68 00:04:01,262 --> 00:04:03,597 Ryan: Let me carry it! Come on. 69 00:04:03,722 --> 00:04:04,932 Ryan: Hmm. 70 00:04:05,057 --> 00:04:07,352 How much does this jacket cost, good sir? 71 00:04:07,477 --> 00:04:10,981 It costs $10,000! 72 00:04:11,106 --> 00:04:11,981 10,000 smackers? 73 00:04:12,106 --> 00:04:15,359 It was very, very, very expensive. 74 00:04:16,903 --> 00:04:18,422 Ryan: I worked all summer, and I used all of my elbow grease. 75 00:04:18,446 --> 00:04:22,618 All I do is buy and sell, and buy and sell, 76 00:04:22,743 --> 00:04:25,120 and work like a dog, sunrise to sunset. 77 00:04:25,245 --> 00:04:26,598 - We gotta go to work now. - Yeah, we gotta go work had. 78 00:04:26,622 --> 00:04:28,342 - We gotta go! We gotta go! - Yes, yes, yes. 79 00:04:29,834 --> 00:04:33,754 Ryan: Buy, buy, sell, sell, buy, buy, sell, sell, buy, buy! 80 00:04:33,879 --> 00:04:36,632 Donn: Mother, we need more elbow grease! 81 00:04:45,058 --> 00:04:46,518 Alright, I almost got it. 82 00:04:47,645 --> 00:04:49,414 And then I'm telling you, I'm gonna catch the biggest 83 00:04:49,438 --> 00:04:51,065 fish in the whole world. 84 00:04:51,190 --> 00:04:54,235 It's gonna be so big, it won't fit on the boat. 85 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:56,737 Ryan: How are you gonna reel it up with those arms? 86 00:04:56,862 --> 00:04:58,739 Are you makin' fun of me? 87 00:04:58,864 --> 00:05:01,284 You're makin' fun of me, aren't you? 88 00:05:01,409 --> 00:05:03,161 It's not like you're gonna catch anything. 89 00:05:03,286 --> 00:05:04,496 You're terrible at fishing. 90 00:05:04,621 --> 00:05:06,141 You're not gonna catch anything either. 91 00:05:06,247 --> 00:05:07,999 Your line's all tangled. 92 00:05:08,124 --> 00:05:11,211 You're making it more tangled. Do you need help? 93 00:05:11,336 --> 00:05:13,088 I'm sure Dad can help you. 94 00:05:13,213 --> 00:05:14,882 Donn: No, I don't! 95 00:05:15,007 --> 00:05:16,758 You're the one who's always crying to Dad. 96 00:05:16,883 --> 00:05:18,802 Ryan: No, I don't. You're an idiot. 97 00:05:23,973 --> 00:05:25,433 Stop! 98 00:05:25,558 --> 00:05:26,558 Stop it! 99 00:05:26,643 --> 00:05:27,688 Donn: You're an idiot. 100 00:05:27,813 --> 00:05:28,646 Crybaby. 101 00:05:28,771 --> 00:05:30,899 - Stop it! - Donn: Stop what? Stop this? 102 00:05:32,108 --> 00:05:34,736 Ryan: Dad! -Boys! 103 00:05:34,861 --> 00:05:35,988 Car wash. 104 00:05:36,113 --> 00:05:38,281 - Now, get out there. - Ryan: He started it. 105 00:05:38,406 --> 00:05:39,717 Donald: I don't care who started it. 106 00:05:39,741 --> 00:05:41,201 Both of you lunkheads, go on. 107 00:05:42,619 --> 00:05:43,620 Donn: Why'd you do that? 108 00:05:43,704 --> 00:05:45,039 Ryan: You're the one poking me. 109 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:54,174 You're not doing any work. 110 00:05:54,299 --> 00:05:55,715 Can you at least refill the bucket? 111 00:05:56,759 --> 00:05:58,052 I filled it the first time. 112 00:05:59,263 --> 00:06:01,265 I wouldn't be doing this if it weren't for you. 113 00:06:01,390 --> 00:06:03,076 Well, if you didn't call me an idiot in front of Dad, 114 00:06:03,100 --> 00:06:04,161 I wouldn't be doin' this either. 115 00:06:04,185 --> 00:06:06,311 Because you are an idiot. 116 00:06:08,813 --> 00:06:10,398 No. 117 00:06:11,900 --> 00:06:12,900 Ryan: Stop! 118 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:15,588 Radio Newscaster 2: Intervention by Mussolini... 119 00:06:15,612 --> 00:06:17,197 The twins are at it. 120 00:06:19,074 --> 00:06:20,409 Donald: Damn it! 121 00:06:22,829 --> 00:06:23,829 Ryan: Donn, stop! 122 00:06:23,954 --> 00:06:25,289 Hey! 123 00:06:40,430 --> 00:06:42,098 Go ahead. Finish your fight. 124 00:06:44,518 --> 00:06:46,021 I I don't wanna fight. 125 00:06:46,146 --> 00:06:48,189 Tough. Sometimes you gotta fight. 126 00:06:49,774 --> 00:06:51,359 Sometimes you don't got a choice. 127 00:06:53,653 --> 00:06:55,321 Go on! 128 00:06:55,446 --> 00:06:56,656 Fight! 129 00:07:04,957 --> 00:07:06,417 Fight! 130 00:07:12,799 --> 00:07:14,090 Dinner! 131 00:07:22,768 --> 00:07:24,186 Yes, ma'am. 132 00:07:33,779 --> 00:07:35,114 Donn: Okay, let me get it. 133 00:07:35,239 --> 00:07:36,991 They taste better if you cut it this way. 134 00:07:39,244 --> 00:07:41,662 Alright, I want you to eat all of that, please. 135 00:07:41,787 --> 00:07:43,164 There's no skins in them, right? 136 00:07:43,289 --> 00:07:44,791 There is no skin in it. 137 00:07:44,916 --> 00:07:46,459 No, I would never do that to you. 138 00:07:46,584 --> 00:07:49,128 Tommy, will you pass me a biscuit, please? 139 00:07:50,547 --> 00:07:52,007 Thank you. 140 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:57,220 Donn, elbows. 141 00:07:57,345 --> 00:07:58,472 Look at your brother. 142 00:08:02,392 --> 00:08:03,518 Thank you. 143 00:08:07,691 --> 00:08:10,068 So, I have some disappointing news. 144 00:08:12,278 --> 00:08:13,363 I gotta go back to work. 145 00:08:14,739 --> 00:08:15,991 I leave for Rye in two days. 146 00:08:17,283 --> 00:08:18,534 What about our fishing trip? 147 00:08:18,659 --> 00:08:19,829 I'm sorry. 148 00:08:23,874 --> 00:08:28,295 But, to make up for it, how about we go on a big hike? 149 00:08:28,420 --> 00:08:31,340 We could leave tomorrow, come back Monday night. 150 00:08:31,465 --> 00:08:32,884 It's a short drive. 151 00:08:33,009 --> 00:08:36,305 And this hike, Donn. Mount Katahdin. 152 00:08:36,430 --> 00:08:39,181 It's no picnic. Treacherous terrain. 153 00:08:39,308 --> 00:08:40,391 Takes a whole day. 154 00:08:40,516 --> 00:08:43,895 And Mr. Condon's kid, Henry. You remember Henry? 155 00:08:44,020 --> 00:08:45,521 He said he'd take us up. 156 00:08:47,273 --> 00:08:51,237 Um, what do you say, Donn? Hmm? 157 00:08:52,739 --> 00:08:53,906 Sure. 158 00:08:54,031 --> 00:08:56,093 Some crummy old mountains instead of fishing for two weeks 159 00:08:56,117 --> 00:08:57,409 sounds just swell. 160 00:08:58,869 --> 00:09:01,581 - Ruth: Hey, Donn. - No, no, it's okay. 161 00:09:03,124 --> 00:09:04,417 Let him talk. 162 00:09:06,503 --> 00:09:08,047 Why'd you even come back? 163 00:09:10,298 --> 00:09:11,467 Say again, Donn? 164 00:09:13,260 --> 00:09:15,387 I said, "Why'd you even come back?" 165 00:09:18,557 --> 00:09:20,183 Well, you don't have to go. 166 00:09:21,518 --> 00:09:22,729 Maybe I'll leave. 167 00:09:22,854 --> 00:09:24,523 You see how it feels for a change. 168 00:09:43,875 --> 00:09:45,044 Hey. 169 00:09:57,556 --> 00:10:00,393 I think it's about time you get a haircut, skeeter. 170 00:10:00,518 --> 00:10:01,645 What do you say? 171 00:10:09,696 --> 00:10:12,489 This cowlick, it's like it grows twice as fast. 172 00:10:21,499 --> 00:10:23,001 I just hate his new job. 173 00:10:26,380 --> 00:10:28,173 You wanna know something? 174 00:10:28,298 --> 00:10:30,508 The night that you and your brother were born, 175 00:10:30,633 --> 00:10:33,178 your father cried. 176 00:10:34,220 --> 00:10:37,933 "He said," We have gotta be the luckiest people 177 00:10:38,058 --> 00:10:39,267 in the world." 178 00:10:41,104 --> 00:10:42,604 Your father's just afraid. 179 00:10:43,731 --> 00:10:45,524 Because the world's a big mess right now. 180 00:10:46,776 --> 00:10:48,028 He loves you. 181 00:10:49,361 --> 00:10:51,323 He might not show it, but he does. 182 00:10:53,616 --> 00:10:56,079 Now, don't you dare tell him I told you this, okay? 183 00:10:57,914 --> 00:11:00,082 - Deal? - Yes, ma'am. 184 00:11:06,839 --> 00:11:08,358 Ruth: I don't know why you'd offer to take them hiking 185 00:11:08,382 --> 00:11:09,925 when you don't wanna go. 186 00:11:11,553 --> 00:11:12,971 I figured it's better than nothing. 187 00:11:13,096 --> 00:11:14,656 Why didn't you say something right away? 188 00:11:14,723 --> 00:11:15,848 Donald: I don't know. 189 00:11:15,973 --> 00:11:17,893 Ruth: They have been so excited to see you. 190 00:11:18,018 --> 00:11:18,726 - And they waited. - Donald: I know that. 191 00:11:18,851 --> 00:11:19,645 Ruth: All summer for this. 192 00:11:19,770 --> 00:11:22,146 Donald: You think I wanna be away? 193 00:11:22,271 --> 00:11:23,951 Ruth: You keep pushing them like that, 194 00:11:23,981 --> 00:11:26,526 one day you're gonna push him right out of our lives. 195 00:11:29,321 --> 00:11:30,531 Donald? 196 00:11:36,036 --> 00:11:37,746 Everything's going to hell. 197 00:11:46,965 --> 00:11:49,008 Donald: The world is not gonna give them a break. 198 00:11:51,137 --> 00:11:52,553 Neither should I. 199 00:12:59,709 --> 00:13:01,042 Donald: See you in there. 200 00:13:02,922 --> 00:13:04,297 Okay, okay. 201 00:13:06,550 --> 00:13:07,550 Ryan: I'm gonna win. 202 00:13:08,177 --> 00:13:10,637 Tommy: 203 00:13:37,332 --> 00:13:40,960 Radio Newscaster 3: Economic fears persist as unemployment remains high 204 00:13:41,085 --> 00:13:43,672 while prices and wages remain low. 205 00:13:43,797 --> 00:13:47,050 The war in Europe threatens to further sink this idle economy. 206 00:13:47,175 --> 00:13:49,596 President Roosevelt assures the American people 207 00:13:49,721 --> 00:13:53,225 that this war will not interfere with our needs to grow, 208 00:13:53,350 --> 00:13:54,935 calling for national unity 209 00:13:55,060 --> 00:13:58,480 as the government continues to champion private enterprise, 210 00:13:58,605 --> 00:14:01,858 and plan and administer large scale. 211 00:14:04,654 --> 00:14:06,237 Donald: Somethin' on your mind, son? 212 00:14:11,452 --> 00:14:12,954 You ever get afraid? 213 00:14:17,874 --> 00:14:19,209 Um... 214 00:14:21,838 --> 00:14:23,298 ...sometimes. 215 00:14:27,177 --> 00:14:28,470 When things are tough. 216 00:14:29,638 --> 00:14:33,100 But you gotta press on. You gotta. 217 00:14:33,225 --> 00:14:34,517 Finish your fight. 218 00:14:37,396 --> 00:14:38,689 No. 219 00:14:40,024 --> 00:14:43,486 No, that that's that's not. 220 00:14:44,779 --> 00:14:47,739 Look, my father was on the road a lot, too. 221 00:14:47,864 --> 00:14:49,324 And I hated him for it. 222 00:14:49,449 --> 00:14:52,287 So just... 223 00:14:58,710 --> 00:15:00,462 Just know that... 224 00:15:05,634 --> 00:15:07,928 Daddy, wow, is that it? 225 00:15:08,055 --> 00:15:10,556 - Yeah. - Tommy: Ryan, wake up! 226 00:15:10,681 --> 00:15:11,808 There she is. 227 00:15:11,933 --> 00:15:13,726 We're gonna hike that? 228 00:15:13,851 --> 00:15:15,478 Sure! 229 00:15:15,603 --> 00:15:17,063 Well, you're almost men now. 230 00:15:56,146 --> 00:15:57,273 Henry: Hey! 231 00:15:58,524 --> 00:16:00,651 There they are! 232 00:16:00,776 --> 00:16:01,486 There's Henry! 233 00:16:01,611 --> 00:16:02,754 - Tommy: Henry! - Ryan: Henry! 234 00:16:02,778 --> 00:16:04,488 Hey, flatlanders. 235 00:16:04,613 --> 00:16:05,799 You excited for some marshmallows? 236 00:16:05,823 --> 00:16:06,616 Yes, sir! 237 00:16:06,741 --> 00:16:07,408 Ryan & Tommy: Marshmallows! 238 00:16:07,533 --> 00:16:08,284 Tommy: Marshmallows! 239 00:16:08,409 --> 00:16:09,511 Alright, you can keep this fire goin'. 240 00:16:09,535 --> 00:16:11,215 I'll teach you how to play harmonica later. 241 00:16:11,287 --> 00:16:12,664 Okay, Henry. 242 00:16:12,789 --> 00:16:14,875 - Cheers. - Cheers. 243 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:16,794 - Nice work, man. - Tommy: Mm, mm-mm. 244 00:16:20,422 --> 00:16:21,715 There she is. 245 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:23,467 The cold front movin' in. 246 00:16:23,592 --> 00:16:25,553 You boys wanna bunker in the car? 247 00:16:25,678 --> 00:16:27,471 - Tommy: Like this? - No, we're fine. 248 00:16:27,596 --> 00:16:28,806 Ryan: We're good. 249 00:16:31,391 --> 00:16:32,810 Here, I know you like yours golden, 250 00:16:32,935 --> 00:16:34,495 but try try it when it's nice and black. 251 00:16:34,603 --> 00:16:35,313 - Stop. - It's better. 252 00:16:35,438 --> 00:16:36,499 - No, it's gross. - It's much better. 253 00:16:36,523 --> 00:16:37,898 Trust me. It's gross. 254 00:16:38,023 --> 00:16:40,861 You boys ready to climb to the top of that? 255 00:16:42,362 --> 00:16:43,822 Yeah, it's just a mountain. 256 00:16:43,947 --> 00:16:47,201 Oh, don't underestimate Katahdin. 257 00:16:47,326 --> 00:16:50,204 Up there, you get clear skies one minute, 258 00:16:51,204 --> 00:16:54,166 thunder and fury the next. 259 00:16:54,291 --> 00:16:56,795 The mountain fools you into thinkin' it's a cakewalk. 260 00:16:58,045 --> 00:17:02,133 But you gotta cross boulders that are bigger than your house. 261 00:17:02,258 --> 00:17:06,805 And it's surrounded by a no-man's land of wilderness. 262 00:17:06,930 --> 00:17:10,100 One wrong turn, you're lost forever. 263 00:17:10,225 --> 00:17:13,188 And when you reach the peak, beware... 264 00:17:14,271 --> 00:17:15,689 Pamola. 265 00:17:17,024 --> 00:17:18,066 Pamola? 266 00:17:18,193 --> 00:17:21,444 Pamola is the god of the Penobscot Indians. 267 00:17:22,821 --> 00:17:25,783 He's lived on that peak since the dawn of time. 268 00:17:25,908 --> 00:17:27,619 He's a monstrous creature. 269 00:17:29,162 --> 00:17:31,247 The head of a moose, 270 00:17:31,372 --> 00:17:33,417 the body of a man, 271 00:17:33,542 --> 00:17:36,670 the legs and wings of an eagle. 272 00:17:41,424 --> 00:17:45,263 And then Pamola spreads his massive wings. 273 00:17:48,225 --> 00:17:52,686 And sends rain, and hail, and dark clouds. 274 00:17:52,811 --> 00:17:54,981 And then Pamola strikes! 275 00:17:59,361 --> 00:18:02,989 And all that's left is a mess 276 00:18:03,114 --> 00:18:06,409 of giant eagle feathers. 277 00:18:10,747 --> 00:18:12,291 You're just tryin' to scare us. 278 00:18:12,416 --> 00:18:14,042 You should be scared. 279 00:18:14,168 --> 00:18:19,423 The Penobscot believed Pamola would trap you in the mountain, 280 00:18:20,967 --> 00:18:25,888 and you would be damned to wander alone in the afterlife, 281 00:18:29,267 --> 00:18:30,978 for all eternity. 282 00:18:38,611 --> 00:18:40,279 Do you really believe in that stuff? 283 00:18:43,491 --> 00:18:44,699 Course not, dummy. 284 00:18:45,910 --> 00:18:47,245 They're just tryna scare you. 285 00:20:22,805 --> 00:20:24,306 Henry: Now, I'd stay on the path. 286 00:20:24,431 --> 00:20:27,226 These woods will swallow you whole. 287 00:20:28,268 --> 00:20:29,954 And the trees eat sound, so nobody's gonna be able 288 00:20:29,978 --> 00:20:31,605 to hear you. 289 00:20:31,731 --> 00:20:33,106 Ryan: How long is this hike? 290 00:20:33,231 --> 00:20:36,569 Henry: I'd say about five hours, at least. 291 00:20:36,696 --> 00:20:37,571 Ryan: Five hours? 292 00:20:37,696 --> 00:20:38,822 Henry: Oh, yeah. 293 00:20:38,947 --> 00:20:41,008 And it only gets harder as we get closer to the peak. 294 00:20:41,032 --> 00:20:43,284 This is the easy part. So stay close. 295 00:20:44,744 --> 00:20:45,954 Donald: You boys hear that? 296 00:20:47,331 --> 00:20:50,251 And remember, if you see white paint, 297 00:20:50,376 --> 00:20:52,712 it means you're on the right track. 298 00:20:52,837 --> 00:20:54,380 Ooh, look at this carcass. 299 00:20:54,505 --> 00:20:56,967 Oh! Yeah, do you see those ribs? 300 00:20:57,092 --> 00:20:58,385 Ryan: Gross. 301 00:20:58,510 --> 00:21:00,071 Henry: Yeah, that's that's actually been there for a while. 302 00:21:00,095 --> 00:21:01,637 Watch your step. 303 00:21:01,763 --> 00:21:04,598 Now, you see this? This is called lichen. 304 00:21:04,723 --> 00:21:05,433 You can actually eat it. 305 00:21:05,558 --> 00:21:06,559 Donn: Ew. 306 00:21:07,811 --> 00:21:09,854 Tommy: We should've brought pie. 307 00:21:09,979 --> 00:21:11,139 Ryan: Watch out for the moss. 308 00:21:11,189 --> 00:21:13,568 So, uh, you barely had a summer, huh? 309 00:21:13,693 --> 00:21:15,613 - Tommy: - Ryan: Be careful. 310 00:21:15,694 --> 00:21:17,571 Sometimes work comes first. 311 00:21:17,696 --> 00:21:18,698 Henry: Don't I know it. 312 00:21:18,823 --> 00:21:20,449 Tommy: Ryan, where are you going? 313 00:21:20,574 --> 00:21:21,699 Ryan: Watch your step. 314 00:21:21,826 --> 00:21:22,702 Okay, uh, yeah, one foot at a time. 315 00:21:22,827 --> 00:21:25,372 Hey! 316 00:21:25,497 --> 00:21:26,681 - Ryan: There you go. - Tommy: 317 00:21:26,705 --> 00:21:28,417 How many times I gotta say the same thing? 318 00:21:28,542 --> 00:21:30,270 Hey! Good mornin', fellas. 319 00:21:30,294 --> 00:21:31,169 Startin' up now? 320 00:21:31,294 --> 00:21:33,337 Uh, they're from out of town, 321 00:21:33,464 --> 00:21:34,815 thought I'd take 'em up to the summit. 322 00:21:34,839 --> 00:21:36,382 Uh, gettin' pretty choppy up there. 323 00:21:36,507 --> 00:21:37,718 I'd pick up your pace. 324 00:21:42,515 --> 00:21:43,683 Come on. 325 00:21:45,601 --> 00:21:46,853 Ryan, mind your brother. 326 00:21:46,978 --> 00:21:48,480 This way. Be careful now. 327 00:21:48,605 --> 00:21:49,771 Step there. 328 00:22:14,382 --> 00:22:16,258 Donald: Donn, slow down. 329 00:22:16,383 --> 00:22:17,927 Tommy: Ryan! 330 00:22:18,052 --> 00:22:19,387 Donald: Mind your brother. 331 00:22:21,430 --> 00:22:22,723 You boys be careful. 332 00:22:22,848 --> 00:22:24,392 Watch out. 333 00:22:24,518 --> 00:22:25,579 Careful, there's a dip here. 334 00:22:25,603 --> 00:22:27,188 Watch that ledge. 335 00:22:28,606 --> 00:22:30,233 Donn. 336 00:22:32,443 --> 00:22:33,861 I'm callin' it here. 337 00:22:36,571 --> 00:22:38,174 We're not dressed for this kind of weather. 338 00:22:38,198 --> 00:22:40,410 I'm tired. 339 00:22:40,535 --> 00:22:41,702 I know, handsome. 340 00:22:45,457 --> 00:22:46,834 No. 341 00:22:51,129 --> 00:22:52,964 What did you say? 342 00:22:53,089 --> 00:22:54,632 We're going to the top. 343 00:23:03,643 --> 00:23:05,895 - Donn. - You want us to be men? 344 00:23:06,020 --> 00:23:07,771 Then let us be men. 345 00:23:07,896 --> 00:23:09,690 If you wanna go to work so bad, go ahead. 346 00:23:09,815 --> 00:23:11,066 Go back. 347 00:23:11,191 --> 00:23:12,444 We don't need you. 348 00:23:18,867 --> 00:23:20,076 Okay, Donn. 349 00:23:29,420 --> 00:23:30,797 You got him? 350 00:23:34,633 --> 00:23:36,093 Are you coming or not? 351 00:23:40,432 --> 00:23:42,142 Go ahead. 352 00:23:42,267 --> 00:23:43,393 Keep an eye on him. 353 00:23:44,644 --> 00:23:46,271 I'll start down with Tommy. 354 00:23:57,158 --> 00:23:59,077 Stay with Henry! 355 00:23:59,202 --> 00:24:00,412 You hear me? 356 00:24:10,589 --> 00:24:12,382 Watch your step, boys. 357 00:24:12,507 --> 00:24:15,051 We got about two hours to the top. 358 00:24:15,176 --> 00:24:17,263 Don't wanna break an ankle now. 359 00:24:37,701 --> 00:24:40,077 Henry: Hey, boys, it's getting pretty choppy! 360 00:24:40,202 --> 00:24:41,746 Just say the word! 361 00:24:41,871 --> 00:24:44,082 There's no shame in turnin' back! 362 00:24:44,207 --> 00:24:45,710 Ryan: I'm freezing! 363 00:24:51,382 --> 00:24:53,843 Donn: Here, take my sweater! 364 00:24:55,678 --> 00:24:57,847 I don't need a babysitter! 365 00:25:02,394 --> 00:25:04,438 I'm fine to keep goin'. 366 00:25:07,733 --> 00:25:10,234 Henry: Alright, Ryan, get a move on. 367 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:26,752 Henry: Watch your step. 368 00:25:26,877 --> 00:25:28,129 Donn! 369 00:25:41,351 --> 00:25:42,436 Careful. 370 00:25:43,813 --> 00:25:45,105 This is the peak. 371 00:25:45,230 --> 00:25:48,276 Your dad is way down below those clouds. 372 00:25:48,401 --> 00:25:50,946 Normally, you could see the greatest view you ever saw. 373 00:25:51,946 --> 00:25:53,281 Can we go back now? 374 00:25:53,406 --> 00:25:55,451 I feel like my face is gonna fall off. 375 00:25:55,576 --> 00:25:57,577 Why are you in such a rush to go back home? 376 00:25:57,702 --> 00:25:58,787 I don't wanna be here. 377 00:25:58,912 --> 00:25:59,787 Then go! 378 00:25:59,912 --> 00:26:00,912 Dad's waiting! 379 00:26:00,997 --> 00:26:03,041 Make him wait! We're always waiting on him! 380 00:26:03,166 --> 00:26:04,167 No! We're going! 381 00:26:04,210 --> 00:26:05,210 Back off! 382 00:26:05,293 --> 00:26:06,920 Boys! Easy, easy! Boys! 383 00:26:07,047 --> 00:26:08,255 I said back off! 384 00:26:08,380 --> 00:26:09,382 Boys, stop! 385 00:26:10,550 --> 00:26:11,633 Stop it! 386 00:26:11,758 --> 00:26:13,194 Maybe if you weren't such a little shit all the time, 387 00:26:13,218 --> 00:26:14,553 Dad would stay! 388 00:26:20,686 --> 00:26:22,521 I'm goin' back alone. 389 00:26:29,403 --> 00:26:30,946 Get below the tree line! 390 00:26:32,573 --> 00:26:34,616 Hey, we need to stick together! 391 00:26:34,741 --> 00:26:37,245 Ryan: Donn, I'm sorry! 392 00:26:37,370 --> 00:26:39,455 Wait! 393 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:44,002 Donn! 394 00:26:44,127 --> 00:26:45,377 Henry: Oh God, Donn! 395 00:26:45,504 --> 00:26:46,504 Wait! 396 00:26:46,587 --> 00:26:48,005 Stop! 397 00:26:51,093 --> 00:26:52,345 Donn: Ryan! 398 00:26:53,846 --> 00:26:55,848 The trail! 399 00:27:13,032 --> 00:27:14,117 Donn: Dad! 400 00:27:15,159 --> 00:27:16,577 Ryan! 401 00:27:19,331 --> 00:27:21,582 Dad! 402 00:27:35,388 --> 00:27:37,643 Dad! 403 00:27:38,936 --> 00:27:40,896 I can't find the trail! 404 00:27:43,648 --> 00:27:49,779 Dad! 405 00:27:56,079 --> 00:27:57,497 Ryan: Dad! 406 00:28:03,210 --> 00:28:04,754 -Hey, oh! What -Oh, Dad. 407 00:28:04,879 --> 00:28:05,922 What is it? 408 00:28:08,757 --> 00:28:10,093 Where where's Donn? 409 00:28:11,470 --> 00:28:12,221 Where is he? 410 00:28:12,346 --> 00:28:13,890 He got away from us. 411 00:28:14,015 --> 00:28:15,306 We lost him in the fog. 412 00:28:16,516 --> 00:28:17,935 - Where's Donn? - I don't know. 413 00:28:18,060 --> 00:28:19,060 Where's your brother? 414 00:28:23,148 --> 00:28:24,150 Donn! 415 00:28:27,321 --> 00:28:28,696 Donn! 416 00:29:21,335 --> 00:29:22,504 Donn! 417 00:29:24,005 --> 00:29:25,380 Henry: Donn! 418 00:29:26,590 --> 00:29:27,843 Donn! 419 00:29:29,178 --> 00:29:30,303 Henry: Donn! 420 00:29:31,305 --> 00:29:32,640 Anything? 421 00:29:32,765 --> 00:29:34,183 He must've gotten off the trail. 422 00:29:34,308 --> 00:29:35,100 He's not at the summit, 423 00:29:35,225 --> 00:29:36,060 and I checked all around the top. 424 00:29:36,185 --> 00:29:37,287 I need you to run down the mountain 425 00:29:37,311 --> 00:29:38,311 as fast as you can. 426 00:29:38,436 --> 00:29:39,730 Mr. Fendler, I'm sorry. 427 00:29:39,855 --> 00:29:41,648 No, no. There's no time for that, son. 428 00:29:41,773 --> 00:29:44,069 I need you to find help. Find the ranger. 429 00:29:44,194 --> 00:29:45,862 Tell him to bring people. 430 00:29:49,032 --> 00:29:50,742 And tell 'em to bring flashlights! 431 00:31:03,027 --> 00:31:05,196 First two days were foggier than hell. 432 00:31:05,321 --> 00:31:06,489 Boys, oh boys, you wouldn't 433 00:31:06,614 --> 00:31:07,491 you wouldn't have believed the fog 434 00:31:07,616 --> 00:31:09,242 goin' across that tableland. 435 00:31:09,367 --> 00:31:11,720 If you haven't got a good sense of direction, you've had it. 436 00:31:11,744 --> 00:31:13,246 That's all there is to it. 437 00:31:13,371 --> 00:31:15,140 Because all the where were little rock piles there 438 00:31:15,164 --> 00:31:16,517 with a little bit of white paint on 'em 439 00:31:16,541 --> 00:31:17,418 once in a while. 440 00:31:17,543 --> 00:31:19,063 If you haven't got the proper footwear, 441 00:31:19,087 --> 00:31:20,838 and a lot of 'em wouldn't have, 442 00:31:21,922 --> 00:31:24,007 they all always used to advocate sneakers. 443 00:31:24,133 --> 00:31:26,010 And my God, there's nothing worse in this world 444 00:31:26,135 --> 00:31:27,135 than a pair of sneakers, 445 00:31:27,218 --> 00:31:28,970 'cause they won't they won't stay together. 446 00:31:29,097 --> 00:31:32,098 And God only knows how old some of those trees are. 447 00:31:32,223 --> 00:31:33,910 But they've been down in that moss long enough 448 00:31:33,934 --> 00:31:35,686 so that their spikes, about that long, 449 00:31:35,813 --> 00:31:38,273 just as sharp as needles. 450 00:31:38,398 --> 00:31:41,109 Now, if you aren't careful when you set your feet down, 451 00:31:41,234 --> 00:31:43,319 you're gonna rip your leg, or rip your thigh 452 00:31:43,444 --> 00:31:45,739 on one of them. 453 00:31:45,864 --> 00:31:47,491 And if you ever fall, God help you, 454 00:31:47,616 --> 00:31:48,950 you may not get up out of it. 455 00:32:36,793 --> 00:32:38,087 God... 456 00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:44,552 I swear I'll be the best kid in the entire world. 457 00:32:46,137 --> 00:32:48,597 You won't even believe how saintly I'd behave. 458 00:32:49,848 --> 00:32:51,726 I'd be like Ryan, only better. 459 00:32:53,228 --> 00:32:55,354 I won't even put my elbows on the table. 460 00:32:56,689 --> 00:32:57,983 And... 461 00:33:06,909 --> 00:33:09,035 I just wanna see my mom again. 462 00:33:11,372 --> 00:33:13,415 Even if it's just one more time. 463 00:33:35,563 --> 00:33:37,526 And please don't let Dad be too mad at me 464 00:33:37,651 --> 00:33:38,984 for running off. 465 00:33:42,531 --> 00:33:44,324 He can even go back to work. 466 00:33:45,699 --> 00:33:47,159 I won't be mad. 467 00:33:58,588 --> 00:33:59,757 Amen. 468 00:34:16,608 --> 00:34:17,859 Ranger 1: Donn Fendler! 469 00:34:18,859 --> 00:34:22,989 Ranger 2: 470 00:34:23,114 --> 00:34:24,617 Ranger 1: Donn! 471 00:34:29,455 --> 00:34:30,622 Ranger 3: Donn! 472 00:34:31,915 --> 00:34:33,167 Ranger 4: Donn! 473 00:34:35,294 --> 00:34:36,462 Ranger 1: Donn! 474 00:34:59,236 --> 00:35:00,279 Ruth: Hello? 475 00:35:01,322 --> 00:35:03,199 Ruth. 476 00:35:03,324 --> 00:35:04,617 What's wrong? 477 00:35:06,119 --> 00:35:07,719 Donald: Something's happened. 478 00:35:08,954 --> 00:35:10,414 On the mountain. 479 00:35:10,539 --> 00:35:11,708 What happened? 480 00:35:13,252 --> 00:35:16,713 Donald: We were all together and... 481 00:35:16,838 --> 00:35:18,632 What happened? 482 00:35:26,098 --> 00:35:27,699 Donald: I lost our boy, Ruth. 483 00:35:31,021 --> 00:35:32,354 I lost our boy. 484 00:35:39,488 --> 00:35:40,738 Which one? 485 00:37:40,116 --> 00:37:43,661 Donn Fendler, don't you dare do that in front of your mother. 486 00:37:43,786 --> 00:37:45,537 Well, too bad, Dad. 487 00:37:45,662 --> 00:37:47,414 You're not around. 488 00:38:14,611 --> 00:38:17,529 No, no, he. 489 00:38:17,654 --> 00:38:18,948 What about the back side? 490 00:38:19,073 --> 00:38:21,744 There there's no paths there, there's no trails in that area. 491 00:38:21,869 --> 00:38:22,869 No, look, I don't know. 492 00:38:24,997 --> 00:38:26,207 Mom! 493 00:38:41,306 --> 00:38:42,891 Alright, I have two groups up there now. 494 00:38:43,016 --> 00:38:46,143 Seven men total, searching all above the tree line. 495 00:38:46,270 --> 00:38:47,270 But so far, no luck. 496 00:38:47,395 --> 00:38:48,646 Well, get a plane up there. 497 00:38:48,771 --> 00:38:52,692 We don't have those kind of resources, Mrs. Fendler. 498 00:38:52,817 --> 00:38:55,529 All we know is that it got below freezing last night, 499 00:38:55,654 --> 00:38:58,032 and the winds were blowin' 40 miles an hour. 500 00:39:00,742 --> 00:39:02,077 Do you think, um. 501 00:39:04,581 --> 00:39:06,958 Do you think our son is dead? 502 00:39:07,083 --> 00:39:08,460 No, no, of course not. 503 00:39:08,585 --> 00:39:10,003 I mean, we don't know anything yet. 504 00:39:10,128 --> 00:39:12,005 Then why are you searching above the tree line? 505 00:39:15,217 --> 00:39:16,361 If he really is above the tree line, 506 00:39:16,385 --> 00:39:18,012 you're not looking for. 507 00:39:19,137 --> 00:39:21,390 For Donn, you're looking for his body. 508 00:39:21,515 --> 00:39:23,676 - Hold on a minute, Mister. - Just be straight with us. 509 00:39:25,936 --> 00:39:27,438 Please. 510 00:39:29,983 --> 00:39:32,734 We have to consider that possibility, yes. 511 00:39:34,028 --> 00:39:35,839 And if he got off the mountain, there's no telling 512 00:39:35,863 --> 00:39:37,489 where he could be. 513 00:39:37,615 --> 00:39:40,202 There's a 100,000 acres of wilderness out there. 514 00:39:41,495 --> 00:39:44,414 Okay, fine. 515 00:39:47,500 --> 00:39:49,044 But if you were alone on that mountain, 516 00:39:49,169 --> 00:39:50,920 with all that wind, and rain, 517 00:39:51,045 --> 00:39:54,300 and the temperature was... 518 00:39:55,468 --> 00:39:56,511 Was freezing. 519 00:39:57,511 --> 00:39:58,930 Yeah, freezing. 520 00:40:00,515 --> 00:40:02,433 Do you think you'd stay in one place? 521 00:40:09,692 --> 00:40:12,277 I took Donn and his brother camping a couple of times. 522 00:40:14,404 --> 00:40:15,739 I always told him... 523 00:40:17,907 --> 00:40:19,326 ...remember three things 524 00:40:20,869 --> 00:40:22,454 if you ever get lost out there. 525 00:40:24,122 --> 00:40:27,418 First, don't lose your head. 526 00:40:29,003 --> 00:40:32,882 But knowing Donn, that probably isn't possible. 527 00:40:41,141 --> 00:40:44,729 Second, follow a stream. 528 00:40:44,854 --> 00:40:47,023 Because a stream always leads to a river. 529 00:40:49,693 --> 00:40:51,486 And a river always leads somewhere. 530 00:40:52,653 --> 00:40:55,614 And third, when things get tough, 531 00:40:59,577 --> 00:41:01,037 Press on. 532 00:41:13,051 --> 00:41:14,218 Press on. 533 00:43:54,013 --> 00:43:56,473 Gee, he was a live wire, full of life. 534 00:43:56,600 --> 00:43:58,476 And, boy, energy galore. 535 00:43:58,601 --> 00:44:00,645 He was determined and persevering, you know, 536 00:44:00,770 --> 00:44:04,901 and also, of course, you could say he didn't know all the odds. 537 00:44:05,026 --> 00:44:07,694 He didn't realize all that he was up against. 538 00:44:08,779 --> 00:44:12,657 You know, and as you notice, it's everything day by day. 539 00:44:12,782 --> 00:44:14,617 We go far so far today, and then he says, 540 00:44:14,742 --> 00:44:15,869 "I'll go so far tomorrow, 541 00:44:15,994 --> 00:44:17,954 and I just gotta keep pluggin'." 542 00:44:18,079 --> 00:44:19,248 And he did. 543 00:46:12,702 --> 00:46:14,370 Oh God. 544 00:47:03,130 --> 00:47:07,760 I can recall a a dead bird on a rock 545 00:47:07,885 --> 00:47:09,512 that looked like a hawk or something 546 00:47:09,637 --> 00:47:13,183 had killed it just, and and seeing that and feeling that 547 00:47:13,308 --> 00:47:15,103 was a terrible omen. 548 00:47:15,228 --> 00:47:19,564 And, uh, and uh, crying about that. 549 00:47:21,399 --> 00:47:25,404 Um, but I really had a very strong feeling that 550 00:47:25,529 --> 00:47:26,739 they wouldn't find him. 551 00:47:49,513 --> 00:47:52,850 Ugh. I thought you were him. 552 00:47:54,851 --> 00:47:56,395 Do you think he's still alive? 553 00:48:06,156 --> 00:48:09,742 Your brother is really stubborn. 554 00:48:14,790 --> 00:48:17,710 Even more stubborn than your father. 555 00:48:34,186 --> 00:48:35,188 Hello. 556 00:48:35,313 --> 00:48:36,981 Donald: Nothing yet. 557 00:48:37,106 --> 00:48:39,066 But I'm headed back up shortly. 558 00:48:43,696 --> 00:48:45,657 Ruth: When was your last meal? 559 00:48:45,782 --> 00:48:47,200 Um. 560 00:48:48,952 --> 00:48:50,305 Donald: We need a plane. 561 00:48:50,329 --> 00:48:52,372 Or just more volunteers. 562 00:48:52,497 --> 00:48:53,665 Please eat something. 563 00:48:55,375 --> 00:48:56,575 Donald: Yes, ma'am. 564 00:48:58,169 --> 00:48:59,462 Promise. 565 00:49:06,761 --> 00:49:08,096 Get the phone book. 566 00:49:16,480 --> 00:49:18,399 Hello, is this the Great Northern Paper Company? 567 00:49:18,526 --> 00:49:19,401 My name's Ruth Fendler, 568 00:49:19,526 --> 00:49:21,527 and I have a very big favor to ask. 569 00:49:23,446 --> 00:49:24,531 Is this Fire and Rescue? 570 00:49:24,656 --> 00:49:26,074 We need volunteers. 571 00:49:26,199 --> 00:49:27,659 Bangor Rail Yard? 572 00:49:27,784 --> 00:49:30,036 Hello, is this West Branch Logging? 573 00:49:30,161 --> 00:49:33,332 May I speak with the office of Governor Barrows, please? 574 00:49:33,457 --> 00:49:34,667 Thank you. 575 00:49:37,253 --> 00:49:39,463 We should call the newspapers. 576 00:49:39,588 --> 00:49:40,673 The Bangor Daily News. 577 00:49:42,050 --> 00:49:43,258 Is this the New York Times? 578 00:49:44,385 --> 00:49:46,637 San Francisco Chronicle? 579 00:49:46,762 --> 00:49:47,973 Chicago Tribune? 580 00:49:49,433 --> 00:49:51,018 What about The Mill? 581 00:49:51,143 --> 00:49:52,228 Great idea. 582 00:49:53,394 --> 00:49:55,314 Hello, my name is Ruth Fendler. 583 00:49:57,524 --> 00:49:59,193 Whatever you can do. 584 00:49:59,318 --> 00:50:00,694 As many as you can send. 585 00:50:01,778 --> 00:50:03,071 Hello, Bangor Daily News? 586 00:50:04,699 --> 00:50:07,119 Yes, my name is Ruth Fendler, and I. 587 00:50:09,620 --> 00:50:11,414 Yes, he's he's my son. 588 00:50:25,638 --> 00:50:30,685 Volunteer 1: 589 00:50:30,810 --> 00:50:32,853 Volunteer 2: Okay, you got everything on there. 590 00:50:32,978 --> 00:50:34,855 Volunteer 1: I have more potatoes, folks. 591 00:50:35,899 --> 00:50:37,067 Volunteer 2: There you go. 592 00:50:39,777 --> 00:50:41,947 Volunteer 3: Good mornin'. -Good morning. 593 00:50:44,699 --> 00:50:46,076 Searcher 1: Here, I got it! 594 00:50:48,494 --> 00:50:50,832 Good morning. Thank you. 595 00:50:50,957 --> 00:50:52,434 Searcher 1: All the let's go. 596 00:51:09,393 --> 00:51:10,894 Volunteer 4: Thanks. 597 00:51:11,019 --> 00:51:12,979 Hurry up. Come on. Let's go. 598 00:51:17,026 --> 00:51:18,401 Volunteer 5: Donn Fendler! 599 00:51:18,526 --> 00:51:19,629 Ranger 5: Everybody spreadin' out. 600 00:51:19,653 --> 00:51:21,363 Volunteer 5: Donn Fendler! 601 00:51:21,488 --> 00:51:24,284 Dick: I was one of the few people that knew the territory 602 00:51:24,409 --> 00:51:26,285 out where the search was bein' conducted, 603 00:51:26,410 --> 00:51:29,789 so the meat and potatoes of the thing 604 00:51:29,914 --> 00:51:32,959 was to search the ground where this fellow might have, uh, 605 00:51:33,084 --> 00:51:35,169 fallen down, and and hurt himself. 606 00:51:35,294 --> 00:51:38,131 So in no time at all, we had the entire region, 607 00:51:38,256 --> 00:51:40,300 uh, coming in to help out. 608 00:51:40,426 --> 00:51:42,636 People felt that they needed to find him 609 00:51:42,761 --> 00:51:44,471 because there would always be on your mind 610 00:51:44,596 --> 00:51:47,516 for the rest of your life is that, "Where is that fellow?" 611 00:51:47,641 --> 00:51:50,185 The feeling of, uh, neighborliness. 612 00:51:50,310 --> 00:51:52,688 Uh, in Maine, you know, you. 613 00:51:54,482 --> 00:51:56,067 You depend on your neighbors. 614 00:52:00,864 --> 00:52:02,264 Lead Ranger: Nobody knows anything. 615 00:52:06,452 --> 00:52:07,638 I want to thank the volunteers. 616 00:52:07,662 --> 00:52:09,540 They have been indispensable in this search. 617 00:52:09,665 --> 00:52:12,043 We want you to continue. We need you out there. 618 00:52:12,168 --> 00:52:14,670 We need hands, we need boots on the ground. 619 00:52:14,795 --> 00:52:16,172 Uh, all the help we can get. 620 00:52:16,297 --> 00:52:17,840 Make sure you go with another person. 621 00:52:17,965 --> 00:52:19,758 Don't go no one go out alone. 622 00:52:19,883 --> 00:52:21,010 Thanks. 623 00:52:21,135 --> 00:52:23,178 I'll be answering the questions. No, not the father. 624 00:52:23,303 --> 00:52:25,139 If you have a question, ask me. 625 00:52:25,264 --> 00:52:26,474 He's. 626 00:52:27,643 --> 00:52:29,079 Newspaper Seller: Read all about it. 627 00:52:29,103 --> 00:52:30,979 Largest search party in history of Maine. 628 00:52:31,104 --> 00:52:34,066 Volunteer 6: Donn Fendler! 629 00:53:54,318 --> 00:53:56,486 Ruth: You haven't slept in days. 630 00:53:56,611 --> 00:53:58,279 Come home. 631 00:53:58,405 --> 00:53:59,824 Even if for the night. 632 00:54:01,242 --> 00:54:02,785 Donald: Yes, ma'am. 633 00:55:23,120 --> 00:55:24,539 Hello? 634 00:55:24,664 --> 00:55:26,332 Hello! 635 00:55:26,457 --> 00:55:28,625 I'm over here! 636 00:55:28,750 --> 00:55:30,002 Hello! 637 00:55:38,553 --> 00:55:39,805 Hello? 638 00:55:47,313 --> 00:55:49,232 Sorry, I don't have any pants on. 639 00:55:50,566 --> 00:55:52,067 It's a long story. 640 00:55:55,529 --> 00:55:57,072 Hello? 641 00:56:50,923 --> 00:56:52,173 Okay. 642 00:56:57,346 --> 00:56:58,596 Hello? 643 00:57:43,519 --> 00:57:48,524 I am the kingfisher. 644 00:57:54,365 --> 00:57:56,575 Come right over here. 645 00:58:28,067 --> 00:58:29,694 Just just to be clear, 646 00:58:31,029 --> 00:58:33,114 I really didn't mean to trespass. 647 00:58:36,201 --> 00:58:39,579 I don't wanna be trapped in the afterlife for all eternity. 648 00:58:49,173 --> 00:58:52,968 You know, for a God, I kinda figured you'd sound bigger, 649 00:58:54,052 --> 00:58:56,556 but thank you. 650 00:59:12,574 --> 00:59:14,867 Come here, Mr. Fishy, 651 00:59:14,992 --> 00:59:17,662 I really do wanna be friends. 652 00:59:26,712 --> 00:59:28,006 Yes! 653 00:59:32,135 --> 00:59:34,638 I am the kingfisher! 654 00:59:51,031 --> 00:59:52,322 Pfft! 655 00:59:54,409 --> 00:59:57,161 You know, matches would be swell. 656 01:02:37,332 --> 01:02:38,667 Don't leave. 657 01:02:40,877 --> 01:02:42,420 You're always leaving. 658 01:02:44,965 --> 01:02:46,300 Don't leave. 659 01:02:49,428 --> 01:02:50,846 Please. 660 01:03:14,580 --> 01:03:15,598 Donald: Don't lose your head. 661 01:03:15,622 --> 01:03:18,292 Donn: Don't lose your head. 662 01:03:18,417 --> 01:03:19,457 Donald: Follow the stream. 663 01:03:19,502 --> 01:03:21,002 Donn: Follow the stream. 664 01:03:22,380 --> 01:03:23,631 Donald: Don't lose your head. 665 01:03:23,756 --> 01:03:26,260 Donn: Don't lose your head. 666 01:04:17,021 --> 01:04:19,082 Radio Newscaster 4: The search for the Fendler boy continues 667 01:04:19,106 --> 01:04:20,125 in what has quickly become 668 01:04:20,149 --> 01:04:21,984 the largest search and rescue effort 669 01:04:22,109 --> 01:04:24,697 in the history of Maine. 670 01:04:24,822 --> 01:04:26,532 Donald: Don't lose your head, Donn. 671 01:04:26,657 --> 01:04:28,718 Radio Newscaster 4: Donn Fendler, after six days out somewhere in the vast expanse 672 01:04:28,742 --> 01:04:29,994 surrounding Mount Katahdin. 673 01:04:30,119 --> 01:04:31,579 Donald: Follow the stream. 674 01:04:31,704 --> 01:04:34,499 Radio Newscaster 4: The National Guard has deployed over 150 troops 675 01:04:34,624 --> 01:04:36,167 to aid in the effort. 676 01:04:36,292 --> 01:04:37,292 Donald: Press on. 677 01:06:04,468 --> 01:06:05,845 Mostly, uh, people thought he was 678 01:06:05,970 --> 01:06:08,056 still up on the mountain someplace, 679 01:06:08,181 --> 01:06:13,311 and that he had fallen in a in a crevice or or, um, 680 01:06:15,231 --> 01:06:18,817 just laid down somewhere, and, uh, died. 681 01:06:20,027 --> 01:06:22,612 Like nobody would expect after four, five days 682 01:06:22,737 --> 01:06:24,447 that he he could have survived. 683 01:06:24,572 --> 01:06:28,911 And everybody was waiting for the boy 684 01:06:29,036 --> 01:06:30,455 or the body to be found. 685 01:06:30,580 --> 01:06:35,127 And, uh, and, uh, somebody swore that they could smell an odor 686 01:06:35,252 --> 01:06:36,378 coming up from a crevice, 687 01:06:36,503 --> 01:06:39,505 and that they were really very certain 688 01:06:39,632 --> 01:06:41,508 that they were going to recover his body. 689 01:06:43,843 --> 01:06:45,564 State Trooper: Over here, by the ridge line! 690 01:06:45,679 --> 01:06:47,431 Come on, come on, come on! 691 01:06:54,229 --> 01:06:55,869 Searcher 2: They have somethin' up there. 692 01:07:05,200 --> 01:07:10,497 I think we found something! 693 01:07:16,755 --> 01:07:19,758 The group is up at Chimney Pond right now. 694 01:07:19,883 --> 01:07:21,385 At the crevice. 695 01:07:23,470 --> 01:07:26,013 Shouldn't you be there, in case? 696 01:07:30,185 --> 01:07:31,395 It's not him. 697 01:07:49,163 --> 01:07:50,474 Ranger 6: Hold the rope tight back. 698 01:07:50,498 --> 01:07:51,809 - Move back. - Ranger 7: Here he comes. 699 01:07:51,833 --> 01:07:53,835 Give him slack! He's comin' out. 700 01:07:53,960 --> 01:07:55,503 Is it him? 701 01:07:55,628 --> 01:07:56,880 It's too narrow. 702 01:07:58,465 --> 01:07:59,945 There's definitely somethin' in there. 703 01:08:00,050 --> 01:08:01,819 - I'll just go. - You're not gettin' in there! 704 01:08:01,843 --> 01:08:03,679 - None of us are! - Hey, get out of my way! 705 01:08:03,804 --> 01:08:04,806 Henry: Mr. Fendler! 706 01:08:06,014 --> 01:08:07,183 It's too narrow. 707 01:08:11,019 --> 01:08:12,479 Who's the smallest man here? 708 01:08:13,981 --> 01:08:15,149 Ryan: I'll go. 709 01:08:17,234 --> 01:08:18,403 Out of the question. 710 01:08:19,111 --> 01:08:20,112 I can do it. 711 01:08:47,141 --> 01:08:48,810 It it wasn't Donn, 712 01:08:48,935 --> 01:08:50,228 it was just a coyote. 713 01:08:53,149 --> 01:08:56,234 - Oh, thank God. - Ranger 6: Donn Fendler! 714 01:08:56,359 --> 01:08:58,904 Searcher 3: Donn Fendler, where are you? 715 01:09:00,781 --> 01:09:02,657 Ranger 7: Donn Fendler! 716 01:09:26,768 --> 01:09:29,938 We we we got into a fight up there. 717 01:09:31,648 --> 01:09:32,773 He ran. 718 01:09:35,568 --> 01:09:37,445 It's it's all 'cause of me. 719 01:09:37,570 --> 01:09:39,530 Hey. 720 01:09:39,655 --> 01:09:42,617 Hey, don't you ever think that. 721 01:09:45,537 --> 01:09:46,914 This is my fault. 722 01:09:50,584 --> 01:09:51,960 I should have been there. 723 01:10:06,560 --> 01:10:07,851 We're gonna find him. 724 01:10:13,359 --> 01:10:14,567 We'll find him. 725 01:11:03,245 --> 01:11:04,787 We're going home. 726 01:11:04,914 --> 01:11:07,332 Hey, hey! Come back! 727 01:11:07,457 --> 01:11:08,457 Help! 728 01:11:10,002 --> 01:11:11,523 They aren't looking in the right place. 729 01:11:11,588 --> 01:11:13,171 Help! I'm right here! 730 01:11:15,300 --> 01:11:18,678 Hey! Where are you going? 731 01:11:18,803 --> 01:11:20,721 They're searching the wrong spot. 732 01:11:21,723 --> 01:11:22,973 Help! 733 01:13:57,888 --> 01:14:00,225 When me and Ryan were real little, 734 01:14:04,437 --> 01:14:08,609 Dad used to read us these great bedtime stories. 735 01:14:12,112 --> 01:14:16,741 Sometimes I'd even pretend to be asleep, 736 01:14:18,619 --> 01:14:22,623 just because I loved how he'd pick me up and carry me to bed. 737 01:14:28,547 --> 01:14:30,298 And he'd crawl in, 738 01:14:32,633 --> 01:14:34,928 and wrap his big arm over me. 739 01:14:38,808 --> 01:14:42,269 And fall asleep right there with me. 740 01:14:50,779 --> 01:14:52,197 But later, 741 01:14:53,949 --> 01:14:55,492 as we got older, 742 01:14:58,160 --> 01:15:01,414 he was on the road more for work, you know? 743 01:15:05,294 --> 01:15:07,088 And whenever we were together, 744 01:15:08,338 --> 01:15:10,508 he started calling us men, 745 01:15:12,510 --> 01:15:15,136 and we didn't seem to laugh a whole lot anymore. 746 01:15:16,180 --> 01:15:17,598 The way we used to. 747 01:15:25,774 --> 01:15:28,611 And we stopped reading those bedtime stories. 748 01:15:31,321 --> 01:15:33,114 Which was too bad, 749 01:15:35,367 --> 01:15:37,453 because they were just about my favorite thing 750 01:15:37,578 --> 01:15:38,913 in the whole world. 751 01:16:05,608 --> 01:16:06,691 Dad. 752 01:16:13,825 --> 01:16:15,244 Son. 753 01:16:16,410 --> 01:16:17,662 Donn! 754 01:16:19,497 --> 01:16:20,749 I'm coming! 755 01:16:23,042 --> 01:16:26,005 Donn! I'll find you! 756 01:16:31,676 --> 01:16:33,805 Doctor: The branch tore his left cornea. 757 01:16:33,930 --> 01:16:37,350 It's very possible he'll lose the eye. 758 01:16:48,277 --> 01:16:50,906 Then I got the news that Mr. Fendler had. 759 01:16:51,031 --> 01:16:53,199 Had had his eye cut with a branch of a tree, 760 01:16:53,324 --> 01:16:57,830 and that I was to go over to Bangor Hospital to be with him. 761 01:16:57,955 --> 01:16:59,058 Of course, I didn't believe it. 762 01:16:59,082 --> 01:17:01,292 I thought maybe he'd lost his mind. 763 01:17:02,793 --> 01:17:06,338 And, uh, 'cause I know his devotion to his children. 764 01:17:06,463 --> 01:17:08,675 And probably he was blaming himself. 765 01:17:08,800 --> 01:17:11,469 He felt terrible about it to have to have that happen. 766 01:17:12,679 --> 01:17:15,849 That he couldn't be right there, right in the midst of it. 767 01:17:15,974 --> 01:17:17,809 But at that time, he had given up, too, 768 01:17:17,934 --> 01:17:19,978 that they can ever gonna find him. 769 01:19:21,941 --> 01:19:23,192 Ruth: Donald, 770 01:19:28,782 --> 01:19:30,407 when you called me from the mountain 771 01:19:31,534 --> 01:19:33,913 to tell me that you lost one of the boys, 772 01:19:37,082 --> 01:19:38,960 do you know what my first thought was? 773 01:19:45,090 --> 01:19:47,008 I hoped it was Donn. 774 01:19:49,554 --> 01:19:51,139 Because I know our boy, 775 01:19:53,724 --> 01:19:57,729 and I knew that if it was Donn, 776 01:19:58,898 --> 01:20:01,524 he would have a chance of surviving this thing. 777 01:20:15,247 --> 01:20:16,832 When I got home last week, 778 01:20:19,586 --> 01:20:22,423 the boys were so excited to see me, 779 01:20:22,548 --> 01:20:23,548 they wanted to. 780 01:20:23,590 --> 01:20:25,843 Jump into my arms. 781 01:20:30,973 --> 01:20:32,308 I should've let them. 782 01:20:34,601 --> 01:20:35,937 But Donn... 783 01:20:37,856 --> 01:20:40,107 There's so much of me in that boy. 784 01:20:42,569 --> 01:20:44,071 And the way the world is going, 785 01:20:44,196 --> 01:20:48,699 I just wanted to teach him to be ready for it. 786 01:20:50,870 --> 01:20:53,957 So damn focused 787 01:20:54,082 --> 01:20:57,000 on trying to make him tough... 788 01:20:58,835 --> 01:21:00,588 I forgot to be his dad. 789 01:21:02,005 --> 01:21:04,258 If I'd never lost our boy, 790 01:21:04,383 --> 01:21:08,346 I never would've realized that I did it all wrong. 791 01:21:11,766 --> 01:21:14,019 - Everything. - No. 792 01:21:14,144 --> 01:21:16,896 We're just doing the best we can. 793 01:21:20,316 --> 01:21:22,362 I just hope to God... 794 01:21:24,864 --> 01:21:26,699 we get one more chance. 795 01:22:06,491 --> 01:22:07,659 Donn: Dad. 796 01:22:17,210 --> 01:22:18,545 Mom. 797 01:22:23,258 --> 01:22:25,386 I'm gonna miss you so much. 798 01:24:27,306 --> 01:24:29,143 Come home, son. 799 01:24:43,366 --> 01:24:44,826 Come home. 800 01:25:20,322 --> 01:25:22,992 Come home, son. 801 01:26:27,728 --> 01:26:29,438 Help! 802 01:26:31,439 --> 01:26:33,358 Help! 803 01:26:37,697 --> 01:26:39,615 Woman: Fred! Fred! 804 01:26:41,700 --> 01:26:43,452 Woman: Fred! 805 01:27:19,657 --> 01:27:23,453 Lead Ranger: Oh my God. He walked over 80 miles. 806 01:27:23,578 --> 01:27:25,288 A grown man couldn't have done that. 807 01:27:26,665 --> 01:27:28,083 Henry: But maybe a boy could have. 808 01:27:51,983 --> 01:27:52,983 Well, I said right away, 809 01:27:53,069 --> 01:27:55,737 I said, "If any of them had to be lost," 810 01:27:55,862 --> 01:27:56,947 the best one would be Donn. 811 01:27:57,072 --> 01:27:58,907 "He would find a way." 812 01:28:03,870 --> 01:28:05,164 You don't give up. 813 01:28:06,457 --> 01:28:08,042 That's the main, biggest thing. 814 01:28:08,167 --> 01:28:11,963 And you gotta have some faith in something stronger than yourself. 815 01:28:28,439 --> 01:28:29,732 Sweetheart! 816 01:28:32,359 --> 01:28:33,486 We leaned over, you know, 817 01:28:33,611 --> 01:28:35,696 and then we put the canoes together, 818 01:28:35,821 --> 01:28:37,741 I was holding his hand, you know? 819 01:28:46,708 --> 01:28:49,252 - I missed you, Mom. - Oh, you have no idea. 820 01:29:10,441 --> 01:29:12,360 It was really a miracle. 821 01:29:12,485 --> 01:29:15,239 I really think it was a miracle that he survived. 822 01:29:15,364 --> 01:29:16,365 Had he been a man grown, 823 01:29:16,490 --> 01:29:18,492 he'd never in God's world would have made it. 824 01:29:18,617 --> 01:29:20,244 He'd have died somewhere in there. 825 01:29:20,369 --> 01:29:22,662 For a child that that young to have that amount of drive 826 01:29:22,789 --> 01:29:24,372 is very unusual. 827 01:29:25,415 --> 01:29:27,753 Ryan Fendler: People came from everywhere. 828 01:29:27,878 --> 01:29:30,963 It was, uh, just bedlam. 829 01:29:47,606 --> 01:29:49,149 Welcome back. 830 01:29:55,239 --> 01:29:56,782 Donn, you're back! 831 01:30:49,673 --> 01:30:50,923 Hey, Dad. 832 01:30:53,760 --> 01:30:55,095 Hey, Donn. 833 01:31:00,308 --> 01:31:01,977 I really made a mess of things, huh? 834 01:31:03,729 --> 01:31:06,106 No, no. 835 01:31:08,067 --> 01:31:09,067 No. 836 01:31:27,253 --> 01:31:28,422 I love you. 837 01:31:32,468 --> 01:31:34,344 I love you too, Dad. 838 01:31:34,469 --> 01:31:36,223 I love you so much. 839 01:31:55,200 --> 01:31:56,970 There were plenty of times I wanted to give up. 840 01:31:56,994 --> 01:31:59,287 Like those last few days. 841 01:31:59,412 --> 01:32:01,457 But you just keep goin'. I don't know what. 842 01:32:01,582 --> 01:32:04,293 Like I told you just it's your will to live. 843 01:32:05,503 --> 01:32:09,006 And, uh, if you fight, you just fight. 844 01:32:16,723 --> 01:32:18,826 Donn Fendler: You don't know you have it until you come up against 845 01:32:18,850 --> 01:32:20,311 a life-threatening situation. 846 01:32:20,436 --> 01:32:21,979 And that's when you're gonna find out 847 01:32:22,104 --> 01:32:24,356 just how tough a person you are. 848 01:32:24,481 --> 01:32:27,067 Tough in the heart and tough in the mind. 849 01:32:27,192 --> 01:32:28,944 And we all have this. 850 01:33:16,329 --> 01:33:17,787 What did I get out of it? 851 01:33:17,912 --> 01:33:20,290 It taught me how to be responsible for my actions. 852 01:33:20,415 --> 01:33:22,335 And it taught me love of family. 853 01:33:22,460 --> 01:33:24,211 You never know what love of family is 854 01:33:24,336 --> 01:33:26,088 until you come up against a bad situation, 855 01:33:26,213 --> 01:33:28,466 whether it's sickness or whatever it is.