1 00:00:02,760 --> 00:00:04,285 (INDISTINCT CHATTERING) 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:05,561 (WHISTLE BLOWS) 3 00:00:06,560 --> 00:00:07,721 QUARTERBACK: Ready. 4 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:11,220 (CHEERLEADERS CHEERING INDISTINCTLY) 5 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:12,540 QUARTERBACK: Set, hut! 6 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:14,290 (FOOTBALL PADS POPPING) 7 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:16,570 (WHISTLE BLOWING) 8 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:21,260 COACH 1: Nice job, nice job. Tempo, tempo. Let's go. 9 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:23,980 - On the ball, on the ball. Let's go. - COACH 2: On the ball, let's go. 10 00:00:24,080 --> 00:00:25,060 Reset. 11 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:26,980 COACH 1: Tempo, tempo. Let's pick it up this time, boys. 12 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:29,220 COACH 3: What personnel they got, Coach? All right, let's change it. 13 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:30,900 Wall right, wall right. 14 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,260 Make sure you pick off the flyer. Here we go, here we go. Everybody up! 15 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:35,340 (WHISTLE BLOWS) 16 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:36,620 MAN 2: Ready. Set! 17 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:38,324 (INDISTINCT TALKING) 18 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:41,820 COACH 2: Watch the motion. QUARTERBACK: Set, hut! 19 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:43,940 COACH 1: There you go, get it, get it. Turn up, turn up, turn up! 20 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:46,180 - Think fast! There you go. - COACH 2: Just like this. 21 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:48,282 - (WHISTLE BLOWS) - There you go. Nice job. Nice job. 22 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:58,620 TERRY BRADSHAW: Mike did. Someone to help me with maximum protection. Mike did. 23 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:00,540 Someone to help me call the play. Mike did. 24 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:03,460 Someone to help me get the team in line. Mike did it. 25 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:05,642 Mike controlled it, Mike ran it. 26 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:09,122 We needed him, we used him, we leaned on him. 27 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,768 - (CROWD CHEERING) - He was our strength in our offense. 28 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:16,740 I know this man. I know his backside as well as anybody. 29 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:18,180 (CROWD APPLAUDING) 30 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:23,207 Simply, nothing has ever compared to Mike Webster. 31 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:27,660 Ladies and gentlemen, the greatest center in the history of the National Football League, 32 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:33,005 your inductee into the Hall of Fame, number 52, "Iron Mike" Webster! 33 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:35,529 (CROWD CHEERING) 34 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:41,460 MAN: Way to go, Mike! 35 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:42,686 Uh... 36 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:45,364 I'd like to begin... 37 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:51,324 Um, obviously, I want it to be fun, but I want to be truthful. 38 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:59,281 'Cause the people out there are tremendous fans, uh, locally. 39 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:04,980 But as we, uh, as we go through this, I want you to understand 40 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:10,644 the greatest thing that has happened to me in my experience of professional football 41 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:18,249 is to have the opportunity to work with people with a common goal 42 00:02:19,640 --> 00:02:22,723 and with the same purpose, and to sacrifice. 43 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:30,074 Everyone is intimidated by a shark. Become a Card Shark AMERICASCARDROOM.COM 44 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:34,210 I'll say this, 45 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:38,084 it's painful playing football, obviously. 46 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:41,820 And, uh, it's not a lot of fun out there 47 00:02:41,920 --> 00:02:46,084 to be in two-a-day drills in the heat of the summer, 48 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:48,004 and, uh, banging heads. 49 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:49,605 It's not a natural thing. 50 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:07,081 I was scared I'd fail. Honest to God, I was scared I'd fail. 51 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:10,284 I'm still scared of that. 52 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:23,980 (PLAYERS SHOUTING) 53 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:25,809 (CROWD CHEERING) 54 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:45,449 And all we have to do is finish the game. 55 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:50,211 If we finish, we win. 56 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:55,281 Yeah. 57 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:09,482 - (BELL DINGING) - (TRAIN CHUGGING) 58 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:14,049 (SHIP HORN BLOWING) 59 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:25,180 ATTORNEY: The state has asked, after a lengthy trial, 60 00:04:25,280 --> 00:04:29,569 a death sentence and two appeals, why we would learn anything new from you. 61 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,570 Dr. Omalu, do you have a medical degree? 62 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:38,611 Uh, yes. From the University of Nigeria. 63 00:04:39,280 --> 00:04:41,521 At Enugu, Nigeria. 64 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:44,300 And I did my residency 65 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:48,883 at Columbia University Medical School in New York. 66 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:55,289 Um, I also have master's degrees in Public Health and Epidemiology. 67 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:59,885 In addition, I am a certified physician executive, 68 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:03,648 uh, with a specialty in Emergency Medicine. 69 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:06,380 (STUTTERS) And, of course, I'm board-certified 70 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:11,247 in Forensic Pathology, Clinical Pathology and Anatomic Pathology. 71 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:16,931 Uh, my... My focus is Neuropathology, the examination of the brain. 72 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:19,980 - While working as a Medical... - I'm sorry. So sorry. I'm sorry. 73 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:24,449 Uh, I'm also completing my MBA at Carnegie Mellon University. 74 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:26,360 (CHUCKLING) 75 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:29,140 Oh, uh, and, uh, before I came to America, 76 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:34,371 a master's degree in the Theory of Music from the Royal School of Music in London. 77 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:42,700 Oh, but... Oh, your... Your original question, uh, what can I add? 78 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:43,926 Um... 79 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:49,525 My specialty is the science of death. 80 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:55,360 I think more about why people die than I do the way people live. 81 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,082 Hands of the deceased. 82 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:04,020 Broken and dislodged fingernails. 83 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:09,604 The hands of a woman who fought wildly for her life and lost. 84 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:13,961 The hands of the defendant, Thomas Chambers. 85 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:16,740 And that is, in fact, the blood of the victim. 86 00:06:16,840 --> 00:06:19,540 Now, doesn't that suggest that the state has the right man? 87 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:25,820 I thought so, until I heard hour 217 of Mr. Chambers' police interview. 88 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:29,481 I heard him very clearly say, "I hate blood. 89 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:35,380 "I had a tooth pulled as a child once and it would not stop bleeding." 90 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:37,323 - So, I got curious. - What about? 91 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:41,804 Hands. I could not reconcile these conflicting sets of hands. 92 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,780 So, my mind... My mind is... My mind is going mad, and I'm trying to figure out 93 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:49,521 if Thomas Chambers' family has a history of hemophilia. 94 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:52,740 So, I asked his father and, uh, his father said no. 95 00:06:52,840 --> 00:06:56,660 But there is a strain of hemophilia, hemophilia A, 96 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:59,580 so rare that it is never tested for. 97 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:02,700 Mr. Chambers tested positive for hemophilia A. 98 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:08,364 His hands may have touched the victim, perhaps to aid her, as he claims. 99 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:12,700 If his hands had been the murder weapon, if he had been scratched or bitten, 100 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:14,802 he would have bled to death. 101 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:18,660 If the state of Pennsylvania moves forward to execute, 102 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:22,321 you will be killing an innocent man. 103 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:30,648 ALL: (SINGING) Happy birthday to... 104 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:31,761 MAN: Way to go, Joe. 105 00:08:35,560 --> 00:08:37,820 - Good morning, Gracie. - Good morning, Dr. Omalu. 106 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:40,540 - Here are the cases for today. Mmm-hmm. - Okay. This is from yesterday. 107 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:41,926 Hey, we got a full room today. 108 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:43,371 - Cycle 'em through. - Yes. 109 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:53,448 Let's begin with Rachel Green. 110 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:14,286 (SIGHS) 111 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:21,164 Okay, Rachel, I need your help. 112 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:24,322 We are in this together. 113 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:26,460 Please help me find out what happened to you. 114 00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:27,607 Here we go. 115 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:29,491 Danny, come on. 116 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:35,761 Gracie. 117 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:39,123 GRACIE: Dr. Omalu uses different stuff. Makes less of a mess. 118 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:46,580 (R&B MUSIC PLAYING OVER HEADPHONES) 119 00:09:46,680 --> 00:09:49,460 Lookin' back over my years 120 00:09:49,560 --> 00:09:52,689 I guess I've shedded some tears 121 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:56,060 Told myself time and time again 122 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:57,969 This time I'm gonna win 123 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:00,845 But another fight 124 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:02,300 Things ain't right... 125 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:03,401 (SAW WHIRRING) 126 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:31,060 BENNET: Possible causal relationship 127 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:35,006 between self-medication and early head trauma, 128 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:37,700 leading to narcotics abuse and overdose. 129 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:39,609 You're not her shrink, Bennet! 130 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:43,204 If I know how she lived, I know why she died. 131 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:45,460 And you should be careful, Danny. 132 00:10:45,560 --> 00:10:47,881 One day, I may be rushing through your autopsy. 133 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:55,340 (INTERCOM BEEPS) 134 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:58,205 WOMAN: Dr. Wecht, Dr. Omalu is here to see you. 135 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:02,060 You know the reason you're not back in Nigeria, don't you? 136 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:04,322 Uh, yes. Because I remind you of you. 137 00:11:04,680 --> 00:11:06,380 Only less handsome. 138 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:07,606 Sit. 139 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:12,060 What the hell is going on down there? 140 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:14,420 Nothing. I'm doing my work. I'm fine. 141 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:15,500 You're not fine. 142 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:19,161 Danny hates your guts. I've never seen anything like it. 143 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:21,843 I think you're working a little too slow. 144 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:23,300 I'm a doctor. 145 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,740 The dead are my patients. (STUTTERS) I treat them with respect. 146 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:28,540 But do you have to talk to them? 147 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:30,940 If you have to do that, talk to them in your head. 148 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:32,020 (SIGHS) 149 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:35,100 And we discussed the knives. You're still throwing them away. 150 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:37,340 We're a public agency in Pittsburgh. 151 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:39,204 They're expensive. Reuse them. 152 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:45,443 Would you want me to cut open your mother with the same knife I used on a serial killer? 153 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:50,287 Yes. 154 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:52,060 I'd probably request it. 155 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:53,685 (BOTH CHUCKLE) 156 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:55,926 Cyril. 157 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:58,488 You need a girlfriend. 158 00:11:58,680 --> 00:12:01,286 You need to touch somebody alive every once in a while. 159 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:05,340 Living women are... Well, occasionally they're a pain in the ass, 160 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:06,965 but quite often, they're amazing. 161 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:08,565 Give it a try. 162 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:09,807 Okay. 163 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:12,260 Just be a little less of an artist. 164 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:15,045 - Fit in a little more. - Yes. 165 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:16,885 It's another death row case. 166 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,128 The guy's being railroaded. 167 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:21,528 $1,000 for you. 168 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:24,121 Cyril. 169 00:12:26,560 --> 00:12:28,369 Uh... (SIGHS) 170 00:12:29,560 --> 00:12:31,688 - (BELL DINGING) - (TRAIN HORN BLOWING) 171 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:37,810 (MOTORCYCLE ENGINE REVS) 172 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:52,250 (TRAIN HORN BLOWING) 173 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:58,007 Webby. 174 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:00,451 Hey, man. 175 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:02,769 I am loving the digs. 176 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:05,008 (WEBSTER EXHALES AND SNIFFLES) 177 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:06,121 Mike. 178 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:08,200 It's Justin. 179 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:12,806 - I'll just sit with you for a minute, huh? - Yeah. 180 00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:15,050 (STRZELCZYK SIGHS) 181 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:24,604 (SIGHS) Jugger. 182 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:28,620 We're all worried about you, man. 183 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:30,780 - (INHALES DEEPLY) - What are you doing, Mike? Mike! Mike! 184 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:33,300 - What are y'all doing? Give me that. - No, no, no! 185 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:35,020 It's all right. It's just... 186 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:37,700 (COUGHS) I just... (GROANS) 187 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:39,723 I don't want to go to sleep. 188 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:41,660 (PANTING) 189 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:43,922 I heard you sold your Super Bowl rings, Mike. 190 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:46,570 Your Super Bowl rings, Mike. 191 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:52,481 (EXHALES) 192 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:53,601 (SNIFFLES) 193 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:55,131 Mike, hey. 194 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:57,685 Pam's your wife. 195 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:00,929 - Garrett's your boy. - Yeah, yeah. 196 00:14:01,560 --> 00:14:02,971 (PANTING) 197 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:07,402 I'm starting to forget things. 198 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:11,731 I'm saying this crazy crap to my kids. 199 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:14,926 I nearly pushed Keana into a wall. 200 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:19,580 - I never thought I'd do that to her. - All right, well, don't... 201 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:21,569 Just don't give up. 202 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:27,727 All we got to do is finish the game. 203 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:29,965 We'll all be winners. Okay? 204 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:39,968 WOMAN: (SINGING) To the upright I will show 205 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:46,322 The saving power of God 206 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:50,484 CONGREGATION: (SINGING) To the upright 207 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:53,420 I will show 208 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:59,004 The saving power of God 209 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:01,324 How great 210 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:03,562 How great 211 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:07,330 Is our God 212 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,241 How great 213 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:13,482 How great 214 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:17,283 Is our God 215 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:21,324 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) 216 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:25,860 BENNET: Have a good day. It's good to see you. 217 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:27,530 Bennet! A moment? 218 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:29,051 Yes, Father. 219 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:31,900 - How are you? - WOMAN: We have a new member. 220 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:33,900 A young lady from Kenya. 221 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:37,049 She came to us a couple weeks ago and she needs our help. 222 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:38,740 Oh, sure. How much do you need, Father? 223 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:41,844 She needs shelter, Bennet. Until we find her something permanent. 224 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:44,620 Father, (STUTTERS) I'm working on my MBA. 225 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:46,300 I'm studying. My books are all over, everywhere. 226 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:48,940 She's a nice girl. She's from Nairobi. 227 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:50,420 Went to British school. 228 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:51,940 She wants to work. 229 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:54,566 We're letting her tidy up around the church. 230 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:58,651 We're asking you because we know she'll be safe and cared for. 231 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:03,000 - I feel God in you, Bennet. - Thank you, Father. 232 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:07,685 Who is she? 233 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:19,762 (CHURCH BELL TOLLING IN THE DISTANCE) 234 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:36,881 (DOOR CLOSES) 235 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:39,926 So, uh... 236 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:42,925 You can see. 237 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:55,568 That is, uh, basically my office, there. 238 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:05,163 PREMA: Is that your father? 239 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:08,284 Ah, yes. The chief. 240 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:09,766 Um... 241 00:17:11,120 --> 00:17:12,804 Those are my peaches. 242 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:16,127 - They should not be here. - (BOTH CHUCKLE) 243 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:17,965 Your room. 244 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:20,651 Uh, your room. There is a... 245 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:23,521 The key, I have it for you. 246 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:26,646 Um... 247 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:31,050 How are you for... For money? 248 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:32,446 I have some. 249 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:37,446 (STUTTERS) No... 250 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:40,520 Need is not weak. 251 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:44,806 Need is need. 252 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:48,329 I know where you are. 253 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:50,011 I was you. 254 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:54,642 You're in America now. 255 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:59,006 So, you have to be the best version of yourself. 256 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:04,524 If you don't know what that is, you pick something and fake it. 257 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:07,210 So, I will just... 258 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:09,565 There, for you. 259 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:11,086 What did you pick? 260 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:13,660 - What did I pick? - To fake. 261 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:18,482 I picked an older bald-headed white man. 262 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,100 Why an older bald-headed white man? 263 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:23,361 (CHUCKLES) 264 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:27,044 Because he is the best at what he does. 265 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:30,642 Do you want to see your room? 266 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:41,881 (SIGHS) 267 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:50,688 I was a registered nurse at the Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi. 268 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:54,845 I understand. 269 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:57,289 I meant no offense. 270 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:00,404 (SIREN WAILING) 271 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:03,247 SECURITY GUARD: Hey! 272 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:04,971 Hey, wake up! 273 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:07,249 - (KNOCKING) - Hey! Wake up, you. 274 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:10,460 Come on, now. This ain't no hotel. You can't sleep here. 275 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:12,562 Put down your window, let's go! 276 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:18,931 (SOFTLY) Wait. 277 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:21,740 You're Mike Webster, right? 278 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:23,285 Iron Mike. 279 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:26,100 WOMAN: I called for him. He's coming. 280 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:27,850 Okay, but I don't see him. 281 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:30,526 Oh. 282 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:34,729 Come on, come on. 283 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:36,680 (SIGHS) 284 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:40,420 Oh, what? What is... 285 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:42,010 (PANTING) 286 00:19:47,360 --> 00:19:48,361 Oh, look at that. 287 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:53,164 WOMAN: Mike, he's here. 288 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:55,926 Hey, Mike. 289 00:19:56,120 --> 00:19:57,820 - Look, can you, uh... - Mike, can you hear me? 290 00:19:57,920 --> 00:19:59,365 Uh, yeah, yeah, yeah. You just, uh... 291 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:03,842 You just have to tell me what to do, because I am... 292 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:05,644 I am freaking overwhelmed. 293 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:08,969 We're gonna get you some help, Mike. What are you taking right now? 294 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:10,860 Oh, the Ritalin. 295 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:13,327 Dexedrine, Prozac, Klonopin, you're still taking all of those? 296 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:14,380 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 297 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:17,300 - Come sit down, Mike. - All of it, okay? And superglue. 298 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:19,020 - Okay. - Yeah, superglue. 299 00:20:19,120 --> 00:20:22,540 3.5 Haldol. You call his wife. You tell her he's worse. 300 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:23,700 He's a lot worse. 301 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:25,500 You were my doctor. You were my doctor, right? 302 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:29,500 - I was the team doctor. - Okay! Okay, all right, then, the team doctor! 303 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:31,420 All right? The team doctor! 304 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:33,420 All right? Then why aren't you helping me, all right? 305 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:35,460 - I am gonna help you. - You are not helping me. 306 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:38,245 You got to fix this! You got to fix this! All right? 307 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:39,930 In here, all right? 308 00:20:40,120 --> 00:20:42,600 And in here. I am dying in here! 309 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:45,330 - I'm dying in here, all right? - WOMAN: Dr. Bailes. 310 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:46,845 I hear you, Mike. 311 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:48,411 It's okay. 312 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:52,460 Let me give you something to help you rest, Mike. 313 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:54,324 You want to rest, don't you? 314 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:58,580 I just want you to help me, all right? I just want you to help me. 315 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:01,411 - I will help you, Mike. - Just help me. Just... 316 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:02,740 (SIGHS) 317 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:04,444 - Come and sit down. - Okay. 318 00:21:05,120 --> 00:21:06,724 - Come and sit down. - (SIGHS) 319 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:13,722 Well, go ahead, give me the drugs, give me the drugs. 320 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:16,020 Show me how you're gonna help me. 321 00:21:16,120 --> 00:21:17,690 - Don't move, Mike. - Mmm-hmm. 322 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:19,367 Ow! 323 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:24,286 - Come and sit down, Mike. - Ooh. (SIGHS) 324 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:25,887 Ooh. 325 00:21:28,120 --> 00:21:29,724 - Ooh. - Come lay down, Mike. 326 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:36,643 You rest now, Mike. 327 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:42,410 What am I missing? 328 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:44,724 - Tumor? - No. 329 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:47,562 All of his scans were clean. 330 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:49,730 (TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING) 331 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:57,084 (PANTING) 332 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:18,801 (SIGHS) 333 00:22:23,360 --> 00:22:24,340 (GROANS) 334 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:26,580 REPORTER: Through the years, the dauntless Webster 335 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:30,844 had abandoned his family, slipped into financial chaos and homelessness. 336 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:34,620 This is a hard day for the city of Pittsburgh. On a personal note, 337 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:36,460 I can remember sitting down with my father 338 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:39,580 and him giving me examples of hard work ethic 339 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:42,340 and telling me when you get knocked down, you get back up again. 340 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:45,603 I'm sorry, uh, I don't usually watch TV. 341 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:48,403 Then why do you have one? 342 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:51,245 One has a TV in this country. 343 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:54,641 (CLEARS THROAT) 344 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:03,644 Oh, I'm sorry, I don't usually eat breakfast. 345 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:07,691 One should eat breakfast in this country. 346 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:14,220 (SNIFFS) 347 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:15,321 (SIGHS) 348 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:20,806 Dear God, 349 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:25,460 thank You for the gifts You have so graciously bestowed upon us. 350 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:29,326 Please help us to continue to be deservant of Your blessings. 351 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:30,647 Amen. 352 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:32,487 Bennet! 353 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:35,060 REPORTER: Just hours after he was rushed to the nearby hospital, 354 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:37,500 football Hall of Famer, Iron Mike Webster... 355 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:40,140 - What is going on? - Mike Webster. 356 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:41,260 Who's Mike Webster? 357 00:23:41,360 --> 00:23:43,100 He's the greatest center to ever play the game. 358 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:44,247 He's a true warrior. 359 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:45,740 Um... 360 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:49,060 - I'm sorry. What is a center? - The big guy in the middle. Hikes it. 361 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:50,980 My kid plays football because of this guy. 362 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:53,260 Okay, I'm sorry. I just did not know who he was. 363 00:23:53,360 --> 00:23:54,380 Well, if you're gonna live in this town, 364 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:56,580 you gonna work in this town, football is a good thing. 365 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:58,420 I freaking can't believe it's you. 366 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,380 Well, as you know, I was put on the schedule for this weekend. 367 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:03,580 I am put on the schedule for every weekend. 368 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,365 Come on. Come on. 369 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:12,608 The whole town was out of work. 370 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:15,180 He was a guy who gave us hope when there really was no hope. 371 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:18,204 Just leave him be. 372 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:24,289 BENNET: Look at his teeth. 373 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:28,166 He was pulling them out and supergluing them back in. 374 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:32,420 Gracie, full autopsy, please. 375 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:35,251 Hey, come on, man. There's no need to cut this man's body. 376 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:38,660 Why does an apparently healthy favorite son of this city 377 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:42,048 become self-mutilating and homeless at 50? 378 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:46,729 Cardiac arrest may be how he died, but not why. 379 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,407 - Prepare the body, please. - Yes. 380 00:24:55,400 --> 00:25:01,043 I think what he's saying is that sometimes in life, you know, you just... 381 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:03,522 You're asked to leave it alone. 382 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:05,963 But, uh, sometimes you can't. 383 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:07,127 Mmm. 384 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:11,540 Do you believe that he thinks this is a time that I should leave it alone? 385 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:13,404 No, I don't. 386 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:15,300 I never leave it alone. 387 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:17,368 That's why people hate me. 388 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:04,401 Mike. 389 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:08,805 People are saying bad things about you. 390 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:12,401 I can tell something is wrong. 391 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:15,129 But I can't do this alone. 392 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:19,280 I need your help to tell the world what happened to you. 393 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:31,522 (R&B MUSIC PLAYING OVER HEADPHONES) 394 00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:39,044 Close the door 395 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:43,847 Let me give you what you've been waiting for 396 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,763 Baby, I got so much love to give... 397 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:51,688 - (MUSIC FADES) - (TOOL WHIRRING) 398 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:08,526 BENNET: Hmm. 399 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,566 Oh, uh, sorry. Um... 400 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:30,620 (SNIFFS) 401 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:32,768 Regular folds of gray matter. 402 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:35,929 No obvious contusions. 403 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:40,362 No shrinkage from Alzheimer's. 404 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:45,880 GRACIE: What's wrong? 405 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:52,084 Uh, can you show me the CT scan again, please? 406 00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:00,161 - How old are these? - GRACIE: Mmm, six months. 407 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:02,285 BENNET: Six months. 408 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:11,606 (SIGHS) 409 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:19,962 This brain should be a mess. 410 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:25,083 - But it looks completely normal. - Mmm. 411 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:32,326 Records say severe headaches, double vision, voices in his head. 412 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:35,329 No documented concussions. 413 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:37,443 He did complain of dizziness. 414 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,088 - Yes. How often? - Once. 415 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:43,091 In 18 years of professional football? 416 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:45,900 BENNET: "Joseph Maroon." 417 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:47,889 SULLIVAN: Sign the certificate. Sew him up. 418 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:53,003 Fix the brain, please. 419 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:57,004 You know we don't have the budget to do that. 420 00:28:57,320 --> 00:29:00,500 People do not go mad for no reason. I'm going to continue looking. 421 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:02,489 No, you're not going to. 422 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:04,660 Danny, you are out of line. 423 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:07,060 Hey, you do not speak to me like that! 424 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:08,700 - I am the pathologist on duty! - Oh, man. 425 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:10,940 - I am the pathologist of record! - Hey! Listen! 426 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:12,660 This is not your laboratory! 427 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:15,420 My hands are on this body! If I am wrong, I am wrong! 428 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:17,887 - And you are wrong. - Not you, me! 429 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:19,566 Fix that brain. 430 00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:22,900 Hey, I am gonna make sure they don't pay for any of this. 431 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:26,180 I am going to write my orders for the tests that I need. 432 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:28,521 - And you're paying for it yourself. - Yes, Danny. 433 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:30,683 Please, exit my workplace. 434 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:33,326 (CHUCKLES) 435 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:36,489 - BENNET: Please! - (DOOR CLOSES) 436 00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:40,620 WECHT: In 25 years, I've never requested a panel of tests like this. 437 00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:41,926 What are you looking for? 438 00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:47,162 There is not a single case in a book or in life 439 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:52,060 where a man that healthy went that mad that young 440 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:54,766 with no visible abnormality of the brain. 441 00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:58,780 I don't know what I'm looking for. 442 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:00,291 (CHUCKLES) I can tell. 443 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:03,848 It's going to cost you a fortune. 444 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:05,531 I understand. 445 00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:07,406 Okay. 446 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:11,844 Well, if you have to play hero, just make sure we both come out okay. 447 00:30:52,120 --> 00:30:55,820 Dr. Omalu. You got something today. Left it on your desk. 448 00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:57,420 Oh, thank you. 449 00:30:57,520 --> 00:30:58,806 (CLEARS THROAT) 450 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:01,602 (SIREN WAILING IN THE DISTANCE) 451 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:23,801 BENNET: Prema! 452 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:28,166 It's very late. Where have you been? 453 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:34,290 I got a job. 454 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:37,820 - Look at you. - Well, uh, a shift. 455 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:39,220 (CHUCKLES) 456 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:42,210 At a home. Feeding old people. 457 00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:44,488 That is fantastic. Congratulations. 458 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:48,011 What is that? 459 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:50,650 BENNET: Mike Webster. 460 00:31:57,320 --> 00:31:59,402 - (TV CLICKS ON) - PAT SAJAK: ...phrase is worth $1,000. 461 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:00,851 And here we go. 462 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:07,168 Would you like me to get you a TV for your room? 463 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:11,366 No. This one will be fine. 464 00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:14,205 Oh, okay. 465 00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:18,046 (SIGHS) 466 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:28,402 I can't tell what you're more afraid of. 467 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:32,243 What you will find, or what you won't. 468 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:34,721 Hmm. 469 00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:44,206 (SNIFFS) 470 00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:07,041 (SNIFFS) 471 00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:20,241 (SIGHS) 472 00:33:59,920 --> 00:34:01,160 My God. 473 00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:07,286 My God. 474 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:33,900 MAN 1 OVER TV: ...jacked up from those guys 475 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:35,540 that are gonna be racing those sides on this. 476 00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:37,540 Let's get to Jacked Up Number 5. 477 00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:40,140 We're gonna begin with the Rams and the Chargers. 478 00:34:40,240 --> 00:34:43,380 Mark Bulger gonna be delivering the ball to Tony Fisher. 479 00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:45,220 Throws it down around his feet. 480 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:48,164 So, Donnie Edwards is gonna level him right there. 481 00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:50,980 Always be looking out for the big hit right there. 482 00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:53,526 - Tony Fisher got jacked up! - MAN 2: Jacked up! 483 00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:57,171 Number 4, the Seahawks and the Chiefs. 484 00:34:57,360 --> 00:35:02,002 D.J. Hackett is gonna make the catch and Ty Law will launch him backwards. 485 00:35:02,240 --> 00:35:03,730 How far backwards? 486 00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:07,171 COACH 1: Eyes on me! Eyes on me! Gentlemen! 487 00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:10,243 This is a game of awareness. 488 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:14,327 It is a game of desire. That's why we have the three-whistle drill. 489 00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:15,971 MAN: Let's go! 490 00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:18,420 COACH 1: When I blow this whistle three times, 491 00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:20,284 you seek out a teammate. Any teammate. 492 00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:24,328 You make collision, you be physical, you be violent! 493 00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:27,211 - Bring it in here, let's go! Bring it in! - (PLAYERS SHOUTING) 494 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:31,767 COACH 2: The only way you're gonna get this player's hands off you, 495 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:34,100 you grab him by the throat and you squeeze! 496 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:38,250 You choke him until shit runs down his leg! Do you understand me? 497 00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:40,080 MAN 1: Oh! MAN 2: Ooh, ooh, wow. 498 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:41,440 (SHOUTING) 499 00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:45,251 (WHISTLE BLOWING) 500 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:52,500 COACH 1: Let's go! Let's go! 501 00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:53,601 (PLAYERS GRUNTING) 502 00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:55,844 Drive! Drive! Hit him! 503 00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:58,162 Hit it! Drive! Drive! 504 00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:00,820 TOM JACKSON: The Jaguars and the Eagles. Dirk Johnson. 505 00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:03,660 And I'm gonna wait for this because the look on his face 506 00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:06,180 - tells you that he got jacked up! - BOTH: Jacked up! 507 00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:07,930 (COMMENTATORS LAUGHING) 508 00:36:12,240 --> 00:36:14,686 And our Number 1 hit of the week, 509 00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:16,843 Jon Kitna dropping back the pass, 510 00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:22,004 and Shawntae Spencer lifts him off his feet! 511 00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:26,649 - Oh, my God! And Jon Kitna got jacked up! - BOTH: Jacked up! 512 00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:33,284 (CROWD CHEERING) 513 00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:52,161 You should see this, Bennet. 514 00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:54,130 (CROWD CHEERING) 515 00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:57,960 It's actually really beautiful. 516 00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:01,324 COMMENTATOR: Priest Holmes, he's diving. Yes, he's got it! Touchdown! 517 00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:04,041 Oh, tremendous! Tremendous catch! 518 00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:09,367 I want to show you something. 519 00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:10,885 A human brain 520 00:37:11,240 --> 00:37:15,802 sits in a fluid completely disconnected from the human skull. 521 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:28,809 (PLAYERS SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY) 522 00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:55,728 Bennet, will you relax? I can hear you breathing. 523 00:38:05,720 --> 00:38:08,041 This is a really terrible brain. 524 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:12,248 HAMILTON: Ever met the great DeKosky before? 525 00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:14,362 Expect two minutes, tops. 526 00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:17,725 Is that him? 527 00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:19,571 So, you're our prize graduate. 528 00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:41,321 Tell him. 529 00:38:41,720 --> 00:38:43,051 It's Mike Webster. 530 00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:46,860 - The Pittsburgh... - I know who Mike Webster is. 531 00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:48,121 HAMILTON: Steve. 532 00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:49,891 He was 50. 533 00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:07,169 You have my attention. 534 00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:08,481 (CLEARS THROAT) 535 00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:15,740 The Cape gannet. 536 00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:20,660 A diving bird capable of generating speeds of up to 75 miles per hour, 537 00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:24,685 turning itself into a missile as it collides with the face of the sea. 538 00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:30,820 The red-head woodpecker can absorb a G-force of 1,000, 539 00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:36,962 pecking a tree 12,000 times per day, 85 million times over its lifetime. 540 00:39:41,240 --> 00:39:43,380 Bighorn sheep can generate... 541 00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:44,720 - Bennet. - BENNET: Hmm? 542 00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:48,801 Okay, okay. (CLEARS THROAT) 543 00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:54,490 All of these animals have shock absorbers built into their bodies. 544 00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:58,420 The woodpecker's tongue extends through the back of the mouth out of the nostril, 545 00:39:58,520 --> 00:40:00,204 encircling the entire cranium. 546 00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:05,328 It is the anatomical equivalent of a safety belt for its brain. 547 00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:07,410 Human beings? 548 00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:12,607 Not a single piece of our anatomy protects us from those types of collisions. 549 00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:17,001 A human being will get concussed at 60 G's. 550 00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:20,962 A common head-to-head contact on a football field? 551 00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:24,287 One hundred G's. 552 00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:29,363 God did not intend for us to play football. 553 00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:32,247 HAMILTON: Let's keep God out of this. 554 00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:34,681 (STUTTERS) Okay. 555 00:40:35,720 --> 00:40:37,529 Um, okay. Look. 556 00:40:44,280 --> 00:40:47,045 - HAMILTON: What are the S's? - Uh, the Steelers. 557 00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:50,127 - HAMILTON: And the O's? - The others, obviously. 558 00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:51,520 Yes, the other team. 559 00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:53,523 Do you even watch football? 560 00:40:53,720 --> 00:40:55,060 Uh, no, not at all. 561 00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:57,242 But I've been studying Mike Webster's position. 562 00:40:57,960 --> 00:41:02,620 The man in the middle is quite deceptively the most violent position on the field. 563 00:41:02,720 --> 00:41:04,820 The slaps, the punches, the forearm. 564 00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:08,163 It is an unremitting storm of sub-concussive blows. 565 00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:12,340 The head as a weapon on every single play of every single game 566 00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:17,048 of every single practice, from the time he was a little boy to a college man, 567 00:41:17,240 --> 00:41:20,483 culminating in an 18-year professional career. 568 00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:23,260 By my calculations, 569 00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:29,003 Mike Webster sustained more than 70,000 blows to his head. 570 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:33,367 Now, now, these men, these men, 571 00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:35,883 these are the fastest. 572 00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:40,660 Now, their speed multiplied by the speed of the men who hit them, 573 00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:42,300 the G-forces generated 574 00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:46,121 equivalent to hitting them on the helmet with a sledgehammer. 575 00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:48,406 All of this 576 00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:52,163 triggered a cascading series of neurological events 577 00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:56,763 which unleashed killer proteins upon Mike Webster's brain, 578 00:41:57,680 --> 00:42:03,449 the tangles invading and strangling his mind from the inside out. 579 00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:07,965 Like pouring wet concrete down kitchen pipes. 580 00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:13,440 As it hardens, it chokes the brain, leaving him unrecognizable, 581 00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:16,930 even to himself. 582 00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:21,244 I don't know football. I've never played. 583 00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:27,684 But I am telling you that playing football killed Mike Webster. 584 00:42:29,240 --> 00:42:31,447 And I am certain that there are others. 585 00:42:31,720 --> 00:42:34,041 And how can you possibly know that? 586 00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:35,965 Common sense. 587 00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:39,580 But they are either dead or lost in the way that Mike Webster was lost. 588 00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:42,060 I'm not interested in common sense. 589 00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:44,242 I'm interested in science. 590 00:42:44,360 --> 00:42:46,044 And science is knowing. 591 00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:48,980 I know from these players' records 592 00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:52,380 that their doctors believe they have early Alzheimer's, 593 00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:54,926 which is statistically impossible. 594 00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:57,124 They're too young. 595 00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:00,480 Because it's not Alzheimer's. 596 00:43:01,240 --> 00:43:02,526 It is this. 597 00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:12,726 (SIGHS) 598 00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:15,521 (SNIFFS) 599 00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:26,044 DeKOSKY: I don't like it. 600 00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:28,087 No. 601 00:43:28,520 --> 00:43:30,363 No, actually, I hate it. 602 00:43:31,520 --> 00:43:33,363 But as a scientist, 603 00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:37,450 I can't deny it. 604 00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:41,610 Name it. You have to give this a name. 605 00:43:44,720 --> 00:43:45,926 (BENNET SIGHS) 606 00:44:07,480 --> 00:44:09,847 Oh, I'm sorry. Did I wake you? 607 00:44:11,080 --> 00:44:14,460 Did they agree what it is? 608 00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:16,220 Oh. (CHUCKLES) 609 00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:18,846 Yes, yes. We are going to publish. 610 00:44:20,120 --> 00:44:21,281 They... 611 00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:23,524 - With you? - Yes. 612 00:44:24,320 --> 00:44:25,970 In a medical journal. 613 00:44:27,240 --> 00:44:28,241 With you? 614 00:44:28,560 --> 00:44:31,609 (CHUCKLES) Yes, with me. Together. 615 00:44:32,120 --> 00:44:33,804 That's so... 616 00:44:36,520 --> 00:44:38,045 Congratulations. 617 00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:40,769 - Thank you. Thank you. - (CHUCKLES) 618 00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:45,923 Uh, you, um... 619 00:44:46,880 --> 00:44:48,848 Are you going somewhere? 620 00:44:49,640 --> 00:44:50,766 Yes. 621 00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:52,846 With you. 622 00:44:54,080 --> 00:44:55,286 To celebrate. 623 00:44:55,480 --> 00:44:57,100 (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) 624 00:44:57,200 --> 00:44:58,725 (INDISTINCT CHATTERING) 625 00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:13,922 You don't dance, do you? 626 00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:15,620 Makes the fellas go 627 00:45:15,720 --> 00:45:18,020 The way you ride it, girl 628 00:45:18,120 --> 00:45:19,201 Makes the fellas go 629 00:45:19,320 --> 00:45:21,540 Move your body, girl 630 00:45:21,640 --> 00:45:23,580 Make the fellas go 631 00:45:23,680 --> 00:45:25,460 The way you ride it, girl 632 00:45:25,560 --> 00:45:27,180 Makes the fellas go 633 00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:31,100 All up in the club looking fly 634 00:45:31,200 --> 00:45:34,420 Made your first approach and caught his eye 635 00:45:34,520 --> 00:45:39,060 Slowly move your way towards the dance floor 636 00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:43,020 Grab her hand and she whispered 637 00:45:43,120 --> 00:45:44,980 Hold my hip, got in the groove 638 00:45:45,080 --> 00:45:47,020 Stand behind me, let me grind with you 639 00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:48,660 If I lick my lips... 640 00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:50,340 (LAUGHS) 641 00:45:50,440 --> 00:45:53,260 Move your body, girl 642 00:45:53,360 --> 00:45:54,900 Makes the fellas go 643 00:45:55,000 --> 00:45:57,180 The way you ride it, girl 644 00:45:57,280 --> 00:45:58,900 Makes the fellas go 645 00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:01,241 Move your body, girl 646 00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:02,820 Make the fellas go 647 00:46:02,920 --> 00:46:04,580 Can you feel the beat 648 00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:08,500 Can you, can you feel the beat 649 00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:10,170 (MUSIC FADES) 650 00:46:48,520 --> 00:46:49,521 (DOOR CLOSES) 651 00:46:51,040 --> 00:46:52,280 (BENNET SIGHS) 652 00:46:55,880 --> 00:46:59,726 I had quite a revelation tonight. 653 00:47:02,560 --> 00:47:05,500 - This body was made for dancing. - (CHUCKLES) 654 00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:08,729 When they say "dancing machine," I am what they mean. 655 00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:10,660 (BOTH CHUCKLE) 656 00:47:10,760 --> 00:47:13,525 I'm very proud of you. 657 00:47:17,920 --> 00:47:18,900 Okay. 658 00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:20,240 (CLEARS THROAT) 659 00:47:37,200 --> 00:47:38,201 (DOOR CLOSES) 660 00:47:43,800 --> 00:47:45,529 May I kiss you? 661 00:47:46,600 --> 00:47:47,806 (CHUCKLES) 662 00:48:20,760 --> 00:48:22,967 (SIREN WAILING IN THE DISTANCE) 663 00:48:32,560 --> 00:48:34,369 WECHT: Good morning. BENNET: Cyril. 664 00:48:34,720 --> 00:48:37,724 It's very weird to bring women into the morgue at night. 665 00:48:37,880 --> 00:48:40,850 - She is a friend. - You don't have friends. 666 00:48:41,560 --> 00:48:43,500 Listen, Danny knows she's been in there. 667 00:48:43,600 --> 00:48:45,284 He's thinking about filing a formal complaint. 668 00:48:45,400 --> 00:48:46,447 BENNET: What? 669 00:48:47,400 --> 00:48:49,020 I was working on Webster. 670 00:48:49,120 --> 00:48:50,929 I know. I'll take care of it. 671 00:48:51,040 --> 00:48:53,361 How much has that cost you so far? 672 00:48:54,200 --> 00:48:56,282 - $20,000. - Twenty? 673 00:48:56,880 --> 00:48:58,245 I save. 674 00:48:58,760 --> 00:49:01,525 - Everything. - Really? How un-American. 675 00:49:03,200 --> 00:49:05,300 Well, maybe it was worth it. 676 00:49:05,400 --> 00:49:06,925 I got the call. 677 00:49:07,200 --> 00:49:09,362 Chronic traumatic encephalopathy. 678 00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:11,220 Got a nice ring to it, doesn't it? 679 00:49:11,320 --> 00:49:12,606 Yes. CTE. 680 00:49:13,240 --> 00:49:14,890 So, what happens now? 681 00:49:15,040 --> 00:49:18,010 We publish. Uh, DeKosky is going to coauthor. 682 00:49:18,960 --> 00:49:20,260 - DeKosky? - Yes. 683 00:49:20,360 --> 00:49:24,570 Omalu, DeKosky and Cyril Wecht. 684 00:49:25,840 --> 00:49:26,841 Oh. 685 00:49:28,280 --> 00:49:29,805 Well, I'm very proud of you. 686 00:49:30,960 --> 00:49:32,121 Thank you. 687 00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:37,289 See? The gray's the right color. The blue shows the dirt, even in the rain. 688 00:49:37,720 --> 00:49:39,245 Here you go. 689 00:49:43,080 --> 00:49:44,889 (CHEERING) 690 00:49:46,720 --> 00:49:48,404 Let's go, baby! 691 00:49:48,680 --> 00:49:49,727 (WHOOPING) 692 00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:51,340 Come on, get it, get it, get it! 693 00:49:51,440 --> 00:49:55,180 COMMENTATOR: And watch the play-action. The safeties jump up. 694 00:49:55,280 --> 00:49:57,060 And look at that touch by Ben Roethlisberger. 695 00:49:57,160 --> 00:49:59,740 And Plaxico Burress does a great job. 696 00:49:59,840 --> 00:50:00,820 - Looked like he tripped... - (CHUCKLES) 697 00:50:00,920 --> 00:50:02,001 You may not! 698 00:50:03,440 --> 00:50:05,568 I say not to, but he does. 699 00:50:06,560 --> 00:50:09,643 COMMENTATOR: Roethlisberger scrambling out of the pocket. 700 00:50:10,600 --> 00:50:12,602 Throwing across the middle! Caught! 701 00:50:12,920 --> 00:50:15,580 Burress at the 45! 702 00:50:15,680 --> 00:50:18,923 - (SCREAMS) - And if you don't know, Plaxico! 703 00:50:22,440 --> 00:50:26,126 Yeah. That was a pressure toss by the rook. 704 00:50:28,680 --> 00:50:30,500 - I'm hearing voices. - Are you serious? 705 00:50:30,600 --> 00:50:32,900 - They're just talking. - Stop. Justin, stop. You're scaring me. 706 00:50:33,000 --> 00:50:34,340 You're scaring them. 707 00:50:34,440 --> 00:50:35,500 Look at me! 708 00:50:35,600 --> 00:50:36,740 (GASPS) 709 00:50:36,840 --> 00:50:38,380 - They're telling me to kill you. - (SOBBING) 710 00:50:38,480 --> 00:50:40,820 They're telling me to kill you! 711 00:50:40,920 --> 00:50:42,100 (SCREAMS) 712 00:50:42,200 --> 00:50:43,260 (CRYING) 713 00:50:43,360 --> 00:50:45,124 Get out! Get out! 714 00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:47,286 Get out! 715 00:50:53,960 --> 00:50:55,564 (CAR DOOR OPENS) 716 00:50:58,760 --> 00:50:59,700 No! 717 00:50:59,800 --> 00:51:01,245 (SOBBING) 718 00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:03,961 No! 719 00:51:04,560 --> 00:51:07,086 DISPATCHER 1: All units, black pickup spotted on thruway eight miles... 720 00:51:07,320 --> 00:51:09,482 OFFICER 1: Okay, I see him. Just passing me. Where am I? 721 00:51:09,640 --> 00:51:12,660 DISPATCHER 2: Reportedly driving into opposite traffic last 10 miles. 722 00:51:12,760 --> 00:51:14,091 OFFICER 1: Oh, my God. 723 00:51:14,240 --> 00:51:15,651 OFFICER 2: Pickup has collided. 724 00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:17,650 DISPATCHER 3: All units. Reported collision. 725 00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:39,260 ANCHORWOMAN: A few months after Steeler favorite Justin Strzelczyk 726 00:51:39,360 --> 00:51:41,740 was killed in that fiery accident, 727 00:51:41,840 --> 00:51:44,260 yet another Steeler favorite, Terry Long, 728 00:51:44,360 --> 00:51:47,620 has apparently committed suicide at the age of 45. 729 00:51:47,720 --> 00:51:48,881 SULLIVAN: Oh, Terry. 730 00:51:49,720 --> 00:51:51,768 You wonder where they are now? Now we know. 731 00:51:54,280 --> 00:51:56,123 Terry Long, Pittsburgh Steelers. 732 00:51:56,440 --> 00:51:58,522 I guess these guys only die when you're working. 733 00:51:59,640 --> 00:52:03,008 - What other problems did he have? - Arrested a few times. 734 00:52:03,240 --> 00:52:05,481 Fraud, federal theft. 735 00:52:05,960 --> 00:52:07,450 Wow, arrested a lot. 736 00:52:07,560 --> 00:52:09,130 I need a full autopsy. 737 00:52:09,280 --> 00:52:12,100 - Same tests as Mike Webster. - You're paying for that, too? 738 00:52:12,200 --> 00:52:14,680 Yes, Danny, I'm paying for that, too. 739 00:52:20,440 --> 00:52:22,044 Joseph Maroon. 740 00:53:19,120 --> 00:53:20,724 BENNET: This is my dream. 741 00:53:24,360 --> 00:53:26,203 The schools are good. 742 00:53:28,280 --> 00:53:30,089 You are good, Prema. 743 00:53:33,800 --> 00:53:35,962 I'm sure you see good in me. 744 00:53:37,640 --> 00:53:40,723 I see all that you are. 745 00:53:43,800 --> 00:53:45,643 I want to marry you. 746 00:53:48,760 --> 00:53:50,569 We can fall in love. 747 00:53:58,000 --> 00:54:00,401 If you want to marry me, 748 00:54:01,400 --> 00:54:03,368 I will marry you. 749 00:54:05,160 --> 00:54:08,460 That is good, because I already made the down payment. 750 00:54:08,560 --> 00:54:09,891 (CHUCKLES) 751 00:54:13,160 --> 00:54:17,245 I saved all my money and I bought this for you. 752 00:54:29,480 --> 00:54:31,005 (HORNS HONKING) 753 00:54:32,560 --> 00:54:34,324 (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) 754 00:54:45,280 --> 00:54:46,361 - (BEEPS) - (LOCK CLICKS) 755 00:54:57,200 --> 00:54:59,043 Get me Elliot Pellman. 756 00:55:07,800 --> 00:55:10,041 (INDISTINCT COMMENTARY ON TV) 757 00:55:13,720 --> 00:55:14,860 (PHONE RINGS) 758 00:55:14,960 --> 00:55:17,088 RECEPTIONIST: I have Chris Jones for you. 759 00:55:17,720 --> 00:55:18,801 I'm just looking at it. 760 00:55:20,480 --> 00:55:22,403 Anything to be concerned about? 761 00:55:22,560 --> 00:55:25,723 This Omalu, he's a coroner in Pittsburgh. 762 00:55:25,920 --> 00:55:28,526 He looks like a nobody, but let me get into it. 763 00:55:28,760 --> 00:55:29,966 All right. 764 00:55:40,600 --> 00:55:41,601 (SIGHS) 765 00:55:44,840 --> 00:55:46,330 (PHONE RINGS) 766 00:55:48,240 --> 00:55:50,891 - Hello? - MAN: Is Bennet Omalu there? 767 00:55:51,240 --> 00:55:53,288 Uh, yes, he is. 768 00:55:53,680 --> 00:55:54,681 Okay. 769 00:55:55,520 --> 00:55:56,500 Yes. 770 00:55:56,600 --> 00:55:58,921 I'm a neurologist who's worked around football for years. 771 00:55:59,040 --> 00:56:01,980 Very familiar with the NFL's concussion research. 772 00:56:02,080 --> 00:56:03,500 And the League concluded unequivocally 773 00:56:03,600 --> 00:56:06,843 that football players do not get brain damage. 774 00:56:07,000 --> 00:56:09,651 Webster is one random case, Mr. Omalu. 775 00:56:10,000 --> 00:56:11,380 Dr. Omalu. 776 00:56:11,480 --> 00:56:14,860 Well, whatever. You're an uneducated quack and your career is over. 777 00:56:14,960 --> 00:56:15,961 (CLICKS) 778 00:56:18,080 --> 00:56:20,208 WECHT: They said you were uneducated? 779 00:56:20,320 --> 00:56:22,860 Did they even read your résumé? 780 00:56:22,960 --> 00:56:24,780 Well, I got calls, too. 781 00:56:24,880 --> 00:56:28,420 Apparently, the National Football League owns neuroscience. 782 00:56:28,520 --> 00:56:29,521 Who knew? 783 00:56:29,800 --> 00:56:31,325 "Failure to find." 784 00:56:31,520 --> 00:56:34,000 "Absence of clinical information." 785 00:56:34,200 --> 00:56:36,580 - What do they want? - Your head on a spike. 786 00:56:36,680 --> 00:56:38,860 They want you to retract your findings. 787 00:56:38,960 --> 00:56:41,361 They want you to say you made it all up. 788 00:56:43,200 --> 00:56:45,965 - I made it up? - They're accusing you of fraud. 789 00:56:46,080 --> 00:56:49,482 If you retract, you'll be fine. This all goes away. 790 00:56:51,320 --> 00:56:52,740 Why... Why are they doing this? 791 00:56:52,840 --> 00:56:54,251 They're terrified of you. 792 00:56:54,360 --> 00:56:56,820 What did you think they were gonna say? "Thank you"? 793 00:56:56,920 --> 00:56:57,900 Yes. 794 00:56:58,000 --> 00:57:00,685 - What the hell for? - For being told. 795 00:57:01,080 --> 00:57:02,320 For knowing. 796 00:57:03,920 --> 00:57:05,445 Oh, I understand. 797 00:57:05,960 --> 00:57:07,928 You think you're being a good American. 798 00:57:10,720 --> 00:57:14,884 So, the city of Pittsburgh spent $233 million 799 00:57:15,360 --> 00:57:19,251 to build their glorious Steelers a new stadium. 800 00:57:19,480 --> 00:57:23,849 All the while, they were closing schools and raising taxes. 801 00:57:24,680 --> 00:57:27,763 These people are not out to change the world. 802 00:57:28,320 --> 00:57:32,580 And this is not some quaint academic discovery 803 00:57:32,680 --> 00:57:35,843 stuck in the back of an obscure medical journal. 804 00:57:36,680 --> 00:57:40,860 Bennet Omalu is going to war with a corporation 805 00:57:40,960 --> 00:57:45,900 that has 20 million people, on a weekly basis, craving their product, 806 00:57:46,000 --> 00:57:48,340 the same way they crave food. 807 00:57:48,440 --> 00:57:49,580 (SCOFFS) 808 00:57:49,680 --> 00:57:52,490 The NFL owns a day of the week. 809 00:57:53,440 --> 00:57:56,046 The same day the church used to own. 810 00:57:56,160 --> 00:57:57,764 Now it's theirs. 811 00:57:58,200 --> 00:57:59,850 They're very big. 812 00:58:13,240 --> 00:58:14,260 (SNIFFS) 813 00:58:14,360 --> 00:58:15,771 Terry Long. 814 00:58:18,200 --> 00:58:20,407 The tests came back positive. 815 00:58:21,440 --> 00:58:26,287 Football gave him CTE, and CTE told his brain 816 00:58:27,080 --> 00:58:31,244 to drink a gallon of antifreeze, and he died. 817 00:58:32,520 --> 00:58:34,284 I told you there would be more. 818 00:58:35,920 --> 00:58:37,922 You have done great work. 819 00:58:38,280 --> 00:58:40,521 No one would blame you if you stopped now. 820 00:58:41,120 --> 00:58:43,282 Oh, no one is stopping anything. 821 00:58:45,040 --> 00:58:49,284 Then I'd be lying if I didn't tell you how important your next move is. 822 00:58:57,360 --> 00:58:59,980 By the time Terry Long committed suicide, 823 00:59:00,080 --> 00:59:04,802 his brain had been consumed by chronic traumatic encephalopathy. 824 00:59:05,040 --> 00:59:08,328 And it is probable, perhaps even likely, 825 00:59:08,960 --> 00:59:13,540 that a larger percentage of professional football players have and will die from CTE. 826 00:59:13,640 --> 00:59:17,700 REPORTER: This was the Pittsburgh Medical Examiner's own Dr. Bennet Omalu, 827 00:59:17,800 --> 00:59:20,644 who today threw down the gauntlet at the feet of the National Football League. 828 00:59:21,080 --> 00:59:22,340 Thank you. 829 00:59:22,440 --> 00:59:24,090 (CROWD MURMURING) 830 00:59:25,840 --> 00:59:27,100 What do you think? 831 00:59:27,200 --> 00:59:29,202 I think you're gonna be an American hero. 832 00:59:30,760 --> 00:59:33,240 - I'm not even an American. - That's even better. 833 00:59:33,600 --> 00:59:35,284 That's so fucking American. 834 00:59:39,680 --> 00:59:42,940 PREMA: "Dr. Maroon, who is also vice-chairman of 835 00:59:43,040 --> 00:59:46,540 "the neurosurgery department at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 836 00:59:46,640 --> 00:59:52,682 "said of Omalu's CTE diagnosis that it was fallacious reasoning." 837 00:59:53,880 --> 00:59:55,609 (PHONE RINGING) 838 01:00:01,200 --> 01:00:02,540 Yes. 839 01:00:02,640 --> 01:00:04,340 MAN: Yeah, is this Bennet Omalu? 840 01:00:04,440 --> 01:00:06,220 Dr. Bennet Omalu. 841 01:00:06,320 --> 01:00:09,740 MAN: You want to pussify this country? You want to vaginize football? 842 01:00:09,840 --> 01:00:13,208 Get the hell out. Or they'll be doing your autopsy. 843 01:00:22,560 --> 01:00:23,940 (DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE) 844 01:00:24,040 --> 01:00:25,644 (SOFT CLATTERING) 845 01:00:30,880 --> 01:00:32,041 (SOFT THUMP) 846 01:00:34,440 --> 01:00:36,204 (SIREN WAILING IN THE DISTANCE) 847 01:00:41,560 --> 01:00:42,686 (ENGINE REVVING) 848 01:00:52,760 --> 01:00:54,330 (PHONE RINGING) 849 01:01:08,920 --> 01:01:10,251 BAILES: Dr. Omalu? 850 01:01:10,600 --> 01:01:11,681 Yes. 851 01:01:12,360 --> 01:01:15,780 I took you to be an early riser. I didn't want to call you at your office. 852 01:01:15,880 --> 01:01:18,087 This is Julian Bailes. 853 01:01:19,440 --> 01:01:20,820 Do you know who I am? 854 01:01:20,920 --> 01:01:22,763 I know who you are. 855 01:01:24,080 --> 01:01:25,889 Mike Webster was a personal friend. 856 01:01:27,760 --> 01:01:28,860 Was he? 857 01:01:28,960 --> 01:01:30,200 Dr. Omalu. 858 01:01:31,560 --> 01:01:34,689 You're in trouble, but you're not wrong. 859 01:01:35,200 --> 01:01:37,123 I'd like to talk with you. 860 01:02:07,560 --> 01:02:10,643 The NFL has known about this concussion crisis for years. 861 01:02:11,280 --> 01:02:13,580 And what you have there is the research 862 01:02:13,680 --> 01:02:16,650 that forms the basis for the League's concussion guidelines. 863 01:02:17,240 --> 01:02:18,980 In this study, 864 01:02:19,080 --> 01:02:22,900 some academics put helmets on monkeys and shook them real hard. 865 01:02:23,000 --> 01:02:27,324 They threw dogs and pigs and human cadavers down elevator shafts. 866 01:02:27,680 --> 01:02:30,700 Helmets on crash-test dummies and bashed them together. 867 01:02:30,800 --> 01:02:32,245 And their conclusion? 868 01:02:35,720 --> 01:02:39,406 "No striking player experienced neck injury or concussion." 869 01:02:39,720 --> 01:02:43,122 So, a concussion's no more dangerous than a hangnail. 870 01:02:43,760 --> 01:02:45,683 - And that was it? - Oh, no, no, no. 871 01:02:46,000 --> 01:02:48,700 The NFL did what every organization does. 872 01:02:48,800 --> 01:02:51,260 They put together a commission to study the study. 873 01:02:51,360 --> 01:02:55,060 Dr. Elliot Pellman's Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Committee. 874 01:02:55,160 --> 01:02:56,940 You know who else was on that committee? 875 01:02:57,040 --> 01:02:59,180 - Dr. Maroon. - Joe, yeah, he was on there. 876 01:02:59,280 --> 01:03:02,124 Plus a couple of other team doctors, 877 01:03:02,880 --> 01:03:08,364 an equipment manager and two trainers, guys who tape knees for a living. 878 01:03:08,600 --> 01:03:10,443 (CHUCKLES) I mean... 879 01:03:22,800 --> 01:03:24,723 Why am I here, Dr. Bailes? 880 01:03:26,000 --> 01:03:28,844 Doctor, I'm not with the Steelers anymore. 881 01:03:30,240 --> 01:03:32,402 I'm not with the NFL. 882 01:03:33,480 --> 01:03:38,100 Now, do you know how many Pittsburgh Steelers, just Steelers, now, 883 01:03:38,200 --> 01:03:40,567 have died in the last few years? 884 01:03:41,280 --> 01:03:42,964 And I'm not talking about the older guys. 885 01:03:43,080 --> 01:03:46,482 I'm talking about men that I worked with, and just the ones that I know about. 886 01:03:47,920 --> 01:03:49,206 Twelve. 887 01:03:51,400 --> 01:03:53,100 And I don't want to see 888 01:03:53,200 --> 01:03:57,330 any more of these men vanish in the back of a pickup truck. 889 01:04:09,400 --> 01:04:10,765 I know them. 890 01:04:11,640 --> 01:04:13,290 I was them. 891 01:04:13,760 --> 01:04:15,524 And I think you're doing this wrong. 892 01:04:15,760 --> 01:04:19,367 As long as the NFL continues to deny the truth, nothing changes. 893 01:04:19,600 --> 01:04:21,807 It's only true if they say it's true. 894 01:04:21,920 --> 01:04:24,287 And they've got to say it out loud. 895 01:04:24,560 --> 01:04:26,780 Get me a meeting with the Commissioner. 896 01:04:26,880 --> 01:04:30,441 I want to sit with him, man to man, face to face. I will make him say it out loud. 897 01:04:31,720 --> 01:04:33,529 They don't want to talk to you. 898 01:04:34,320 --> 01:04:36,971 Football does not want to talk to you. 899 01:04:37,960 --> 01:04:40,460 Like my daddy, a Louisiana judge, always used to say to me, 900 01:04:40,560 --> 01:04:45,122 "Son, God is number one and football is number two." 901 01:04:45,680 --> 01:04:46,841 (CHUCKLES) 902 01:04:47,440 --> 01:04:52,048 Besides, to them you're not even American. You're not even African-American. 903 01:04:52,680 --> 01:04:53,966 You're... 904 01:04:55,920 --> 01:04:57,140 A doctor? 905 01:04:57,240 --> 01:04:58,571 (CHUCKLING) 906 01:05:02,000 --> 01:05:03,161 Okay. 907 01:05:04,920 --> 01:05:06,046 Look. 908 01:05:06,400 --> 01:05:09,085 The League has kept everyone in the dark. 909 01:05:09,280 --> 01:05:13,285 And you turned on the lights and gave their biggest boogeyman a name. 910 01:05:13,680 --> 01:05:18,083 What's happening now, what you think they're doing to you, that's nothing. 911 01:05:20,160 --> 01:05:24,722 I've done my own research on this NFL Brain Injury Committee. 912 01:05:25,680 --> 01:05:28,160 You know what Dr. Elliot Pellman is? 913 01:05:28,680 --> 01:05:30,091 He's a rheumatologist. 914 01:05:30,200 --> 01:05:33,283 He's a specialist in arthritis and joint pain. 915 01:05:33,440 --> 01:05:38,367 Can you tell me what a rheumatologist knows about the brain and brain disease? 916 01:05:39,600 --> 01:05:44,367 Corporate men like this, in this country, usually go to Harvard or Yale. 917 01:05:45,560 --> 01:05:48,325 He went to medical school in Guadalajara. 918 01:05:49,840 --> 01:05:51,300 - Mexico? - Yes. 919 01:05:51,400 --> 01:05:53,926 (LAUGHS) I did not know that. 920 01:05:55,520 --> 01:05:56,931 That's beautiful. 921 01:05:58,800 --> 01:05:59,801 (BLOWS) 922 01:06:01,480 --> 01:06:05,280 Now, two cases does not meet the scientific burden of proof. 923 01:06:06,000 --> 01:06:07,445 You have to keep going. 924 01:06:09,160 --> 01:06:13,722 Just so you understand, this does not show up on a CT scan. 925 01:06:13,960 --> 01:06:16,900 Which means there's no diagnosis before death. 926 01:06:17,000 --> 01:06:20,402 In order for me to keep going, more have to die. 927 01:06:21,000 --> 01:06:23,810 Unfortunately, that's already happening. 928 01:06:58,440 --> 01:06:59,771 (HORNS HONKING) 929 01:07:01,600 --> 01:07:02,931 (TALKING INDISTINCTLY) 930 01:07:06,960 --> 01:07:08,246 JONES: Double D. 931 01:07:08,600 --> 01:07:10,260 Did I hear right? We're losing you? 932 01:07:10,360 --> 01:07:12,488 - Tapping you for mayor of Chicago? - (CHUCKLES) 933 01:07:12,640 --> 01:07:14,483 Still a long, long road, my friend. 934 01:07:14,600 --> 01:07:19,260 All-world killer athlete to civilian to king, all in one lifetime. 935 01:07:19,360 --> 01:07:22,980 Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Mayor Dave Duerson... 936 01:07:23,080 --> 01:07:25,367 - (CHUCKLES) - ...who has figured it out. 937 01:07:25,680 --> 01:07:27,250 - (TRAFFIC RUMBLING) - (HORNS HONKING) 938 01:07:30,080 --> 01:07:31,161 - Dave! - Yeah. 939 01:07:31,280 --> 01:07:33,380 It's me, man. Andre Waters. 940 01:07:33,480 --> 01:07:34,641 How you doing, man? 941 01:07:35,320 --> 01:07:36,810 Look, let me walk with you. 942 01:07:38,360 --> 01:07:41,260 This is not good, Dave, not good. It's in the paperwork. 943 01:07:41,360 --> 01:07:44,443 But, um, why is the committee doing this, man? 944 01:07:44,760 --> 01:07:47,060 There are five other trustees. You talk to them? 945 01:07:47,160 --> 01:07:48,340 You're the only one who played, man. 946 01:07:48,440 --> 01:07:50,442 You the only one who knows what it is to be us. 947 01:07:50,600 --> 01:07:53,860 Hey, hey, hey. You and me, we were the same, man, huh? 948 01:07:53,960 --> 01:07:55,380 We were bangers, hitmen. 949 01:07:55,480 --> 01:07:57,084 File the appeal. 950 01:07:57,880 --> 01:08:01,340 You denied the appeal, Dave! Look, something's wrong with me, man. 951 01:08:01,440 --> 01:08:02,566 I can't sleep. Okay... 952 01:08:02,680 --> 01:08:04,860 I mean, my eyes get crossed. It just weirds me out. 953 01:08:04,960 --> 01:08:07,020 - Hey, hey! Look at me! - Jesus! 954 01:08:07,120 --> 01:08:09,220 Look. Twelve years I paid my dues. 955 01:08:09,320 --> 01:08:11,100 I made millions for those assholes. 956 01:08:11,200 --> 01:08:13,540 I mean, come on. It's not even your money, man. 957 01:08:13,640 --> 01:08:16,041 I'm just asking back what I gave! 958 01:08:16,320 --> 01:08:19,860 Listen. Fat? Stop eating like a pig. Got a headache? See a doctor. 959 01:08:19,960 --> 01:08:23,328 I've seen 20 doctors! I just need rent money. 960 01:08:23,680 --> 01:08:25,682 Get your shit together! 961 01:08:26,400 --> 01:08:28,100 You used to be a warrior. 962 01:08:28,200 --> 01:08:30,740 - You fucking sellout. - Get your hands off me! 963 01:08:30,840 --> 01:08:33,140 I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Dave. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. 964 01:08:33,240 --> 01:08:34,620 Look, hey, hey, hey. 965 01:08:34,720 --> 01:08:37,564 Remember when we were kids? Remember when we were kids? 966 01:08:38,000 --> 01:08:40,128 Playing's what we lived for. Huh? 967 01:08:40,880 --> 01:08:43,850 (SOBS) I need your help. I need your help, Dave. 968 01:08:47,840 --> 01:08:49,365 Dave, help me! 969 01:08:53,600 --> 01:08:55,443 (SIREN WAILING IN THE DISTANCE) 970 01:09:00,600 --> 01:09:05,527 "Andre Waters, known as 'Dirty Waters, ' notorious for his aggressive style of play 971 01:09:05,680 --> 01:09:09,571 "and devastating hits that filled highlight reels. 972 01:09:09,880 --> 01:09:13,646 "Waters died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. 973 01:09:14,000 --> 01:09:15,525 "He was 44." 974 01:09:20,360 --> 01:09:26,288 WATERS' MOTHER: And, uh, this is the part where he, uh, got knocked out. 975 01:09:27,600 --> 01:09:30,620 COMMENTATOR: Andre Waters has it. We'll be back... 976 01:09:30,720 --> 01:09:32,700 He said he was all right. 977 01:09:32,800 --> 01:09:36,691 Said he was just a little dazed, but he said he was all right. 978 01:09:40,120 --> 01:09:41,690 You look well. 979 01:09:43,720 --> 01:09:46,087 - How are the kids? - Kids are fine. 980 01:09:47,560 --> 01:09:48,800 I'm fine. 981 01:09:52,000 --> 01:09:54,321 I'm sorry I couldn't make it to the funeral. 982 01:09:56,200 --> 01:09:58,282 No one made it to the funeral. 983 01:09:59,760 --> 01:10:01,285 WATERS' MOTHER: He was the sun. 984 01:10:02,000 --> 01:10:04,651 We was the planets. (CHUCKLES) 985 01:10:05,480 --> 01:10:09,963 And then, after he gave me this card, he said, "Ma, 986 01:10:14,920 --> 01:10:16,604 "I'm ready to go." 987 01:10:17,440 --> 01:10:20,649 Because he knew people was thinking he was crazy. 988 01:10:22,160 --> 01:10:23,525 Not crazy. 989 01:10:24,800 --> 01:10:27,565 (STUTTERS) He'd already become someone else. 990 01:10:28,000 --> 01:10:31,971 You definitely think he had this disease? 991 01:10:32,080 --> 01:10:34,481 Because I want to believe that. 992 01:10:35,200 --> 01:10:36,850 I believe so, yes. 993 01:10:38,360 --> 01:10:42,365 And now you want what's left of my boy. 994 01:10:45,040 --> 01:10:46,530 You heard about Mike Webster? 995 01:10:49,800 --> 01:10:51,962 And Terry Long and... 996 01:10:52,600 --> 01:10:53,806 And... 997 01:10:53,920 --> 01:10:55,410 And who else? 998 01:10:59,800 --> 01:11:02,644 What do you really want to ask me, Julian? 999 01:11:30,800 --> 01:11:33,804 Dr. Cyril Wecht, Dr. Julian Bailes. 1000 01:11:35,360 --> 01:11:36,930 - Pleasure to meet you. - Mmm-hmm. 1001 01:11:42,840 --> 01:11:44,365 Andre Waters. 1002 01:11:53,360 --> 01:11:55,010 Justin Strzelczyk. 1003 01:12:05,720 --> 01:12:07,006 (CLICKS TONGUE) 1004 01:12:08,080 --> 01:12:10,128 I just kept sending them back out there. 1005 01:12:10,600 --> 01:12:13,046 (SCOFFS) What the hell were you thinking? 1006 01:12:13,960 --> 01:12:15,485 You've got to be a part of it. 1007 01:12:15,600 --> 01:12:19,730 You've got to be on the sidelines with them to understand. 1008 01:12:20,320 --> 01:12:24,540 Whatever it takes to keep them in the game, to keep the whole thing going. 1009 01:12:24,640 --> 01:12:29,060 Tape, needles, Vicodin, Toradol, Lidocaine, 1010 01:12:29,160 --> 01:12:32,289 Percocet, Lexapro, Zoloft. 1011 01:12:34,320 --> 01:12:36,288 - Have I left anything out? - WECHT: Mmm. 1012 01:12:36,640 --> 01:12:38,449 It's tires and oil. 1013 01:12:38,880 --> 01:12:41,340 Just mechanics trying to keep the cars on the racetrack. 1014 01:12:41,440 --> 01:12:44,967 Yeah, well, it's not medicine. I don't know what it is. 1015 01:12:45,920 --> 01:12:47,410 It's business. 1016 01:12:49,080 --> 01:12:50,060 Oh. 1017 01:12:50,160 --> 01:12:52,242 - There you go. - Okay, okay. 1018 01:12:52,560 --> 01:12:56,620 Three cases is the scientific burden of evidence. 1019 01:12:56,720 --> 01:12:57,960 We have four. 1020 01:12:58,200 --> 01:13:01,460 That is far beyond anything the NFL can or cannot deny. 1021 01:13:01,560 --> 01:13:03,642 This is bigger than they are. 1022 01:13:04,800 --> 01:13:07,406 They have to listen to us now. 1023 01:13:20,160 --> 01:13:21,321 (SIGHS) 1024 01:13:22,880 --> 01:13:24,245 (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) 1025 01:13:25,480 --> 01:13:27,050 - Dr. Maroon. - (MAROON CLEARS THROAT) 1026 01:13:27,200 --> 01:13:29,646 - Would you like a drink? - I said five minutes. 1027 01:13:29,920 --> 01:13:31,820 He doesn't want a drink. 1028 01:13:31,920 --> 01:13:35,083 Your conclusions totally misrepresent the facts. 1029 01:13:35,240 --> 01:13:38,980 To say that Webster and Long and Waters were killed by football is... 1030 01:13:39,080 --> 01:13:41,526 Is fallacious reasoning. 1031 01:13:42,040 --> 01:13:43,485 Yes, I know. 1032 01:13:45,080 --> 01:13:47,003 Where's he going with this? 1033 01:13:47,480 --> 01:13:49,005 Just hear him out. 1034 01:13:50,080 --> 01:13:53,448 I would like to propose a formal, controlled study 1035 01:13:53,760 --> 01:13:57,500 of former and current NFL football players. 1036 01:13:57,600 --> 01:14:02,561 We will bring together the greatest minds in America to solve the problem. 1037 01:14:02,680 --> 01:14:04,045 We should be working together. 1038 01:14:06,200 --> 01:14:09,044 Who do you think you're talking to? 1039 01:14:09,920 --> 01:14:11,001 Excuse me? 1040 01:14:11,280 --> 01:14:14,762 I was the President of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. 1041 01:14:15,040 --> 01:14:18,089 And I was the man who performed the autopsies 1042 01:14:18,280 --> 01:14:20,886 on Mike Webster, Terry Long. 1043 01:14:21,880 --> 01:14:23,211 Your men. 1044 01:14:24,480 --> 01:14:26,369 Men under your care. 1045 01:14:29,040 --> 01:14:31,620 Do you know what Mike Webster's wife said? 1046 01:14:31,720 --> 01:14:36,408 She said that if she had known that Mike was sick, 1047 01:14:38,240 --> 01:14:40,641 she would have done more for him. 1048 01:14:43,280 --> 01:14:46,568 But he died in disgrace. 1049 01:14:48,160 --> 01:14:49,207 Your man. 1050 01:14:51,160 --> 01:14:52,685 Your man. 1051 01:14:53,240 --> 01:14:54,924 You took an oath. 1052 01:14:55,920 --> 01:14:57,660 - Tell the truth. - The truth? 1053 01:14:57,760 --> 01:15:00,411 - Tell the truth! - The truth is 1054 01:15:00,760 --> 01:15:04,970 that the NFL is a blessing and a salvation, my friend. 1055 01:15:06,760 --> 01:15:09,660 We employ hundreds of thousands of people. 1056 01:15:09,760 --> 01:15:13,765 We send thousands and thousands of poor kids to school. 1057 01:15:14,080 --> 01:15:16,340 The ownership of this football club 1058 01:15:16,440 --> 01:15:20,340 has donated millions of dollars to countless charities. 1059 01:15:20,440 --> 01:15:23,284 - Do you want me to go on? - That won't be necessary. 1060 01:15:23,440 --> 01:15:25,283 Oh, it is necessary. 1061 01:15:25,520 --> 01:15:29,844 Football is the most popular sport in America 1062 01:15:30,200 --> 01:15:33,500 because it is so goddamn fantastic! 1063 01:15:33,600 --> 01:15:35,090 (CHUCKLES) 1064 01:15:36,880 --> 01:15:38,803 And that, right there? 1065 01:15:40,360 --> 01:15:43,762 That is the beating heart of this city. 1066 01:15:44,600 --> 01:15:46,700 And you want to, what, end it? 1067 01:15:46,800 --> 01:15:50,122 You want to fold up the National Football League? 1068 01:15:51,400 --> 01:15:53,500 I want to solve the problem. 1069 01:15:53,600 --> 01:15:54,965 Who are you? 1070 01:15:55,640 --> 01:15:58,644 - What are you asking? - (STAMMERING) You're a pathologist. 1071 01:15:58,880 --> 01:16:00,460 You perform autopsies. 1072 01:16:00,560 --> 01:16:02,050 Yes, I am a mere pathologist. 1073 01:16:02,160 --> 01:16:04,288 That's it. That's all I am. 1074 01:16:09,640 --> 01:16:10,721 (WHISPERS) Wow. 1075 01:16:12,000 --> 01:16:15,482 Do you have any idea of the impact of what you're doing? 1076 01:16:15,720 --> 01:16:18,300 - Yes, I do. - Do you understand the impact 1077 01:16:18,400 --> 01:16:20,100 of what you are doing? 1078 01:16:20,200 --> 01:16:23,620 If just 10% of the mothers in America 1079 01:16:23,720 --> 01:16:26,780 decide that football is too dangerous for their sons to play, 1080 01:16:26,880 --> 01:16:30,168 that is it. It is the end of football. 1081 01:16:30,480 --> 01:16:35,441 Kids, colleges, and eventually, it's just a matter of time, the professional game. 1082 01:16:36,080 --> 01:16:39,562 Joe, he does autopsies. He's not in the outcome business. 1083 01:16:39,800 --> 01:16:41,689 He has no business. 1084 01:16:41,800 --> 01:16:45,247 Do you know what history does to people, 1085 01:16:45,880 --> 01:16:47,803 trained physicians, 1086 01:16:48,120 --> 01:16:50,122 - who ignore science? - Oh, wow. 1087 01:16:50,280 --> 01:16:52,248 Sir, I am not done! 1088 01:16:52,480 --> 01:16:54,084 History laughs. 1089 01:16:55,760 --> 01:17:01,130 If you continue to deny my work, the world will deny my work. 1090 01:17:03,000 --> 01:17:06,607 But men, your men, 1091 01:17:07,920 --> 01:17:11,845 continue to die, their families left in ruins. 1092 01:17:15,720 --> 01:17:17,245 Tell the truth. 1093 01:17:19,360 --> 01:17:20,885 Tell the truth. 1094 01:17:28,920 --> 01:17:30,206 (MAROON SIGHS) 1095 01:17:32,280 --> 01:17:35,443 You sure... You sure you want to do this? 1096 01:17:36,200 --> 01:17:39,409 I would ask you that same question, Dr. Maroon. 1097 01:17:43,720 --> 01:17:46,883 Oh, your study, I'll get back to you. 1098 01:17:55,440 --> 01:17:56,680 (CLEARS THROAT) 1099 01:17:59,960 --> 01:18:01,769 Well, that went well. 1100 01:18:36,800 --> 01:18:37,961 (BENNET SIGHS) 1101 01:18:42,240 --> 01:18:45,926 When I was a boy growing up in Nigeria, 1102 01:18:49,520 --> 01:18:55,641 heaven was here and America was here. 1103 01:18:58,600 --> 01:19:02,844 To me, it was the place where God sent all of His favorite people. 1104 01:19:05,280 --> 01:19:08,204 You could be anything, you could do anything. 1105 01:19:10,200 --> 01:19:14,888 Americans were the manifestation of what God wanted us all to be. 1106 01:19:19,880 --> 01:19:22,963 I have never wanted anything 1107 01:19:24,080 --> 01:19:27,641 as much as I wanted to be accepted as an American. 1108 01:19:33,680 --> 01:19:38,686 But Mike Webster goes mad and nobody asks why. 1109 01:19:41,160 --> 01:19:43,003 They make fun of him. 1110 01:19:43,320 --> 01:19:45,260 They insult him on TV. 1111 01:19:45,360 --> 01:19:48,540 And now they want to pretend that his disease does not exist. 1112 01:19:48,640 --> 01:19:51,041 And they want to bury me. 1113 01:19:54,600 --> 01:19:56,204 It's offensive. 1114 01:19:58,320 --> 01:20:00,448 I am offended. 1115 01:20:05,840 --> 01:20:08,889 I am the wrong person to have discovered this. 1116 01:20:10,640 --> 01:20:11,641 (SIGHS) 1117 01:20:13,800 --> 01:20:17,202 There is no coincidence in this world. 1118 01:20:19,880 --> 01:20:21,166 Tell me, 1119 01:20:22,200 --> 01:20:27,206 what is the statistical probability that you, not just a doctor, 1120 01:20:27,960 --> 01:20:32,648 but Bennet Omalu, came to America, 1121 01:20:33,120 --> 01:20:39,969 ended up here in this rusty place for you alone to be the one to see this? 1122 01:20:47,480 --> 01:20:49,801 When I arrived in New York, 1123 01:20:51,560 --> 01:20:53,050 I was attacked. 1124 01:20:53,800 --> 01:20:54,926 What happened? 1125 01:20:55,280 --> 01:20:57,931 Something that is better left unsaid. 1126 01:21:00,000 --> 01:21:03,561 But that man almost broke me. 1127 01:21:05,640 --> 01:21:09,326 I wanted to give up and go back. 1128 01:21:13,200 --> 01:21:15,202 But I knew God. 1129 01:21:16,920 --> 01:21:22,165 I decided to trust His wisdom and I stayed. 1130 01:21:24,920 --> 01:21:28,606 And now I am looking at this man, 1131 01:21:29,680 --> 01:21:32,081 an Omalu Onyemalukwube. 1132 01:21:32,920 --> 01:21:37,767 Your name, it means, "If you know, 1133 01:21:37,880 --> 01:21:40,247 "you must come forth and speak." 1134 01:21:42,600 --> 01:21:44,329 How did you know that? 1135 01:21:44,520 --> 01:21:46,260 I called your father. 1136 01:21:46,360 --> 01:21:48,020 He was pleased to hear from me. 1137 01:21:48,120 --> 01:21:50,088 Yes, I am sure he was. 1138 01:21:51,120 --> 01:21:54,408 If you don't speak for the dead, who will? 1139 01:21:56,520 --> 01:21:59,171 You are of the Igbo tribe, Bennet. 1140 01:21:59,720 --> 01:22:01,563 When you have truth, 1141 01:22:01,960 --> 01:22:05,860 the thing you are told you cannot do is the thing you must do. 1142 01:22:05,960 --> 01:22:07,610 Embrace that 1143 01:22:08,120 --> 01:22:11,966 and nothing created by man can bring you down. 1144 01:22:18,800 --> 01:22:21,610 JONES: Omalu's gone to the press now. Listen to this. 1145 01:22:22,760 --> 01:22:24,660 "After examining the remains 1146 01:22:24,760 --> 01:22:27,420 "of former National Football League player Andre Waters, 1147 01:22:27,520 --> 01:22:31,820 "a neuropathologist in Pittsburgh, Dr. Bennet Omalu, is claiming 1148 01:22:31,920 --> 01:22:36,209 "that Mr. Waters had sustained brain damage from playing football, and he says 1149 01:22:36,480 --> 01:22:39,848 "that led to his depression and ultimate death." 1150 01:22:41,120 --> 01:22:42,770 It gets worse. 1151 01:22:43,600 --> 01:22:45,460 "Dr. Julian Bailes, medical director 1152 01:22:45,560 --> 01:22:47,660 "for the Center for the Study of Retired Athletes 1153 01:22:47,760 --> 01:22:51,685 "and the chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery of West Virginia University, 1154 01:22:51,800 --> 01:22:54,406 "said, 'Unfortunately, I'm not shocked.'" 1155 01:22:55,280 --> 01:22:57,647 There's more Omalu and more Bailes. 1156 01:22:57,920 --> 01:23:00,180 Bailes. Why do I know that name? 1157 01:23:00,280 --> 01:23:04,126 Steelers team doctor. Neurologist for the Players Association. 1158 01:23:04,600 --> 01:23:05,601 (SIGHS) 1159 01:23:07,080 --> 01:23:08,730 - Wow. - Yeah, wow. 1160 01:23:09,360 --> 01:23:12,284 The Times is calling it a potential epidemic. 1161 01:23:12,800 --> 01:23:13,847 Paul. 1162 01:23:15,200 --> 01:23:17,806 It's not the Sports section, not Science. 1163 01:23:18,960 --> 01:23:23,329 It's A-1, front page New York Times. 1164 01:23:27,200 --> 01:23:28,326 REPORTER 1: Apparently, the Commissioner 1165 01:23:28,440 --> 01:23:31,660 has been yearning for years to go back to his litigator roots. 1166 01:23:31,760 --> 01:23:35,620 REPORTER 2: Paul Tagliabue announced that he would retire in July 1167 01:23:35,720 --> 01:23:37,563 after nearly 17 years. 1168 01:23:38,120 --> 01:23:42,921 REPORTER 3: ...comprised the most lucrative and stabilizing reign perhaps in the history. 1169 01:23:43,240 --> 01:23:45,720 REPORTER 4: At the NFL owners meeting in Illinois, Roger Goodell... 1170 01:23:46,080 --> 01:23:49,020 There's a new sheriff in town. His name is Roger Goodell. 1171 01:23:49,120 --> 01:23:51,660 REPORTER 5: Each day seems to bring a fresh round of tributes. 1172 01:23:51,760 --> 01:23:54,380 GOODELL: What I'm here to do now is protect the shield. 1173 01:23:54,480 --> 01:23:57,324 The NFL isn't just a sports league. 1174 01:23:58,240 --> 01:23:59,700 It's an entertainment product. 1175 01:23:59,800 --> 01:24:01,689 - (PHONE RINGING) - America's game. 1176 01:24:01,960 --> 01:24:04,180 I want us to go on enjoying our great game... 1177 01:24:04,280 --> 01:24:05,281 Allegheny County Coroner. 1178 01:24:05,920 --> 01:24:07,604 Sure, one second. 1179 01:24:08,840 --> 01:24:10,842 - It's Dr. Julian Bailes. - Yes, yeah. 1180 01:24:11,240 --> 01:24:12,685 Here he is. 1181 01:24:13,960 --> 01:24:14,980 Julian. 1182 01:24:15,080 --> 01:24:17,820 - Hey, turn on the TV. - Yes, I'm watching. 1183 01:24:17,920 --> 01:24:21,766 You asked for a face-to-face with the Commissioner? Man to man? 1184 01:24:22,080 --> 01:24:26,085 Goodell and the NFL are asking for a concussion summit. 1185 01:24:26,440 --> 01:24:30,047 A full presentation in Chicago next week. 1186 01:24:31,120 --> 01:24:32,645 They heard you. 1187 01:24:33,040 --> 01:24:34,849 - You have your shot. - (CHUCKLES) 1188 01:24:36,440 --> 01:24:37,646 Julian. 1189 01:24:41,200 --> 01:24:42,361 (SIGHS) 1190 01:24:52,120 --> 01:24:54,540 Why don't you throw in some football stuff? 1191 01:24:54,640 --> 01:24:56,563 Some non-medical terms? 1192 01:24:56,800 --> 01:24:58,131 Things we'd say. 1193 01:24:58,960 --> 01:25:01,691 Why do I need to say things they'd say? 1194 01:25:02,880 --> 01:25:05,247 I thought I was here for the other reason. 1195 01:25:05,520 --> 01:25:06,521 (CHUCKLES) No. 1196 01:25:06,800 --> 01:25:09,060 You have what, seven, eight degrees? 1197 01:25:09,160 --> 01:25:13,131 You're one of the smartest people they'll ever meet. You... Well... 1198 01:25:14,480 --> 01:25:15,925 You know what? 1199 01:25:16,520 --> 01:25:18,204 You're gonna be fine. 1200 01:25:27,800 --> 01:25:29,290 How about you? 1201 01:25:31,200 --> 01:25:32,725 How will you be? 1202 01:25:35,400 --> 01:25:36,481 (SIGHS) 1203 01:25:37,160 --> 01:25:42,769 You know, it is a mindless, violent game and then it's Shakespeare. 1204 01:25:43,840 --> 01:25:45,780 I mean, to me it's like life that way. 1205 01:25:45,880 --> 01:25:49,407 And I know you can't see how exciting 1206 01:25:49,840 --> 01:25:53,401 and beautiful all that is, and I don't blame you. 1207 01:25:55,000 --> 01:26:00,086 But what I'm trying to tell you is this is not fun for me. 1208 01:26:01,880 --> 01:26:05,140 All of the people we're going to see tomorrow, I know them personally. 1209 01:26:05,240 --> 01:26:06,765 And that feeling you have 1210 01:26:06,880 --> 01:26:11,363 when someone you love and admire screws you over? 1211 01:26:14,560 --> 01:26:17,040 They're going to have that feeling. 1212 01:26:19,280 --> 01:26:20,805 Because of me. 1213 01:26:22,200 --> 01:26:24,965 And there is not a damn thing I can do about it. 1214 01:26:39,320 --> 01:26:40,890 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 1215 01:26:45,560 --> 01:26:46,607 Hey. 1216 01:26:46,720 --> 01:26:48,340 We have to talk. 1217 01:26:48,440 --> 01:26:49,771 What's wrong? 1218 01:26:52,440 --> 01:26:55,967 There's no easy way to say this, so I'm just going to say it. 1219 01:26:56,120 --> 01:26:57,849 They're not gonna let you speak. 1220 01:26:59,560 --> 01:27:00,641 What? 1221 01:27:01,480 --> 01:27:03,642 They don't even want you in the room. 1222 01:27:06,360 --> 01:27:07,646 They want me to do it. 1223 01:27:10,400 --> 01:27:12,448 - One of their own. - One of their own. 1224 01:27:12,640 --> 01:27:15,700 - So, they want to pretend... - That you don't even exist, that's right. 1225 01:27:15,800 --> 01:27:17,460 Okay. Yeah. 1226 01:27:17,560 --> 01:27:19,980 - They still have to sit and listen. - To you. 1227 01:27:20,080 --> 01:27:22,500 Yes. You blew up their whole world. 1228 01:27:22,600 --> 01:27:24,170 And yours, Julian. 1229 01:27:24,280 --> 01:27:25,805 Yes. Mine. 1230 01:27:26,320 --> 01:27:32,043 Because how can it be possible that some African voodoo doctor 1231 01:27:32,680 --> 01:27:35,411 could understand this subject better than them? 1232 01:27:36,400 --> 01:27:38,368 Or even better than you? 1233 01:27:39,440 --> 01:27:42,580 Wait a second. You think this is about Bennet Omalu? 1234 01:27:42,680 --> 01:27:45,740 I'm not here because of you. I'm here because people are dying. 1235 01:27:45,840 --> 01:27:47,780 You are here for redemption. 1236 01:27:47,880 --> 01:27:50,884 You are here to use me to cleanse your sins. 1237 01:27:52,920 --> 01:27:55,526 You self-righteous bastard. 1238 01:27:56,040 --> 01:27:59,681 Do you have any idea what I could have, how much I could have 1239 01:28:00,000 --> 01:28:04,528 if I went back to my side of the ball and just kept my mouth shut? 1240 01:28:06,440 --> 01:28:10,445 Everything in my world is telling me not to agree with you, except one. 1241 01:28:11,160 --> 01:28:12,685 Science. 1242 01:28:13,360 --> 01:28:14,885 So, here I am. 1243 01:28:15,800 --> 01:28:20,203 Up here, beside you. Not down there in that audience with them. 1244 01:28:22,040 --> 01:28:25,408 What more can I do to prove myself to you? 1245 01:28:54,680 --> 01:28:56,205 I am sorry. 1246 01:28:58,520 --> 01:29:00,409 Convince them, Julian. 1247 01:29:12,800 --> 01:29:14,529 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS) 1248 01:29:17,280 --> 01:29:19,820 You know, my father can't remember a goddamn thing. 1249 01:29:19,920 --> 01:29:21,365 He never played a day of football. 1250 01:29:22,040 --> 01:29:24,611 He was too busy working in a factory, you quack! 1251 01:29:25,280 --> 01:29:26,820 I beg your pardon? 1252 01:29:26,920 --> 01:29:29,780 You take your bullshit science, go back to Africa. 1253 01:29:29,880 --> 01:29:31,245 And get away from our game! 1254 01:29:35,040 --> 01:29:36,451 What happened? 1255 01:29:36,800 --> 01:29:38,484 Roger Goodell just said that 1256 01:29:38,640 --> 01:29:42,087 Justin Strzelczyk may have gotten his concussion swimming. 1257 01:29:42,800 --> 01:29:44,220 In a swimming pool. 1258 01:29:44,320 --> 01:29:45,700 That's insanity. 1259 01:29:45,800 --> 01:29:47,700 This whole thing was staged. 1260 01:29:47,800 --> 01:29:50,644 They needed to say that they heard us so they could goddamn bury us. 1261 01:29:50,800 --> 01:29:53,121 The science means nothing to them. 1262 01:29:53,320 --> 01:29:56,540 GOODELL: This is an important day in the National Football League. 1263 01:29:56,640 --> 01:29:58,900 We've had some very good dialogue 1264 01:29:59,000 --> 01:30:02,482 which will help us improve the care for our players. 1265 01:30:03,160 --> 01:30:07,900 What do you think when you hear about former NFL players suffering from symptoms 1266 01:30:08,000 --> 01:30:11,129 that has only been seen in boxers and people at over 80 years old? 1267 01:30:11,400 --> 01:30:14,609 I mean, what does that say about the effect of concussions on players? 1268 01:30:14,720 --> 01:30:15,780 GOODELL: I'm not a doctor here, 1269 01:30:15,880 --> 01:30:19,521 but you have to look at their entire medical history. 1270 01:30:19,640 --> 01:30:22,644 This is an evolving science. And that's okay. 1271 01:30:22,920 --> 01:30:25,420 PELLMAN: While I agree with the Commissioner, 1272 01:30:25,520 --> 01:30:29,844 no empirically determined proof was presented today. 1273 01:30:30,360 --> 01:30:32,283 Because there simply isn't any. 1274 01:30:33,360 --> 01:30:36,020 BERNIE GOLDBERG: Because according to the NFL's own numbers, 1275 01:30:36,120 --> 01:30:40,125 half of all players with concussions are sent back into the same game, 1276 01:30:40,680 --> 01:30:44,048 including some who were actually knocked out cold. 1277 01:30:45,440 --> 01:30:50,540 Ira Casson was head of the team of NFL doctors who had looked into the issue 1278 01:30:50,640 --> 01:30:54,645 and determined that the concern over head injuries was overblown. 1279 01:30:55,040 --> 01:30:57,725 Is there any evidence, as far as you're concerned, 1280 01:30:58,200 --> 01:31:03,047 that links multiple head injuries among pro football players with depression? 1281 01:31:03,360 --> 01:31:04,361 No. 1282 01:31:04,520 --> 01:31:07,140 - BERNIE: With dementia? - No. 1283 01:31:07,240 --> 01:31:09,500 BERNIE: With early onset of Alzheimer's? 1284 01:31:09,600 --> 01:31:10,647 No. 1285 01:31:10,840 --> 01:31:14,208 Is there any evidence as of today that links 1286 01:31:14,320 --> 01:31:18,620 multiple head injuries with any long-term problem like that? 1287 01:31:18,720 --> 01:31:20,643 - In NFL players? No. - Yeah. 1288 01:31:48,840 --> 01:31:50,604 BENNET: (WHISPERING) Hey, little one. 1289 01:31:52,520 --> 01:31:54,329 This is your father. 1290 01:31:58,280 --> 01:32:00,601 I am in deep shit. 1291 01:32:05,040 --> 01:32:07,441 I have not done anything wrong, 1292 01:32:09,600 --> 01:32:11,887 but I am being punished. 1293 01:32:14,720 --> 01:32:16,006 (SIGHS) 1294 01:32:18,280 --> 01:32:22,205 It might not be so nice when you get out here. 1295 01:32:26,200 --> 01:32:28,487 You are still with God. 1296 01:32:30,800 --> 01:32:33,565 Please ask Him to help me. 1297 01:32:40,200 --> 01:32:41,440 (SIGHS) 1298 01:32:49,280 --> 01:32:50,611 (GROANS SOFTLY) 1299 01:32:55,880 --> 01:32:57,120 (SIGHS) 1300 01:32:59,960 --> 01:33:01,530 (PHONE RINGING) 1301 01:33:05,120 --> 01:33:07,168 It's all right. It's okay. 1302 01:33:14,000 --> 01:33:16,685 - What is this? - This is the FBI. 1303 01:33:17,120 --> 01:33:19,700 Apparently, I'm being relieved of my duties. 1304 01:33:19,800 --> 01:33:21,380 What? I don't understand. 1305 01:33:21,480 --> 01:33:25,100 AGENT: Dr. Wecht has been indicted on 84 federal counts, including... 1306 01:33:25,200 --> 01:33:28,700 Please, please, Tex. Let me at least have the joy of telling him. 1307 01:33:28,800 --> 01:33:32,100 I'm being indicted on 84 federal counts, 1308 01:33:32,200 --> 01:33:37,240 including mail fraud, wire fraud, other related offenses, arising out of 1309 01:33:37,680 --> 01:33:42,049 my use of government resources to advance my private practice. 1310 01:33:42,520 --> 01:33:46,491 Including, but not limited to, uh, mileage vouchers, 1311 01:33:46,880 --> 01:33:52,284 misuse of office stationery and my personal use of the fax machine. 1312 01:33:54,520 --> 01:33:55,740 - Faxes? - Yeah. 1313 01:33:55,840 --> 01:33:58,420 They could not come up with something this stupid in Nigeria. 1314 01:33:58,520 --> 01:33:59,500 (SCOFFS) 1315 01:33:59,600 --> 01:34:01,921 This man has been a public servant for decades. 1316 01:34:04,760 --> 01:34:05,886 Cyril. 1317 01:34:06,240 --> 01:34:09,740 Have you ever performed any private services on county time? 1318 01:34:09,840 --> 01:34:11,205 - Have I? - WECHT: Whoa! 1319 01:34:11,840 --> 01:34:14,571 Apparently, we've both hurt the government's feelings. 1320 01:34:14,880 --> 01:34:15,900 (CHUCKLES) 1321 01:34:16,000 --> 01:34:20,060 Are you referring to the death row case where I used my personal time? 1322 01:34:20,160 --> 01:34:23,243 We don't want you, Dr. Omalu, but we can have you. 1323 01:34:24,080 --> 01:34:27,129 - And what does that mean? - That means they want your testimony. 1324 01:34:29,920 --> 01:34:31,763 - Against you? - Yes. 1325 01:34:33,200 --> 01:34:34,804 I... I understand. 1326 01:34:35,920 --> 01:34:39,242 You are attacking him to get to me. 1327 01:34:39,880 --> 01:34:41,086 I know. 1328 01:34:41,880 --> 01:34:44,884 This is because his name is on my research. 1329 01:34:45,120 --> 01:34:46,451 What research is that? 1330 01:34:46,600 --> 01:34:48,300 (CHUCKLES) 1331 01:34:48,400 --> 01:34:50,340 No. I will resign first. 1332 01:34:50,440 --> 01:34:53,500 In which case, your immigration status will be revised 1333 01:34:53,600 --> 01:34:55,967 since your status requires full-time employment. 1334 01:34:57,280 --> 01:35:00,180 Then I will get another job in another city. 1335 01:35:00,280 --> 01:35:01,691 AGENT: That would be fine. 1336 01:35:01,800 --> 01:35:03,484 That would be fine. 1337 01:35:12,960 --> 01:35:14,246 GRACIE: Bennet. 1338 01:35:25,600 --> 01:35:29,969 All I asked is that if you did this, we both came out okay. 1339 01:35:30,280 --> 01:35:31,850 Not professional ruination. 1340 01:35:35,640 --> 01:35:37,005 Whoever... 1341 01:35:37,360 --> 01:35:39,761 Whatever takes over for me, 1342 01:35:41,840 --> 01:35:45,162 they're going to want the CTE information, you know that. 1343 01:35:46,640 --> 01:35:48,688 What if they show up here with a warrant? 1344 01:35:48,920 --> 01:35:51,020 On suspicion of what? Science? 1345 01:35:51,120 --> 01:35:54,363 Ah, suspicion of bullshit. We got screwed. 1346 01:35:55,160 --> 01:35:57,003 You didn't deserve it. 1347 01:35:58,120 --> 01:36:00,805 You know the worst part? How easy it was. 1348 01:36:01,120 --> 01:36:05,569 Cyril, they are not going to make me say one word against you. 1349 01:36:06,600 --> 01:36:08,523 What are you gonna say? 1350 01:36:08,640 --> 01:36:11,325 Cyril Wecht's a loudmouth asshole? 1351 01:36:12,360 --> 01:36:14,681 I don't care. I'm tired. 1352 01:36:15,320 --> 01:36:16,845 My balls are low. 1353 01:36:24,320 --> 01:36:26,641 I didn't do good enough by you. 1354 01:36:29,200 --> 01:36:30,406 Cyril, um... 1355 01:36:32,800 --> 01:36:35,041 I cannot go back to Nigeria. 1356 01:36:37,160 --> 01:36:39,970 Everything that I am is here. 1357 01:36:42,040 --> 01:36:44,964 My child has got to be born in America. 1358 01:36:46,120 --> 01:36:47,260 (PATS ARM) 1359 01:36:47,360 --> 01:36:48,725 Don't worry. 1360 01:36:49,000 --> 01:36:50,729 I'll get you a job. 1361 01:36:51,400 --> 01:36:54,051 Hey, you can work with me in the prison laundry. 1362 01:36:54,240 --> 01:36:55,571 (BOTH CHUCKLE SOFTLY) 1363 01:37:00,080 --> 01:37:01,764 Call the surgeon. 1364 01:37:02,200 --> 01:37:03,964 We need a goddamn drink. 1365 01:37:07,240 --> 01:37:08,924 (TRAIN HORN BLOWING) 1366 01:37:21,720 --> 01:37:23,882 - (BIRDS SQUAWKING) - (DOGS BARKING) 1367 01:37:27,480 --> 01:37:29,209 (TURN SIGNAL TICKING) 1368 01:37:31,680 --> 01:37:33,205 (TICKING STOPS) 1369 01:37:58,800 --> 01:38:00,802 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) 1370 01:38:02,040 --> 01:38:03,849 BENNET: I solved the problem. 1371 01:38:04,560 --> 01:38:06,460 All they have to do is put on the side of the helmet, 1372 01:38:06,560 --> 01:38:11,202 "The Surgeon General has determined that playing football is hazardous to your health." 1373 01:38:11,320 --> 01:38:13,260 You got to put it on both sides of the helmet. 1374 01:38:13,360 --> 01:38:14,805 (BAILES LAUGHING) 1375 01:38:26,640 --> 01:38:30,020 BAILES: Did you know that Paul Tagliabue... This is the former Commissioner Tagliabue, 1376 01:38:30,120 --> 01:38:33,220 did you know that Paul was a partner in Covington and Burling? 1377 01:38:33,320 --> 01:38:36,420 Which is the same law firm that represented the big seven tobacco companies. 1378 01:38:36,520 --> 01:38:37,681 Of course he was. 1379 01:38:37,920 --> 01:38:39,740 But now they're representing the National Football League. 1380 01:38:39,840 --> 01:38:41,490 Of course they do. 1381 01:38:47,760 --> 01:38:49,171 (TIRES SQUEALING) 1382 01:38:51,480 --> 01:38:53,100 BAILES: My last year with the Steelers, 1383 01:38:53,200 --> 01:38:56,522 we moved a game from a Sunday to a Tuesday because of a blizzard. 1384 01:38:57,000 --> 01:38:59,540 And the League said that they weren't concerned about the ratings 1385 01:38:59,640 --> 01:39:02,689 because the League was immune from acts of God. 1386 01:39:02,800 --> 01:39:04,404 (TIRES SQUEALING) 1387 01:39:10,120 --> 01:39:11,884 (HEAVY BREATHING) 1388 01:39:25,360 --> 01:39:26,361 GRACIE: Bennet! 1389 01:39:27,280 --> 01:39:28,281 Bennet! 1390 01:39:54,720 --> 01:39:56,140 DOCTOR: I'm so sorry. 1391 01:39:56,240 --> 01:39:58,049 There's no heartbeat. 1392 01:40:02,000 --> 01:40:04,620 BENNET: May... May we have the room, please? 1393 01:40:04,720 --> 01:40:06,722 Excuse us. Thank you. 1394 01:40:24,880 --> 01:40:26,405 I'm so sorry. 1395 01:40:27,440 --> 01:40:30,330 I'm so sorry. I made a mistake. 1396 01:40:30,720 --> 01:40:32,404 This is my fault. 1397 01:40:32,960 --> 01:40:34,450 (SHUDDERING BREATHS) 1398 01:40:37,600 --> 01:40:38,965 (SNIFFLES) 1399 01:40:42,760 --> 01:40:44,000 (CRYING) 1400 01:40:57,440 --> 01:41:01,411 MAN OVER PA: Dr. Pierson, E.R. med one. Dr. Pierson, E.R. med one. 1401 01:41:04,640 --> 01:41:07,325 I wish I had never met Mike Webster. 1402 01:41:12,240 --> 01:41:14,083 They destroyed us. 1403 01:41:17,280 --> 01:41:22,286 And I don't understand why it is happening this way. 1404 01:41:26,280 --> 01:41:28,203 Bennet, listen to me. 1405 01:41:31,120 --> 01:41:34,488 Do you know what I chose to fake? 1406 01:41:39,800 --> 01:41:40,847 You. 1407 01:41:47,360 --> 01:41:49,362 We will have this family. 1408 01:41:50,040 --> 01:41:51,087 Yes. 1409 01:41:52,000 --> 01:41:53,365 We will. 1410 01:41:56,520 --> 01:41:58,204 Just not here. 1411 01:42:01,800 --> 01:42:03,564 We have to go. 1412 01:42:39,560 --> 01:42:41,688 MAN: Hello? Mr. Omalu? 1413 01:42:44,840 --> 01:42:46,140 Dr. Omalu. 1414 01:42:46,240 --> 01:42:49,130 MAN: I just need the measurements for the flat screens. 1415 01:42:51,600 --> 01:42:53,443 That won't be necessary. 1416 01:43:17,440 --> 01:43:18,805 (INAUDIBLE) 1417 01:43:22,000 --> 01:43:26,289 I have drifted 1418 01:43:30,240 --> 01:43:33,369 I am worn 1419 01:43:33,960 --> 01:43:36,804 I have drifted 1420 01:43:38,280 --> 01:43:40,965 Too deep 1421 01:43:46,480 --> 01:43:50,769 In the tangle 1422 01:43:54,600 --> 01:43:57,570 Of the dark 1423 01:44:02,520 --> 01:44:06,002 I am weathered 1424 01:44:06,760 --> 01:44:09,923 I have drifted 1425 01:44:10,880 --> 01:44:14,407 Too deep 1426 01:45:05,880 --> 01:45:07,450 (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) 1427 01:45:29,920 --> 01:45:32,446 BENNET: Tell me what happened to you, Jose. 1428 01:45:33,440 --> 01:45:34,726 Tell me. 1429 01:45:35,960 --> 01:45:37,883 It's going to be okay. 1430 01:45:38,240 --> 01:45:39,810 (BELL TOLLING) 1431 01:45:41,520 --> 01:45:43,010 (HEAVY BREATHING) 1432 01:45:47,920 --> 01:45:49,081 Listen. 1433 01:45:49,600 --> 01:45:51,523 My mind keeps slipping. 1434 01:45:52,080 --> 01:45:55,163 I can't seem to find the goddamn words no more. 1435 01:45:55,760 --> 01:45:56,886 What? 1436 01:46:01,360 --> 01:46:02,885 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 1437 01:46:05,600 --> 01:46:07,443 I just can't do this. 1438 01:46:07,880 --> 01:46:09,370 And I'm sorry. 1439 01:46:45,800 --> 01:46:46,847 (GUN COCKS) 1440 01:46:46,960 --> 01:46:48,371 (PHONE RINGING) 1441 01:46:53,040 --> 01:46:54,041 Yes. 1442 01:46:54,200 --> 01:46:55,531 Bennet, it's Julian. 1443 01:46:58,000 --> 01:47:00,241 Dave Duerson killed himself today. 1444 01:47:01,160 --> 01:47:03,820 Shot himself in the chest. In the heart. 1445 01:47:03,920 --> 01:47:05,570 Hold on, hold on. 1446 01:47:11,720 --> 01:47:13,563 - My God. - He left a note. 1447 01:47:14,520 --> 01:47:16,488 He wants his brain to be donated. 1448 01:47:16,760 --> 01:47:18,364 To be examined. 1449 01:47:22,000 --> 01:47:23,809 They said that we were right. 1450 01:47:28,520 --> 01:47:30,045 Benny, you there? 1451 01:47:31,520 --> 01:47:33,409 Yes. Yes, I'm here. 1452 01:47:36,040 --> 01:47:38,940 A Pro Bowler in that deep with NFL leadership 1453 01:47:39,040 --> 01:47:42,726 killing himself in the way he killed himself, they can't explain this one away. 1454 01:47:44,240 --> 01:47:46,163 Players are gonna want to hear from you now. 1455 01:47:54,400 --> 01:47:56,289 BENNET: Trying to find the... 1456 01:47:56,680 --> 01:47:58,011 (CLEARS THROAT) 1457 01:48:12,680 --> 01:48:14,140 (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) 1458 01:48:14,240 --> 01:48:16,641 I don't know what to say to them. 1459 01:48:21,280 --> 01:48:23,760 Tell them what's really happening. 1460 01:48:40,760 --> 01:48:42,762 (INDISTINCT MURMURING) 1461 01:49:13,640 --> 01:49:14,740 Hello. 1462 01:49:14,840 --> 01:49:16,126 (CLEARS THROAT) 1463 01:49:16,800 --> 01:49:18,086 Um... 1464 01:49:20,880 --> 01:49:24,327 A small boy, uh, came to me 1465 01:49:25,640 --> 01:49:28,803 and said, "Mister, why do you hate football?" 1466 01:49:29,240 --> 01:49:31,607 I said, "I don't hate football." 1467 01:49:32,280 --> 01:49:34,886 He said, "Yes, my father said you hate football." 1468 01:49:36,000 --> 01:49:38,002 I said, "You tell your father to come see me." 1469 01:49:38,520 --> 01:49:40,045 (SPARSE LAUGHTER) 1470 01:49:43,480 --> 01:49:46,165 My wife watches the games. 1471 01:49:46,840 --> 01:49:50,686 And she will scream and she will jump. 1472 01:49:51,080 --> 01:49:53,321 She startles me a lot. 1473 01:49:56,000 --> 01:49:59,368 But through her eyes, I can see the beauty 1474 01:50:00,680 --> 01:50:04,401 and the grace, the power. 1475 01:50:07,760 --> 01:50:11,367 I said to her that I wished I'd never met Mike Webster. 1476 01:50:23,520 --> 01:50:25,887 But that was before I knew him. 1477 01:50:29,680 --> 01:50:34,004 He has given me a great gift. 1478 01:50:37,280 --> 01:50:39,089 A dangerous gift. 1479 01:50:41,200 --> 01:50:43,043 The gift of knowing. 1480 01:50:45,720 --> 01:50:49,770 When a man is a soldier, he knows what is at risk. 1481 01:50:50,320 --> 01:50:53,324 He may be injured or even killed. 1482 01:50:55,800 --> 01:51:02,684 But when a man is a football player, he knows he may break his arm or his leg. 1483 01:51:04,160 --> 01:51:08,449 He does not know that he can lose his mind. 1484 01:51:10,240 --> 01:51:12,780 His family, his money. 1485 01:51:12,880 --> 01:51:14,245 (SOBBING SOFTLY) 1486 01:51:15,160 --> 01:51:16,525 His life. 1487 01:51:19,040 --> 01:51:21,247 They have to know. 1488 01:51:27,000 --> 01:51:28,490 Mike Webster. 1489 01:51:29,760 --> 01:51:31,444 Justin Strzelczyk. 1490 01:51:31,760 --> 01:51:33,171 Terry Long. 1491 01:51:34,040 --> 01:51:35,530 Andre Waters. 1492 01:51:37,080 --> 01:51:38,525 Dave Duerson. 1493 01:51:40,680 --> 01:51:44,924 By dying, they speak for the living. 1494 01:51:47,240 --> 01:51:49,163 And I speak for them. 1495 01:51:51,120 --> 01:51:52,929 That is all I do. 1496 01:51:56,280 --> 01:51:57,805 Forgive them. 1497 01:52:01,560 --> 01:52:03,324 Forgive yourselves. 1498 01:52:04,920 --> 01:52:06,365 (SNIFFLES) 1499 01:52:10,040 --> 01:52:11,610 Be at peace. 1500 01:52:17,480 --> 01:52:20,643 JOHN CONYERS: Commissioner Goodell, is there a link between 1501 01:52:21,520 --> 01:52:24,729 playing professional football and the likelihood 1502 01:52:24,840 --> 01:52:28,003 of contracting a brain-related injury 1503 01:52:28,880 --> 01:52:33,886 such as dementia, Alzheimer's, depression or CTE? 1504 01:52:34,320 --> 01:52:37,580 We're doing everything we possibly can for our players now. 1505 01:52:37,680 --> 01:52:40,940 CONYERS: I just asked you a simple question. What's the answer? 1506 01:52:41,040 --> 01:52:45,740 LINDA SANCHEZ: It sort of reminds me of the tobacco companies, pre-'90s, 1507 01:52:45,840 --> 01:52:48,220 when they kept saying, "No, there's no link 1508 01:52:48,320 --> 01:52:50,860 "between smoking and, um, damage to your health, 1509 01:52:50,960 --> 01:52:52,700 "or ill health effects." 1510 01:52:52,800 --> 01:52:56,380 And they were forced to admit that that was incorrect 1511 01:52:56,480 --> 01:52:59,180 through a spate of litigation in the 1990s. 1512 01:52:59,280 --> 01:53:01,203 And my question to you is... 1513 01:53:02,040 --> 01:53:05,203 MAXINE WATERS: Oh, we have heard from the NFL time and time again. 1514 01:53:05,360 --> 01:53:09,180 You're always "studying," you're always "trying, " you're "hopeful." 1515 01:53:09,280 --> 01:53:10,940 Son of a bitch. 1516 01:53:11,040 --> 01:53:14,169 I want to know what are you doing in the negotiations that are going on now 1517 01:53:14,320 --> 01:53:18,928 to deal with this problem and the other problems related to the injuries 1518 01:53:19,320 --> 01:53:25,646 that football players obtain and its impact on their health. 1519 01:53:26,400 --> 01:53:28,020 You did all this. 1520 01:53:28,120 --> 01:53:29,940 I know my time is drawing to a close, 1521 01:53:30,040 --> 01:53:34,682 but let me just say this to Mr. Goodell, uh, and everybody who's here today 1522 01:53:35,040 --> 01:53:40,080 that I think it's time for the Congress of the United States to take a look. 1523 01:53:42,560 --> 01:53:44,961 DEPUTY MAYOR: First time in Washington? BENNET: Uh, yes. 1524 01:53:45,760 --> 01:53:48,140 DEPUTY MAYOR: Well, we're thrilled you accepted our invitation. 1525 01:53:48,240 --> 01:53:50,561 BENNET: I was, uh, very curious. 1526 01:53:52,440 --> 01:53:55,180 Chief Medical Examiner for Washington, D.C., 1527 01:53:55,280 --> 01:53:58,700 means you would also consult with the CIA and FBI 1528 01:53:58,800 --> 01:53:59,780 and any foreign government 1529 01:53:59,880 --> 01:54:03,168 requesting the assistance of the United States government. 1530 01:54:03,880 --> 01:54:06,611 Essentially, you're America's forensic pathologist. 1531 01:54:07,280 --> 01:54:10,682 Wouldn't have to put on scrubs or perform an autopsy. 1532 01:54:11,640 --> 01:54:13,768 You're beyond all that now. 1533 01:54:18,840 --> 01:54:21,180 Would you like to hear about the benefits package? 1534 01:54:21,280 --> 01:54:22,441 No. 1535 01:54:23,120 --> 01:54:24,849 (STUTTERS) I mean, I'm sure it's fine. 1536 01:54:31,680 --> 01:54:35,207 We know everything you did, Dr. Omalu. 1537 01:54:36,200 --> 01:54:39,568 You exemplify everything it is to be an American. 1538 01:54:40,560 --> 01:54:43,723 You belong here with us, in the nation's capital. 1539 01:54:57,880 --> 01:55:01,441 Why don't you take a couple days and think about it? 1540 01:55:35,400 --> 01:55:36,401 QUARTERBACK: Ready. 1541 01:55:39,240 --> 01:55:40,241 Hut! 1542 01:55:41,000 --> 01:55:43,082 COACH 1: Get up, get up field, get up field, get up field! 1543 01:55:43,200 --> 01:55:44,850 COACH 2: You heard him. Move up field, let's go! 1544 01:55:45,400 --> 01:55:46,765 COACH 1: You, on the ball, on the ball. 1545 01:55:46,880 --> 01:55:49,281 COACH 2: Okay, let's huddle up! Bring it back, huddle up. 1546 01:55:53,400 --> 01:55:56,643 All right, call it out! Douglas, I'm talkin' to you. 1547 01:55:57,040 --> 01:55:58,020 QUARTERBACK: Hut! 1548 01:55:58,120 --> 01:56:00,420 - COACH 2: Get 'em, get 'em, get 'em! - (WHISTLE BLOWING) 1549 01:56:00,520 --> 01:56:01,521 That's it. Good! 1550 01:56:01,720 --> 01:56:03,210 COACH 1: There you go. Good job, good job, on the ball. 1551 01:56:03,880 --> 01:56:06,042 COACH 1: Let's go, let's go, tempo, tempo! COACH 2: Tempo, tempo! 1552 01:56:12,880 --> 01:56:15,008 COACH 1: How 'bout we hit somebody this time, huh? 1553 01:56:15,560 --> 01:56:17,244 Try a little more contact. 1554 01:56:17,400 --> 01:56:18,401 QUARTERBACK: One-sixteen, one-sixteen! 1555 01:56:21,520 --> 01:56:22,885 (GRUNTING) 1556 01:56:28,880 --> 01:56:29,961 (GRUNTING) 1557 01:56:46,760 --> 01:56:48,700 ANCHORWOMAN: A tragic loss for the family and fans 1558 01:56:48,800 --> 01:56:50,928 of former Chargers star Junior Seau 1559 01:56:51,200 --> 01:56:53,726 after he was found dead in his Oceanside home. 1560 01:56:53,960 --> 01:56:55,660 Good evening and thanks for joining us tonight. 1561 01:56:55,760 --> 01:56:59,048 Junior Seau's death is being investigated as a suicide. 1562 01:56:59,240 --> 01:57:01,340 ANCHORMAN: Police say his girlfriend reported finding him 1563 01:57:01,440 --> 01:57:04,820 with an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. 1564 01:57:04,920 --> 01:57:08,527 Tonight there's widespread shock and disbelief over the sudden death. 1565 01:57:08,920 --> 01:57:11,340 MALE REPORTER: Standing in front of her son's beachfront home, 1566 01:57:11,440 --> 01:57:14,980 Junior Seau's mother poured out her heart and her grief. 1567 01:57:15,080 --> 01:57:17,287 SEAU'S MOTHER: I'm shocked. 1568 01:57:17,800 --> 01:57:21,180 But I appreciate everybody's over here, 1569 01:57:21,280 --> 01:57:23,340 show your love... (SOBS) 1570 01:57:23,440 --> 01:57:26,020 MAN 1: We loved Junior. MAN 2: We love you, Mrs. Seau! 1571 01:57:26,120 --> 01:57:28,566 SEAU'S MOTHER: Show your love to my son. 1572 01:58:08,680 --> 01:58:13,641 - So long - So long 1573 01:58:15,000 --> 01:58:18,004 So long 1574 01:58:21,720 --> 01:58:26,601 - So long - So long 1575 01:58:28,200 --> 01:58:30,441 So long 1576 01:58:34,800 --> 01:58:39,408 See it in your eyes 1577 01:58:41,360 --> 01:58:44,603 There's been a change 1578 01:58:47,920 --> 01:58:51,561 I feel distant 1579 01:58:52,880 --> 01:58:57,010 There's been a change 1580 01:59:00,880 --> 01:59:04,123 A fear 1581 01:59:05,880 --> 01:59:09,282 Hangs over my head 1582 01:59:13,880 --> 01:59:16,804 I search for peace 1583 01:59:19,000 --> 01:59:21,924 In the midst of it all 1584 01:59:27,200 --> 01:59:29,851 What we had 1585 01:59:32,040 --> 01:59:35,601 In those old photographs 1586 01:59:40,200 --> 01:59:42,931 So far gone 1587 01:59:45,400 --> 01:59:48,131 I gotta move on 1588 01:59:50,160 --> 01:59:54,688 - So long - So long 1589 01:59:56,480 --> 01:59:59,165 So long 1590 02:00:03,200 --> 02:00:07,842 - So long - So long 1591 02:00:09,600 --> 02:00:12,126 So long 1592 02:00:16,160 --> 02:00:21,121 See it in your eyes 1593 02:00:22,960 --> 02:00:26,521 There's been a change 1594 02:00:29,320 --> 02:00:32,642 I feel distant 1595 02:00:34,440 --> 02:00:40,447 There's been a change 1595 02:00:41,305 --> 02:00:47,297 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org