about his harrowing search for his son. as the family scoured the city and searched every hospital, they brought their stoerearch tr airwaves. many of you responded with your prayers and support. tonight i'm sad to report, lance is dead. his body was found in the morgue, and to make this wrenching story even more tragic, lance has been there for days, even as his father and mother searched the city. lance's body was in the morgue. i want to bring in dan mitchell. he was lance's minister and friend. dan, thank you for joining us at this very difficult moment. >> it's an honor to be here to represent lance and his family. >> first of all, obviously, our condolences. how is the family doing? >> you know, they're -- they're a strong group of people. they are praying. they are leaning on friends and their faith. and they're going to make it through this. and, you know, there are a lot of kids that were lance's friends that are around that family constantly. and those kids need all of us