this dog would have alerted me to anybody. but she -- >> she was wrong. >> she was wrong. >> lynn's son, charlie, was a freshman in high school then. he was sitting in math class. somebody told him he was wanted in the principal's office. on the way there he thought he was in trouble. and then when they told him -- >> i didn't believe it. i thought it was a joke. >> until your father arrived with tears in his eyes. >> that was when i knew something was wrong. >> his father manfred, or fred as most people called him, came to take charlie home. >> how was your father? >> upset. i mean, he was definitely -- he was crying. he couldn't drive. you know, i didn't really have eyes for him in that moment. >> you were just a mess. >> yeah.