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Kathleen sebelius explained today why she is hesitant to take direct action in what many are calling really an impossible situation here in pennsylvania. you know the story of this little girl, the struggle for this dying 10-year-old girl to get a lung transplant. yesterday, i talked to her dad and fran murnaghan told me his daughter sarah knows how serious her situation is. >> we were holding her in our arms and she was tired and clearly wanted to go to sleep. and she point directly asked us, can i go to sleep? and, of course, we said, if you're tired, of course. and then she followed up and ...

When she decided not to take any action and then even stated she did not have the authority, where clearly we do believe she does. we were devastated because now we're left with very few options to save sarah's life. >> so i remember the news on friday was the fact that i guess the action, which is not good enough for your situation is that now the organ group is reviewing the policy but that could take up to two years and your daughter doesn't at all have that kind of time. you, fran, you hired this attorney to fight this. i have this letter, i printed it, it is a long letter, 22 pages, and p...

Firefighters. >> right, correct. >> reporter: doesn't it feel a little ironic that your parents' house has burned down like this? >> it does. it does. it is surreal, i would say is a good word for it. i spent so much -- after i retired, my last four years, i helped my dad clean up this place. and a lot of cleanup. we had hundreds of trees down in there that we cleaned up. so it is -- it hurts. little bit. >> and he was a firefighter. father was a firefighter. brother was a firefighter. nephews, the entire family, sister was married to a firefighter. the entire family all involved in fighting f...

At this point may be a direct donation from a family. so what we have asked people, if they do find themselves in the most unfortunate position where they are offering to give a loved one's organs as a gift of life to others that they designate sarah as recipient of those lungs. >> that's one possibility for folks who find themselves in that horrible situation. final question to you, fran, how is sarah? last time we spoke, you and your wife had chosen not to let her know that she is dying. at what point through all of this will you decide, if at all, to tell her about her situation? >> she kno...

Father of children, and so forth. she did have a 9-month-old. she has three children. there are three fathers. one lives in arizona. he's out of the picture. i don't know where the other two are. >> okay. tomorrow night. >> god willing. >> you're on it. >> god willing. >> nancy grace, thank you for coming in. appreciate it so much. >> thank you for having me. before we go, want to remind viewers of your special interview, star jones speaking about her friend's murder, exclusively tomorrow night hln 8:00 p.m. tonight, game seven of the nba eastern conference finals, the miami heat taking on...