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been vaccinated. we don't take it upon ourselves to judge or enlighten someone. or that own decision. >> well put, young lady. you should be on tv. curtis, how are the cats doing? it with you have 17 or 18? >> sixteen. unfortunately one of my favorites past. i've been sitting ship. >> even when my mother and father pastor, i'm supposed to be the toughest guy in the world . i couldn't cry. i cried three hours when hope past. >> how old was hope? >> she was eight. had a terminal cancer. my wife had rescued her two years before from being euthanized. she had a great two year run. every night and come back from this campaign of mine as a republican running for mare and hope it would always be there. nobody else would listen to me, but hope it would be at my side. >> there you go. are you hopeful about the state
arina were able to bring. >> i think i was shocked. i couldn't cry. i didn't feel anything. i am happy i am alive. i don't need the house. i don't need anything. i just want to be alive and safe and each day i was praying my mom, i, our dog are safe and that's actually all i need. >> reporter: are there lots of people like you? >> translator: many. many. >> reporter: the war weary now a common site in lviv as many ukrainians came here to avoid russian strikes. lviv is relatively safe. usually more than 700,000 people live here. now there are more than 200,000 new refugees. you don't have to go far to find a family or sbomeone who has ben displaced. even in lviv the fighting is never far away. >> here we feel much more safely
i couldn't laugh. i couldn't cry. i couldn't feel. >> so elizabeth, if pain addiction, pain pill addiction is part of the problem, what's it going to take to reverse this dangerous trend? >> it is. unfortunately that woman's experience is somewhat typical that people get addicted to precipitation pain medications and when that prescription runs out or becomes too expensive, they go to heroin which unfortunately has become cheap and plentiful. the dea continues to try to target the gangs bringing in the heroin. and doctors in this country need to be careful about how they prescribe it especially for people who have chronic pain that's going to go on and on and on. do they keep prescribing oxycontin and pills like that? do they try to find other alternatives? how do they know in this person is addicted or is truly in pain? it really puts doctors in a tough spot. >> elizabeth cohen. at least awareness of the problem will help us get on the road to recovery here. we'll be right back.
were met by sam wells at the elevator. sam took them into the apartment and on the living room floor of the apartment, they found sidney wells dead of an apparent gunshot wound to the head. >> shauna redford just had seen sid a couple hours before. he was alive and well, and then to come back and find out that he had been killed, you have absolutely horrific news. >> at 4:00, my boss called me to the front of the store and said that there was someone that needed to see me. it was a police officer from boulder. >> you're not prepared for anything to happen to your child. you're supposed to nurture those children and they're your immortality. it's unbearable. >> you know, i was just -- i just couldn't -- i couldn't cry. i couldn't do anything but just stare at him because i couldn't
>> you know, i was just -- i just couldn't -- i couldn't cry. i couldn't do anything but just stare at him because i couldn't believe what he was saying. that's how our nightmare started. >> who would want to kill sid, you know? >> in this case, the police started their investigation with sam wells. >> it was just almost too much. for all of us. hey pal? you ready?
child. you're supposed to nurture those children and they're your immortality. it's unbearable. >> you know, i was just -- i just couldn't -- i couldn't cry. i couldn't do anything but just stare at him because i couldn't believe what he was saying. that's how our nightmare started. >> who would want to kill sid, you know? >> in this case, the police started their investigation with sam wells. >> it was just almost too much. for all of us.
tell us about when you saw them again. tell us about being reunited with them. did that happen in the school parking lot? did it happen at the local church, the shepherd of the hills church? where did you see them again? >> i was at the church. i was like running around like trying to keep calm, and then i had seen my dad and i was like having a panic attack, almost. like i couldn't speak, i couldn't cry, and i was breathing really funny. when i saw my dad, he dropped everything and screamed my name and hugged me. he just held me really tight and just like i was secure, i felt secure again. >> it must have been quite a hug. >> um-hum. >> are your friends okay? >> currently, yes. i've seen a lot of my friends and they seem okay. i'm still trying to find more of