“We had to borrow it from a friend, we couldn’t pay that.” It was $400,000. He had to finish all of his classes during the summer over the phone and via internet. He couldn’t stay on campus. Took him three months to finish. Ended up with a 3.5 GPA even with all the turmoil.
Media “swarmed us everywhere we went.” Parents had to pack up and move to a friend’s house. Satellite trucks swarmed his neighborhood. “One reporter to hit by a car trying to get an interview. He probably deserved it.” It was “a media frenzy for an entire year, and it continues now.”
