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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:06,178 --> 00:00:06,637 BILLION DOLLARS. 2 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:07,136 HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? 3 00:00:07,220 --> 00:00:08,178 >> ADAM NEUMANN. 4 00:00:08,261 --> 00:00:08,970 >> EVERYBODY TOLD ADAM NEUMANN 5 00:00:09,053 --> 00:00:12,220 THIS WAS NOT DOABLE. 6 00:00:12,303 --> 00:00:12,845 >> IF YOU TELL A 30 SOMETHING 7 00:00:12,929 --> 00:00:13,512 YEAR OLD MALE HE'S JESUS CHRIST, 8 00:00:13,595 --> 00:00:14,887 HE'S INCLINED TO BELIEVE YOU. 9 00:00:14,970 --> 00:00:19,679 >> EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED WAS 10 00:00:19,762 --> 00:00:20,095 AN ABSOLUTE SHOCK. 11 00:00:20,178 --> 00:00:20,637 >> HE WAS USING IT AS HIS 12 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:21,136 PERSONAL PIGGY BANK. 13 00:00:21,220 --> 00:00:23,887 THE BOARD WENT ALONG WITH IT. 14 00:00:23,970 --> 00:00:25,345 >> REAL ESTATE INVESTORS HAVE 15 00:00:25,428 --> 00:00:30,887 BEEN PREYING UPON 16 00:00:30,970 --> 00:00:31,929 AFRICAN-AMERICANS BECAUSE THEY 17 00:00:32,011 --> 00:00:32,428 OWNED PROPERTY. 18 00:00:32,512 --> 00:00:33,053 >> WHAT IF I DON'T WANT TO SELL? 19 00:00:33,136 --> 00:00:33,679 >> I HEARD IT THOUSANDS OF 20 00:00:33,762 --> 00:00:36,261 TIMES. 21 00:00:36,345 --> 00:00:37,095 YOU CAN'T MAKE ME SELL MY LAND. 22 00:00:37,178 --> 00:00:38,845 THEN I RESPOND BACK, YES, I CAN. 23 00:00:38,929 --> 00:00:39,345 >> IT'S NOT RIGHT. 24 00:00:39,428 --> 00:00:40,011 >> IT WAS IN THE FAMILY FOR 125 25 00:00:40,095 --> 00:00:41,929 YEARS. 26 00:00:42,011 --> 00:00:42,762 >> YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE IS 27 00:00:42,845 --> 00:00:43,428 GOING TO LOOK LIKE THAT? 28 00:00:43,512 --> 00:00:47,011 >> YEAH. 29 00:00:47,095 --> 00:00:47,720 >>> THE HOPE IS MAYBE ITALY 30 00:00:47,804 --> 00:00:48,679 MIGHT BE GETTING BETTER. 31 00:00:48,762 --> 00:00:51,553 >> HOPE IS THE ONLY THING THAT 32 00:00:51,637 --> 00:00:54,387 REMAINS. 33 00:00:54,470 --> 00:00:54,970 >> YOU PUT ON A VERY TOUGH 34 00:00:55,053 --> 00:00:55,428 FRONT. 35 00:00:55,512 --> 00:00:56,095 I IMAGINE THERE MUST BE A HUGE 36 00:00:56,178 --> 00:00:56,804 EMOTIONAL TOLL. 37 00:00:56,887 --> 00:01:01,970 >> SI. 38 00:01:02,053 --> 00:01:03,053 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 39 00:01:03,136 --> 00:01:03,762 >> HOW DO YOU THINK IT WILL 40 00:01:03,845 --> 00:01:04,428 COMPARE, THE SITUATION IN ITALY 41 00:01:04,512 --> 00:01:08,136 TO THE U.S.? 42 00:01:08,220 --> 00:01:10,470 >> IT WILL BE THE SAME. 43 00:01:10,553 --> 00:01:10,804 ♪ 44 00:01:10,887 --> 00:01:10,970 ♪ 45 00:01:11,053 --> 00:01:28,011 ♪ 46 00:01:39,053 --> 00:01:39,970 >>> FELT LIKE THERE WAS 47 00:01:40,053 --> 00:01:41,053 SOMETHING BEING DONE THAT WAS 48 00:01:41,136 --> 00:01:44,220 UNPRECEDENTED. 49 00:01:44,303 --> 00:01:45,512 >> WE ARE WE. 50 00:01:45,595 --> 00:01:48,178 IF WE WORK TOGETHER, WE CAN'T BE 51 00:01:48,261 --> 00:01:52,053 STOPPED. 52 00:01:52,136 --> 00:01:55,011 THE CASES WERE RATCHETING UP 53 00:01:55,095 --> 00:01:55,887 FURTHER AND FURTHER. 54 00:01:55,970 --> 00:01:56,512 >> THE JAPANESE INVESTMENT FIRM 55 00:01:56,595 --> 00:01:57,053 IS CONSIDERING PUTTING 56 00:01:57,136 --> 00:01:57,637 $4 BILLION IN YOUR COMPANY. 57 00:01:57,720 --> 00:01:58,178 >> THAT SOUNDS LIKE A BIG 58 00:01:58,261 --> 00:02:00,053 NUMBER. 59 00:02:00,136 --> 00:02:03,387 >> EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED FROM 60 00:02:03,470 --> 00:02:08,095 THERE WAS AN ABSOLUTE SHOCK. 61 00:02:08,178 --> 00:02:09,762 >> TODAY THE OBVIOUS STORY THE 62 00:02:09,845 --> 00:02:10,679 WE WORK. 63 00:02:10,762 --> 00:02:11,303 THERE'S A REPORT THAT WE WORK 64 00:02:11,387 --> 00:02:13,679 WILL FIRE 4,000 PEOPLE. 65 00:02:13,762 --> 00:02:15,762 IT MAY FIRE 6,000 PEOPLE. 66 00:02:15,845 --> 00:02:17,136 >> IT'S OUT OF CONTROL. 67 00:02:17,220 --> 00:02:19,970 >> THERE'S REALLY NO BETTER WAY 68 00:02:20,053 --> 00:02:20,512 TO LIGHT MONEY ON FIRE. 69 00:02:20,595 --> 00:02:21,303 >> IT REALLY IS ONE OF THE 70 00:02:21,387 --> 00:02:22,136 SPECTACLE IMPLOSIONS WE'VE SEEN 71 00:02:22,220 --> 00:02:27,762 IN THE LAST TEN YEARS. 72 00:02:27,845 --> 00:02:31,303 >> WE WORK WAS FOUNDED IN 2010 73 00:02:31,387 --> 00:02:35,428 BY ADAM NEUMANN AND HIS BUSINESS 74 00:02:35,512 --> 00:02:36,053 PARTNER MIGUEL McKELVEY. 75 00:02:36,136 --> 00:02:37,136 THE COMPANY LEASES REAL ESTATE. 76 00:02:37,220 --> 00:02:37,762 CONVERTS IT INTO SHARED OFFICE 77 00:02:37,845 --> 00:02:38,970 SPACE AND RENTS DESKS INSIDE. 78 00:02:39,053 --> 00:02:44,136 AS MUNDANE AS THAT SOUNDS, BY 79 00:02:44,220 --> 00:02:48,095 2019 WE WORK WAS A BIG DEAL 80 00:02:48,178 --> 00:02:50,220 BOASTING LOCATIONS IN 100 CITIES 81 00:02:50,303 --> 00:02:52,762 AND MORE THAN 12,000 EMPLOYEES. 82 00:02:52,845 --> 00:02:55,804 WITH AN IPO LOOMING, 83 00:02:55,929 --> 00:02:56,512 THE WE FAMILY WAS POISED TO MAKE 84 00:02:56,595 --> 00:02:56,845 A TON OF MONEY. 85 00:02:56,929 --> 00:02:57,845 >> WHEN WE WORK TRIED TO GO 86 00:02:57,929 --> 00:02:58,512 PUBLIC IN 2019 IT WAS VALUED AT 87 00:02:58,595 --> 00:03:02,679 $47 BILLION. 88 00:03:02,762 --> 00:03:04,553 TEN YEARS EARLIER THEY WERE 89 00:03:04,637 --> 00:03:06,053 WORKING OUT OF HALF A FLOOR OF 90 00:03:06,136 --> 00:03:07,220 THIS BUILDING. 91 00:03:07,303 --> 00:03:10,345 THIS WAS THE FIRST EVER WE WORK 92 00:03:10,428 --> 00:03:11,053 SPACE. 93 00:03:11,136 --> 00:03:14,387 >> HI, LISA, NICE TO MEET YOU. 94 00:03:14,470 --> 00:03:15,053 >> HI, NICE TO MEET YOU. 95 00:03:15,136 --> 00:03:15,553 >> THIS IS THE PLACE? 96 00:03:15,637 --> 00:03:15,929 >> THIS IS IT. 97 00:03:16,011 --> 00:03:18,970 THIS IS WHERE ALL THE MAGIC 98 00:03:19,053 --> 00:03:22,136 HAPPENED AT WE WORK IN THE 99 00:03:22,220 --> 00:03:22,512 BEGINS. 100 00:03:22,595 --> 00:03:27,053 >> LISA WAS ADAM AND MIGUEL'S 101 00:03:27,136 --> 00:03:28,053 SECOND HIRE. 102 00:03:28,136 --> 00:03:32,053 LISA MET ADAM BY CHANCE IN 2010. 103 00:03:32,136 --> 00:03:32,845 >> YOU WERE IMPRESSED BY HIM? 104 00:03:32,929 --> 00:03:33,220 >> OF COURSE. 105 00:03:33,303 --> 00:03:33,845 ADAM IS AN IMPRESSIVE PERSON. 106 00:03:33,929 --> 00:03:36,053 I HAVE EMAILS THAT SAY GOOD 107 00:03:36,136 --> 00:03:39,720 MORNING. 108 00:03:39,804 --> 00:03:41,387 LET'S CREATE THE LARGEST NETWORK 109 00:03:41,470 --> 00:03:43,220 COMMUNITY ON THE PLANET. 110 00:03:43,303 --> 00:03:44,637 LOOK AT WHAT HE DID. 111 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:45,053 IT'S AMAZING. 112 00:03:45,136 --> 00:03:47,804 >> WHEN SOMEONE THINKS ABOUT 113 00:03:47,887 --> 00:03:48,804 THAT, THIS $47 BILLION 114 00:03:48,887 --> 00:03:51,762 EVALUATION COMPANY, HOW DOES 115 00:03:51,845 --> 00:03:53,136 THAT HAPPEN? 116 00:03:53,220 --> 00:03:54,804 >> IT'S INCREDIBLE. 117 00:03:54,887 --> 00:03:57,053 I THINK ADAM NEUMANN IS HOW IT 118 00:03:57,136 --> 00:03:57,345 HAPPENED. 119 00:03:57,428 --> 00:03:59,387 I HAVE PHOTOS OF OUR TEAM 120 00:03:59,470 --> 00:04:00,303 SLEEPING IN OUR LOCATION, JUST 121 00:04:00,387 --> 00:04:01,470 HUSTLING TO GET IT DONE. 122 00:04:01,553 --> 00:04:03,595 ADAM HAS A REMARKABLE ABILITY TO 123 00:04:03,679 --> 00:04:05,303 JUST KEEP DRIVING PEOPLE. 124 00:04:05,387 --> 00:04:07,136 ADAM SAT IN FRONT OF THE 125 00:04:07,220 --> 00:04:08,261 INVESTORS. 126 00:04:08,345 --> 00:04:09,637 HE SOLD THE VISION. 127 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:12,261 HE'LL GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE 128 00:04:12,345 --> 00:04:14,470 GREATEST SALESMEN IN HISTORY. 129 00:04:14,553 --> 00:04:15,637 >> ADAM HAD A TALENT RAISING 130 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:18,470 MONEY. 131 00:04:18,553 --> 00:04:19,679 FIRST FROM INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS 132 00:04:19,762 --> 00:04:22,345 AND LATER FROM MAJOR VENTURE 133 00:04:22,428 --> 00:04:23,637 CAPITAL FIRMS AND BANKS. 134 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,178 PART CEO AND PART NEW AGE GURU 135 00:04:26,261 --> 00:04:27,679 WITH A PENCHANT FOR GOING 136 00:04:27,762 --> 00:04:29,804 BAREFOOT AND A LOVE OF TEQUILA 137 00:04:29,887 --> 00:04:30,345 ADAM SAID THE MISSION WAS TO 138 00:04:30,470 --> 00:04:31,220 ELEVATE THE WORLD'S 139 00:04:31,303 --> 00:04:31,887 CONSCIOUSNESS. 140 00:04:31,929 --> 00:04:32,512 >> IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE 141 00:04:32,595 --> 00:04:34,220 WORLD, START BY CHANGING 142 00:04:34,303 --> 00:04:36,220 YOURSELF. 143 00:04:36,303 --> 00:04:38,387 EVERY PERSON HAS A SUPER POWER. 144 00:04:38,470 --> 00:04:39,387 WE ALL DO. 145 00:04:39,470 --> 00:04:40,220 YOU HAVE ONE. 146 00:04:40,303 --> 00:04:41,053 YOU HAVE ONE. 147 00:04:41,136 --> 00:04:41,970 I KNOW THESE TWO HAVE ONE. 148 00:04:42,053 --> 00:04:42,553 THERE'S AN ENERGY YOU FEEL. 149 00:04:42,637 --> 00:04:44,303 IT'S AN ENERGY OF PEOPLE DOING 150 00:04:44,387 --> 00:04:45,303 THEIR OWN THING WHILE BEING PART 151 00:04:45,387 --> 00:04:46,220 OF SOMETHING GREATER THAN 152 00:04:46,303 --> 00:04:47,387 THEMSELVES. 153 00:04:47,470 --> 00:04:51,220 WE CALL IT THE WE GENERATION. 154 00:04:51,303 --> 00:04:56,303 >> WHETHER ADAM BELIEVED HIS OWN 155 00:04:56,387 --> 00:05:01,345 SPIRITUAL BABBLE OR A MARKETING 156 00:05:01,428 --> 00:05:04,762 EMPLOY, IT WAS WORKING. 157 00:05:04,845 --> 00:05:05,387 IN 2019 WE WORK WAS VALUED AT 158 00:05:05,470 --> 00:05:05,720 $10 BILLION. 159 00:05:05,804 --> 00:05:06,345 THAT COULD MEAN A BIG PAY OUT 160 00:05:06,428 --> 00:05:06,929 ONE DAY FOR EMPLOYEES WITH 161 00:05:07,011 --> 00:05:07,929 SHARES. 162 00:05:08,011 --> 00:05:08,553 TARA JOINED THE COMPANY IN MARCH 163 00:05:08,637 --> 00:05:18,929 2015. 164 00:05:19,011 --> 00:05:19,261 HEY, TARA. 165 00:05:19,345 --> 00:05:19,970 >> COME ON IN. 166 00:05:20,053 --> 00:05:20,595 WHEN YOU START AT A START-UP 167 00:05:20,679 --> 00:05:23,470 THERE'S AN ASSUMED GAMBLE. 168 00:05:23,553 --> 00:05:24,303 LIKE IN ROULETTE, IF IT HITS ON 169 00:05:24,387 --> 00:05:25,220 RED 20, WE'RE ALL GOING TO 170 00:05:25,303 --> 00:05:28,136 RETIRE. 171 00:05:28,220 --> 00:05:28,762 THERE'S THIS VEGAS MENTALITY 172 00:05:28,845 --> 00:05:30,428 WHEN IT COMES TO START-UP 173 00:05:30,512 --> 00:05:32,261 GROWTH. 174 00:05:32,345 --> 00:05:34,470 >> WAS THAT SOMETHING THEY 175 00:05:34,553 --> 00:05:36,095 TALKED TO YOU ABOUT WHEN YOU 176 00:05:36,178 --> 00:05:37,970 WERE SIGNING UP, THERE WOULD BE 177 00:05:38,053 --> 00:05:41,136 POTENTIAL FOR SALARY RAISES OR 178 00:05:41,220 --> 00:05:41,428 EQUITY? 179 00:05:41,512 --> 00:05:41,887 >> ABSOLUTELY, YEAH. 180 00:05:41,970 --> 00:05:43,679 IT WAS ABOUT A $10,000 PAY CUT. 181 00:05:43,762 --> 00:05:44,470 >> YOU TOOK A PAY CUT TO JOIN WE 182 00:05:44,553 --> 00:05:46,178 WORK? 183 00:05:46,261 --> 00:05:47,470 >> IT WAS COOL. 184 00:05:47,553 --> 00:05:48,136 >> YOU WENT TO THE SUMMER CAMP 185 00:05:48,220 --> 00:05:51,011 EVENT? 186 00:05:51,095 --> 00:05:51,345 >> I DID. 187 00:05:51,428 --> 00:05:53,095 >> WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? 188 00:05:53,178 --> 00:05:55,595 >> NUTTY EXPERIENCE. 189 00:05:55,679 --> 00:05:58,261 >> SUMMER CAMP WAS AN ANNUAL 190 00:05:58,345 --> 00:06:00,178 COMPANY RAVE FOR WE WORKERS 191 00:06:00,261 --> 00:06:08,220 FEATURING MEDITATION SESSIONS, 192 00:06:08,303 --> 00:06:09,553 AN ENDLESS SUPPLY OF ALCOHOL, 193 00:06:09,637 --> 00:06:11,053 AND PERFORMANCES BY ACTS LIKE 194 00:06:11,136 --> 00:06:15,178 THE WEEKEND AND LOURD. 195 00:06:15,261 --> 00:06:21,053 >> IT FELT LIKE A FESTIVAL. 196 00:06:21,136 --> 00:06:21,637 >> ADAM WOULD GIVE LONG AND 197 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:22,095 UNTETHERED SPEECHES. 198 00:06:22,178 --> 00:06:22,595 ATTENDANCE WAS STRICTLY 199 00:06:22,679 --> 00:06:22,845 REQUIRED. 200 00:06:22,929 --> 00:06:23,553 >> WHAT PUTS US TOGETHER IS 201 00:06:23,637 --> 00:06:26,345 BECAUSE EVERYONE WANTS TO DO 202 00:06:26,428 --> 00:06:27,011 SOMETHING THAT MAKES THE WORLD A 203 00:06:27,095 --> 00:06:28,095 BETTER PLACE AND WE WANT TO MAKE 204 00:06:28,178 --> 00:06:28,845 MONEY DOING IT. 205 00:06:28,929 --> 00:06:32,220 >> EVERYONE WAS ALWAYS REALLY 206 00:06:32,303 --> 00:06:34,095 EXCITED WHEN ADAM WOULD SPEAK. 207 00:06:34,178 --> 00:06:34,720 HE HAD THIS MESSIAH AIR ABOUT 208 00:06:34,804 --> 00:06:37,220 HIM. 209 00:06:37,303 --> 00:06:40,095 WORDS I WAS HEARING WAS YOU HAVE 210 00:06:40,178 --> 00:06:43,178 THIS SEAT ON THE ROCKET SHIP TO 211 00:06:43,261 --> 00:06:44,595 THE MOON AND MARS. 212 00:06:44,679 --> 00:06:46,095 I DON'T THINK HE STARTED TALKING 213 00:06:46,178 --> 00:06:47,720 ABOUT PUTTING WE WORK ON MARS 214 00:06:47,804 --> 00:06:47,929 YET. 215 00:06:48,011 --> 00:06:49,512 I THINK IT WAS A JOKE AT FIRST. 216 00:06:49,595 --> 00:06:51,595 THEN WE HEARD IT WAS SOMETHING 217 00:06:51,679 --> 00:06:54,387 THAT WAS MAYBE BEING CONSIDERED. 218 00:06:54,470 --> 00:06:55,428 >> PUTTING WE WORK -- 219 00:06:55,512 --> 00:06:56,220 >> ON MARS. 220 00:06:56,303 --> 00:06:58,053 IT SOUNDS CRAZY WHEN YOU SAY IT 221 00:06:58,136 --> 00:07:04,053 NOW. 222 00:07:04,136 --> 00:07:04,303 YEAH. 223 00:07:04,387 --> 00:07:04,929 >> FOR TARA THE FUN WORE OFF. 224 00:07:05,011 --> 00:07:08,345 HER JOB HELPING RUN WE WORK 225 00:07:08,428 --> 00:07:11,679 OFTEN MEANT STAYING LATE 226 00:07:11,762 --> 00:07:12,178 FOR MEMBER EVENTS. 227 00:07:12,261 --> 00:07:12,845 >> SOME WEEKS WERE 70 PLUS HOURS 228 00:07:12,929 --> 00:07:13,095 A WEEK. 229 00:07:13,178 --> 00:07:13,637 >> HOW ABOUT OVERTIME? 230 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:14,178 >> I DID ASK HR, THEY SAID 231 00:07:14,261 --> 00:07:15,178 YOU'RE ON SALARY. 232 00:07:15,261 --> 00:07:18,762 YOU'RE NOT ENTITLED TO OVERTIME. 233 00:07:18,845 --> 00:07:19,512 >> TARA SUED WE WORK OVER WAGE 234 00:07:19,595 --> 00:07:20,470 ISSUES. 235 00:07:20,553 --> 00:07:22,095 THE COMPANY FORCED THE CASE INTO 236 00:07:22,178 --> 00:07:24,136 PRIVATE ARBITRATION. 237 00:07:24,220 --> 00:07:28,011 SHE SETTLED FOR AN UNDISCLOSED 238 00:07:28,095 --> 00:07:29,261 SUM. 239 00:07:29,345 --> 00:07:31,345 WHILE TARA WAS SUING WE WORK, 240 00:07:31,428 --> 00:07:32,136 ADAM WAS A NEWLY MINTED 241 00:07:32,220 --> 00:07:35,929 BILLIONAIRE. 242 00:07:36,011 --> 00:07:40,011 >> WE MORE THAN DOUBLED IN SIZE 243 00:07:40,095 --> 00:07:45,845 OVER THE PAST YEAR. 244 00:07:45,929 --> 00:07:46,553 >> KIDS SITTING NEXT TO THEM. 245 00:07:46,637 --> 00:07:47,512 >> WE PROMISE NOT TO DISAPPOINT. 246 00:07:47,595 --> 00:07:50,679 >> HE MADE AT LEAST SOME OF HIS 247 00:07:50,762 --> 00:07:51,345 MONEY BY LEASING PROPERTIES HE 248 00:07:51,428 --> 00:07:58,345 OWNED BACK TO WE WORK AND HE 249 00:07:58,428 --> 00:08:00,095 USED WE WORK'S MONEY TO INVEST 250 00:08:00,178 --> 00:08:02,595 IN PET PROJECTS. 251 00:08:02,679 --> 00:08:04,720 LIKE A WAVE POOL FOR SURFING. 252 00:08:04,804 --> 00:08:05,387 THEN A JAPANESE CONGLOMERATE 253 00:08:05,470 --> 00:08:07,887 NAMED SOFT BANK STARTING POURING 254 00:08:07,970 --> 00:08:08,428 BILLIONS INTO WE WORK. 255 00:08:08,512 --> 00:08:12,095 SOFT BANK IS RUN BY A FAMED 256 00:08:12,178 --> 00:08:13,095 INVESTOR. 257 00:08:13,178 --> 00:08:16,679 >> SOME OF MY INVESTORS, YOU GET 258 00:08:16,762 --> 00:08:19,762 TOO EXCITED AND TOO MUCH 259 00:08:19,845 --> 00:08:20,595 CONCENTRATION INTO ONE COMPANY. 260 00:08:20,679 --> 00:08:22,011 DON'T GO TOO FAR TOO MUCH. 261 00:08:22,095 --> 00:08:24,679 >> IT'S THE SECOND LARGEST 262 00:08:24,762 --> 00:08:25,720 VENTURE CAPITALIST OF ALL TIME. 263 00:08:25,804 --> 00:08:28,387 I'M AN INVESTOR IN UBER. 264 00:08:28,470 --> 00:08:30,679 I KNOW WHAT THE FIRST LARGEST 265 00:08:30,762 --> 00:08:32,136 ONE WAS. 266 00:08:32,220 --> 00:08:35,261 >> INFUSED WITH SOFT BANKS 267 00:08:35,345 --> 00:08:37,595 BILLIONS, WE WORK ACQUIRED MORE 268 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:40,845 THAN ONE DOZEN COMPANIES. 269 00:08:40,929 --> 00:08:45,762 ADAM WENT ON A SHOPPING SPREE OF 270 00:08:45,845 --> 00:08:48,136 HIS OWN. 271 00:08:48,220 --> 00:08:48,804 BOUGHT A HOUSE IN THE BAY AREA 272 00:08:48,887 --> 00:08:50,303 LISTED FOR $25 MILLION AND A 273 00:08:50,387 --> 00:08:50,929 LUXURY PENTHOUSE IN MANHATTAN 274 00:08:51,011 --> 00:08:51,470 LISTED FOR $18 MILLION. 275 00:08:51,553 --> 00:08:52,011 IN 2019 THE WE COMPANY WAS 276 00:08:52,095 --> 00:08:52,679 VALUED AT $47 BILLION AND RACED 277 00:08:52,762 --> 00:08:53,053 TOWARDS AN IPO. 278 00:08:53,136 --> 00:08:54,845 EVEN THOUGH THE COMPANY SEEMED 279 00:08:54,929 --> 00:08:55,637 LIKE A SUCCESS, NO ONE ON THE 280 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:56,303 OUTSIDE HAD EVER ACTUALLY SEEN 281 00:08:56,387 --> 00:08:57,970 ITS BOOKS. 282 00:08:58,053 --> 00:09:00,011 TO GO PUBLIC WE WORK HAD TO 283 00:09:00,095 --> 00:09:00,804 REVEAL THESE FINANCIALS IN AN 284 00:09:00,887 --> 00:09:05,679 S-1 FILING. 285 00:09:05,762 --> 00:09:07,762 >> WITH WE WORK, WHAT WAS THE 286 00:09:07,845 --> 00:09:08,845 MOMENT WHEN PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO 287 00:09:08,929 --> 00:09:10,512 LOOK UNDER THE HOOD? 288 00:09:10,595 --> 00:09:11,178 >> FOR ME I GOT THE S-1 EMAILED 289 00:09:11,261 --> 00:09:15,011 TO ME. 290 00:09:15,095 --> 00:09:17,887 IMAGINE IF YOU'RE AN ACADEMIC, 291 00:09:17,970 --> 00:09:19,095 IF YOU GET THE BEST NOVEL, IT 292 00:09:19,178 --> 00:09:19,762 FEELS LIFE CHANGING AND YOU 293 00:09:19,845 --> 00:09:20,220 CAN'T STOP READING. 294 00:09:20,303 --> 00:09:21,220 THE NUMBERS WERE STAGGERING. 295 00:09:21,303 --> 00:09:23,929 YOU'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE 296 00:09:24,011 --> 00:09:24,178 IT. 297 00:09:24,261 --> 00:09:26,845 A COMPANY THAT HAD COMMITTED TO 298 00:09:26,929 --> 00:09:28,011 $47 BILLION IN LONG TERM 299 00:09:28,095 --> 00:09:31,720 COMMITMENTS IN THE FORM OF 300 00:09:31,804 --> 00:09:32,387 LEASES, BUT WAS DOING $3 BILLION 301 00:09:32,470 --> 00:09:34,011 A YEAR IN REVENUE. 302 00:09:34,095 --> 00:09:35,261 >> NOT TO MENTION WE WORK WAS 303 00:09:35,345 --> 00:09:36,053 LOSING INCREDIBLE AMOUNTS OF 304 00:09:36,136 --> 00:09:36,929 MONEY. 305 00:09:37,011 --> 00:09:40,011 NEARLY $2 BILLION IN A SINGLE 306 00:09:40,095 --> 00:09:40,512 YEAR ALONE. 307 00:09:40,595 --> 00:09:41,929 >> WHY DO YOU THINK THAT WASN'T 308 00:09:42,011 --> 00:09:44,053 SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE WORRIED 309 00:09:44,136 --> 00:09:45,929 ABOUT WHEN THEY MADE THIS 310 00:09:46,011 --> 00:09:46,762 DISCLOSURE? 311 00:09:46,845 --> 00:09:48,053 >> MY GENERAL EXPERIENCE IS IF 312 00:09:48,136 --> 00:09:52,428 YOU TELL A 30 SOMETHING YEAR OLD 313 00:09:52,512 --> 00:09:53,053 MALE HE'S JESUS CHRIST, HE'S 314 00:09:53,136 --> 00:09:55,595 INCLINED TO BELIEVE YOU. 315 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:56,220 WHEN EVERYONE IS TELLING YOU 316 00:09:56,303 --> 00:09:57,053 YOU'RE DOING AMAZING WORK AND 317 00:09:57,136 --> 00:10:00,095 YOU HAVE ONE OF THE MOST 318 00:10:00,178 --> 00:10:04,011 SUCCESSFUL INVESTORS OF ALL 319 00:10:04,095 --> 00:10:04,762 TIME, IT'S EASY TO BELIEVE 320 00:10:04,804 --> 00:10:05,845 WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS WORKING. 321 00:10:05,929 --> 00:10:06,595 >> WE WORK WASN'T WORKING AND 322 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:10,011 MAYBE NEVER HAD. 323 00:10:10,095 --> 00:10:11,762 IT NEEDED HUGE CASH INFUSIONS 324 00:10:11,845 --> 00:10:12,387 JUST TO KEEP GOING AND WASN'T 325 00:10:12,470 --> 00:10:15,011 MAKING ENOUGH MONEY BACK. 326 00:10:15,095 --> 00:10:18,512 >> IT'S LOSING A LOT OF MONEY. 327 00:10:18,595 --> 00:10:20,095 >> WHAT IS ADAM DOING WITH THE 328 00:10:20,178 --> 00:10:21,136 MONEY HE'S TAKING OUT OF THE 329 00:10:21,220 --> 00:10:21,428 COMPANY? 330 00:10:21,512 --> 00:10:21,970 >> IT'S JUST BASIC MATH. 331 00:10:22,053 --> 00:10:22,553 >> I DON'T WANT WE WORK ANY 332 00:10:22,637 --> 00:10:25,011 PLACE. 333 00:10:25,095 --> 00:10:27,845 >> THEN WE TANKED. 334 00:10:27,929 --> 00:10:30,512 THE IPO WAS CANCELED. 335 00:10:30,595 --> 00:10:31,595 WITHOUT THE MONEY THEY WOULD 336 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:33,095 HAVE RAISED FROM GOING PUBLIC, 337 00:10:33,178 --> 00:10:36,470 WE WORK HAD TO SLASH COSTS. 338 00:10:36,553 --> 00:10:40,887 MASS LAY OFFS FOLLOWED. 339 00:10:40,970 --> 00:10:41,220 >> HELLO. 340 00:10:41,303 --> 00:10:42,970 >> I'M TALKING TO FORMER 341 00:10:43,053 --> 00:10:44,387 EMPLOYEES ON THE CONDITION OF 342 00:10:44,470 --> 00:10:46,303 ANONYMITY BECAUSE THEY SAY THEY 343 00:10:46,387 --> 00:10:48,053 SIGNED NDAs. 344 00:10:48,136 --> 00:10:50,553 >> SOME COMPANIES DREAM OF 345 00:10:50,637 --> 00:10:52,095 GETTING TO AN IPO. 346 00:10:52,178 --> 00:10:52,470 WE WERE THERE. 347 00:10:52,595 --> 00:10:54,387 IT CRUMBLED IN THE COURSE OF 348 00:10:54,470 --> 00:10:55,011 THREE WEEKS. 349 00:10:55,095 --> 00:10:57,428 >> WHEN WERE YOU LAID OFF? 350 00:10:57,512 --> 00:10:58,762 JUST AFTER THE IPO? 351 00:10:58,845 --> 00:10:59,053 >> YEAH. 352 00:10:59,136 --> 00:11:03,345 THAT WAS A HUGE, HUGE -- COUPLE 353 00:11:03,428 --> 00:11:04,095 THOUSAND PEOPLE IN ONE DAY. 354 00:11:04,178 --> 00:11:05,762 >> COUPLE THOUSAND IN ONE DAY? 355 00:11:05,845 --> 00:11:06,679 >> YES. 356 00:11:06,762 --> 00:11:07,929 >> WE WORK SAID IN A STATEMENT 357 00:11:08,011 --> 00:11:09,929 THE LAY OFFS WERE NECESSARY TO 358 00:11:10,011 --> 00:11:11,053 CREATE A MORE EFFICIENT 359 00:11:11,136 --> 00:11:14,887 ORGANIZATION AND THAT LAID OFF 360 00:11:14,970 --> 00:11:16,679 EMPLOYEES RECEIVED SEVERANCE. 361 00:11:16,762 --> 00:11:18,970 >> THERE'S GRIEF ON ALL SIDES. 362 00:11:19,053 --> 00:11:21,136 PEOPLE WERE PACKING UP THEIR 363 00:11:21,220 --> 00:11:21,345 DESKS. 364 00:11:21,428 --> 00:11:24,387 THERE WAS A VIVID IMAGE WHEN 365 00:11:24,470 --> 00:11:26,595 ADAM'S STUFF WAS BEING MOVED 366 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:26,804 OUT. 367 00:11:26,887 --> 00:11:29,970 >> AS THE VALUE OF WE WORK TOOK 368 00:11:30,053 --> 00:11:34,762 A NOSE DIVE, ADAM NEGOTIATED A 369 00:11:34,845 --> 00:11:36,970 $1.7 BILLION EXIT PACKAGE 370 00:11:37,053 --> 00:11:40,428 INCLUDING STOFT BANK BUYING BAC 371 00:11:40,512 --> 00:11:45,095 HIS SHARES. 372 00:11:45,178 --> 00:11:52,845 HE'S BEEN LAYING LOW AT ISRAEL. 373 00:11:52,929 --> 00:11:55,512 >> MIKE EISENBERG. 374 00:11:55,595 --> 00:11:56,970 MICHAEL RUNS ONE OF THE VERY 375 00:11:57,053 --> 00:11:59,387 BEST VENTURE FUNDS IN THE 376 00:11:59,470 --> 00:11:59,887 COUNTRY. 377 00:11:59,970 --> 00:12:04,387 YOU ARE ALSO THE REALLY EARLY 378 00:12:04,470 --> 00:12:07,470 INVESTOR IN A COMPANY CALLED WE 379 00:12:07,553 --> 00:12:07,720 WORK. 380 00:12:07,804 --> 00:12:08,720 >> TRUE. 381 00:12:08,804 --> 00:12:11,136 >> WHAT MESSAGE SHOULD WE TAKE 382 00:12:11,220 --> 00:12:11,387 AWAY? 383 00:12:11,470 --> 00:12:12,303 >> I DON'T KNOW. 384 00:12:12,387 --> 00:12:13,887 I THINK WE TEND TO BLOW THINGS 385 00:12:13,970 --> 00:12:17,136 OUT OF PROPORTION THAT SINGLE 386 00:12:17,220 --> 00:12:20,220 COMPANIES HAVE MASSIVE IMPACTS 387 00:12:20,303 --> 00:12:21,553 ON THE ECOSYSTEM. 388 00:12:21,637 --> 00:12:25,220 >> EISENBERG'S FIRM REPORTEDLY 389 00:12:25,303 --> 00:12:28,553 MADE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OFF WE 390 00:12:28,637 --> 00:12:28,762 WORK. 391 00:12:28,845 --> 00:12:31,220 >> EVERYBODY TOLD ADAM NEUMANN 392 00:12:31,303 --> 00:12:34,178 IT WAS NOT DOABLE. 393 00:12:34,261 --> 00:12:35,762 REAL ESTATE HADN'T BEEN WORKED 394 00:12:35,845 --> 00:12:38,261 THE SAME WAY. 395 00:12:38,345 --> 00:12:39,220 THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I SAW, 396 00:12:39,303 --> 00:12:40,595 I WALKED WITH ADAM AROUND ALL 397 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:43,136 TWO OF WE WORKERS' FIRST TWO 398 00:12:43,220 --> 00:12:43,428 BUILDINGS. 399 00:12:43,512 --> 00:12:45,303 I NEVER MET A PIECE OF REAL 400 00:12:45,387 --> 00:12:47,303 ESTATE OR A BRICK OR WOOD THAT 401 00:12:47,387 --> 00:12:48,303 CREATED THAT KIND OF VIBE. 402 00:12:48,387 --> 00:12:49,929 >> YOU THINK THEY'LL COME BACK? 403 00:12:50,011 --> 00:12:50,970 >> OH, YEAH. 404 00:12:51,053 --> 00:12:52,053 IT'S STILL WORKING. 405 00:12:52,136 --> 00:12:54,303 THE FUNDAMENTAL BUSINESS IS 406 00:12:54,387 --> 00:12:55,553 STILL WORKING. 407 00:12:55,637 --> 00:12:57,303 THEY MAYBE TOOK IN TOO MUCH 408 00:12:57,387 --> 00:12:58,428 CAPITAL INITIALLY. 409 00:12:58,512 --> 00:12:58,637 MAYBE. 410 00:12:58,720 --> 00:12:59,220 I DON'T KNOW. 411 00:12:59,303 --> 00:13:00,970 MAYBE SHOULD HAVE GONE SLOWER. 412 00:13:01,053 --> 00:13:01,261 MAYBE. 413 00:13:01,345 --> 00:13:01,637 I DON'T KNOW. 414 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:02,804 >> DO YOU HAVE ANY REGRETS ABOUT 415 00:13:02,887 --> 00:13:05,553 YOUR INVESTMENTS IN WE WORK? 416 00:13:05,637 --> 00:13:07,428 >> SUPER PROUD OF THE 417 00:13:07,512 --> 00:13:07,804 ASSOCIATION. 418 00:13:07,887 --> 00:13:09,136 DOESN'T MEAN THERE AREN'T 419 00:13:09,220 --> 00:13:09,428 LESSONS. 420 00:13:09,512 --> 00:13:11,303 THAT'S TRUE IN EVERY COMPANY, 421 00:13:11,387 --> 00:13:13,136 THE ONES MORE SUCCESSFUL AND 422 00:13:13,220 --> 00:13:16,011 LESS SUCCESSFUL AND FAILURES 423 00:13:16,095 --> 00:13:18,261 WHICH IS 50% OF WHAT I DO. 424 00:13:18,345 --> 00:13:22,095 50% OF WHAT I DO FAILS. 425 00:13:22,178 --> 00:13:24,011 BUSINESS REQUIRES AN IRON 426 00:13:24,095 --> 00:13:24,303 STOMACH. 427 00:13:24,387 --> 00:13:28,553 YOU MUST RESPECT THE 428 00:13:28,637 --> 00:13:29,512 ENTREPRENEURS. 429 00:13:29,595 --> 00:13:31,470 THAT TRY, THRIVE OR EVEN FAIL. 430 00:13:31,553 --> 00:13:33,220 THEY WENT FOR THE JOURNEY. 431 00:13:33,303 --> 00:13:33,720 WE DIDN'T. 432 00:13:33,804 --> 00:13:37,637 >> FAILURE MIGHT BE THE NORM FOR 433 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:38,053 ENTREPRENEURS. 434 00:13:38,136 --> 00:13:40,220 IT'S HARD FOR EMPLOYEES THAT 435 00:13:40,303 --> 00:13:43,053 BOUGHT SHARES THAT HAVE PLUMMET 436 00:13:43,136 --> 00:13:43,553 PLUMMETED 437 00:13:43,637 --> 00:13:44,220 PLUMMETED. 438 00:13:44,303 --> 00:13:46,512 LAWYERS ARE BRINGING A CLASS 439 00:13:46,595 --> 00:13:48,804 ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST ADAM AND 440 00:13:48,887 --> 00:13:50,970 WE WORK. 441 00:13:51,053 --> 00:13:51,553 >> ALL RISE. 442 00:13:51,637 --> 00:13:54,220 >> THE CASE WAS MOVED TO A 443 00:13:54,303 --> 00:13:55,387 DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT AT THE LAST 444 00:13:55,470 --> 00:13:56,178 MINUTE. 445 00:13:56,261 --> 00:14:04,553 WE WORK DIDN'T SHOW. 446 00:14:04,637 --> 00:14:09,804 >> SO GENI DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'R 447 00:14:09,887 --> 00:14:10,053 HERE. 448 00:14:10,136 --> 00:14:11,970 >> WHAT'S YOUR PROGRESS NOW? 449 00:14:12,053 --> 00:14:15,553 >> THEY TURNED A SPRINT INTO A 450 00:14:15,637 --> 00:14:17,303 HURDLE, WE'RE THEY'RE PUTTING 451 00:14:17,387 --> 00:14:19,970 EVERY HURDLE IN FRONT OF US TO 452 00:14:20,053 --> 00:14:21,303 JUST GET INTO COURT. 453 00:14:21,387 --> 00:14:23,804 >> THE LAWYERS ARGUE ADAM 454 00:14:23,887 --> 00:14:26,136 BREACHED HIS DUTIES TO SHARE 455 00:14:26,220 --> 00:14:26,470 HOLDERS. 456 00:14:26,553 --> 00:14:28,136 >> HE TRADEMARKED THE NAME OF 457 00:14:28,220 --> 00:14:29,470 THE COMPANY AND FORCED THE 458 00:14:29,553 --> 00:14:31,428 COMPANY TO PAY HIM $6 MILLION 459 00:14:31,512 --> 00:14:33,053 FOR THE NAME THE WE COMPANY. 460 00:14:33,136 --> 00:14:34,470 HE RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS 461 00:14:34,553 --> 00:14:36,303 OF DOLLARS IN LOANS. 462 00:14:36,387 --> 00:14:39,595 THE COMPANY GAVE HIM $60 MILLION 463 00:14:39,679 --> 00:14:41,470 TO BUY A GULF STREAM JET. 464 00:14:41,553 --> 00:14:44,136 >> DID HE ACTUALLY BREAK THE 465 00:14:44,220 --> 00:14:44,929 LAW? 466 00:14:45,011 --> 00:14:48,637 >> SOMEONE WHO RUNS THE COMPANY 467 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:50,887 HAS A FIDUCIARY DUTY. 468 00:14:50,970 --> 00:14:53,804 HE WAS USING IT AS HIS PERSONAL 469 00:14:53,887 --> 00:14:55,387 PIGGY BANK AND THE BOARD WAS 470 00:14:55,470 --> 00:14:57,011 GOING ALONG WITH IT. 471 00:14:57,095 --> 00:14:58,387 THAT IS AGAINST THE LAW UNDER 472 00:14:58,470 --> 00:14:58,887 CIVIL LAW. 473 00:14:58,970 --> 00:15:01,053 ONCE YOU ISSUE SHARES TO OTHER 474 00:15:01,136 --> 00:15:02,720 PEOPLE THAT CHANGES THE GAME. 475 00:15:02,804 --> 00:15:07,053 YOU CAN'T ACT LIKE IT'S YOUR OWN 476 00:15:07,136 --> 00:15:09,553 COMPANY AND THE SHARE HOLDERS 477 00:15:09,637 --> 00:15:10,136 DON'T EXIST. 478 00:15:10,220 --> 00:15:13,637 >> ADAM GAVE BACK THE 6 MILLION 479 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:14,804 HE WAS PAID FOR THE TRADEMARK. 480 00:15:14,887 --> 00:15:18,512 WE WORK SAYS THE LAWSUIT IS 481 00:15:18,595 --> 00:15:18,804 MERITLESS. 482 00:15:18,887 --> 00:15:22,136 THE NEW LEADERSHIP SAYS COMPANY 483 00:15:22,220 --> 00:15:23,178 IS SOUND. 484 00:15:23,261 --> 00:15:25,679 SOFT BANK PULLED OUT OF ITS DEAL 485 00:15:25,762 --> 00:15:28,553 TO BUY BACK WE WORKERS' STOCK 486 00:15:28,637 --> 00:15:31,095 INCLUDING ADAM'S SHARES. 487 00:15:31,178 --> 00:15:36,595 SOFT BANK CITED INVESTIGATIONS 488 00:15:36,679 --> 00:15:40,553 BY THE F.C.C. AND THE JUSTICE 489 00:15:40,637 --> 00:15:41,637 DEPARTMENT. 490 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:44,136 ADAM IS STILL HIDING OUT IN 491 00:15:44,220 --> 00:15:46,303 ISRAEL AND SOURCES CLOSE TO HIM 492 00:15:46,387 --> 00:15:47,595 SAY HE'S PLANNING A COMEBACK. 493 00:15:47,679 --> 00:15:49,804 >> YOU CAN'T GIVE UP. 494 00:15:49,887 --> 00:15:52,136 TOOK ME FIVE BUSINESSES TO GET 495 00:15:52,220 --> 00:15:52,929 TO WE WORK. 496 00:15:53,011 --> 00:15:55,136 DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK THE FIRST 497 00:15:55,220 --> 00:15:55,470 TIME. 498 00:15:55,553 --> 00:15:57,428 YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO FAIL. 499 00:15:57,512 --> 00:16:00,595 LEARN WHY YOU FAILED AND START 500 00:16:00,679 --> 00:16:12,512 AGAIN. 501 00:16:12,595 --> 00:16:16,345 >>> THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT 502 00:16:16,428 --> 00:16:16,970 $600,000, $2 MILLION HOMES. 503 00:16:17,053 --> 00:16:18,679 >> YOUR BIGGEST DECISION IS TO 504 00:16:18,762 --> 00:16:20,512 GO TO THE BEACH OR POOL AND WHAT 505 00:16:20,595 --> 00:16:22,637 AM I GOING TO GRILL FOR DINNER. 506 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:24,345 >> SOUTH CAROLINA, HILTON HEAD, 507 00:16:24,428 --> 00:16:25,679 WHAT'S GOING ON THERE? 508 00:16:25,762 --> 00:16:27,970 >> PEOPLE WITH FAMILIES, 509 00:16:28,053 --> 00:16:28,720 EVERYBODY LOVES HILTON HEAD. 510 00:16:28,804 --> 00:16:31,679 >> ONE OF THE BEST WAYS FOR A 511 00:16:31,762 --> 00:16:36,887 FAMILY TO CREATE WEALTH IS OWN 512 00:16:36,970 --> 00:16:38,053 LAND. 513 00:16:38,136 --> 00:16:41,637 I'M STANDING ON THE BEACH IN 514 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:42,345 HILTON HEAD, SOUTH CAROLINA. 515 00:16:42,428 --> 00:16:43,345 AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, BLACK 516 00:16:43,428 --> 00:16:44,887 PEOPLE OWNED MOST OF IT. 517 00:16:44,970 --> 00:16:48,303 OVER THE DECADES THE LAND WAS 518 00:16:48,387 --> 00:16:48,553 LOST. 519 00:16:48,637 --> 00:16:51,053 TO THIS DAY WE GOT BLACK FOLKS 520 00:16:51,136 --> 00:16:52,428 STILL FIGHTING TO KEEP THEIR 521 00:16:52,512 --> 00:16:54,679 PIECE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. 522 00:16:54,762 --> 00:16:56,595 >> AFRICAN-AMERICANS OWNED 523 00:16:56,679 --> 00:16:59,595 AROUND 16 MILLION ACRES OF LAND, 524 00:16:59,679 --> 00:17:01,679 MUCH ACQUIRED THROUGH PURCHASES 525 00:17:01,762 --> 00:17:02,595 AND HOMESTEADING. 526 00:17:02,679 --> 00:17:04,845 AFTER YEARS OF VIOLENCE AND 527 00:17:04,929 --> 00:17:09,553 LEGAL TRICKERY, MOST WAS TAKEN. 528 00:17:09,637 --> 00:17:12,679 TEXAS A&M LAW PROFESSOR HAS BEEN 529 00:17:12,762 --> 00:17:16,595 TRACKING THAT LOSS FOR TWO 530 00:17:16,679 --> 00:17:17,470 DECADES. 531 00:17:17,553 --> 00:17:18,095 >> AFRICAN-AMERICANS, DESPITE 532 00:17:18,178 --> 00:17:19,762 THIS INCREDIBLE ACQUISITION OF 533 00:17:19,845 --> 00:17:21,595 LAND AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, MOST 534 00:17:21,679 --> 00:17:23,720 OF THAT PROPERTY WAS NOT 535 00:17:23,804 --> 00:17:27,970 CONSIDERED PRIME REAL ESTATE. 536 00:17:28,053 --> 00:17:29,804 >> UNTIL 1950, HILTON HEAD WAS 537 00:17:29,887 --> 00:17:32,553 REMOTE AND THE ISLAND WAS OWNED 538 00:17:32,679 --> 00:17:36,261 BY MAJORITY AFRICAN-AMERICANS. 539 00:17:36,345 --> 00:17:37,345 WHAT DOES SOUTH CAROLINA DO? 540 00:17:37,428 --> 00:17:42,595 THEY BUILD A BRIDGE, REAL ESTATE 541 00:17:42,679 --> 00:17:43,679 DEVELOPERS REALIZE THERE'S A 542 00:17:43,762 --> 00:17:44,929 GREAT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND 543 00:17:45,011 --> 00:17:47,512 THEY HAVE THE VISIONS OF WHAT 544 00:17:47,595 --> 00:17:48,679 HAS BECOME HILTON HEAD. 545 00:17:48,762 --> 00:17:49,679 THEY STARTED TO BUYOUT 546 00:17:49,762 --> 00:17:53,470 INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES. 547 00:17:53,553 --> 00:17:55,095 THERE'S HARDLY ANY BLACK LAND 548 00:17:55,178 --> 00:17:55,679 OWNERS LEFT. 549 00:17:55,762 --> 00:17:59,303 AS OUR SOCIETY HAS ADVANCED, 550 00:17:59,387 --> 00:18:00,095 AREAS THAT WERE ONCE CONSIDERED 551 00:18:00,178 --> 00:18:02,637 THE BACK WATERS, NO LONGER ARE 552 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:08,845 THE BACK WATERS. 553 00:18:08,929 --> 00:18:15,887 >> WE'RE ON A MISSION RIGHT NOW. 554 00:18:15,970 --> 00:18:16,929 TO GET THIS TANGERINE. 555 00:18:17,011 --> 00:18:18,011 >> THIS IS WIDE SPREAD 556 00:18:18,095 --> 00:18:18,929 THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. 557 00:18:19,011 --> 00:18:22,887 EVEN IN MY HOMETOWN OF 558 00:18:22,970 --> 00:18:24,512 TALLAHASSEE, SANDRA THOMPSON 559 00:18:24,595 --> 00:18:27,762 LEARNED HOW HARD IT CAN BE TO 560 00:18:27,845 --> 00:18:29,345 RETAIN POSSESSION OF LAND THAT 561 00:18:29,428 --> 00:18:30,595 DEVELOPERS WANT TO GET THEIR 562 00:18:30,679 --> 00:18:31,261 HANDS ON. 563 00:18:31,345 --> 00:18:33,553 I REMEMBER GROWING UP IN 564 00:18:33,637 --> 00:18:33,929 TALLAHASSEE. 565 00:18:34,011 --> 00:18:34,679 THIS WAS THE STICKS. 566 00:18:34,762 --> 00:18:36,929 I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH PEOPLE WHO 567 00:18:37,011 --> 00:18:37,261 LIVED HERE. 568 00:18:37,345 --> 00:18:40,929 WE WOULD BE LIKE YOU LIVE IN THE 569 00:18:41,011 --> 00:18:43,929 BOONEYS, THE BOON DOCKS. 570 00:18:44,011 --> 00:18:46,428 >> IT'S NOW ZONED URBAN FRINGE. 571 00:18:46,512 --> 00:18:48,762 >> PEOPLE TRIED TO BUY IT? 572 00:18:48,887 --> 00:18:49,470 >> ALL THE TIME. 573 00:18:49,553 --> 00:18:51,804 >> SANDRA'S FAMILY WERE SHARE 574 00:18:51,887 --> 00:18:53,387 CROPPERS ON THIS LAND. 575 00:18:53,470 --> 00:18:56,679 HER GRANDPARENTS BOUGHT IT IN 576 00:18:56,762 --> 00:18:57,845 1946 USING MONEY THEIR SON MADE 577 00:18:57,929 --> 00:18:59,095 IN THE MILITARY. 578 00:18:59,178 --> 00:19:01,011 THEIR WILL DIDN'T IDENTIFY A 579 00:19:01,095 --> 00:19:05,428 SINGLE PERSON WHO WOULD INHERIT 580 00:19:05,512 --> 00:19:07,845 AND MANAGE THE PROPERTY. 581 00:19:07,929 --> 00:19:09,845 >> WHEN MY GRANDMOTHER PASSED 582 00:19:09,929 --> 00:19:13,345 AWAY, IT WAS LEFT TO HER 583 00:19:13,428 --> 00:19:14,845 DESCENDENTS. 584 00:19:14,929 --> 00:19:17,512 SO IT BECAME HEIRS PROPERTY. 585 00:19:17,595 --> 00:19:20,679 >> WHAT IS HEIR PROPERTY? 586 00:19:20,762 --> 00:19:22,970 >> COMMUNAL PROPERTY WHERE YOUR 587 00:19:23,053 --> 00:19:23,845 ANCESTORS WOULD HAVE PURCHASED 588 00:19:23,929 --> 00:19:24,679 THE LAND. 589 00:19:24,762 --> 00:19:27,178 ONCE THEY PASSED AWAY, IT 590 00:19:27,261 --> 00:19:29,845 TRANSFERS TO THE NEXT GENERATION 591 00:19:29,929 --> 00:19:31,845 AND THERE DESCENDENTS. 592 00:19:31,929 --> 00:19:35,345 A PROPERTY THAT CAN BE OWNED BY 593 00:19:35,428 --> 00:19:37,512 200 PEOPLE. 594 00:19:37,595 --> 00:19:39,095 ANY ONE OF THOSE HEIRS COULD 595 00:19:39,178 --> 00:19:40,387 SELL THEIR PERCENTAGE. 596 00:19:40,470 --> 00:19:42,345 THAT NEW OWNER CAN GO TO THE 597 00:19:42,428 --> 00:19:44,929 COURT AND SAY WE CAN'T AGREE ON 598 00:19:45,011 --> 00:19:45,720 HOW TO MANAGE THIS. 599 00:19:45,804 --> 00:19:47,428 >> AND FORCE THE REST OF THE 600 00:19:47,512 --> 00:19:49,011 FOLKS TO SELL IT EVEN IF THEY 601 00:19:49,095 --> 00:19:49,720 DON'T WANT TO? 602 00:19:49,804 --> 00:19:50,553 >> YES. 603 00:19:50,637 --> 00:19:53,011 IT WAS ESSENTIAL FOR US TO MOVE 604 00:19:53,095 --> 00:19:56,011 IT OUT OF HEIRS PROPERTY STATUS. 605 00:19:56,095 --> 00:20:01,261 THAT PROCESS COSTS FROM PROBATE 606 00:20:01,345 --> 00:20:03,053 TO TITLE CLEARING $10,000. 607 00:20:03,136 --> 00:20:05,762 >> YOU OWN THE LAND, THEN YOU 608 00:20:05,845 --> 00:20:07,929 HAD TO PAY $10,000 TO OWN THE 609 00:20:08,011 --> 00:20:08,220 LAND AGAIN? 610 00:20:08,303 --> 00:20:10,053 >> EXACTLY. 611 00:20:10,136 --> 00:20:12,428 BECAUSE OF THE COST A LOT OF 612 00:20:12,512 --> 00:20:13,679 FAMILIES DON'T CLEAR TITLE TO 613 00:20:13,762 --> 00:20:15,178 THAT PROPERTY. 614 00:20:15,261 --> 00:20:18,720 SO THEN IT KEEPS THEM IN A 615 00:20:18,804 --> 00:20:21,720 VULNERABLE ECONOMIC RISK 616 00:20:21,804 --> 00:20:24,804 POSITION. 617 00:20:24,929 --> 00:20:28,178 >> THE LAND HAS BEEN IN OUR 618 00:20:28,261 --> 00:20:30,178 FAMILY FOR AT LEAST 125 YEARS. 619 00:20:30,261 --> 00:20:31,470 STARTED WITH MY GREAT 620 00:20:31,553 --> 00:20:31,845 GRANDFATHER. 621 00:20:31,929 --> 00:20:35,136 THE LAND IS FOR ME A LOT OF 622 00:20:35,220 --> 00:20:39,637 MEMORIES, PART OF MY ROOTS. 623 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:42,178 I WAS PROUD OF THE NAME LEWIS. 624 00:20:42,261 --> 00:20:48,178 WE WORKED TO HAVE SOMETHING. 625 00:20:48,261 --> 00:20:51,011 I GUESS WE LOST IT. 626 00:20:51,095 --> 00:20:55,011 >> THE LEWIS FAMILY OWNED 480 627 00:20:55,095 --> 00:20:57,011 ACRES IN NORTHERN LOUISIANA. 628 00:20:57,095 --> 00:20:58,970 BECAUSE THE LAND WAS HEIRS 629 00:20:59,053 --> 00:21:00,011 PROPERTY SEVERAL DISTANT FAMILY 630 00:21:00,095 --> 00:21:02,178 MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO SELL THEIR 631 00:21:02,261 --> 00:21:05,345 SHARE TO A LOCAL TIMBER 632 00:21:05,428 --> 00:21:05,679 DEVELOPER. 633 00:21:05,762 --> 00:21:07,887 HE FORCED THE SALE OF THE LAND 634 00:21:07,970 --> 00:21:09,053 THAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR. 635 00:21:09,136 --> 00:21:11,887 >> MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER 636 00:21:12,011 --> 00:21:14,261 RAISED 13 KIDS WHERE THAT HOUSE 637 00:21:14,345 --> 00:21:15,095 SITS. 638 00:21:15,178 --> 00:21:17,679 I MEAN, THERE ARE SO MANY HEIRS 639 00:21:17,762 --> 00:21:20,261 TIED INTO THE LEWIS PROPERTIES, 640 00:21:20,345 --> 00:21:23,261 IT WILL MAKE YOUR HEAD SPIN. 641 00:21:23,345 --> 00:21:25,261 TAXES WERE ALWAYS PAID ON TIME. 642 00:21:25,345 --> 00:21:28,428 WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION NO 643 00:21:28,512 --> 00:21:30,762 ONE PERSON FROM THE FAMILY COULD 644 00:21:30,845 --> 00:21:33,261 UP AND SELL ANY PART OF THE 645 00:21:33,345 --> 00:21:35,095 PROPERTY WITHOUT ANYONE BEING 646 00:21:35,178 --> 00:21:35,845 NOTIFIED. 647 00:21:35,929 --> 00:21:38,095 >> DO YOU ALL KNOW THE RELATIVES 648 00:21:38,178 --> 00:21:40,053 THAT SOLD THEIR PART? 649 00:21:40,136 --> 00:21:42,553 >> I'VE ONLY SEEN ONE ONCE. 650 00:21:42,637 --> 00:21:44,720 >> YOU'RE IN NEW YORK, WHEREVER, 651 00:21:44,804 --> 00:21:47,637 GOING ON WITH YOUR LIFE. 652 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:49,136 YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW NOTHING 653 00:21:49,220 --> 00:21:51,303 ABOUT THIS COUNTRY SPOT RIGHT 654 00:21:51,387 --> 00:21:51,553 HERE. 655 00:21:51,637 --> 00:21:53,470 YOU DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT 656 00:21:53,553 --> 00:21:56,136 THIS HERE. 657 00:21:56,220 --> 00:21:59,720 MY THING IS THIS HOUSE HAS BEEN 658 00:21:59,845 --> 00:22:00,804 HERE FOR YEARS. 659 00:22:00,845 --> 00:22:05,178 BECAUSE OF A TECHNICALITY YOU UP 660 00:22:05,261 --> 00:22:06,428 UPROOTED A FAMILY. 661 00:22:06,512 --> 00:22:09,303 >> SHORTLY AFTER THE PURCHASE 662 00:22:09,387 --> 00:22:10,845 WAS COMPLETED LAST YEAR, THE 663 00:22:10,929 --> 00:22:13,345 SHERIFFS EVICTED MICHAEL. 664 00:22:13,428 --> 00:22:13,970 >> THIS IS WHERE YOUR -- 665 00:22:14,053 --> 00:22:16,345 >> MY TRAILER WAS SITTING HERE. 666 00:22:16,428 --> 00:22:17,804 THOSE ARE THE STEPS TO THE FRONT 667 00:22:17,887 --> 00:22:18,303 ENTRANCE. 668 00:22:18,387 --> 00:22:19,679 I CALLED THE SHERIFF. 669 00:22:19,762 --> 00:22:20,845 WELL, IT'S HIS PROPERTY. 670 00:22:20,929 --> 00:22:22,136 HE CAN DO WHAT HE WANTS. 671 00:22:22,220 --> 00:22:25,887 >> THE SHERIFF IS SAYING TUGGLE 672 00:22:25,970 --> 00:22:27,470 CAN DO WHAT HE WANTS. 673 00:22:27,553 --> 00:22:28,887 >> IT'S HIS PROPERTY. 674 00:22:28,970 --> 00:22:33,345 I SUGGEST YOU MOVE THE TRAILER. 675 00:22:33,428 --> 00:22:34,136 HE SAID THAT'S ALL I CAN TELL 676 00:22:34,220 --> 00:22:34,387 YOU. 677 00:22:34,470 --> 00:22:37,970 >> MICHAEL ENDED UP WITH LITTLE 678 00:22:38,053 --> 00:22:38,553 OVER $2,800. 679 00:22:38,637 --> 00:22:41,387 HE USED TO RELOCATE HIS TRAILER 680 00:22:41,470 --> 00:22:44,387 HOME TO A HALF ACRE LOT NEARBY. 681 00:22:44,470 --> 00:22:46,387 >> STILL GOT TO PUT IN A WATER 682 00:22:46,470 --> 00:22:46,637 LINE. 683 00:22:46,762 --> 00:22:48,178 THE WATER LINE IS ACROSS THE 684 00:22:48,261 --> 00:22:58,095 ROAD. 685 00:22:58,178 --> 00:23:00,011 I COULD BE ANGRY, ANGRY TO THE 686 00:23:00,095 --> 00:23:01,512 PART I WANT TO DO SOMETHING TO 687 00:23:01,595 --> 00:23:01,845 SOMEBODY. 688 00:23:01,929 --> 00:23:10,887 I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 125 689 00:23:10,970 --> 00:23:11,428 YEARS OF FAMILY HERITAGE. 690 00:23:11,512 --> 00:23:16,303 >> MICHAEL INVITED US IN. 691 00:23:16,387 --> 00:23:19,470 >> THIS IS A PETITION THAT CAME 692 00:23:19,553 --> 00:23:23,220 TO US VIA THE SHERIFF'S 693 00:23:23,303 --> 00:23:23,720 DEPARTMENT. 694 00:23:23,804 --> 00:23:25,428 THIS IS THE VERY FIRST DOCUMENT 695 00:23:25,512 --> 00:23:26,720 THAT WE RECEIVED. 696 00:23:26,804 --> 00:23:28,762 YOU'RE HEREBY CITED TO COMPLY 697 00:23:28,845 --> 00:23:31,220 WITH THE DEMAND CONTAINED IN THE 698 00:23:31,303 --> 00:23:33,261 PETITION WHICH OFFICE IS IN THE 699 00:23:33,345 --> 00:23:34,303 TUNE OF HOMER -- 700 00:23:34,387 --> 00:23:38,679 >> THAT'S A LOT OF WORDS. 701 00:23:38,762 --> 00:23:41,428 >> THROWED AT SOMEBODY THAT 702 00:23:41,512 --> 00:23:43,762 CAN'T UNDERSTAND THE LINGO SO TO 703 00:23:43,845 --> 00:23:44,011 SPEAK. 704 00:23:44,095 --> 00:23:45,929 WE GET TO THE OFFICE TO FIND OUT 705 00:23:46,011 --> 00:23:46,762 EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THEY'RE 706 00:23:46,845 --> 00:23:48,011 TRYING TO SAY. 707 00:23:48,095 --> 00:23:50,053 >> TO MAKE SENSE OF THESE 708 00:23:50,136 --> 00:23:51,720 DOCUMENTS AND GET A BETTER 709 00:23:51,804 --> 00:23:52,387 UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAPPENED 710 00:23:52,470 --> 00:23:59,720 TO THE LEWISES, WE VISITED THE 711 00:23:59,804 --> 00:24:00,887 CLERK OF COURT. 712 00:24:00,970 --> 00:24:02,553 >> ANYTHING INVOLVING A LAWSUIT 713 00:24:02,637 --> 00:24:04,804 IS FILED HERE IN THIS OFFICE. 714 00:24:04,887 --> 00:24:07,887 I'M THE CUSTODIAN OF ALL THESE 715 00:24:07,970 --> 00:24:08,470 RECORDS YOU SEE. 716 00:24:08,553 --> 00:24:11,345 SO YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS OUT IN 717 00:24:11,428 --> 00:24:12,011 FRONT? 718 00:24:12,095 --> 00:24:16,053 >> YEAH. 719 00:24:16,136 --> 00:24:16,470 >> ALL RIGHT. 720 00:24:16,553 --> 00:24:19,970 >> SO WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE 721 00:24:20,053 --> 00:24:20,220 LEWISES? 722 00:24:20,303 --> 00:24:22,637 >> THEY'RE A FAMILY SPREAD OUT 723 00:24:22,762 --> 00:24:23,679 ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. 724 00:24:23,762 --> 00:24:27,428 JAMES TUGGLE BUYS INTO THAT 725 00:24:27,512 --> 00:24:28,095 PROPERTY. 726 00:24:28,178 --> 00:24:30,470 HE DIDN'T JUST BUY A SLIVER. 727 00:24:30,553 --> 00:24:31,637 HE BOUGHT SOMEWHERE IN THE 728 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:32,595 NEIGHBORHOOD OF 20%. 729 00:24:32,679 --> 00:24:33,470 >> UNDERSTOOD. 730 00:24:33,553 --> 00:24:35,220 >> ONCE HE OWNS THAT, HE CAN 731 00:24:35,303 --> 00:24:36,720 FORCE THE ENTIRE THING TO BE 732 00:24:36,804 --> 00:24:36,970 SOLD. 733 00:24:37,053 --> 00:24:37,929 >> THAT'S WHAT HE DID. 734 00:24:38,011 --> 00:24:41,762 >> WHICH HE DID. 735 00:24:41,845 --> 00:24:45,637 >> OVER THE COURSE OF A DECADE 736 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:47,220 TUGGLE A TIMBER DEVELOPER BOUGHT 737 00:24:47,303 --> 00:24:48,929 THE SHARES OF MORE THAN 20 738 00:24:49,011 --> 00:24:51,428 PEOPLE CONNECTED TO THE LEWIS 739 00:24:51,512 --> 00:24:52,637 PROPERTY, MOST FROM OUT OF 740 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:53,220 STATE. 741 00:24:53,303 --> 00:24:56,303 HE DECLINED OUR REQUEST TO AN 742 00:24:56,387 --> 00:24:57,470 INTERVIEW AND DIDN'T RESPOND TO 743 00:24:57,553 --> 00:24:58,720 OUR WRITTEN QUESTIONS. 744 00:24:58,804 --> 00:25:00,637 >> THE SALE HAPPENS AT THE 745 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:02,387 SHERIFF'S OFFICE WHERE IT'S 746 00:25:02,470 --> 00:25:07,970 PUBLICLY OPEN FORBID AND SOLD 747 00:25:08,053 --> 00:25:08,387 FOR $555,000. 748 00:25:08,470 --> 00:25:10,929 >> A BARGAIN OF A PRICE. 749 00:25:11,011 --> 00:25:11,428 >> I DON'T KNOW. 750 00:25:11,512 --> 00:25:14,720 >> FOR 500 ACRES. 751 00:25:14,804 --> 00:25:17,637 >> I'VE SEEN ACRES SOLD FOR 752 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:18,679 $1,700. 753 00:25:18,762 --> 00:25:19,220 THAT'S DISTURBING. 754 00:25:19,303 --> 00:25:24,011 >> THE SALE HE'S TALKING ABOUT 755 00:25:24,095 --> 00:25:28,011 WAS IN 2001 TO JAMES STEELE WHO 756 00:25:28,095 --> 00:25:30,053 ADVERTISES HIS ABILITY TO SELL 757 00:25:30,136 --> 00:25:31,220 HEIRS PROPERTY. 758 00:25:31,303 --> 00:25:38,804 WE CAUGHT UP WITH HIM. 759 00:25:38,887 --> 00:25:45,887 >> THE MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE BID IS 760 00:25:45,970 --> 00:25:46,220 $2,994.90. 761 00:25:46,303 --> 00:25:47,720 THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR BIDS. 762 00:25:47,804 --> 00:25:58,428 DO I HEAR A BID? 763 00:25:58,512 --> 00:25:58,929 2,295.25 IS SOLD. 764 00:25:59,011 --> 00:26:02,303 PUT YOUR NAME RIGHT THERE. 765 00:26:02,387 --> 00:26:03,303 >> MORNING, JIM. 766 00:26:03,387 --> 00:26:04,220 >> MORNING. 767 00:26:04,303 --> 00:26:05,595 >> HOW YOU DOING? 768 00:26:05,679 --> 00:26:06,303 >> FINE. 769 00:26:06,387 --> 00:26:07,637 >> WHAT JUST HAPPENED HERE? 770 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:09,804 >> WELL, I BOUGHT AN INTEREST IN 771 00:26:09,887 --> 00:26:13,387 A PIECE OF LAND, AN UNDIVIDED 772 00:26:13,470 --> 00:26:13,720 INTEREST. 773 00:26:13,804 --> 00:26:17,470 WHEN IT'S INHERITED AND THERE'S 774 00:26:17,553 --> 00:26:21,637 A LOT OF HEIRS, I OWNED 22 ACRES 775 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:22,220 OUT OF 52. 776 00:26:22,303 --> 00:26:24,804 >> NOW YOU PURCHASED THE REST. 777 00:26:24,887 --> 00:26:27,136 HOW MUCH HAVE YOU PAID IN TOTAL 778 00:26:27,220 --> 00:26:28,053 FOR 52 ACRES? 779 00:26:28,136 --> 00:26:30,762 >> I WOULD HAVE TO ADD THAT UP. 780 00:26:30,845 --> 00:26:32,804 DON'T GET ME WRONG, I DO A LOT 781 00:26:32,887 --> 00:26:33,970 OF THESE. 782 00:26:34,053 --> 00:26:35,970 I CAN'T KEEP THEM ALL IN MY 783 00:26:36,053 --> 00:26:36,178 HEAD. 784 00:26:36,261 --> 00:26:38,512 >> HOW DOES HEIRS PROPERTY FIT 785 00:26:38,595 --> 00:26:40,345 INTO YOUR OVERALL BUSINESS 786 00:26:40,428 --> 00:26:40,679 MODEL? 787 00:26:40,762 --> 00:26:43,845 >> TO BE TRUTHFUL IT'S PROBABLY 788 00:26:43,929 --> 00:26:45,178 90%, EVEN GOING BACK TO THE 789 00:26:45,261 --> 00:26:47,136 CIVIL WAR. 790 00:26:47,220 --> 00:26:48,679 WE'RE DOING SOME THAT PEOPLE IN 791 00:26:48,762 --> 00:26:49,804 CIVIL WAR HAD IT. 792 00:26:49,887 --> 00:26:51,136 THEY WERE SLAVES AND THEY HAD 793 00:26:51,220 --> 00:26:51,387 IT. 794 00:26:51,470 --> 00:26:53,387 I'VE HAD OTHER LAND OWNERS COME 795 00:26:53,470 --> 00:26:55,387 TO ME AND SAY WOULD YOU FILE A 796 00:26:55,470 --> 00:26:57,512 LAWSUIT FOR ME AND DO THIS. 797 00:26:57,595 --> 00:26:59,887 I DON'T WANT TO BE THE BAD GUY. 798 00:26:59,970 --> 00:27:01,553 YOU BE THE BAD GUY. 799 00:27:01,637 --> 00:27:05,345 YOU'RE ALREADY THE BAD GUY. 800 00:27:05,428 --> 00:27:07,470 >> SO YOU RECOGNIZE WHAT YOU'RE 801 00:27:07,553 --> 00:27:09,178 DOING IS PERCEIVED -- 802 00:27:09,261 --> 00:27:11,053 >> YOU LOOK AT ME AS EVIL. 803 00:27:11,136 --> 00:27:12,720 >> NO, NO, NO. 804 00:27:12,804 --> 00:27:13,720 >> I'M SHOCKED. 805 00:27:13,804 --> 00:27:14,345 >> NO. 806 00:27:14,428 --> 00:27:17,845 WHAT I'M SAYING IS TO THE FAMILY 807 00:27:17,929 --> 00:27:18,929 MEMBER THAT WANTS TO SELL, 808 00:27:19,011 --> 00:27:20,887 YOU'RE BRINGING THE BANK. 809 00:27:20,970 --> 00:27:22,261 YOU'RE BRINGING THE MONEY. 810 00:27:22,345 --> 00:27:23,720 TO THE FAMILY MEMBER THAT 811 00:27:23,804 --> 00:27:28,428 DOESN'T WANT TO SELL, YOU'RE 812 00:27:28,512 --> 00:27:28,679 EVIL. 813 00:27:28,762 --> 00:27:29,220 >> PROBABLY IN THEIR EYES. 814 00:27:29,303 --> 00:27:29,512 >> YEAH. 815 00:27:29,595 --> 00:27:30,178 >> IT'S USUALLY THE ONES THAT 816 00:27:30,261 --> 00:27:32,178 LIVE ON IT AND ARE GETTING FREE 817 00:27:32,261 --> 00:27:32,428 RENT. 818 00:27:32,512 --> 00:27:34,303 >> IT'S THEIR LAND. 819 00:27:34,345 --> 00:27:35,261 IT'S NOT FREE RENT. 820 00:27:35,345 --> 00:27:37,970 >> THEY OWN A MINISCULE PORTION 821 00:27:38,053 --> 00:27:38,303 OF IT. 822 00:27:38,387 --> 00:27:39,929 I HEARD IT THOUSANDS OF TIMES. 823 00:27:40,011 --> 00:27:42,136 YOU CAN'T MAKE ME SELL MY LAND. 824 00:27:42,220 --> 00:27:44,970 THEN I RESPOND BACK, I SAY, YES, 825 00:27:45,053 --> 00:27:45,261 I CAN. 826 00:27:45,345 --> 00:27:46,136 >> BUT IT'S MY LAND? 827 00:27:46,220 --> 00:27:48,637 >> WELL, IT USED TO BE. 828 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:53,970 >> JIM, THAT AIN'T RIGHT. 829 00:27:54,053 --> 00:27:55,970 JIM STEELE WASN'T INVOLVED IN 830 00:27:56,053 --> 00:27:57,970 THE SALE OF THE LEWIS PROPERTY. 831 00:27:58,053 --> 00:28:02,261 JAMES TUGGLE LET GREG STAY ON 832 00:28:02,345 --> 00:28:04,011 THE LAND, BUT HIS MOTHER DECIDED 833 00:28:04,095 --> 00:28:04,512 TO LEAVE. 834 00:28:04,595 --> 00:28:06,762 >> THIS IS MY MOTHER'S HOUSE. 835 00:28:06,845 --> 00:28:09,136 WHEN SHE RETIRED, THIS BECAME 836 00:28:09,220 --> 00:28:09,845 HER HOME. 837 00:28:09,929 --> 00:28:12,011 >> WHY DID SHE LEAVE HERE? 838 00:28:12,095 --> 00:28:15,595 >> SHE LEFT BECAUSE SHE WAS 839 00:28:15,679 --> 00:28:17,261 NERVOUS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT HER 840 00:28:17,345 --> 00:28:19,011 MAMA'S HOUSE WOULD BE PUSHED OUT 841 00:28:19,095 --> 00:28:20,470 AND WHETHER HER HOUSE WOULD BE 842 00:28:20,553 --> 00:28:20,720 NEXT. 843 00:28:20,762 --> 00:28:22,970 SHE COULDN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT. 844 00:28:23,053 --> 00:28:24,720 SHE JUST DIDN'T FEEL SAFE. 845 00:28:24,804 --> 00:28:26,887 >> GREG'S MOTHER MISS TRUDY 846 00:28:26,970 --> 00:28:29,345 STANLEY AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE 847 00:28:29,428 --> 00:28:31,887 LEWIS FAMILY TRIED TO FINALIZE 848 00:28:31,970 --> 00:28:33,136 THEIR OWNERSHIP WHEN THEY FOUND 849 00:28:33,220 --> 00:28:36,387 OUT IT WAS BEING TARGETED FOR 850 00:28:36,470 --> 00:28:36,637 SALE. 851 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:40,762 MR. TUGGLE OUT BID THEM. 852 00:28:40,845 --> 00:28:42,512 SHORTLY AFTER THAT MISS STANLEY 853 00:28:42,595 --> 00:28:44,887 MOVED IN WITH HER DAUGHTER IN 854 00:28:44,970 --> 00:28:45,261 WASHINGTON, D.C. 855 00:28:45,345 --> 00:28:48,095 >> IT'S PAINFUL TO REALIZE THAT 856 00:28:48,178 --> 00:28:54,762 I DON'T HAVE IT ANYMORE. 857 00:28:54,845 --> 00:28:59,220 IT'S NOT RIGHT. 858 00:28:59,303 --> 00:29:00,345 I KEPT MY PART. 859 00:29:00,428 --> 00:29:01,929 SOMEONE SOLD THEIR PART AND IT 860 00:29:02,011 --> 00:29:03,220 AFFECTED THE WHOLE FAMILY. 861 00:29:03,303 --> 00:29:05,011 WE DIDN'T KNOW THE LAW. 862 00:29:05,095 --> 00:29:06,428 WE COULDN'T PROTECT IT. 863 00:29:06,512 --> 00:29:07,762 SO WE LOST IT. 864 00:29:07,845 --> 00:29:11,887 >> HOW IMPORTANT WAS THE LAND TO 865 00:29:11,970 --> 00:29:12,720 YOU? 866 00:29:12,804 --> 00:29:16,303 >> IT MEANS A LOT. 867 00:29:16,387 --> 00:29:19,387 TO LOSE IT, YOU HAD NO DEFENSE. 868 00:29:19,470 --> 00:29:22,595 DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. 869 00:29:22,679 --> 00:29:24,095 WE LOST IT. 870 00:29:24,178 --> 00:29:26,428 IT WAS DEVASTATING. 871 00:29:26,512 --> 00:29:27,929 STILL IS. 872 00:29:28,011 --> 00:29:31,178 IT WILL FOREVER BE THAT WAY. 873 00:29:31,261 --> 00:29:31,845 BUT THAT'S THE LAW. 874 00:29:31,929 --> 00:29:33,512 >> WHEN AFRICAN-AMERICANS MOVE 875 00:29:33,595 --> 00:29:36,011 FROM THE STATUS OF BEING 876 00:29:36,095 --> 00:29:38,595 THEMSELVES TO AFTER THE CIVIL 877 00:29:38,679 --> 00:29:40,762 WAR, BEING ABLE TO BECOME LAND 878 00:29:40,845 --> 00:29:43,095 OWNERS, HARDLY ANY OF THESE 879 00:29:43,178 --> 00:29:45,011 FAMILIES WERE ABLE TO STRUCTURE 880 00:29:45,095 --> 00:29:46,261 THE OWNERSHIP IN A WAY THAT 881 00:29:46,345 --> 00:29:48,011 WOULD BE STABLE BECAUSE MOST 882 00:29:48,095 --> 00:29:50,345 AFRICAN-AMERICAN FAMILIES HAD NO 883 00:29:50,428 --> 00:29:53,011 ACCESS TO ATTORNEYS. 884 00:29:53,095 --> 00:29:56,011 THERE ARE STUDIES IN VARIOUS 885 00:29:56,136 --> 00:29:57,637 SOUTHERN STATES THAT SHOW IT'S 886 00:29:57,762 --> 00:30:01,887 10 TO 40% OF ALL PROPERTY 887 00:30:01,970 --> 00:30:05,261 AFRICAN-AMERICAN OWNS IS HEIR 888 00:30:05,345 --> 00:30:05,762 PROPERTY. 889 00:30:05,845 --> 00:30:09,178 >> THERE'S AROUND $28 BILLION OF 890 00:30:09,261 --> 00:30:10,095 HEIR PROPERTY IN THE STAFF. 891 00:30:10,178 --> 00:30:12,095 THAT'S CONSERVATIVE. 892 00:30:12,178 --> 00:30:14,720 THOMAS MITCHELL DRAFTED 893 00:30:14,804 --> 00:30:16,762 LEGISLATION TO HELP FAMILIES 894 00:30:16,845 --> 00:30:17,553 HANG ON TO THEIR. 895 00:30:17,637 --> 00:30:19,428 IT'S PASSED IN 16 STATES. 896 00:30:19,512 --> 00:30:21,053 >> IF SOMEBODY FILES ONE OF 897 00:30:21,136 --> 00:30:24,220 THESE LAWSUITS AND REQUESTS A 898 00:30:24,303 --> 00:30:26,095 COURT TO ORDER THE FORCED SALE 899 00:30:26,178 --> 00:30:28,845 OF THE PROPERTY, THE OTHER 900 00:30:28,929 --> 00:30:33,929 OWNERS ARE THEN ENTITLED TO 901 00:30:34,011 --> 00:30:36,095 BUYOUT THE PERSON WHO ASKED FOR 902 00:30:36,178 --> 00:30:38,178 THE FORESALE. 903 00:30:38,261 --> 00:30:39,929 THERE HAD BEEN THIS NARRATIVE 904 00:30:40,011 --> 00:30:44,178 THAT BLACK LAND OWNERS WERE 905 00:30:44,303 --> 00:30:46,595 INEVITABLY GOING TO BE EXTINCT 906 00:30:46,679 --> 00:30:47,261 BY NOW. 907 00:30:47,345 --> 00:30:49,178 WHY ARE WE GOING TO SIT BACK AND 908 00:30:49,261 --> 00:30:50,679 WATCH MORE AND MORE PROPERTY AND 909 00:30:50,762 --> 00:30:52,637 LAND AND HOMES GO AND THEN ON 910 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:54,428 THE BACK END CALL FOR 911 00:30:54,512 --> 00:30:58,345 REPARATIONS AS OPPOSED TO TRY TO 912 00:30:58,428 --> 00:30:59,595 STABILIZE THE OWNERSHIPO IT'S 913 00:30:59,679 --> 00:31:02,428 NOT DISSIPATED 20 OR 30 YEARS 914 00:31:02,512 --> 00:31:03,428 FROM NOW? 915 00:31:03,512 --> 00:31:04,011 >> RIGHT. 916 00:31:04,095 --> 00:31:09,011 >> MY FAMILY HOMESTEADED THESE 917 00:31:09,095 --> 00:31:09,428 PROPERTIES. 918 00:31:09,512 --> 00:31:12,345 THEY RAISED FAMILIES ON THESE 919 00:31:12,428 --> 00:31:14,011 PROPERTIES. 920 00:31:14,095 --> 00:31:15,261 MR. TUGGLE, HE AIN'T GOING TO 921 00:31:15,345 --> 00:31:17,303 BUILD NOTHING ON IT. 922 00:31:17,387 --> 00:31:20,345 IT'S ALL FOR THE TIMBER. 923 00:31:20,428 --> 00:31:25,303 ALL FOR THE TIMBER. 924 00:31:25,387 --> 00:31:27,637 IT WAS IN THE FAMILY FOR 125 925 00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:27,887 YEARS. 926 00:31:27,970 --> 00:31:28,804 >> ALL OF THIS? 927 00:31:28,887 --> 00:31:32,637 >> ALL OF THIS. 928 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:38,261 MY AUNTS AND UNCLES' HOUSES SAT 929 00:31:38,345 --> 00:31:42,428 ON THE TOP RIGHT HERE. 930 00:31:42,512 --> 00:31:44,428 THIS IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU STICK 931 00:31:44,512 --> 00:31:44,720 TOGETHER. 932 00:31:44,804 --> 00:31:46,095 YOU KEEP YOUR INTERESTS 933 00:31:46,178 --> 00:31:46,428 TOGETHER. 934 00:31:46,512 --> 00:31:50,929 YOU HOLD TIGHT TO YOUR INTERESTS 935 00:31:51,011 --> 00:31:51,470 AND, IF YOU PLAN ON DOING 936 00:31:51,553 --> 00:31:52,261 ANYTHING WITH YOUR INTERESTS, 937 00:31:52,345 --> 00:31:55,762 MAKE SURE YOU DO IT TO KEEP IT 938 00:31:55,845 --> 00:31:57,428 IN THE FAMILY. 939 00:31:57,512 --> 00:32:00,595 THAT'S WHERE WE FELL SHORT. 940 00:32:00,679 --> 00:32:02,345 WHATEVER THEY GOT FROM HIM NOW 941 00:32:02,428 --> 00:32:05,053 IS PROBABLY GONE. 942 00:32:05,136 --> 00:32:15,553 JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE. 943 00:32:18,387 --> 00:32:18,470 ♪ 944 00:32:18,553 --> 00:32:18,720 ♪ 945 00:32:18,804 --> 00:32:37,428 ♪ 946 00:32:40,679 --> 00:32:42,512 >>> THE LAST FEW WEEKS IN 947 00:32:42,595 --> 00:32:44,679 NORTHERN ITALY THE STREETS HAVE 948 00:32:44,762 --> 00:32:46,512 BEEN QUIET APART FROM THE 949 00:32:46,595 --> 00:32:48,845 CONSTANT SOUND OF SIRENS WHICH 950 00:32:48,929 --> 00:32:50,970 IS THESE GUYS RESPONDING TO 951 00:32:51,053 --> 00:32:52,804 CASES OF COVID-19 THAT NEED 952 00:32:52,887 --> 00:32:58,553 URGENT CARE. 953 00:32:58,637 --> 00:33:12,595 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 954 00:33:18,845 --> 00:33:19,595 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 955 00:33:21,845 --> 00:33:25,845 >> ITALY WAS THE FIRST WESTERN 956 00:33:25,929 --> 00:33:26,553 COUNTRY TO DETECT A MASS 957 00:33:26,637 --> 00:33:27,553 CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK. 958 00:33:27,637 --> 00:33:31,553 IT NOW HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER IN 959 00:33:31,637 --> 00:33:32,261 EUROPE. 960 00:33:32,345 --> 00:33:34,553 ITALIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE 961 00:33:34,637 --> 00:33:37,553 CONFIRMED AT LEAST 185,000 962 00:33:37,637 --> 00:33:40,428 CASES, MORE THAN 26,000 HAVE 963 00:33:40,512 --> 00:33:47,470 DIED, BUT IT'S NOT OVER YET. 964 00:33:47,553 --> 00:33:48,929 TESE GUYS ARE JUST PREPPING, 965 00:33:49,011 --> 00:33:54,553 MAKING SURE THEY'RE FULLY SEALED 966 00:33:54,637 --> 00:33:56,595 OFF TO GO INTO THE NURSING HOME. 967 00:33:56,679 --> 00:33:59,595 THEY JUST RECEIVED A CALL TO GO 968 00:33:59,679 --> 00:34:08,762 TO HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW. 969 00:34:11,679 --> 00:34:30,679 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 970 00:34:30,762 --> 00:34:55,929 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 971 00:34:56,011 --> 00:35:13,303 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 972 00:35:13,387 --> 00:35:39,679 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 973 00:35:39,762 --> 00:36:07,053 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 974 00:36:07,136 --> 00:36:10,804 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 975 00:36:14,303 --> 00:36:16,720 >> WHAT KIND OF STATE WAS SHE 976 00:36:16,804 --> 00:36:17,345 IN? 977 00:36:17,428 --> 00:36:21,261 SHE OBVIOUSLY WASN'T DOING WELL? 978 00:36:21,345 --> 00:36:43,387 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 979 00:36:43,470 --> 00:36:45,095 >> HOW COMMON IS THAT THAT 980 00:36:45,178 --> 00:36:46,762 YOU'RE BRINGING PATIENTS FROM 981 00:36:46,845 --> 00:36:55,970 NURSING HOMES THAT NEED URGENT 982 00:36:56,053 --> 00:36:59,970 COVID CARE? 983 00:37:00,053 --> 00:37:00,970 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 984 00:37:01,053 --> 00:37:03,178 >> WHAT'S THE EMOTIONAL TOLL ON 985 00:37:03,261 --> 00:37:03,970 YOU GUYS? 986 00:37:04,053 --> 00:37:06,637 YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR WEEKS 987 00:37:06,679 --> 00:37:06,804 NOW. 988 00:37:06,929 --> 00:37:07,220 IT MUST BE HARD. 989 00:37:07,303 --> 00:37:08,929 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 990 00:37:48,512 --> 00:37:52,053 GIOVANNI HOSPITAL. 991 00:37:52,136 --> 00:37:54,220 THIS IS A SOPHISTICATED ADVANCED 992 00:37:54,345 --> 00:37:55,887 HOSPITAL, YET THEY'RE SAYING 993 00:37:55,970 --> 00:37:58,053 THEY'VE BEEN COMPLETELY 994 00:37:58,136 --> 00:38:00,053 OVERWHELMED THE LAST FEW WEEKS. 995 00:38:00,136 --> 00:38:03,970 THIS IS THE ICU. 996 00:38:04,053 --> 00:38:08,095 >> THESE ARE ONE OF THE ICUs. 997 00:38:08,178 --> 00:38:10,053 >> IN THIS HOSPITAL, HOW MANY 998 00:38:10,136 --> 00:38:18,553 PEOPLE DO YOU HAVE IN ICU RIGHT 999 00:38:18,637 --> 00:38:18,762 NOW? 1000 00:38:18,845 --> 00:38:19,261 [ INAUDIBLE ] 1001 00:38:19,345 --> 00:38:21,804 >> THE INFECTION RATE HAS 1002 00:38:21,887 --> 00:38:23,261 DECREASED, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE 1003 00:38:23,345 --> 00:38:25,011 YOU'RE VERY BUSY. 1004 00:38:25,095 --> 00:38:28,178 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 1005 00:38:28,261 --> 00:38:30,762 >> ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE 1006 00:38:30,845 --> 00:38:33,011 ESSENTIALLY BEING MADE TO STAY 1007 00:38:33,095 --> 00:38:35,679 ALIVE BY VARIOUS DIFFERENT 1008 00:38:35,762 --> 00:38:36,178 RESPIRATORY EQUIPMENT. 1009 00:38:36,261 --> 00:38:38,178 THIS GUY IS HAVING HIS BLOOD 1010 00:38:38,261 --> 00:38:40,720 TAKEN OUT. 1011 00:38:40,762 --> 00:38:41,720 HE'S BEING OXYGENATED HERE 1012 00:38:41,762 --> 00:38:45,136 BEFORE IT COMES BACK INTO HIS 1013 00:38:45,220 --> 00:38:45,887 VEINS. 1014 00:38:45,970 --> 00:38:48,679 HE'S ONLY IN HIS 30s. 1015 00:38:48,762 --> 00:38:54,470 HE'S HAD A TRACK YOT MY TO HELP 1016 00:38:54,553 --> 00:38:55,887 HIS RESPIRATORY RECOVERY. 1017 00:38:55,970 --> 00:38:59,512 DOCTORS AND NURSES CAN'T LEAVE 1018 00:38:59,595 --> 00:39:01,845 THIS ROOM BECAUSE THE PPE HAS 1019 00:39:01,929 --> 00:39:03,470 BEEN CONTAMINATED. 1020 00:39:03,553 --> 00:39:06,512 THEY CAN'T WASTE THAT PROTECTIVE 1021 00:39:06,595 --> 00:39:10,011 GEAR WHICH IS SO PRECIOUS. 1022 00:39:10,095 --> 00:39:12,428 EVEN WITH THESE PRECAUTIONS IN 1023 00:39:12,512 --> 00:39:15,095 PLACE 130 DOCTORS AND 30 NURSES 1024 00:39:15,178 --> 00:39:19,428 HAVE DIED FROM CORONAVIRUS. 1025 00:39:19,512 --> 00:39:20,095 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE 1026 00:39:20,178 --> 00:39:21,095 THIS BEFORE? 1027 00:39:21,178 --> 00:39:21,428 >> NO. 1028 00:39:21,512 --> 00:39:23,178 I HOPE I NEVER SEE AGAIN. 1029 00:39:23,261 --> 00:39:26,220 >> THE INFECTION RATE IN ITALY 1030 00:39:26,303 --> 00:39:28,762 AND DEATH RATE GOES DOWN, IT 1031 00:39:28,845 --> 00:39:29,178 LOOKS POSITIVE. 1032 00:39:29,303 --> 00:39:29,762 >> YES. 1033 00:39:29,887 --> 00:39:31,720 YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION. 1034 00:39:31,804 --> 00:39:34,720 EVERY NATION HAS ITS POLITICS ON 1035 00:39:34,804 --> 00:39:36,595 DOING THE TESTING. 1036 00:39:36,679 --> 00:39:39,220 ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE DO IS 1037 00:39:39,303 --> 00:39:40,470 TESTING SOMEONE WHO IS COMING IN 1038 00:39:40,553 --> 00:39:41,970 THE HOSPITAL. 1039 00:39:42,053 --> 00:39:43,261 IF YOU'RE AT HOME, NOBODY IS 1040 00:39:43,345 --> 00:39:46,303 COMING TO YOU AND TESTING YOU. 1041 00:39:46,387 --> 00:39:48,303 IT MIGHT BE THAT NUMERATOR IS 1042 00:39:48,387 --> 00:39:48,804 VERY BIG. 1043 00:39:48,887 --> 00:39:50,345 >> ARE YOU STARTING TO SEE THE 1044 00:39:50,428 --> 00:39:53,011 LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL? 1045 00:39:53,095 --> 00:39:53,637 >> MAYBE. 1046 00:39:53,720 --> 00:39:54,303 >> MAYBE? 1047 00:39:54,387 --> 00:39:58,428 >> I'M NOT IN A POSITION TO 1048 00:39:58,512 --> 00:40:03,345 JUDGE FROM TWO OR THREE DAYS 1049 00:40:03,428 --> 00:40:03,553 OUT. 1050 00:40:03,637 --> 00:40:06,428 >> THE RISK OF INFECTION INSIDE 1051 00:40:06,512 --> 00:40:07,970 THESE HOSPITALS IS REALLY HIGH. 1052 00:40:08,053 --> 00:40:09,679 OBVIOUSLY THE HEALTH OF THESE 1053 00:40:09,762 --> 00:40:11,261 WORKERS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT 1054 00:40:11,345 --> 00:40:14,261 SO THEY CAN KEEP GOING. 1055 00:40:14,345 --> 00:40:15,178 WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS WRITE THESE 1056 00:40:15,261 --> 00:40:17,303 RED LINES. 1057 00:40:17,345 --> 00:40:20,887 IF YOU'VE BEEN INSIDE TO TREAT 1058 00:40:20,970 --> 00:40:22,053 PATIENTS WITH COVID-19, YOU STAY 1059 00:40:22,136 --> 00:40:23,345 ON ONE SIDE. 1060 00:40:23,428 --> 00:40:25,303 EVERYONE ELSE WHO IS CLEAN, THEY 1061 00:40:25,387 --> 00:40:27,136 STAY ON THE OTHER SIDE TO 1062 00:40:27,220 --> 00:40:37,762 PREVENT ANY CONTAMINATION. 1063 00:40:37,845 --> 00:40:39,845 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 1064 00:40:39,929 --> 00:40:40,929 >> THOSE GOING THROUGH ICU, 1065 00:40:41,011 --> 00:40:44,762 THERE ARE SOME FINALLY 1066 00:40:44,845 --> 00:40:45,095 RECOVERING. 1067 00:40:45,178 --> 00:40:50,095 CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED? 1068 00:40:50,178 --> 00:41:08,303 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 1069 00:41:08,387 --> 00:41:10,470 >> WAS THERE A MOMENT WHERE YOU 1070 00:41:10,553 --> 00:41:16,011 FELT YOU WEREN'T GOING TO MAKE 1071 00:41:16,095 --> 00:41:19,929 IT? 1072 00:41:20,011 --> 00:41:43,428 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 1073 00:41:43,512 --> 00:41:47,095 >> STEFANO WAS LUCKY. 1074 00:41:47,178 --> 00:41:48,970 THE SURVIVAL RATE HERE FOR 1075 00:41:49,053 --> 00:41:50,929 PATIENTS WITH COVID-19 IS JUST 1076 00:41:51,011 --> 00:41:51,178 30%. 1077 00:41:51,261 --> 00:41:55,929 IS THERE SOMEONE IN HERE? 1078 00:41:56,011 --> 00:42:00,762 MEANING 7 OUT OF 10 PEOPLE HERE 1079 00:42:00,845 --> 00:42:06,428 FOR TREATMENT DON'T MAKE IT OUT 1080 00:42:06,512 --> 00:42:11,095 ALIVE. 1081 00:42:11,178 --> 00:42:21,512 OH, MY GOSH. 1082 00:42:21,595 --> 00:42:23,261 THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALL 1083 00:42:23,345 --> 00:42:25,845 PASSED AWAY IN THE LAST FEW 1084 00:42:25,929 --> 00:42:26,095 WEEKS. 1085 00:42:26,178 --> 00:42:28,720 THESE ARE THE LAST BELONGINGS 1086 00:42:28,804 --> 00:42:30,595 THAT THEY HAD IN THE HOSPITAL 1087 00:42:30,679 --> 00:42:34,553 BEFORE THEY DIED. 1088 00:42:34,637 --> 00:42:36,637 WHAT PROPORTION OF THESE BAGS 1089 00:42:36,720 --> 00:42:41,512 BELONG TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED 1090 00:42:41,595 --> 00:42:47,929 FROM CORONAVIRUS? 1091 00:42:48,011 --> 00:43:16,804 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 1092 00:43:16,887 --> 00:43:23,553 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 1093 00:43:23,637 --> 00:43:25,053 >> HOW OFTEN ARE YOU GETTING 1094 00:43:25,136 --> 00:43:25,970 THESE PHONE CALLS? 1095 00:43:26,053 --> 00:43:51,553 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 1096 00:43:51,637 --> 00:44:03,762 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 1097 00:44:03,845 --> 00:44:05,804 >> WHILE THE OFFICIAL DAILY 1098 00:44:05,887 --> 00:44:07,595 DEATH TOLLS ARE DECREASING, 1099 00:44:07,679 --> 00:44:13,929 CHURCHES ARE STILL OVERRUN. 1100 00:44:14,011 --> 00:44:26,011 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 1101 00:44:26,095 --> 00:44:28,637 >> UNLIKE OTHER COUNTRIES ITALY 1102 00:44:28,720 --> 00:44:31,679 ONLY TESTS PATIENTS WHO MAKE IT 1103 00:44:31,762 --> 00:44:32,345 TO HOSPITAL. 1104 00:44:32,428 --> 00:44:35,679 THOUSANDS OF OTHERS REMAIN 1105 00:44:35,762 --> 00:44:36,178 UNACCOUNTED FOR. 1106 00:44:36,261 --> 00:44:38,595 MEANING THE DEATH TOLL COULD BE 1107 00:44:38,679 --> 00:44:55,804 MUCH HIGHER THAN WHAT WE KNOW. 1108 00:44:55,887 --> 00:44:59,512 THE DEMAND FOR CREMATION IS 1109 00:44:59,595 --> 00:44:59,887 OVERWHELMING. 1110 00:44:59,970 --> 00:45:00,679 THERE AREN'T ENOUGH CHURCHES TO 1111 00:45:00,762 --> 00:45:15,762 HOLD ALL THE BODIES. 1112 00:45:15,845 --> 00:45:18,762 THE OVERFLOW ARE BEING STORED IN 1113 00:45:18,845 --> 00:45:20,261 WHATEVER LARGE EMPTY SPACES THE 1114 00:45:20,345 --> 00:45:46,387 AUTHORITIES CAN FIND. 1115 00:45:46,470 --> 00:45:48,929 THIS IS WHAT DEATH LOOKS LIKE IN 1116 00:45:49,011 --> 00:45:49,804 ITALY. 1117 00:45:49,887 --> 00:45:52,512 BODY AFTER BODY BEING TAKEN AWAY 1118 00:45:52,595 --> 00:45:55,178 IN MILITARY TRUCKS TO 1119 00:45:55,261 --> 00:45:57,428 CREMATORIUMS FAR AWAY WHERE 1120 00:45:57,512 --> 00:45:58,845 THERE'S SPACE FOR THEM TO 1121 00:45:58,929 --> 00:46:03,929 ACTUALLY BE BURNED. 1122 00:46:04,011 --> 00:46:06,053 IT'S ALL STARTING TO FEEL SO 1123 00:46:06,136 --> 00:46:06,512 CLINICAL. 1124 00:46:06,595 --> 00:46:09,303 THESE GUYS ARE DOING THE BEST TO 1125 00:46:09,387 --> 00:46:12,011 GIVE THEM A DIGNIFIED DEPARTURE. 1126 00:46:12,095 --> 00:46:14,553 IT JUST SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE GIVEN 1127 00:46:14,637 --> 00:46:18,970 THE SHEAR NUMBER OF PEOPLE STILL 1128 00:46:19,053 --> 00:46:38,053 DYING HERE. 1129 00:46:38,136 --> 00:46:41,762 JUST ACROSS THE STREET THIS MAN 1130 00:46:41,845 --> 00:46:43,929 TRIES NOT TO WATCH WHAT'S 1131 00:46:44,011 --> 00:46:51,595 UNFOLDING. 1132 00:46:51,679 --> 00:46:52,720 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 1133 00:46:52,804 --> 00:46:55,428 YOU HAVE THE MOST IMMACULATE 1134 00:46:55,512 --> 00:46:56,720 BEAUTIFUL LOOKING GARDEN. 1135 00:46:56,804 --> 00:46:58,970 OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE ABOUT 10 METERS 1136 00:46:59,053 --> 00:47:00,470 AWAY FROM THIS WAREHOUSE WHERE 1137 00:47:00,553 --> 00:47:03,053 ALMOST EVERY DAY YOU'RE SEEING 1138 00:47:03,136 --> 00:47:04,553 BODIES BEING TAKEN AWAY. 1139 00:47:04,637 --> 00:47:09,470 HOW DOES THAT FEEL FOR YOU? 1140 00:47:09,553 --> 00:47:46,553 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 1141 00:47:46,637 --> 00:47:49,470 >> IT SEEMS LIKE ALMOST EVERYONE 1142 00:47:49,553 --> 00:47:54,470 AROUND HERE HAS LOST SOMEONE. 1143 00:47:54,553 --> 00:48:07,470 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 1144 00:48:07,553 --> 00:48:09,887 >> HOW OLD ARE YOU IF YOU DON'T 1145 00:48:09,970 --> 00:48:12,929 MIND ME ASKING? 1146 00:48:13,011 --> 00:49:13,220 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 1147 00:49:13,303 --> 00:49:16,220 >> ITALIANS HERE FACE MORE 1148 00:49:16,303 --> 00:49:19,220 LONELY DAYS AHEAD. 1149 00:49:19,303 --> 00:49:21,220 ITALY PRIME MINISTER HAS 1150 00:49:21,303 --> 00:49:22,720 EXTENDED THE NATIONWIDE LOCKDOWN 1151 00:49:22,804 --> 00:49:23,845 UNTIL MAY 3rd. 1152 00:49:23,929 --> 00:49:25,804 IT FALLS ON THE REGIONAL 1153 00:49:25,887 --> 00:49:29,220 GOVERNMENT TO ASSURE PEOPLE THAT 1154 00:49:29,303 --> 00:49:30,220 THINGS ARE UNDER CONTROL. 1155 00:49:30,303 --> 00:49:30,970 IT'S A VERY CHALLENGING TIME FOR 1156 00:49:31,053 --> 00:49:36,053 YOU AND YOUR GOVERNMENT. 1157 00:49:36,136 --> 00:49:38,387 CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON 1158 00:49:38,470 --> 00:49:41,428 AT THE MOMENT? 1159 00:49:41,512 --> 00:49:44,261 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 1160 00:49:44,345 --> 00:49:46,679 >> GIVEN WE ALL SAW WHAT 1161 00:49:46,762 --> 00:49:47,553 HAPPENED IN CHINA FROM THE END 1162 00:49:47,637 --> 00:49:50,804 OF DECEMBER ONWARD AND WE SAW 1163 00:49:50,887 --> 00:49:52,929 BREAK-OUTS IN EUROPE AND 1164 00:49:53,011 --> 00:49:55,804 PARTICULARLY HERE IN LOMBARDI, 1165 00:49:55,887 --> 00:49:57,053 DO YOU HAVE REGRETS OVER THE 1166 00:49:57,136 --> 00:49:58,136 GOVERNMENT RESPONDING TOO 1167 00:49:58,220 --> 00:49:58,428 SLOWLY? 1168 00:49:58,512 --> 00:50:13,053 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 1169 00:50:13,136 --> 00:50:14,970 >> THERE ARE A LOT OF ITALIANS 1170 00:50:15,053 --> 00:50:16,845 WHO ARE ANGRY BECAUSE THEY FEEL 1171 00:50:16,929 --> 00:50:18,178 LIKE THE GOVERNMENT DID NOT 1172 00:50:18,261 --> 00:50:19,095 RESPOND QUICK ENOUGH. 1173 00:50:19,178 --> 00:50:21,178 IF THEY HAD RESPONDED QUICKER, 1174 00:50:21,261 --> 00:50:23,679 MAYBE WE WOULDN'T BE SEEING WHAT 1175 00:50:23,762 --> 00:50:25,679 WE'VE SEEN PLAY OUT OVER THE 1176 00:50:25,762 --> 00:50:26,178 PAST FEW WEEKS. 1177 00:50:26,261 --> 00:50:36,804 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 1178 00:50:36,887 --> 00:50:38,345 >> FOR PEOPLE LOOKING FOR 1179 00:50:38,428 --> 00:50:40,804 ANSWERS AS TO WHEN THEY'LL BE 1180 00:50:40,887 --> 00:50:43,053 ALLOWED TO GET BACK TO THEIR 1181 00:50:43,136 --> 00:50:44,470 DAILY LIVES, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY 1182 00:50:44,553 --> 00:50:45,970 TO THEM? 1183 00:50:46,053 --> 00:51:23,220 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 1184 00:51:23,303 --> 00:52:07,679 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 1185 00:52:07,762 --> 00:52:09,178 >> FUNERALS THEMSELVES ARE RARE. 1186 00:52:09,261 --> 00:52:11,345 WHEN THEY HAPPEN, THEY'RE 1187 00:52:11,428 --> 00:52:13,470 LIMITED TO IMMEDIATE FAMILY 1188 00:52:13,595 --> 00:52:13,887 ONLY. 1189 00:52:13,970 --> 00:52:16,720 LIKE THOSE OF 89-YEAR-OLD 1190 00:52:16,804 --> 00:52:18,887 THERESA MARIA WHO PASSED AWAY IN 1191 00:52:18,970 --> 00:52:21,762 A NURSING HOME WHICH HAS 1192 00:52:21,845 --> 00:52:23,553 RECORDED ABOUT FIVE TIMES MORE 1193 00:52:23,637 --> 00:52:25,887 DEATHS THAN USUAL. 1194 00:52:25,970 --> 00:52:27,095 SHE WAS SHOWING SYMPTOMS OF 1195 00:52:27,178 --> 00:52:28,428 HAVING THE VIRUS. 1196 00:52:28,512 --> 00:52:31,428 LIKE SO MANY OTHERS SHE WAS 1197 00:52:31,512 --> 00:52:49,595 NEVER TESTED. 1198 00:52:49,679 --> 00:52:53,595 >> WERE YOU CLOSE WITH YOUR 1199 00:52:53,679 --> 00:52:54,679 GRANDMA? 1200 00:52:54,762 --> 00:52:59,679 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 1201 00:52:59,762 --> 00:53:07,679 >> WHAT WAS SHE LIKE? 1202 00:53:07,762 --> 00:53:15,345 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 1203 00:53:15,428 --> 00:53:18,178 >> DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE FACT 1204 00:53:18,261 --> 00:53:19,762 THAT YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO SEE HER 1205 00:53:19,845 --> 00:53:27,261 FOR THOSE LAST FEW WEEKS? 1206 00:53:27,345 --> 00:53:31,011 >> THIS IS THE MOST -- NOT ONLY 1207 00:53:31,095 --> 00:53:34,845 FOR US, BUT FOR HER. 1208 00:53:34,929 --> 00:53:37,011 SHE WAS LONELY. 1209 00:53:37,095 --> 00:53:37,845 SHE WAS LONELY. 1210 00:53:37,929 --> 00:53:43,261 I FEEL LIKE IT'S NOT REAL, LIKE 1211 00:53:43,345 --> 00:53:45,053 IT'S A NIGHTMARE. 1212 00:53:45,136 --> 00:53:46,512 BUT, I KNOW IT IS REAL. 1213 00:53:46,595 --> 00:53:48,053 >> THAT MUST BE SO HARD NOT 1214 00:53:48,178 --> 00:53:50,011 BEING ABLE TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE 1215 00:53:50,095 --> 00:53:53,762 AND NOT BEING ABLE TO HUG EACH 1216 00:53:53,845 --> 00:53:53,970 OTHER? 1217 00:53:54,053 --> 00:54:00,929 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 1218 00:54:01,011 --> 00:54:03,887 >> THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US IS 1219 00:54:03,970 --> 00:54:05,679 UNREAL. 1220 00:54:05,762 --> 00:54:08,762 IT'S UNNATURAL BECAUSE WE'RE 1221 00:54:08,845 --> 00:54:08,970 HUMAN. 1222 00:54:09,053 --> 00:54:10,762 WE NEED TO HUG. 1223 00:54:10,845 --> 00:54:15,220 WE NEED ALL THE PARTS THAT MAKE 1224 00:54:15,303 --> 00:54:16,720 US HUMAN. 1225 00:54:16,804 --> 00:54:18,929 >> AS THE WORLD FOLLOWS IN 1226 00:54:19,011 --> 00:54:20,887 ITALY'S FOOT STEPS AND LOOKS TO 1227 00:54:20,970 --> 00:54:23,929 THIS REGION SEARCHING FOR SIGNS 1228 00:54:24,011 --> 00:54:25,970 OF HOPE, EVERYONE HERE HAS A 1229 00:54:26,053 --> 00:54:28,053 SIMILAR MESSAGE. 1230 00:54:28,136 --> 00:54:28,970 DO YOU FEEL LIKE THE OFFICIAL 1231 00:54:29,053 --> 00:54:34,470 DATA WE'RE SEEING IS ACCURATE? 1232 00:54:34,553 --> 00:54:39,512 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 1233 00:54:39,595 --> 00:54:40,845 >> THE GOVERNMENT IS SAYING THAT 1234 00:54:40,929 --> 00:54:42,428 THE DEATH RATE MIGHT BE GOING 1235 00:54:42,512 --> 00:54:43,470 DOWN. 1236 00:54:43,553 --> 00:54:44,804 THINGS MIGHT BE GETTING BETTER. 1237 00:54:44,887 --> 00:54:50,011 THE HOPE IS THAT WE'RE PAST THE 1238 00:54:50,095 --> 00:54:53,970 WORST OF IT HERE. 1239 00:54:54,053 --> 00:55:31,095 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 1240 00:55:31,178 --> 00:55:31,261 ♪ 1241 00:55:31,345 --> 00:55:31,887 ♪ 1242 00:55:31,970 --> 00:55:34,261 ♪ 1243 00:55:34,345 --> 00:55:34,553 ♪ 1244 00:55:34,637 --> 00:55:35,637 ♪ 79063

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