homework done before they went to bed. and i thought she s going to be upset when i get home because i m not there help. reporter: as he rolled into his drive way, he clicked the garage door opener. a nightmare awaited him. once the garage door raised up just above the hood of my truck, that s when i saw kim. she was down on the garage floor? yeah. actually, at first, i thought it was jill laying there. i didn t realize it was kim until i got out of my truck and ran into the garage. and then that s when i i saw that it was kim. reporter: how do you take this in? it s too much to absorb. it s indescribable, you know, what was going through my mind at the time. i can t put it into words. reporter: kim was still, bent slightly at the waist. a long pull of blood running from her head. the doors to her bronco were open. when dew look ino you look i vehicle? i don t remember how long it was but after checking on kim, being assured in my mind that
upset when i get home cause i m not there to help. reporter: as he rolled into his driveway, he clicked the garage door opener. a nightmare awaited him. once the the garage door raised up just above the hood of my truck, that s when i saw kim. she was down on the garage floor? yeah, actually at first i thought it was jill lying there. i didn t realize it was kim until i got outta my truck and ran into the garage. and then that s when i i saw that it was kim. how do you take this in? it s too much to absorb. it s indescribable, you know, what was going through my mind at the time. i can t put it into words. reporter: kim was still, bent slightly at the waist, a long pool of blood running from her head. the doors to her bronco were open. when do you look into the vehicle? i don t remember how long it was, but after checking on kim, being assured in my mind that she was gone, i just suddenly
their bodies lying on the ground their blood running into the gutters. people piled up at the fire exit that was locked because the owners were so worried that those workers might steal a scrap of cloth but this time the plan was different. it was to say we re not just going to have one more protest we re going to have a huge protest. we re going to build a grassroots movement from the outside. and at the same moment we re going to have somebody leading it from the inside and that was frances perkins so think about this. 1911, you know what she does following this fire, she goes to washington to albany. she s 30 years old she goes to albany remember, women can t even vote. she couldn t vote at the time. she could not vote. she shows up and she leads the fight from the inside. she gets appointed to a commission, they change the rules around fire. but that s not enough. she goes from fire safety to the labor laws, and new york state
and then the moment came when over 140 people died in that fire when frances perkins stood on the street and watched as one woman jumped to her death and then another and another and another. in 18 minutes, 143 people died their bodies lying on the ground their blood running into the gutters. people piled up at the fire exit that was locked because the owners were so worried that those workers might steal a scrap of cloth but this time the plan was different. it was to say we re not just going to have one more protest we re going to have a huge protest. we re going to build a grassroots movement from the outside. and at the same moment we re going to have somebody leading it from the inside and that was frances perkins so think about this. 1911, you know what she does following this fire, she goes to washington to albany. she s 30 years old
ran into the garage. and then that s when i i saw that it was kim. how do you take this in? it s too much to absorb. it s indescribable, you know, what was going through my mind at the time. i can t put it into words. reporter: kim was still, bent slightly at the waist, a long pool of blood running from her head. the doors to her bronco were open. when do you look into the vehicle? i don t remember how long it was, but after checking on kim, being assured in my mind that she was gone, i just suddenly thought about the kids. where are the kids? and my first instinct was to look into the bronco. and i got up on the passenger seat and i could see more into the back. and that s when i saw brad and jill. reporter: jill, still buckled in on the back passenger side, was slumped over. there was blood in her hair. next to her, brad, seemed to be clambering over the seat. was it apparent even in your shock that this was a gunshot event?