meanwhile, we want to bring you this story. a father turned his devastating loss into action. andy parker shares his emotional journey after his daughter allison was murdered on live tv. first, how a life-changing accident led a woman to a new beginning. this week s turning points. reporter: megan harmon is a natural on the slopes. i feel a huge sense of freedom when i m on snow. reporter: it took a life-changing accident to get her here. in 2009 surgeons amputated her left leg after a motorcycle accident. i became an above-knee amputee. i went through pretty bad depression for about a year and a half. reporter: when her father learned about an adaptive sports program at the national ability center in utah, megan began to see a new future for herself. i always wanted to try snowboarding. i was like, this is awesome. i want to do this. reporter: once on the
did. just as i come out swinging that day and decided to make gun safety a part of my advocacy i felt like it was a way to honor allison through action. you said i want this book to hurt you. want you to unts my hurt. if we hurt together maybe you can help others from every feeling this pain. this is in the a grief memoir, this is an anger memoir. you have stuck to that. it is. at first i was in shock and then i had unimaginable grief. i became angry that this could this country.nd over again in - so that s what fuels it. we have talked to you many times. we are always struck by how pretty quickly you swung into
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obviously a daily struggle for you and how have you coped? writing the book helped me get through it. i look at the efforts going forward as a tool to continue to fight. you know, i m diabetic. i it cht it is an analogy. you have good days and bad. you to manage it and focus on things you can hopefully clang. change. we have cheered you on every time that we talk to you. now yet another step forward. the book is for allison. thank you so much. back to you. thank you. michael cohen due on capitol hill. a new day of testimony. that s next. ny worth? how do you determine the durable value of a business in the transportation industry without knowing firsthand the unique challenges in that sector.
know, i couldn t have asked to raise a better daughter than allison. she lived a life that was fuller than most people lived in a lifetime and she died at 24. yeah. sadly you know the reality that these families and loved ones and parents and children are living through in a way that most of us don t. what do they need from all of us right now? well, you know, they need some space right now, i think. just to sort it out and to grieve. we have heard the typical thoughts and prayers from the president and thoughts and prayers are great, but we need action. i think that the best way to honor these victims and honor allison is for this country to take action doing sensible gun legislation because this kind of thing is tearing this country apart. it is not the mueller investigation. gun violence is tearing this