for snacks. she just wouldn t spend any money. money was for the important things like javonte s education. she always talked about his prom or when he goes to college, or what she wanted him to do with his life. and you know, how she wanted him to be different. she took her job as a mother really seriously. by 2001, michelle and crystie and their kids were living in separate apartments in the same apartment building in hawthorne. even momo lived there until her health began to fail and she moved to texas were her sister in law, a nurse, can take care of her. the soon came word momo s in bad shape. come quick. that day was easy to remember. it was september 11th, 2001. they couldn t fly, no one in the u.s. could. so they drove from hawthorne to texas. crystie wouldn t leave momo s side the entire time they were.
important things, like javonte s education. she always talked about, you know, his prom, or when he goes to college, or what she wanted him to do with his life and and, you know, how she wanted him to be different. so she took her job as a mother really seriously. reporter: by 2001 michelle and crystie and their kids were living in separate apartments in the the same apartment building in hawthorne. even momo lived there until her health began to fail and she moved to texas where her sister-in-law, a nurse, could take care of her. but soon came word, momo s in bad shape. come quick. that day was easy to remember. it was september 11, 2001. they couldn t fly. no one in the u.s. could. so they drove from hawthorne to texas. crystie wouldn t leave momo s side the entire time they were there. crystie s like, i m sorry, but i came here for just to see mom.
happened. over the last year, at least 13 u.s. citizens have died after getting sick in the d.r. tourism officials say the cases are not connected. jacqui heinrich with more. the families say they want to know what happened. cynthia day and nathaniel holmes were found dead may 30th, five days after another american tourist died in her room. according to a family attorney, the couple was so sick the day before they died, they couldn t fly. hey asked a friend to get them medication for vomiting and fever. the friend offered to extend their hotel stay because they were so ill. now it s a waiting game to see what the toxicology tests show. the couple s lawyer told fox news the families wanted an
ease travel between between countries that signed on to various agreements. and most of those countries are in western europe. but now, we see this threat that we have. and as she points out now, i should point out if somebody is on a terrorist watch list or is on one of these lists that is maintained by the fbi or our intelligence agencies, they still would be picked up. they couldn t fly under the visa waiver program. but if they have no record, then they could. so, i think what she and senator are proposing really does make sense. i think frankly, that s a greater vulnerability than the issue of the syrian refugees who have to go through an 18-month to two-year vetting process. very few get through it. most are women and children and elderly people. and let s focus the attention where the greatere risk is. senator about the watch list,