to come in that tragic day on may 14th, hill city. the right thing to do in this case would be to return the dinosaur to hill city. mauz plauz [ applause ] >> we've got now over 20,000 signatures on the one petition, the first petition to bring sue back. and they're from all 50 states and from 14 other countries. >> a lot of people didn't have a lot of money around here, so they wanted to contribute any way they could do that. so there were a lot of fund-raisers, parades, buttons, posters. a show of maybe there is justice. because i think to me it was just a huge injustice the fact they could even do what they'd done. >> the custody battle was in full swing and it was very dramatic and scary for people. and as i interviewed pete and talked with him, i realized at the time i'd never met anybody like him. in his single-minded pursuit of what he believed was right and also in the flurry of emotions, i thought that meant that he was the perfect guy for me. and so despite the fact that i