We can see you. it s a little too close i m being told. how about that. that s terrific. so kathy, this is when it got serious for you because, you know, you were hiking and in the wrong park, it wasn t where you normally go. you go to the national park every year. because of the shutdown, suddenly it s getting dangerous for you, your severely sun burnt, severely dehydrated and this huge search, volunteers in getting you safe and airlifting you to safety. where you were, you felt, i believe you were on the verge of dying here? i did not think i was going to make it, and that s been a hard thing to say several times now, knowing that my kids are hearing that, they have heard it today already and hearing it again probably right now, but, you know, we do know desert hiking. it s something we enjoy doing. we spent many years doing it at big bend at the national park
Worthiness of the united states that we re talking about. this is our word. this is our good name. this is real. president obama today warning americans what is at steak if the debt crisis is not resolved. a couple kicked out of a national park, lost for days and barely survived. kathy and her husband ricky lee joining me via skype. welcome to both of you. kathy, you re speaking from your hospital bed. how are you physically? i m a lot better than i was. i ll tell you that. i finally, i think, in what you call a functions human being again to some degree. it s going to be a difficult recovery, though. now, just to let viewers know what happened here, you and your husband, you re from arkansas. you were vacations in big bend park, national park in texas last week but you were thrown out of the park when the federal government shutdown and then an
Serious situation? well, i think that what really got to me, you know, first we see people every year, the same people every year who were having to shut down very reluctantly something they truly believe in. those of us who go at the same time every year, we all kind of know each other who know who is who. the other thing that honestly concerned me knowing this was in play once we did go missing was that the best facility, you know, in terms of aircraft and search and rescue teams that belongs to that national park and i knew here we were out there missing and while the state park might turn to the big bend national park as it has in the past, those resources probably were not going to be there. right. like they would have. extra worry. it weighed heavily on my mind. i m so pleased it turned out okay and thank you to you and ricky and good luck with your recovery and i appreciate you