an alaskan bush pilot delivered the news to russel s father jim who was in the wilderness hunting and unreachable by phone. he said your son s dead. to i had to say, of course, which one? and russel and i mean, he didn t know a whole lot about anything other than he knew it was important to get me out of there. russel s brother, matt, was the last to know. he, too, had been out of cell phone range for several days while vacationing in british columbia. we drove across the border and my phone had a seizure and it started buzzing for every voice mail message and text message that had been sent and it was matt, call me. matt, call me. matt, call me. within days of his death, russel douglas far-flung family reunited on whidbey island. we rallied around brenna. we re sleeping on the room. she stayed in her bedroom a lot. she definitely seemed to be sad.
and i m thinking, so, is this another drama filled call from brenna that they had another argument or something? and what bob had done is just repeated the words that brenna had given him, was that russell had been killed. and then all i could do is just go sit down and just sit there for a while. josh mankiewicz: russell s sister, holly, got the same call from russell s wife. she instantly assumed russell s personal troubles were to blame. my first thought was that he probably committed suicide. so i was in shock, and then realized i needed to get over to the island for brenna and the kids. josh mankiewicz: an alaskan bush pilot delivered the news in person to russell s father, jim who was in the wilderness hunting and unreachable by phone. he said, your son s dead. and i had to say, of course, which one? and, russell and i mean, he didn t know a whole lot about anything other than he knew it was important to get me out of there.
and i m thinking, so, is this another drama filled call from brenna that they had another argument or something? and what bob had done is just repeated the words that brenna had given him, was that russell had been killed. and then all i could do is just go sit down and just sit there for a while. josh mankiewicz: russell s sister, holly, got the same call from russell s wife. she instantly assumed russell s personal troubles were to blame. my first thought was that he probably committed suicide. so i was in shock, and then realized i needed to get over to the island for brenna and the kids. josh mankiewicz: an alaskan bush pilot delivered the news in person to russell s father, jim who was in the wilderness hunting and unreachable by phone. he said, your son s dead. and i had to say, of course, which one? and, russell and i mean, he didn t know a whole lot about anything other than he knew it was important to get me out of there. josh mankiewicz: russell s brother,
her son s rocky marriage was on the mend. is this another drama-filled call from brenna that they had another argument or something and what bob had done was repeated the words that brenna had told him that russel was killed and then all i could do was go sit down and sit there for a while. russel s sister holly, she instantly assumed russel s personal troubles were to blame. my first thought is that he probably committed suicide so i was in shock and realized i needed to get over to the island for brenna and the kids. an alaskan bush pilot deliver the ared the news to russel s father jim who was in the wilderness hunting and unreachable by phone. he said your son s dead sxhi to say, of course, which one? and russel and i mean, he didn t
and i m thinking, so, is this another drama filled call from brenna that they had another argument or something? and what bob had done ijust repeated the words that brenna had givenim, was that russell had been killed. and then all i could do is just go sit down and just sit there for a while. josh mankiewicz: russell s sister, holly, got the same call from russell s wife. she instantly assumed russell s personal troubles were to blame. my first thought was that he probably committed suicide. so i was in shock, and then realized i needed to get over to the island for brenna and the kids. josh mankiewicz: an alaskan bush pilot delivered the news in person to russell s father, jim who was in the wilderness hunting and unreachable by phone. he said, your son s dead. and i had to say, of course, which one? and, russell and i mean, he didn t know a whole lot about anything other than he knew it was important to get me out of there.