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so Eric who's this guy that's my father and tell me about what we're looking at here we're looking at a pretty much a
bunch of pictures from his army times like this one is him with all his gear on his medic tent and then up here is
what he was an Airborne medic and then what division he was in the 82nd Airborne so your dad was in the 82
Airborne so he jumped out of airplanes yes that's pretty cool uhhm what do we have here well up here is a picture of
me and my my dad when I used to play te- ball he was a coach for us we Cincinnati
Reds and then this one is of my me graduating preschool and my diploma proud looking Papa right here look at
that and then right here a is my dad my mom me and my sister and it was of of my
probably my second Christmas first second Christmas and let me ask you about this picture when you look here
and you see your mother and your father and you realize both are gone is it tough for you to look get a picture like
that yes it is cuz it brings back well brings back memories of him not many of her cuz I don't really have any memories
of her and it is hard to look at and in some ways when you look at this photo of
your mom and dad and you guys he was a little infant it almost looks perfect doesn't it if only you could have kept
that yep and does it make you sad or does it do you what's your emotional reaction when you look at that it makes
me happy to see that we're a nice Like Loving Family together but then also makes me sad cuz I can't really
experience that whole four of us combined thing how often do you think of your father a lot a lot of things that I
do when I play video games or anything I think of him all the time and what thoughts go through your mind mostly
happy thoughts because I think of all the stuff that we did together but then sad CU I can't experience them anymore
yeah

Robert Cline's 14 year-old son, Eric, shares personal family photos with "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant and talks about what life has been like since his father's death.

Brief Summary

A conversation about family memories and the emotional impact of loss.

Key points

Memories of a Loving Family. Reflecting on family photos brings mixed emotions of happiness and sadness.
Thoughts of a Father. He shares how often he thinks of his father and the emotions tied to those memories.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

It makes me happy to see that we're a nice loving family together.

Reflecting on family memories.

1:26WatchApr 26, 2015

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