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RICK: STEPHANIE AND RICK HERE FROM ALBERTA CITY. WE WILL NEVER FORGET. STEPHANIE: SIX STUDENTS LOST THEIR LIVES THAT DAY HERE IN TUSCALOOSA. AND YOU SPOKE TO THE FAMILY OF ONE OF THEM. RICK: YES. AGAIN, CARSON WAS A STAR FOOTBALL PLAYER FOR ALABAMA. HE WAS PLAYING WITH THEIR DOGS AND HUMANS BACK AND HELD ASHLEY. THE TORNADO WAS JUST TOO STRONG. I SPOKE WITH DARLENE HARRISON ABOUT LOSING HER ONLY CHILD, ASHLEY. �� [SOMBER MUSIC] RICK: FOR 10 YEARS, IT HAS SAT JUST OFF 25TH STREET IN TUSCALOOSA, A REMINDER OF THE LOSS, THE HURT. THE PLACE WHERE THEN ALABAMA SENIOR ASHLEY HARRISON WAS FOUND HOURS INTO THE NEXT MORNING. AND EVERY MINUTE FOR TEN YEARS, DAVE AND DARLENE HARRISON HA DONE THEIR BEST TO COPE. >> WE JUST PUT ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER AND COMPARTMENTALIZE AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND STAY BUSY ALL THE TIME , AND KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE SLAVE THAT WILL CARRY US THROUGH. RICK: WE OFTEN SHUDDER AT THE -- AND TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE FAITH THAT WILL CARRY US THROUGH. RICK: WE OFTEN SHUDDER AT THE THOUGHT OF LOSING AS CHILD. >> WHETHER YOU GRIEVE INWARDLY OR OUTWARDLY, THAT CHILD IS WITH YOU FOREVER RICK: WE OFTEN WONDER HOW PARENTS WHO LOST THEIR ONLY CHILD CAN COPE. >> EACH MORNING, WE WAKE UP AND WE FIND FAITH AND STRENGTH TO GET US THROUGH. RICK: HELPING DAVE AND DARLENE GET THROUG FAMILY, FRIENDS. EVEN THOSE WHO SEARCHED FOR PASHLEY IN THE DARK OF NIGHT GOO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS SINCE. >> MY FATHER, MY BROTHER, AND DAVID AND I BECAME OTHER , PEOPLE’S SUPPORT FOR THEM, TO HELP THEM THROUGH THE TIME, TO LEARN HOW TO GRIEVE AND HANDLE DEATH. RICK: HOW DO THEY GRIEVE, HOW DO THEY HANDLE DEATH? THEY LOOK TO THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED CREATE SCHOLARSHIPS IN ASHLEY’S NAME. HELPED CREATE MEMORIES THAT ASHLEY ALWAYS SAID WERE AS BIG AS THE SKY. >> WE BOTH UNDERSTAND HOW EACH OTHER GRIEVES. TALKING ABOUT ASHLEY SHARING HER , LIFE, HELPING TO LEAVE HER LEGACY THROUGH HER SCHOLARSHIPS , THESE THINGS HELP US MAKE IT THROUGH THE DAY. RICK: EVERY DAY FOR TEN YEARS IT HAS SAT AT 25TH STREET IN TUSCALOOSA, A REMINDER OF THEIR LOSSES, ASHLEY AND HER DOGS JOSIE AND MS. B, AND EVERY DAY FOR TEN YEARS THERE HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT TRIGGERS EMOTION. A SONG, A SIGHT, A SMELL. AS THE DAYS CRAWL ON, THE HARRISON’S, LIKE SO MANY OTHERS WHO SUFFERED LOSS ON THAT DREADFUL DAY, LOOK FOR SIGNS OF COMFORT. THEY LOOK FOR SIGNS OF HOPE. >> I CAN TELL YOU LOOKING OUT MY WINDOW RIGHT NOW, I SEE MY PINK ROSES BLOOMING, AND I KNOW THAT IS ASHLEY’S FAVOR. AND MY ROSES BLOOMING IN SPRING ARE JUST A SIGN TO ME THAT SHE IS STILL WITH ME. RICK: IT’S BEEN A LONG DECADE FOR THOSE WHO LOST LOVED THOSE ONES. LIE DAVE AND DARLENE HARRISON WHO WILL FORGE ON, WHILE REMEMBERING THE LESSONS THEY LEARNED FROM THEIR DAUGHTER WHO LEFT THEM MUCH TOO SOON. IF ASHLEY HAD A MESSAGE TO SEND US HERE ON EARTH ABOUT LIFE, ABOUT LOVE, WHAT WOULD IT THE? >> LOVE ONE ANOTHER ALL THE TIME, AND KNOW THAT SHE LOVES YOU AS BIG AS THE SKY, RICK: SO HARD WORKING. THREE MONTHS LATER, THEY MARCHED IN PLACE FOR ASHLEY TO RECEIVE HER BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN ECONOMICS. WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE OTHER STUDENTS WHO PASSED AWAY SCOTT AT ATTEMPT WAS MAJORING IN HISTORY AND BUSINESS. DANIELLE DOWNS, A SENIOR MAJORING IN SOCIAL WORK. SHE WANTED TO GIVE BACK. NICOLE MIXON, A JUNIOR MAJORING IN ACCOUNTING. MARCUS SMITH, A JUNIOR MAJORING IN MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS. AND SENIOR ART MAJOR, MORGAN SIGLER. ALL THOSE BEAUTIFUL YOUNG SOULS PASSED AWAY 10 YEARS AGO TODAY. YOU CAN’T FATHOM WHAT THE FAMILIES HAVE GONE THROUGH, ONLY THAT OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH THEM. STEPHANIE: AND THEY DEAL WITH IT EVERYDAY. WE TALK ABOUT IT ON THE ANNIVERSARIES, BUT EVERY DAY, THEY ARE REMINDED OF HOW THEIR LIVES CHANGED. RICK: LIKE DAR