MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT. MATT AND SAVANNAH?
>> THANK YOU. >>> WANT TO GIVE YOU THE LATEST ON THE HAZING AT PENN STATE THAT’S HITTING A NERVE WITH
PARENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE MORE ON THE CONVERSATION WITH TIMOTHY PIAZZA’S FAMILY, ALONG WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND. >> WE MET IN THE TEEN PREVENTION PROGRAM IN HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY TRAIN US TO TEACH OTHER STUDENTS, THE FRESHMEN, ABOUT SEXUAL ACTIVITY. THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF
PROTECTION YOU CAN USE. SOURCES YOU CAN GO TO, DRUG AND
ALCOHOL USE. WE MET HELPING PEOPLE. >> Reporter: HE WAS, IT SOUNDS LIKE A SERIOUS-MINDED YOUNG MAN?
>> YES. >> Reporter: WERE YOU SURPRISED
WHEN HE WAS PLEDGING A FRATERNITY?
>> I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED. I DIDN’T FEEL HE NEEDED TO BE A PART OF ONE. BUT I UNDERSTOOD THAT HE WANTED
A BROTHERHOOD. WHICH, UNFORTUNATELY, IS NOT
WHAT HE GOT. >> Reporter: WHY DID TIM WANT TO
JOIN A FRATERNITY? WHY TO YOU THINK?
>> I WAS KIND OF AGAINST IT. >> Reporter: WHY WERE YOU AGAINST IT? >> I VIEWED IT — MY PERCEPTION
WAS IT WAS JUST A PARTY SCENE AND THAT WASN’T TIM’S THING. I THINK HE WANTED TO BE PART OF SOMETHING THAT WAS HIS OWN.
I’M CONFIDENT HE RESEARCHED THIS FRA TRNTY.
ON PAPER THEY LOOKED LIKE A GOOD FRATERNITY. HAZING-FREE, ALCOHOL-FREE. >> I WASN’T IN FAVOR OF IT.
I SAID TO HIM, DON’T LET YOUR GRADES SLIP. DON’T DO ANYTHING SILLY. >> Reporter: MICHAEL, DID HE
TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT? >> HE DIDN’T TALK TO ME MUCH ABOUT IT BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT I ALSO WAS NOT A HUGE PROPONENT OF
IT FOR HIM. GREEK LIFE AT PENN STATE WASN’T
FOR ME. KNOWING HIM GROWING UP AS A LOW-RISK GUY, I DIDN’T THINK IT WAS NECESSARILY HIS SCENE.
>> WAS HE A YOUNG MAN WHO WENT THROUGH WHAT OTHER 19-YEAR-OLDS OFTEN DO IN TERMS OF SOCIALLY AND PARTYING?
>> TIM WAS NOT A PARTY TYPE OF GUY.
I KNOW FOR A FACT IN HIGH SCHOOL HE DIDN’T TOUCH A DRINK. >> Reporter: YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO HAVE THE TALK THAT A LOT OF
OTHER PARENTS PROBABLY HAD WITH THEIR 17-YEAR-OLDS,
18-YEAR-OLDS, 19-YEAR-OLDS? >> NO.
I HAD BEEN ON THE BOARD OF D.A.R.R. NEW JERSEY, FOR 20
YEARS. I MADE IT CLEAR TO MY BOYS EARLY ON YOU CANNOT EMBARRASS ME. >> Reporter: HAVE YOU ASKED
YOURSELVES IF THE SHOE HAD BEEN ON THE OTHER FOOT AND TIM WAS THERE AT THAT PARTY BUT NOT THE ONE WHO HAD THOSE SEVERE
INJURIES, WHAT HE WOULD HAVE DONE?
>> WE DON’T HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES.
WE KNEW ALREADY. BUT IT’S WHAT TIM’S FRIENDS TOLD
US. SEVERAL OF THEM SAID TO US, IF TIM WAS THE PERSON AT THE PARTY THAT WASN’T HURT, HE WOULD HAVE
MADE SURE THAT HELP WAS CALLED FOR IMMEDIATELY. AND IF IT DIDN’T COME QUICK ENOUGH, HE WOULD PICK THEM UP
AND BRING THEM TO THE HOSPITAL. THAT’S WHAT WE BELIEVE. >> IN A HEARTBEAT HE WOULD HAVE DONE IT.
IF THE ROLES WERE REVERSED, HE WOULD HAVE HELPED AND WALKED AWAY FROM THE FRATERNITY AND SAID, I DON’T CARE.
I’M GOING TO HELP. >> COMING UP IN THE NEXT HALF
HOUR, DR. OZ IS GOI GOING TO JO US. HE’S GOING TO HAVE IMPORTANT CONVERSATION ON HOW YOU CAN TELL
THE DIFFERENCE WHEN SOMEONE IS DRUNK AND DANGEROUSLY DRUNK. SO, IT’S IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PARENTS AND ANYONE ELSE WHO MAY BE ATTENDING SOME SORT OF FUNCTION WHERE THERE’S A LOT OF
DRINKING IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.
>> I HAVE A DAUGHTER THAT’S GOING TO CO
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