Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  He rā hari te tīmatanga. Ko Joy Veron, 30 tau, he kaiako kura no Texas, i te hararei me tōna whānau ki ngā maunga o Colorado. He harikoa te haerenga, ā, e whakarite ana rātau mō te kaukau whakamutunga i mua i te hokinga ki Texas. Katahi ka pa te kino. Ko ana tamariki tokoiti tokotoru, e rua ki te whitu tau te pakeke i taua wā, i oma atu ki mua, a, i eke ki roto i te motuka o te whānau, e rere ana te pūkaha, e tū ana i te taha o te paepae e heke ana ki te awa hohonu. I roto i ngā hēkona, ka huri te motokā ki te nekeneke, ka tīmata ki te huri. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Guts: Kei te korero a Joy Veron ki a Oprah Winfrey i runga i te Oprah: Kei hea ratou inaianei? whakaatu i te Maehe 2015. I ora ia i te aitua me te whawhai mo nga tau ki te whakahoki mai i tana kaha ki te haere, i mua i te mutunga ka akiaki ia ki te whakaae kaore ia e haere ano. Te hari: Ko Joy Veron me ana tamariki tokotoru, L-R: Chloe, 7, Elliot, 2, Annie, 5, i te tau 1999, i mua i te aitua kino i kore ai a Joy e haere. I peke ia ki raro i ngā wira o tētahi waka e rere ana ki te aukati i te hurihanga o te waka ki runga i te kōhatu me āna tamariki i roto. Struggle: I muri i te aitua, i haere a Joy Veron ki Portugal ki te whai i te whakaoranga kaha. I whakatokia ki a ia he pūtau pakiaka, ā, i whakahaeretia kia haere anō ai ia. Heoi, i te mutunga ka whakaae ia ka noho ia i runga i te nohoanga wira mo te toenga o tona oranga. 'I kite noa ahau i te wehi nui,' ka mea ia ki te Oprah Show. 'Kei te maumahara ahau ki o rātau kanohi iti, he nui, e titiro mai ana ki a au, "Awhina mai, meatia tētahi mea".' I te kore whakaaro, ka rere atu ia, a ka peke i waenganui i te waka me te awa, e kore e tuku i ana tamariki kia mate. I whawhai tonu ia ki te waka ahakoa i kitea ia e toia ana e ia i raro i nga wira. 'I ahau tika maka ahau i ahau i roto i te aroaro o te reira noa ki te hoatu i te tahi mea i roto i tona ara,' ka mea ia. 'E mahara ana ahau ki taku whakaaro, "Kāore au i tae i te wā tika, ā, ka tukitukia ahau. Ka rangona e ahau he ngangau tata nei.' 'I whakamatau ahau ki te whakamutu i oku ringa, heoi, kaore i taea e au,' i kii ia ki a PBS. 'Kei te maumahara ahau ki te āhua o te rere ki runga i ahau. I hinga ahau ki muri, me te mua o...
I te tau 1999, i whakaorangia e Joy Veron, e 46 nei ona tau, ana tamariki mā te peke ki raro i ngā wira o tētahi motokā o te whenua e huri ana ki tētahi pukepuke me rātau i roto. I pangia ia e ngā wharanga kino rawa, ā, i muri i ngā tau o te whakaoranga, i akina ia ki te whakaae e kore ia e haere anō. I a ia e kōrero ana 11 tau ki muri, e kī ana ia kua whakaae ia ki tōna hauā - engari e whakaatu ana kāore i ora i te taumahatanga tōna marenatanga 23 tau.