Agony for Waiting Passenger Families
BERMAN: Welcome back, everyone. Of all people who want answers, who need answers about Malaysia Airlines flight 370, no one needs them, no one deserves them more than the families of passengers and crew.</s>PEREIRA: Imagine that.</s>BERMAN: I can't.</s>PEREIRA: Our Piers Morgan had the chance to speak to Danica. Her husband was on board the flight. She's trying to do her very best to stay strong for their young children. She's holding onto hope that he'll come home.</s>PIERS MORGAN, CNN HOST, PIERS MORGAN: How are you coping with your two young children with this devastating news?</s>DANICA WEEKS, HUSBAND ON FLIGHT 370: Yeah, not well. We're taking it slowly. I'm trying to keep myself as distracted as I'm sure every family member is. You just hear all the news. I'm trying to not take too much in. It's a bit of a roller coaster. One minute it's this, the next minute that's not confirmed. That's the toughest part everyday waking up and looking on the news and seeing that there's nothing. There's no calls from Malaysia to say we've found something. Everyday it just seems like an eternity. It's an absolute eternity. You can only go minute by minute and try to get through the day. I hope something comes soon. We're wishing for the best. As it gets further and further down the track, it's not looking good.</s>MORGAN: Your husband, Paul, left for a job in Mongolia, mining construction equipment company. You've got two young sons, Lincoln, 3, and Jack, 10 months. Before he left, Paul left you his watch and also left you other items for your kids. Why did he do that do you think?</s>WEEKS: We had a car accident December 30th. I'm glad we got to talk about these things and our plans should something happen to us. We were afraid after that. We said we had a reality check that one of us could go or both of us. He obviously he can't take -- can't wear his ring on the mine site. He said I'm going to leave my wedding ring here. I'm going to leave my wedding ring and watch. Should anything happen to me, I want the ring to go to the first son that's married and the watch to the second. I said something like don't be stupid. Just come back and I'll give it back to you. You can give it to them. I've got it here. I'm praying I can give that back to him. I can hold onto it. There's no finality to it. We're not getting any information. Whether they know anything and they're not telling us at this stage -- it's just blank. Just "blank" waiting and praying. Praying.</s>MORGAN: What kind of man is Paul?</s>WEEKS: He's amazing. He's amazing. He was the most amazing husband and most amazing father. He's spent so much time with his kids. He also bathed them every night. He would take Lincoln to golf, take him to the zoo. Lincoln when he was his little shadow. Of course, Jack -- of course, he was extremely intelligent, worked hard and tried to do everything right for his family. All the jobs, everything he does, he always thought about us. He was doing this for the right reason. That was his dream job. He had worked weeks to get up to speed and be there to hit the ground running. That's the kind of man he was. He was strong. He was in the Army. They trained them very strongly there. You know, he had strength, character. He's just so much fun. He was my best friend, soul mate. I can't wait for him to come back I hope. I'm deluded by the fact as this goes on, there's less and less chance of finding anything. There's no finality to it. I can't give up. You know, you just sort of think at what stage -- there's no menu for this. If he knew, at what stage could you sort of let go? I don't want to ever let go. It's going to be just -- just praying. We have to keep hoping. I know it's getting -- my brain is going, "It's getting slimmer and slimmer." My heart isn't letting it go. I've got my two kids. They're the hardest to look at to know they've been robbed from such an amazing father and amazing man. You know, that's just too much. I'm just going to take it slowly.</s>BERMAN: So sad. You know, there are probably 239 stories like this or more for every passenger on board. We get so caught up in this theory or that theory and every piece of evidence. Think how heart wrenching.</s>PEREIRA: That was so interesting seeing her cradling the ring he left behind and talking about the conversation they had beforehand. Nothing can prepare you for getting a phone call to say your loved one is missing. It was agonizing to hear her explain. It's agonizing as the moments tick by.</s>BERMAN: The mystery goes on for her and all families right now waiting for any answer. Our Saima Mohsin is in the area where families are waiting. Our question is, how are they holding up?</s>SAIMA MOHSIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It's really not easy. We just heard from one of the relatives of the passengers. I've been speaking to family, friends, next of kin of those on board flight 370 who have flown in here. That agonizing wait. We've had six days, heading to our sixth night. Waiting to hear of anything that happened to that plane and what happened to those on board. I met one of the elderly men in one of the hotels here. When I arrived he was shouting at officials saying, look we don't want compensation. We just want answers. Please give us something, anything to hold onto as to where our family is. His son is just 29 years old. Called his father before he was boarding the flight saying I'm heading to Beijing dad. That was it. He said that's it. Of course we've seen a spectrum of emotions. There's sadness, people who are hoping for miracles. Then of course there's a deep frustration with the lack of information and knowledge coming out. John?</s>PEREIRA: You know, I was thinking about that passenger we heard from, the wife of the passenger, Danica. Talking about the fact they're being told nothing. I'm curious if the airline is doing anything for these people, giving them any help in trying to answer the questions from their children, from the younger people, from older people. What is being done there?</s>MOHSIN: Michaela, so far what Malaysia Airlines has done is flown the people who are related to those on board or friends, family to where they want to be whether Beijing or Kuala Lumpur, the points of departure and points of arrival for those on board. And so --</s>PEREIRA: We just lost her unfortunately. That's the part we want to hear. What people on the ground are told. We know there's passengers, relatives far away, waiting to hear.</s>BERMAN: The people on the ground feel they're not being told enough. They want more information. Got to be very, very, very frustrating.</s>PEREIRA: We're going to take a short break. Ahead AT THIS HOUR, obvious ahead of actual facts there are wild theories spreading online about what may have actually happened. They're spreading because there's no real information about what actually happened. We're going to look at some theories and try to figure out if these are even plausible.</s>BERMAN: Are they're hurting the investigation at the same time.</s>PEREIRA: Good point.