:31:01
I said, "I'm doing
a convention in lndianapolis.
:31:04
I want to see you there."
:31:08
I saw her.
Boy, I'm telling you--blah.
:31:13
I couldn't believe what I saw.
:31:15
That was--
She was definitely suicidal.
:31:19
You know...
:31:20
somebody had to help her
somehow, you know,
:31:23
and obviously
she wasn't going
:31:25
to the right people,
you know.
:31:29
Anyhow, I said to her--
I said, "I'm doing a convention
:31:33
two weeks from now in St. Louis,
:31:36
and two weeks from then
in something," you know,
:31:40
and then eventually--
she also came to New York.
:31:43
She was able to afford
to go to these places
:31:47
and everything else, so, uh...
:31:49
And then that went on
for 2 or 3 years...
:31:54
maybe 18 times...
:31:56
and all I did was talk
positive things to her,
:32:00
and then all of a sudden--
Pfft! Nothing.
:32:02
I didn't hear anything,
:32:04
and I had no idea
what was happening to her
:32:07
because I really never saved
her address, right?
:32:11
8 years later,
I get a letter...
:32:17
saying, "l do want
to thank you so much
:32:20
for what you did for me
:32:22
because I just got
my master's degree
:32:27
in electronic engineering."
:32:30
You know, that's...
:32:33
to me, the best thing
I've ever done in my life,
:32:36
and it brings
tears to my eyes
:32:39
every time I even talk
about the story.
:32:42
Shatner: Over a period
of several years,
:32:44
we've raised several
hundred thousand dollars
:32:47
for these 3 charities.
This is what Star Trek does.
:32:50
Star Trek is part entertainment
and part philosophy,
:32:53
and this part of Star Trek
goes unnoticed
:32:56
to most of the public.
:32:58
I have a question.
Have you thought
:32:59
about actually talking
to schoolteachers?