Bernie Madoff victims speak out — Transcript

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1. 0:05SURE THING.
2. 0:05FELICIA: TONIGHT, TERRI PARKER
3. 0:06TALKS TO SOME LOCAL VICTIMS WHO
4. 0:07LOST IT ALL AND FIND OUT HOW ONE
5. 0:08HAS MOVED ON, AND ANOTHER IS
6. 0:11STILL FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE.
7. 0:12YOU KNOW WHAT THE CAMERA DID
8. 0:12FOR ME?
9. 0:13IT MADE ME AWARE OF THE BEAUTY
10. 0:14THAT MOST OF US FORGET AND DON'T
11. 0:18SEE.
12. 0:22TERRI: NEIL FRIEDMAN HAS STARTED
13. 0:26A NEW CAREER.
14. 0:27EVEN THOUGH HE IS 81-YEARS-OLD,
15. 0:28FRIEDMAN IS TRYING TO MAKE HIS
16. 0:28PHOTOGRAPHY BUSINESS BRING IN A
17. 0:29LITTLE MONEY AFTER HE LOST A
18. 0:30LIFETIME'S WORTH OF SAVINGS TO
19. 0:31BERNIE MADOFF.
20. 0:34WHAT DO YOU DO?
21. 0:35I DON'T WANT TO HOLD UP A BANK,
22. 0:38I DON'T WANT TO END MY LIFE.
23. 0:39TERRI: FRIEDMAN WASN'T RICH, BUT
24. 0:40THROUGH DECADES OF RUNNING AN
25. 0:41INSURANCE BUSINESS, HE SCRAPED
26. 0:42TOGETHER ENOUGH TO INVEST WITH
27. 0:42MADOFF.
28. 0:43AND OVER THE YEARS IT GREW UNTIL
29. 0:46ONE DAY, IT DISAPPEARED.
30. 0:47TO THE POINT WE LOST OVER $4
31. 0:51MILLION.
32. 0:52TERRI: FRIEDMAN AND HIS WIFE
33. 0:53WERE ALREADY RETIRED, LEFT WITH
34. 0:54NOTHING BUT SOCIAL SECURITY AND
35. 0:55DASHED DREAMS OF A SECURE
36. 0:57FUTURE.
37. 0:58CONNIE NEVER GOT OVER IT WHEN
38. 0:59SHE LEARNED ABOUT IT.
39. 1:00ALL SHE COULD THINK ABOUT WAS
40. 1:03BEING POOR AGAIN, SO SHE DIED 4
41. 1:064 YEARS AGO.
42. 1:07TERRI: ALONE AND BROKE, HE TRIED
43. 1:08TO SELL NOTE CARDS AND PUT A
44. 1:08REVERSE MORTGAGE ON HIS HOUSE,
45. 1:09AND PEOPLE DID OFFER TO HELP,
46. 1:10MAKING FRIEDMAN EMOTIONAL TO
47. 1:13REMEMBER.
48. 1:17IT WAS -- VERY HUMBLING.
49. 1:18TERRI: FRIEDMAN, ONE OF HUNDREDS
50. 1:19OF SOUTH FLORIDA VICTIMS
51. 1:21STRUGGLING AFTER LOSING THEIR
52. 1:22SAVINGS WITH MADOFF.
53. 1:23RONNIE SUE AMBROSINO AND HER
54. 1:24HUSBAND LOST $1.5 MILLION, THEIR
55. 1:26ENTIRE RETIREMENT PLAN.
56. 1:30WE SAVED, WE WORKED, WE
57. 1:34THOUGHT WE HAD A BROKER WHO WAS
58. 1:35JUST MAYBE A LITTLE SMARTER THAN
59. 1:37OTHERS.
60. 1:38TERRI: BUT SHE BLAMES THE
61. 1:39GOVERNMENT FOR NOT PAYING THE
62. 1:40VICTIMS BACK WHEN THEY WERE
63. 1:41SUPPOSED TO BE INSURED FOR UP TO
64. 1:42$500,000 BY A GOVERNMENT BACKED
65. 1:45FUND.
66. 1:48I SEE A SYSTEM THAT'S BROKEN.
67. 1:49I SEE REGULATORY AGENCIES THAT
68. 1:52ARE CORRUPT.
69. 1:53TERRI: AMBROSINO HAS BEEN
70. 1:54WORKING TO EXPOSE WHAT SHE CALLS
71. 1:57A CORRUPT SYSTEM SINCE THE
72. 1:58MADOFF SCHEME IMPLODED.
73. 2:04SHE AND HER HUSBAND WERE
74. 2:05INTERVIEWED FOR THE ABC
75. 2:05DOCUDRAMA.
76. 2:06SHE SAYS SHE'LL KEEP TRYING TO
77. 2:07TELL PEOPLE WHAT REALLY
78. 2:10HAPPENED.
79. 2:11LET US GET JUSTICE FOR THE
80. 2:12PEOPLE WHO WERE RAPED BY MADOFF.
81. 2:16I KNOW THAT'S NOT A GREAT WORD
82. 2:17BUT IT'S THE STRONGEST I CAN
83. 2:19SAY.
84. 2:20TERRI: MEANTIME, FOR FRIEDMAN,
85. 2:21LIFE HAS TAKEN A HAPPY TURN.
86. 2:23WELL, I WAS LUCKY, I MET THIS
87. 2:24YOUNG LADY IN THE GYM AND I GOT
88. 2:27THE NERVE UP TO ASK HER TO GO
89. 2:27%-
90. 2:30OUT WITH ME.
91. 2:31TERRI: LOVE ON THE TREADMILL SHE
92. 2:32SAID YES, AND MONTHS LATER,
93. 2:33FRIEDMAN AND JOANNE GEORGE
94. 2:40MARRIED.
95. 2:41DO YOU THINK I SHOULD GIVE
96. 2:42YOU YOUR BIRTHDAY PRESENT NOW
97. 2:46RATHER THAN NEXT MONTH?
98. 2:47I THINK YOU SHOULD WAIT 'TIL
99. 2:50MY ACTUAL BIRTHDAY.
100. 2:51TERRI: AND FRIEDMAN SAYS HE
101. 2:52DOESN'T WORRY BOUT BERNIE
102. 2:55MADOFF MUCH ANYMORE.
103. 2:56IF I SIT AND THINK ABOUT HIM,
104. 2:57THEN I'M GOING TO GET SICK AND I
105. 2:59DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.
106. 3:00TERRI: 77-YEAR-OLD MADOFF IS
107. 3:06SERVING A 150 YEAR SENTENCE AT A
108. 3:07FEDERAL PRISON WHERE HE HAS A
109. 3:08JOB MAKING $40 A MONTH DOING
110. 3:08SLIGHT JANITORIAL WORK.
111. 3:09MADOFF'S WIFE RUTH NO LONGER
112. 3:10VISITS HIM ONE SON COMMITTED
113. 3:11SUICIDE, ANOTHER DIED OF LUNG
114. 3:12CANCER AND WHILE MADOFF'S LAWYER
115. 3:15SAYS HE IS HAUNTED BY HIS SON'S
116. 3:16SUICIDE, HE HAS LITTLE REMORSE
117. 3:19OVER THE 20,000 PEOPLE HE