WEBVTT - Introducing: Sympathy Pains

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<v Speaker 1>It was a charity bike gride on Long Island, New

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<v Speaker 1>York for young breast cancer survivors. Everyone's patting each on

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<v Speaker 1>their backs, saying you got this. This is incredible. People

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<v Speaker 1>are singing and cheering. Liz Hickock's was volunteering at a

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<v Speaker 1>rest stop. Someone asked if she would take a picture

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<v Speaker 1>of one of the riders. She was told that the

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<v Speaker 1>woman was towards the back of the pack. She said,

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<v Speaker 1>she has a pink sock and she has a green

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<v Speaker 1>sock on. When I saw her, she had flown past

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<v Speaker 1>me and gone into the rest stop, and I said,

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<v Speaker 1>oh my gosh, you must be Sarah, Sarah Delashman. She

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<v Speaker 1>texted Sarah the photo and that might have been the

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<v Speaker 1>end of it, But later Liz started noticing Sarah on

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<v Speaker 1>the Young Survivor's Facebook group. She would post pictures of

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<v Speaker 1>herself sitting in what looked like a hospital bid getting

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<v Speaker 1>the juice today, looking for prayers and support, getting radiation,

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<v Speaker 1>Pictures of herself in what kind of a halo? A

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<v Speaker 1>medical halo that you would use you were having brain surgery.

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<v Speaker 1>One day, Sarah wrote to Liz saying that she was

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<v Speaker 1>going to be near her town. I'm going to take

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<v Speaker 1>a chance here and I'm going to drive up and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to see you For a weekend, Liz and

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<v Speaker 1>her husband hung out with Sarah. Sarah sat in the

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<v Speaker 1>hammock and she said, this is now my happy place.

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<v Speaker 1>We wanted her to have almost like adult fun camp

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<v Speaker 1>weekend because honestly, we didn't know if we were going

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<v Speaker 1>to see her again. That wasn't something they needed to

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<v Speaker 1>worry about. We got a text from her saying, guess what, guys,

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<v Speaker 1>my flight was canceled. She came back again the next weekend,

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<v Speaker 1>and it turned around and I saw Sarah and it

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<v Speaker 1>was like I saw a ghost. And the next she

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<v Speaker 1>crashed our family reunion in every way until the day

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<v Speaker 1>everything fell apart. You see, Sarah was never who she

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<v Speaker 1>pretended to be. I looked right into her eyes and

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<v Speaker 1>didn't see Sarah. It was this different person and her

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<v Speaker 1>eyes were absolutely black. Turns out there were a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of Sarah's. She found these communities where she knew she

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't going to be questioned, and she would try to

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<v Speaker 1>find easy targets. I couldn't quite understand how she got

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<v Speaker 1>away with will this for so long. It was just unbelievable.

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<v Speaker 1>She was very obsessed with babies and very obsessed with pregnancies. Finally,

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<v Speaker 1>she told one lie too many. She found people who

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<v Speaker 1>show a tremendous amount of empathy, and she exploited that

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<v Speaker 1>her victims know exactly what Sarah did to them, but

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<v Speaker 1>they were faced with a problem. How do you find

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<v Speaker 1>justice when no law has been broken but you are.

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<v Speaker 1>It was just unbelievable that somebody could be so cold

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<v Speaker 1>and just heart like, just heartless. I'm Laura Beale. Listened

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<v Speaker 1>to my six part series Sympathy Pains from Neon Hum

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<v Speaker 1>Media and I Heart Radio. She will not stop because

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<v Speaker 1>she does not know how to stop. Listen and subscribe

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