NBC Sports & The Actress

The weather wasn't the greatest on that cold

November night in Colorado. But Dick

Ebersol's pilot felt they were good to take

off. As head of NBC Sports, and the man

who took the worldwide coverage of the

Olympics to a new level, Dick Ebersol is

known as one of the most powerful men

in the sporting world.

But that night, he was just a dad who lost

his son. The plane crashed on takeoff.

Dick's older son literally pulled him from

the wreckage. But his 14-year-old son

Teddy didn't make it out. A few days

later, Dick's wife and Teddy's mom,

retired actress Susan St. James, was

interviewed on NBC's "Today" show.

She spoke with amazing poise. At one

point, she talked about trying to help the

surviving kids know how to handle some

of the feelings that might come up - including

what she referred to as "resentment." Out of
her pain, she made a statement filled with so

much insight that I hope I'll never forget it.

She said, "I've always told my kids, having

resentment is like drinking poison and waiting

for the other guy to die."

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