Welcome to a special double episode of The Terri Schiavo Story, our final episode in Season 1. Lawless is a new true crime podcast that examines a frightening fact of American life: That not every crime is against the law. I’m New York Times bestselling author and WORLD Magazine senior writer Lynn Vincent. That means that state police…and the local cops guarding Terri… are headed for a showdown.įrom WORLD Radio, and the creative team that brings you The World and Everything in It: This is Lawless. They’re going to take Terri into protective custody. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement dispatches a car and a doctor. But there’s a third rescue attempt in the works. Terri’s parents issue a statement saying they don’t want any more civil disobedience. NPR: Bo Gritz, a former Green Beret commando and leader of far right militia movement, decided that he would come in on his own and try to rescue Terri Schiavo. Morana wasn’t the only one planning a rescue. And she's not on any machinery, we just put her on a stretcher, and we have a jet waiting, a private jet that we’ll get a donor to donate and we'll fly her to a nearby island like Bermuda or Nassau… JANET MORANA: We just get all the ones who want to rescue Terri, we have a plan, we go in the middle of the night we just march in there.
A kind of smash-and-grab operation…without the smash. By this time Morana and a coalition of pro-life and direct action protesters had discussed a plan to rescue Terri. And her eyes were dashing back and forth. And Terri is entering her second week with no food or water. Blocking protesters from entering hospice grounds. PROTESTORS: Let Terri live, let Terri live The street outside vibrates with prayer and protests. It is one of the most bitter and controversial legal battles in the country.Īt the center of the storm: Florida Hospice of the Suncoast. OPRAH: Okay, should Terri Schiavo live or die. LYNN VINCENT, HOST: In the second week of March 2005, the whole country is talking about Terri Schiavo.
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