'Breakdown' Episode 6: 'I think there's hope'

The FRONTLINE Dispatch

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🗓️ 31 December 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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The FRONTLINE Dispatch presents: Breakdown (from Maine Public Radio, The Portland Press Herald, and FRONTLINE).

In the aftermath of Lewiston, healing and recovery is taking many forms. One shooting location was renovated and reopened. Another has become a nonprofit that serves some of the area’s most vulnerable residents. One victim’s father now advocates for increased gun control while dozens of others have joined a lawsuit against the federal government. And the shooter’s sister has made it her mission to raise awareness about traumatic brain injury among military service members.

In our final episode of “Breakdown,” we look at how some have turned their anguish into action.

To hear the previous episodes in the series, subscribe to Breakdown: Turning Anguish Into Action on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

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0:00.0	The Frontline Dispatch is made possible by the Abrams Foundation, committed to excellence in journalism,
0:05.8	and by the Frontline Journalism Fund, with major support from John and Joanne Hegler.
0:11.1	Hey, Arthur.
0:12.2	Hey there.
0:14.1	Did you get your coffee?
0:15.4	I did.
0:16.6	Is this okay?
0:17.7	It is.
0:19.4	On a sunny September afternoon, I meet Arthur Barnard outside what used to be a Lewiston pool hall,
0:26.2	where he and his oldest son liked to hang out.
0:29.9	Little Artie was 6'5 and 280 pounds.
0:33.8	He loved pool, and he was good at it.
0:36.4	His dad started teaching him to play when he was 10.
0:40.2	Depending on how he's feeling, Arthur usually stops by at least a couple of times a month
0:45.4	and sits in his car in the parking lot. As trucks rattle up and down the street, Arthur holds
0:53.2	a photograph of his son in his lap and talks to him.
0:57.7	He tells little Artie how his kids are doing, how proud he is of him, and how he wishes things could have turned out differently.
1:05.6	I was proud of the way he treated his kids. He was fair. He was firm. He kept things fun at the same time.
1:13.5	I was proud of the man that he was.
1:24.0	Arthur and I have spoken several times over the past year, but this is our first time meeting here, the place he last saw his son alive.
1:36.3	On October 25, 2023, a gunman walked into a bowling alley across town and opened fire, killing eight people.
1:45.6	Then he drove to Schmengee's Bar and Grill. He left his car running and went inside. In 78
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