Our top 25 countdown continues. At number eight is Judge Esther Salas. On July 19,

20, 20, Judge Salas' family was targeted in a violent attack by a self-described anti-feminist.

Her husband, Mark, was injured in the attack, and their son, Daniel, their only child, 20 at the time, was killed.

Judge Salas tells me how she summoned the strength to get through that day

and the days that have followed, the work she's doing to protect other federal judges and their

families, and the love and joy that is Daniel's legacy. Know that Judge Salas described the

violence inflicted on her family in detail, so listen only if and when we're ready.

First time, her family in detail. So listen only if and when we're ready. First, how are you?

Thanks, be to God. I am great. And my husband's doing fantastic. So we're blessed.

And it has been a long road to get to that point. We're going to talk about that long road.

We're going to talk about what has road. We're going to talk about

what has happened in the past year and a half. But I want to start with everything that came

before that. You and I, both Union City Girls. Yes. In the house. Best in the world. In fact,

you grew up 15th in Bergelina. I grew up 15th between Burgaline and West, so literally like right there. Tell me about those early days growing up

in Union City. So my mom and dad were together. They met. It was one of those world win

romances. My dad's Mexican. My mom's Cuban, and she fell in love with

the imprints charming. And as sadly things happen, their relationship took an untenable turn

based on their own upbringings. My dad had a very strict way of living and expected perfection from mom and from his children.

And eventually that ended up in a very untenable situation for mom.

And so in the middle of the night, on a red-eye flight from California to Union City,

my mom packed everything she could in a couple of

suitcases. And we ended up in Union City on a cold December morning. And my uncle, who was a

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