:33:01
accounted the cost variance
between a 10-cent bolt...
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and a million-dollar
out-of-court settlement.
:33:12
They decided to sacrifice
a few lives for the difference.
:33:15
That's what's done, Mrs. Otto.
:33:18
l've seen it happen
so many times before.
:33:21
But Dolores said
she hit a patch of ice...
:33:25
and lost control of the bus.
:33:27
Mr. Otto, how long has Dolores
been driving that bus?
:33:30
How many times has she
steered clear of danger?
:33:32
What happened that morning?
:33:41
Somebody calculated
ahead of time...
:33:43
what it would cost
to sacrifice safety.
:33:46
lt's the darkest, most cynical
thing you can imagine,
:33:49
but it's absolutely true.
:33:53
And now, it's up to me...
:33:56
to ensure moral responsibility
in this society.
:34:00
So you're just what we need.
:34:05
lsn't that what
you want us to believe?
:34:08
That you know what's best?
:34:17
You listen to me, Mrs. Otto...
:34:22
and you listen carefully.
:34:26
l do know what's best,
believe me.
:34:29
As we're sitting here talking,
:34:32
the town...
or the school board...
:34:35
or the manufacturer
of that bus...
:34:39
are lining up a battery
of their own lawyers...
:34:42
to negotiate with people
as grief-stricken as yourselves.
:34:45
That makes me very, very mad.
:34:48
That's why l came
all the way up here.
:34:51
lf everyone had done
their job with integrity,
:34:54
your son would be alive and
safely in school this morning.