VIDEO: Parents of CT Shooting Victim Meet with Shooter's Father
Robbie and Alissa Parker, parents of Newtown, Conn. shooting victim Emilie Parker, revealed on CBS THIS MORNING that they had met with shooter Adam Lanza's father Peter, in an interview that was broadcast today, March 21, 2013 on the CBS Television Network.
In Thursday's report, Alissa Parker told Norah O'Donnell she initiated the meeting with Peter Lanza. "I felt strongly that I needed to tell him something," she said.
More of O'Donnell's interview with the Parkers, in which they reveal the details of their meeting with Lanza and how their lives have changed in the 100 days since the shooting that left 26 people dead, will be broadcast Friday, March 22, 2013, on CBS THIS MORNING (7:00-9:00 AM). Watch today's appearance below.
Excerpts from the interview are below.
Norah O'Donnell: I understand that you met with Peter Lanza, Adam Lanza's father. Why did you meet with him?
ALISSA PARKER: That was kind of my doing. I guess the reason why I felt strongly that I needed to tell him something. And I needed to get that out of my system. (Laughs) I felt very motivated to do it and that I felt really good about it, I prayed about it, and it was something that I needed to do.
