The “Nightline” crew came back for its third and final visit.
The whole tenor of the thing was different now. Less like an interview, more like a sad farewell.
Ted Koppel had called several times before coming up, and he had asked Morrie, “Do you think you can handle it?”
Morrie wasn't sure he could. “I'm tired all the time now, Ted.
And I'm choking a lot. If I can't say something, will you say it for me?”
Koppel said sure. And then the normally stoic anchor added this:
If you don't want to do it, Morrie, it's okay. I'll come up and say good-bye anyhow.”
Later, Morrie would grin mischievously and say, “I'm getting to him.”
And he was. Koppel now referred to Morrie as “a friend.”
My old professor had even coaxed compassion out of the television business.
For the interview, which took place on a Friday afternoon, Morrie wore the same shirt he'd had on the day before.
He changed shirts only every other day at this point, and this was not the other day, so why break routine?
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