. >> and andrew silva's widow, julie silva, is with me in the studio. it's not easy looking at that story, i know. >> no, it isn't. >> i know we have been talking about how hard it is to talk about andrew at this point but he was an amazing pan, so tell us a little about him. >> oh, he was the best father, the best brother, to three younger brothers and he loved his parents so much, he wanted to provide for our family. he took care of me and my son noah all the time. anything that we wanted, he would take care of us while he was deployed. >> you were planning to buy a house together? >> yeah, we were. >> i know it's really hard for you to talk about this. but he came back from afghanistan. you guys went to high school together. >> yeah. >> he joined the marines practically right out of high school? >> he did. >> so he really wanted to serve his country. >> he did. >> so he was close to home the night this accident happened. where was he going? >> he was headed to my parents' house. my brother who served. my brother whofgs stationed in japan finally came