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casey puckett and darren rolfs. both lured out of retirement by the thrill of the sport.world thought they hung them up, the revival is taking the word comeback to the extreme. you're both in your 30s, and you're in this new wild and crazy sport. when the heck are you going to grow up? >> that's why we're doing it. why grow up, you know? >> there is an element of craziness, because, you know, it's all up in the amplt whir. when you step into that gate, you don't have control over it. you have control over what you're doing, but you don't have control over the tee guys you're competing against. >> reporter: he's one of the most decorated downhill skiers in u.s. history, winning 12 world cup races. he retired from the sport in 2006. he and wife, michelle, now have two children. puckett retired in 2002 and also has two children with his former wife, kate. >> it's like two lives, you know. i come home, and i immerse myself in the lives of my daughters and try to spend as much time as i can with them. >> when they're not pulling their kids on a bike, they're pushing themselves
casey puckett and darren rolfs. both lured out of retirement by the thrill of the sport.world thought they hung them up, the revival is taking the word comeback to the extreme. you're both in your 30s, and you're in this new wild and crazy sport. when the heck are you going to grow up? >> that's why we're doing it. why grow up, you know? >> there is an element of craziness, because, you know, it's all up in the amplt whir. when you step into that gate, you don't have control over...
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when we first met andrea puckett, liz newman's daughter, back in november, she told us that no one from ray's organization called her to tell her she was in the hospital, and when she arrived at the hospital, she found her mother in a coma. >> it was difficult. knowing that just, you know, a week and a half earlier i dropped my mom off at the airport, and she was in perfect health. watching her gasp for breath was the hardest thing i've ever done. >> reporter: who do you blame for this? >> i think a lot of fault falls on james ray. like i said, they knew each other for seven years. she trusted him to keep her safe. and when she needed him most, he left. he didn't contact our family and just left her there to die. >> reporter: ray's bond has been set at $5 million. tonight, abc news has learned that ray, who once had a best selling book, may not have the money to post bond. i'm dan harris for "nightline" in new york. >>> and in a statement tonight, ray's attorney called the deaths a terrible accident and the charges unjust, adding that ray cooperated with authorities every step of the in
when we first met andrea puckett, liz newman's daughter, back in november, she told us that no one from ray's organization called her to tell her she was in the hospital, and when she arrived at the hospital, she found her mother in a coma. >> it was difficult. knowing that just, you know, a week and a half earlier i dropped my mom off at the airport, and she was in perfect health. watching her gasp for breath was the hardest thing i've ever done. >> reporter: who do you blame for...
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. >> reporter: for andrea puckett, it doesn't bring back her mother, but the arrest of the man who police say was responsible for liz newman's death does bring some comfort. >> that's been a couple of voids in our life, obviously my mom and the other void is justice. we're happy to see this step. >> reporter: andrea and her family have been try iing to understand how her mother's spiritual retreat to arizona, to see someone she so admired, self-help guru james arthur ray, ended in her death. >> i think about my mom every day. i cry every day. and just dealing with it from moment to moment, trying to get back to a normal life. >> and now we turn overseas to london. mystery surrounds a real-life sleeping beauty. rare disorder causes her to sleep for up to two weeks at a time. here is nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: unlike the fairy tale, this sleeping beauty has no prince charming coming to wake her up. she has kleine-levin syndrome, with only 1,000 known cases around the world. >> this kind of state lasts for about one to two weeks generally, and then it disappears suddenly. so, people
. >> reporter: for andrea puckett, it doesn't bring back her mother, but the arrest of the man who police say was responsible for liz newman's death does bring some comfort. >> that's been a couple of voids in our life, obviously my mom and the other void is justice. we're happy to see this step. >> reporter: andrea and her family have been try iing to understand how her mother's spiritual retreat to arizona, to see someone she so admired, self-help guru james arthur ray,...
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but those, puckett's other concern is like all the democrats who were on board with this, he represents a fairly conservative district and could face a tough reelection battle this year. bill: there were democrats who stuck by the ultimate goal of this, what do they have to say? >> reporter: they pretty much defend the president on this and say the state legislative action at this point will probably be overridden by any national legislation, so the virginia senate's effort, they say, will probably be a wasted effort, as democratic senator richard saslau said, it would not be worth the paper it's written on and everybody knows it, everybody knows this bill is nothing more than a brochure bill, by that he suggested bills were suggested to make a political point but would not have meaning in reality. bill: it's a new wrinkle, we'll see how far it goes, steve centanni, thanks from washington. martha: actually, virginia, if it worked, it would be the second state behind arizona to pass the measure in defiance of this proposed legislation in washington. in fact, virginia is just one of 29 st
but those, puckett's other concern is like all the democrats who were on board with this, he represents a fairly conservative district and could face a tough reelection battle this year. bill: there were democrats who stuck by the ultimate goal of this, what do they have to say? >> reporter: they pretty much defend the president on this and say the state legislative action at this point will probably be overridden by any national legislation, so the virginia senate's effort, they say,...