Mike Barnett

…Uh and that was Mike Barnett, who uh was uh Wayne's agent at the time in 1994, uh when the CBC where I was working, we financed the the Wayne Gretzky tour into Europe just before the lockout ended.…

…And so he would turn around and head back home without even speaking to his son. Then, when Mike's dad got home, he turned on the news, and the news was showing live coverage of his son trapped in that grate. And just a couple of minutes later, Mike's dad would watch his son die on the news. By the time that doctor arrived with that special saw to cut off M…

…And they told Mike's father they were doing everything they could to try to get his son out. And for now, they told him he just needed to go home. And so even though Mike's dad did not want to abandon his son, he could tell with all these police standing there in front of him, there was no way he was going to be able to go up there with a son.…