Amy Robach

They were awarded $1.2 million.

And you know what they did with that money?

They founded the Denise Amber Lee Foundation to improve 911 training and accountability, not just there in their county, in their state, but nationwide.

And by the way...

They did that privately for this foundation that Nathan, her husband, still runs to this day.

But also lawmakers passed the Denise Amber Lee Act.

It was signed just a few months after her murder into law that requires 911 operators to have 200 hours of training.

That's incredible.

That's impressive.

Yes, yes, the Denise Amber Lee Act.

And her father even said that they've received phone calls.

This is actually, talk about making you feel emotional, that they have received phone calls from families all around the country who have said thank you.

Because if you hadn't,

had this act in place, my daughter wouldn't have survived.

They actually have specific instances where they can point to the training that these operators received that they wouldn't have done otherwise had they not had this act in place, that they had not had this foundation in place to improve how nationwide 911 operators do their jobs.

And thankfully, you know what, I've realized I've never had to call 911.

That's, that's a, I was just thinking like what an incredible blessing that is.

I've had, we've all had different things happen in our lives, but I have never had to call 911 in my life.

And that.

But it is incredible to know that there's someone there on the other end who has been trained specifically because of what happened in this case 18 years ago.