Blayne Alexander

But a lot of times you do.

I think that my first trip to Asia was actually on assignment before I joined Dateline, but covering news in Singapore, the Trump-Kim summit in 2017.

And so that was my first time going to Asia and I went to cover news.

And it's always such an honor and kind of a privilege when you get to see different parts of the world that you otherwise wouldn't go through this job.

Absolutely.

This was such a fascinating episode for so many reasons.

I think we often talk about this, Andrea, in our Dateline stories.

Every now and then, there's just one factor, one person, one something that kind of makes the difference in maybe a crime never being reported or something not happening, and then ultimately getting justice or something actually moving.

And in this episode, I think it was the family's determination.

I was just so really, really touched by her family and how

Doggedly, they pursued this question of where did she go?

Where is our sister?

You know, I got that sense.

It's so interesting how, right, like life always moves and moves in different directions.

Yeah.

You think that you're, oh, gosh, I'm keeping in touch with this person.

But you can look up and say, gosh, some time has gone by since I've spoken to them.

So I just felt for them.

Yeah, I agree with you.

I want to talk about Alice's sisters, Josephine and Grace.