Cassie Zervos

And because I'm on mat leave, I'm thinking DF, and then it registered Desi Freeman.

And I'm standing there with my baby and I'm thinking, is this real?

Like, what's going on?

Because, of course, over the course of the seven months, there was so much information and rumours and, oh, there's been a sighting, there's a spotting, oh, there's, you know, special operations group, they found him.

And I thought, okay.

This seems just different.

The tone just seems different.

I reached out to a few other contacts and the language was all the same.

Yes, confirmed.

I messaged one officer.

They said, just a thumbs up.

Sent me the emoji, just a thumbs up.

And I go, I think we're on here.

But the decision to then call the newsroom and break it on live television was,

It was risky because you want to be the first to break it, but the main priority is being right.

Like as a journalist, it's your credibility.

So I just said to this contact, I'm about to break this on national television.

And he goes, go for it.

I'll back you, kind of vibe.

And it was just a decision on my newsroom.