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And so Jared, my fiance and myself go down to Atlanta.

We were just gonna have dinner together with them because Jared and I had to get back on the road and celebrate our engagement.

And my mom's 50th birthday is the 23rd.

So we get a call

on the 22nd that their plane was delayed in Tokyo, that they weren't able to take off.

And you know, massive time difference and distance.

They're like, we're not getting there till tomorrow.

It's gonna be tomorrow afternoon.

It's not gonna be, I think they're supposed to land at like three or four o'clock on that Tuesday, the 22nd.

So my mom's like, get a hotel.

If you guys can stay, maybe we can have a quick dinner and you guys can make it back in time to leave on tour.

So we overnight in Atlanta by the airport and that next morning, which is the 23rd, I got a call from my sister-in-law and

I thought she was calling to ask if mom and dad had gotten there all right, or catch up with everybody.

She knew we were all together.

But she was hysterical and the only words she could get out is Josh is dead.

So that's how I learned the news.

My brother was in the shower and he heard me react to that.

And that's when he knew.

When your brother's at war, I mean, you're always a little on the edge of your seat.

There's definitely phone calls you don't want to get and times you don't want to have that phone ring.