PHILIP DUBOIS: Well, this is a young person—who read my statement on the Denver Post story, and sent me an e-mail, to me directly, and said:

E-MAIL WRITER: You and the straight people of Laramie and Wyoming are guilty of the beating of Matthew Shepard just as the Germans who looked the other way are guilty of the deaths of the Jews, the Gypsies, and the homosexuals. You have taught your straight children to hate their gay and lesbian brothers and sisters. Unless and until you acknowledge that Matt Shepard’s beating is not just a random occurrence, not just the work of a couple of random crazies, you have Matthew’s blood on your hands.

PHILIP DUBOIS: And uh, well, I just can’t begin to tell you what that does to you. And it’s like, you can’t possibly know what I’m thinking, you can’t possibly know what this has done to me and my family and my community.

MOMENT: VIGILS

(We see images of the vigils taking place around the country in the monitors as:)

NARRATOR: That first week alone, vigils were held in Laramie, Denver, Fort Collins, and Colorado Springs. Soon after in Detroit, Chicago, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Nashville, Minneapolis, and Portland, Maine, among others. In Los Angeles, five thousand people gathered, and in New York City a political rally ended in civil disobedience and hundreds of arrests. And the Poudre Valley Hospital Web site received close to a million visitors from across the country and around the world, all expressing hope for Matthew’s recovery.

MOMENT: MEDICAL UPDATE

NARRATOR: Matthew Shepard medical update at nine A.M., Sunday, October eleventh.

(RULON STACEY is in front of the cameras. We see him on the monitors.)

RULON STACEY: As of nine A.M. today, Matthew Shepard remains in critical condition. The family continues to emphasize that the media respect their privacy. The family also wants to thank the American public for their kind thoughts and concern for Matthew.

MOMENT: LIVE AND LET LIVE

JEDADIAH SCHULTZ: There are certain things when I sit in church.

NARRATOR: Jedadiah Schultz: