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00:10 - I was 12 when a plane crashed into the North Tower of the
00:13 World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 and killed
00:16 my dad, Kevin Conroy.
00:18 It turned out that my family had a guardian angel.
00:28 At first, I thought the whole thing was a publicity stunt,
00:31 inviting me to a Yankees Mariners playoff game where we
00:34 sat in a luxury suite, and then flying us to Arizona for
00:37 the 2001 World Series.
00:40 But instead, it was the beginning of a
00:42 beautiful friendship.
00:44 Right from the start, Bobby Valentine was there for me and
00:46 my three sisters.
00:49 He was in the stands at our basketball games, and he came
00:51 to career day at our middle school.
00:55 And when a ball field in Brooklyn was dedicated in my
00:57 dad's honor, Bobby came for that too.
00:59 No one was ever going to replace my father, but Bobby
01:06 was always there if we needed him.
01:08 When he was managing in Japan, I'd spend my summer vacations
01:11 there, shagging flies with the team and learning how to
01:14 travel on my own in a foreign country.
01:17 What I realize now is that he was helping me to grow up.
01:21 We're family now.
01:23 He and I text or talk on the phone all the time.
01:27 Bobby says it was baseball that got me through those
01:30 terrible early days.
01:32 But the way I see it, it was Bobby who helped get me
01:34 through, and 20 years later, he's still looking out for me.
01:39 (gentle music)