Adelaida Elizabeth

Key quotes from the official 60 Minutes transcript, grouped by theme. Source: CBS News transcript. On Lindsay’s decline “No. I could piece together what it was like to be really, really anxious or depressed, but I didn’t know how to manage a postpartum illness. I think mental illness has this ability to be tragically deceptive. So I’m sure there are things that I didn’t see.” “December was a big struggle for her—just a huge lack of sleep, deep, deep depression, intrusive thoughts, and at the end of that month she went to the hospital.” On Callan “I really thought there was a chance that Callan would live. And I remember just thinking, ‘Just gimme one. Just gimme one kid, and I would raise him as best I could, and I would give him the best life I possibly could. I’d tell him about his brother and sister.’” “I’m so grateful for those four days that I had with him. And I’m so grateful he hung on.” “I said, ‘I’m so sorry.’ And I got to hold him. I got to lay down next to him. And he died in my arms.” On forgiveness “I saw headlines that said, you know, ‘Killer Mom,’ and ‘Baby Murderer,’ ‘Monster.’ And none of ’em were accurate. I believe that it was her mental illness that caused that. … When it comes to forgiveness, I also felt that if I didn’t get there, I would be eaten up inside forever.” Asked if Lindsay ever asked for forgiveness: “No. But I gave it to her.” On whether she remembered the killings: “She said it was like a dream. And she remembered it much in the way you would remember a dream after waking up.” On guilt and grief “I think I did the best I could with what I had at the time. And I live with the outcome. I live with it every day.” “There was a time where I didn’t think I would live to see my 35th birthday. And I was completely fine with it.” On Callan’s first birthday after the deaths: “I go to St. Patrick’s Cathedral. I light a candle, and I say, ‘I love you, buddy.’ And I walk out on Fifth Avenue and I start crying my eyes out. And nobody cared. … I thought, ‘This is where I need to be. I can grieve.’” On a dream about Cora: “I’m in the kitchen at the house, and Cora walks in. And I just look at her and I basically just said, ‘Where have you been?’ And she comes up to me and gives me a big hug. Those dreams are so real. It’s like I’m lucid in those dreams.” A widely circulated CBS clip from the same interview package, not in the printed transcript body: Patrick Clancy: “I talk to them.” Ross Douthat: “What do you say?” Clancy: “Help me. All the time.” Douthat: “Do they help you?” Clancy: “I like to believe they do. It’s a way I stay connected to them.” On the trial and online theories “We did take a break right before they played the 911 call, which I knew was gonna be just horrific. And I went to a back room, and I started having this massive traumatic panic attack. My heart was pounding. And they put me in an ambulance. They offered me some medication, but I said, ‘I don’t want it, ’cause I want to go back and I want to finish this so I can be done with this.’ And I went back and I finished the testimony.” “It’s deeply harmful to the legacy of my children. It is a huge distraction from what really matters here, which is perinatal mental health. And it’s done real harm to real people, myself included but also others.” “It’s painful to see. And it makes it difficult to be in public and it’s possible that some of those people after seeing lie after lie after lie, they start to believe it and that’s what we’re left with.” Rachel Danis and starting a family Rachel Danis, on first seeing a photo of the children on his phone: “I just asked, ‘Who are those cuties?’ And Pat said, ‘Those are my kids.’ And then I think I asked if they live in Massachusetts, and Pat said, ‘They died.’ And this is just at the cashier.” “I know I can’t fix—I can’t bring his kids back. But if I can honor them and allow Pat to grieve but also just continue to honor them in the present, I guess that’s all I can do.” Patrick Clancy: “My life has changed since I met Rachel in such a positive way.” “I think every parent can agree, you have different relationships with your kids, but they’re all your kids. And I can’t wait to tell them about their brothers and sister.”