I promised Todd [Willingham] that I would attend the execution. … It was

I promised Todd [Willingham] that I would attend the execution. … It was impossible for me to go. I was incapable of that sort of travel. Sitting in a chair that long, driving to Huntsville just wouldn’t have happened. … I’m sure I would have been there. It’s something I know. I would not have denied him that, but the accident kept me from being there. At some level, the universe was giving me the excuse for not being there. … The universe was like, “Oh, you don’t have to watch this.” … It would have been a horrible thing, but I’m sure I would have gone.