Nightline (ABC) - 2008-10-01
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[0:07] Tonight on Night Line, crossing the
[0:09] line. How this school teacher hid her
[0:11] affair with a middle school boy, then
[0:13] fled with him to Mexico in a desperate
[0:16] attempt to escape. She explains why she
[0:18] risked it all in an exclusive Jailhouse
[0:21] interview. Preparing Palin. Rarely
[0:23] before has a candidate drawn so much
[0:25] attention on the eve of the vice
[0:27] presidential debate. Everyone's got an
[0:29] opinion. So, what will happen? Train
[0:31] wreck or triumph? And halfway home?
[0:34] Breaking news tonight as the Senate
[0:36] passes the economic rescue bill. Wall
[0:38] Street has a helping hand. But what does
[0:40] Main Street think? We head to a real
[0:43] Main Street to find out. From the global
[0:46] resources of ABC News with Terry Moran,
[0:49] Martin Basher, and Cynthia Mcbaden in
[0:52] New York City, this is Night Line,
[0:55] October 1st, 2008.
[0:58] Good evening everyone. I'm Terry Moran.
[1:00] She was supposed to be his role model, a
[1:03] young middle school teacher and single
[1:05] mother in rural Nebraska who taught math
[1:08] to children. But when Kelsey Peterson
[1:11] took one 13-year-old student as her
[1:13] lover and escaped with him to Mexico,
[1:16] she went from teacher to fugitive to
[1:18] convicted sex offender. Even today, as
[1:20] she sits in a federal prison and her
[1:22] daughter grows up without her, Peterson
[1:25] says she still cares deeply about the
[1:28] boy. But what would possess an educator
[1:30] to do such a thing to a child placed in
[1:33] her trust? Jan Crawford Greenberg asked
[1:36] her that in an exclusive jail house
[1:38] interview.
[1:39] >> I remember the first day he kissed me. I
[1:41] was totally shocked. I was I can
[1:44] remember thinking,