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- 0:18[SPEAKER_00]: Savannah Guthrie is grappling with the painful possibility that her fame may have led to her mother's abduction.
- 0:23[SPEAKER_00]: During a tearful interview with Hota Kopy on Thursday, the 54-year-old today host recounted the moment she learned her 84-year-old mother, Nancy, was missing after
- 0:33[SPEAKER_00]: Guthrie shared, I just said, do you think because of me?
- 0:36[SPEAKER_00]: And he said, I'm sorry, sweetie, but yeah, maybe.
- 0:41[SPEAKER_00]: But I knew that.
- 0:42[SPEAKER_00]: In disbelief, she recalled her initial panic, thinking Nancy had simply suffered a medical episode, but then realizing something more sinister had happened.
- 0:50[SPEAKER_00]: Her phone was there and her purse was there and all her things, and it just didn't make any sense, she said, describing the chaos that ensued as she called hospitals and police.
- 1:00[SPEAKER_00]: Nancy was taken from her Tucson Arizona home in the early hours of February 1st, with surveillance footage showing a masked figure near the property.
- 1:08[SPEAKER_00]: Despite the Guthrie's offering a $1 million reward for information, the investigation has seen little progress, with no suspects identified and leads such as discarded gloves failing to yield results.
- 1:19[SPEAKER_00]: In her first interview since the abduction, Guthrie urged, someone needs to do the right thing and come forward with information.
- 1:26[SPEAKER_00]: She conveyed her emotional turmoil, stating, we are in agony, and reflected on the night she wakes up imagining her mother's terror.
- 1:33[SPEAKER_00]: To think of what she went through,
- 1:35[SPEAKER_00]: I will not hide my face, but she needs to come home now.
- 1:38[SPEAKER_00]: Guthrie emphasized her eyes filled with tears.
- 1:41[SPEAKER_01]: The heart-wrenching situation has left Guthrie desperate for answers as she continues to navigate this unimaginable ordeal.