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At 9:40 a.m. on the day of his scheduled suicide,

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Craig Ewert arrive sat the apartment

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where he and Mary are met by Arthur Bernard

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and Sylvan Luley of Dignitas.

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He begins the process that will lead, within hours,

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to his death.

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Are you all right?

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Okay.

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I move you here on the terrace, is all right?

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I explain now to you the procedure, hmm?

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Okay.

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First, I'll give you a drink to support your stomach.

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And when you drink that, we have time.

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You can wait half an hour, about.

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Then, you can take the last medicament.

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I have another question, Mr. Ewert.

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When you drink the last medicament,

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I usually make a video, just of the act of drinking,

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so that the Swiss officials that I can see

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that you have drunk it yourself and nobody helped you.

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Of course, if it's necessary, I can hold the glass,

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but you have to drink it yourself.

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So, if you don't mind, I’ll make this video,

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if you have no objections.

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It's not my intent to cause difficulties for anyone.

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You are helping me.

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But it's you that...you decide, huh?

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And you decide when it is time that you want to drink.

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Okay.

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You can tell me.

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We can wait.

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We can talk.

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You have... I have time the whole day.

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It's up to you.

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So, it doesn't matter if you drink the first drink,

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or if you want to wait.

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I might as well.

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You take it now, huh?

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Okay. I go and prepare it.

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Okay.

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As I explained, we have a special device

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which is meant to switch off the current supply for the...

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for the breathing aide.

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Yes.

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So, if the timer starts,

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and it's set to about 45 minutes,

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then, after 45 minutes, it will switch off the...

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the electricity supply to the breathing aide.

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If you want to take the first drink.

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NARRATOR: At around 11:00 A.M.,

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Craig drinks the medicine that will prepare his stomach

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for the lethal sedative to come.

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Give me some apple juice.

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How does it taste?

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Not too bad, huh?

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It's not too bad, but I sure wouldn't...

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I wouldn't rank it high on my favorites.

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You prefer apple juice, huh?

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Okay.

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I think it might be good if you do a quick rehearsal

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where you can activate the switch.

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Okay.

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The easiest is to press with your fingers.

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You have to...I'll hold this for you,

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and you have to activate it if you can.

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No.

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Well, then, the alternative is to bite on it.

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Do you think you can handle that?

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I can do that.

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Okay, well, let's try it.

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Okay.

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I'll hold it for you.

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There we go.

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And now, the timer is set on 45 minutes, all right.

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I guess I'm mildly curious.

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I beg your pardon?

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I see that there are settings for 15 minutes, 25 minutes.

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Why was 45 minutes chosen?

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Well, 45 minutes have been chosen because,

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after the drinking the sodium pentobarbital,

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you fall asleep, usually around...

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within about five minutes.

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Sometimes it takes a little bit longer, a little bit shorter,

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but usually it's around four or five minutes.

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And then, the effects of the sodium pentobarbital

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come after usually about half an hour.

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Ah, okay.

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So, that leaves sufficient time to say,

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"Well, sodium pentobarbital worked,"

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and death would have occurred if not the breathing aide

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would keep you alive, so to say.

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Okay, that makes sense to me.

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I've learned something new.

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Every day, learn something new.

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Even in the last moments.

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Even in the last day.

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Thank you.

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No problem.

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So, I guess I'm ready for the medicine.

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Shall I prepare the medicament, huh?

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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Scratch my left eyebrow.

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Ah.

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My right eye, underneath.

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Ah, thank you.

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Okay.

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Thanks.

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All righty.

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I think I see my medicine.

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Can I give you a big kiss?

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Of course.

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Okay. I love you.

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I love you, sweetheart.

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So much.

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Okay.

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Have a safe journey, and I'll see you some day.

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Are you ready to activate the timer?

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I'm ready to activate.

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Okay.

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Bernard, ready?

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Yep.

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Okay. Very good.

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There we go.

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The timer is switched on now, and it's now running.

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Mr. Ewert, if you drink this, you are going to die.

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Yes.

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Ugh.

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Ugh, give me some more apple juice.

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Please.

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Can I have some music?

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Music?

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Music.

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Okay, just a little bit more, it looks like.

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Can you drink this?

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Yes. All right.

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That's all.

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(Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony” plays)

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Just a little bit.

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Just a little bit.

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Thank you.

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Safe journey. Have a good sleep.

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(Beethoven's Ninth Symphony plays)

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Some apple juice, no?

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(Beethoven's Ninth Symphony plays)

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♪ ♪

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(monitor flat lines)

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He's gone.

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He's gone.

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NARRATOR: As required under Swiss law,

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Arthur Bernard telephones the police to notify them

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of Craig Ewert's suicide.

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In a routine procedure

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that the Swiss prosecutor did not want filmed,

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the authorities conducted brief investigation

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and watched the videotape.

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After they determined that Craig's suicide

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had been voluntary, his body was taken to a crematorium.

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The Ewerts had already paid Dignitas about $4,500

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to cover the cost of his assisted suicide,

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cremation and shipment of his ashes back to Mary.

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From her hotel, Mary Ewert phoned her children

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and other family members,

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and e-mailed close friends to tell them of Craig's death.

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If, in some ways, I seem a bit contained,

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I think it's because, in a sense,

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I lost Craig six months ago, as he was.

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And so, with that said, we still had time to talk.

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And we talked a lot.

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So, in that way, I probably...

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we probably had more of one another than, maybe,

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in the past.

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But, sort of the healthy “life goes on" sort of manner,

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that was gone, and I think I was very sad when that happened.

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I say I feel his presence.

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Now, to some people, that would be like the spirit

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hovering or whatever.

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I don't know.

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But I know that we had a great time together,

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and that he left me with a lot of happy memories.

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So, where he is is really immaterial.

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Someone once said, “He is not completely gone

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as long as one person remembers his name."

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My love and best wishes to all of you.