“Just give me one kid.”
That’s what raced through Patrick Clancy’s mind as he held his 5-month-old son Callan who died in his arms after his wife Lindsay killed the couple’s three children.
In his first interview since his wife’s mistrial, Patrick Clancy spoke with “60 Minutes” Sunday, saying: “I remember that night, I really thought there was a chance that Callan would live.
“And I remember just thinking, ‘Just give me one. Just give me one kid, and I would raise him as best I could, and I would give him the best life I possibly could. And I’d tell him about his brother and sister.
“And I was holdin’ out hope for that. And then when I got to the hospital, I saw the doctor. I saw the look on her face, and – and I knew that it – it wasn’t gonna be – a good prognosis.”
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Patrick Clancy talks about the final days with his 8-month-old son, Callan.
“I really thought there was a chance that Callan would live,” he tells 60 Minutes. “And remember just thinking, ‘Just gimme one. Just gimme one kid,’ and I would raise him as best I could, and I would… pic.twitter.com/5HMfnujj1d
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Patrick indicated Lindsay never asked him to forgive her, but he decided to nonetheless.
“I saw headlines that said, you know, ‘killer mom’ and ‘baby murderer,’ ‘monster,’ and none of them were accurate,” Patrick said. “I believe that it was her mental illness that caused that.”
He thought he would be consumed by anger if he did not offer forgiveness.
“I felt that if I didn’t get there, I would be eaten up inside,” he said.
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