Charged: The Eduardo Garcia Story Page #3

that we're in a

freaking hospital.

Yes, I got it!

Nailed that sucker!

I've been trying that

for like 10 times.

[Boy]

I'll help you.

[Boy #2] God it's cold.

Hurry up.

I didn't have a dad

growing up.

There was really no one

looking over us saying,

"Don't do that or

don't do this."

It was really our

world to discover

and make our own mistakes

and learn from them.

I just remember that

they were both crazy

and having them both

together was chaos.

Yeah man, what's up with you?

Hey, b*tch, come on.

Yeah, you think you're bad.

[Kathie] They had

a lot of energy.

I tried the best I could

to keep Eddie in line.

[Eduardo] I guess

my educational history

is kicked out of nine

different schools

starting with preschool,

disruptive behavior.

First grade was for

filling condoms with piss

and throwing them

down the hallway.

I started a fire in

the boy's bathroom

so I got kicked

out of that school.

[Eugenio] Got into a fight,

we kind of both got kicked

out in that situation

but I think he was

leading the charge.

Eugene, he was 11 years old,

never even thought about

not having a father

and he goes, "I need

to meet my father."

And she said, "Okay."

And within months,

it was literally that fast.

Where's dad and then

we're in Mexico.

All I knew is he was this

incredibly dark, tanned

pirate looking figure

that fished for

sharks and lobster

and lived this crazy

jungle lifestyle.

He was like a hero.

It was idyllic,

me and my twin

brother running around

just having a blast.

Hi, mom.

Hi, guys.

(mariachi music)

We decided to

get together again.

We went through a lot of

changes, a lot of changes,

and then me becoming

pregnant with Ellie

and integrating into a family.

[Eduardo] The first

time my dad's actually

gotten to make a snowball.

I don't know if he

expected himself

to play dad all of a sudden.

Hey, dad, no,

don't throw it!

Say hi.

Hi.

And we're gonna

go say hi to Eduardo

who's having lunch

and he does not know

that dad is here.

(speaking in Spanish)

It's a surprise.

He doesn't know you're here.

No (speaking in

Spanish).

[Eugenio] Whistle, whistle.

(whistling)

(speaking in Spanish)

Hey, how you doing?

How you doing?

Thank you, thank you to be here.

(speaking in Spanish)

[Eduardo] For many years,

he wasn't really my dad,

he was a friend.

[Manuel] Watch it,

don't break the line.

Don't break the line.

It's a big fish, wow.

It's big fish.

Ha ha!

[Eduardo] At 13,

I started using drugs

and then I started smoking

cigarettes with my dad

and doing drugs with my dad

and drinking with my dad

and he becomes my best friend

because he's not telling me no.

And I was already

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