20 Minutes to Live

On January 13th, I was walking through the grocery store with my mother and daughter when I noticed that I'd missed a call from my son, Devin, who was vacationing in Hawaii.

I played Devin's voicemail and listened as he very calmly told me that I didn't have to worry. The alert of an incoming ballistic missile, headed for Hawaii, had been a false alarm. He was safe, after spending a terrifying 25 minutes huddled in a storm drain with about a dozen other people.

This was the first I'd heard about the false missile alarm, which in a way was a mixed blessing. As it turned out, Devin was never in any real danger. Had I known about the alarm as it was happening, the stress and the worry might have been too much for this father to bear.

Of course, my concern was nothing compared to what Devin went through, and on today's show, he talks to us about how his experience impacted him in the moment, and how it's changed his outlook on life.