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Harrison's pain is amplified by regret—the most oppressive feeling stemming from his son's death. He admits to constantly questioning his parental interventions: “What if I just grabbed him, locked him in the back of my truck, drove him to Oregon?” These thoughts exemplify the torment that accompanies the loss of a child, revealing how Rick Harrison grapples with the notion of whether he could have prevented his son's death.
This cycle of potential alternatives and “what-ifs” pervades his existence. “There’s not a day I don’t go by thinking about it,” he confessed, giving the audience a glimpse into the emotional weight carried by a parent who has lost a child.