Nightline's ted Koppel explained in his introduction as retold by Abbott: "Cheadle wanted his wife and daughters to get a sense of the kind of suffering that is so widespread in Africa."

Nightline's ted Koppel explained in his introduction, as retold by Abbott: "Cheadle wanted his wife and daughters to get a sense of the kind of suffering that is so widespread in Africa."

ABC's Ted Koppel mentioned it on Nightline, then dismissed its importance, because there were so many new questions.