If missing University of Virginia coed, 18-year-old Hannah Graham’s parents experience is anything like mine was when Polly went missing, they are dominated by turbo charged states of fear, anxiety and anger.
Not scary movie fear that subsides after two hours: instead, a tsunami of unrelenting emotion that causes perpetual sweat, takes you to the edge and hurls you into the abyss.
The anxiety nearly paralyzes you, making it almost impossible to eat, sleep, or focus on anything  beyond recovering your missing child.
They are angry at their inability to get a grip on the situation, at the police for not finding Hannah, and at their God for allowing her to be touched by evil.
They are in the midst of a category 5 tornado that they are unable to control, that offers no respite, and from which they are unable to escape!
I wasn’t following the news on Hannah Graham until Hannah’s parents gave a press conference. I cried when watching her father plead for help and seeing her mother to horrified to talk.
Universities are renowned for covering up crimes, in order to prevent that University from getting a bad reputation and this needs to stop. Instead of hiding these criminal facts, all universities should encourage their Computer Science departments to create new technological ideas to protect the students and try to prevent this from ever happening. There has to be something.
I cannot express how much respect I have for you Mr. Polly. You really are an angel sent from above to help ease the fear and horror of the parents that are living worst nightmare in their lives.
I live with 24/7 intractable pain of severe fibromyalgia and I would rather live with this than to go through what you went through, Mark, and what other parents like the Grahams are going through right now.
Beautifully done. So sorry for your loss and know it is with you everyday. I Thank you for doing this for the Graham family. Very courageous of you doing the work you do. I Thank you and respect you for all you do.