After The Fall

"That's what he said, yeah, and that's one answer," LaMotta says, "but there could've been other answers too."

"Well, there could've been any number of answers," Fell says.

"Well, they put words in my mouth ... and I agreed with it."

"You were still in shock. You didn't understand what went on. You lost Joe right after you lost Jack."

"I also said I didn't want it to happen to other people," LaMotta says.

"Right," says Fell. "You want to fix the problem."

"Something like that. I don't want that to happen again."

"You meant that."

"You explained it to me, and I understood it."

Talk moves to the accomplished people on board the plane. "But I was the only popular one connected with the flight," Jake says. "The one who stood out."