Trapped inside a coffin buried underground, Paul records a final video message for his family. He struggles to find the right words to say goodbye to his son and wife while grappling with his own sense of failure and mortality.
PAUL: This is Paul Steven Conroy. Social Security number 048-32-1198, date of birth 3/19/68. This video will serve as my last will and testament. To my wife, Linda Conroy, I leave the seven hundred dollars in my personal savings and whatever I have left in my annuity. To my son, Shane Conroy, I...I
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