>>107711013"Hello, sir, how are you doing?" asked Chris Hansen, walking into room 37.
Nigel Ratburn looks up in shock. "I'm okay. Who are you?" he asks.
"I need you to have a seat over there on that stool for me." replies Hansen.
"No, what's going on here? What is this about?" asks Ratburn.
"I'll tell you everything that's going on, but first I need you to have a seat." replied Hansen. "We have a lot to talk about, you and I."
"So what's happening?" asked Chris Hansen, shaking the hand of the teacher.
Nigel shook the interviewer's hand back, then asked: "What are you doing here? Who is this guy filming me?" pointing to the cameraman behind him.
"I need to talk to you about some things." replied Hansen. "Do you know that you were caught online having an explicit conversation with a boy who told you he was 13?" asked Hansen.
"Sir, I don't like where this is going, and I want you to leave my classroom. What I say in my own house is a matter of free speech and none of your business." replied Ratburn defensively.
"It's one thing to express free speech, but it's another thing to have an inappropriate chat with a boy who is 13 years old." countered Hansen. "No, sir-I need you to sit down. I have some more questions to ask you." Nigel felt like it was a waste of time, but remained seated anyway, because he didn't know if the man was law enforcement, a TV reporter, or the boy's father.
"Nigel, this is very serious stuff we're talking about. Do you know that what you did violates Pennsylvania law and you could get in serious trouble?" Hansen continued.
Upon hearing those words, the 40 year old teacher was stunned, as if he was struck by lightning. He hung his head in shame, sweating rather profusely. Hansen showed Ratburn the explicit parts of his chat and proceeded to ask about the more graphic parts of the chat.
"What do you think should happen to you?" asked Hansen incredulously.
