You are absolutely right! I should have used a better example, such as driving down the road... or walking down the street.

I want to emphasize something from the article. It's not as if the video is being destroyed forever:

I wrote: "Michaels intends to make a copy of the tape for the 9-11 Memorial in New York, and then destroy the original copy."

It's a cathartic thing for Tami, and a copy the video will be held in safekeeping. To be clear, the video will remain. Tami is giving it to the people she trusts.