5 July 2009 8:05 AM, PDT | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »

On the night before Sarah Palin resigned as governor of Alaska, her husband Todd Palin dialed the cell number of his father, Jim. "Sarah's making an announcement tomorrow. Can you be there?" Jim Palin was more than 200 miles away in Kenai, preparing for a salmon fishing trip with friends. He had no clue why his son was calling, or the nature of the announcement. "I didn't know what was coming and I didn't ask," he said. "I couldn't get back because I had a commitment. If I had been home, I would have been there," he says. Early the next morning, »

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