WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:01.480 It's nice eyes. 2 00:00:01.800 --> 00:00:06.200 Dan, I'm going mazy Boston's News Radio. 3 00:00:07.000 --> 00:00:09.119 All right, let's keep it rolling here. We have spent 4 00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:13.679 two hours talking about people's memories of nine to eleven, 5 00:00:13.839 --> 00:00:17.239 two thousand and one. That's twenty twenty three years ago. 6 00:00:17.839 --> 00:00:21.800 I'm gratified that as the number of my listeners who 7 00:00:21.800 --> 00:00:25.280 want to talk about this issue. We will segue at 8 00:00:25.280 --> 00:00:28.920 some point into your comments on what happened last night 9 00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:34.200 in Philadelphia in the debate between former President Trump and 10 00:00:34.359 --> 00:00:39.679 current Vice President Harris. But I promise on something like this, 11 00:00:39.880 --> 00:00:42.000 I never want to turn people away who want to 12 00:00:42.039 --> 00:00:44.679 tell us a story. This is my friend Betty on 13 00:00:44.719 --> 00:00:47.159 the boat. Betty, were you on the boat back twenty 14 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:47.920 three years ago? 15 00:00:49.479 --> 00:00:49.679 No. 16 00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:55.000 I was in my condo in medicine and I had 17 00:00:55.119 --> 00:00:57.679 just gotten up and walked into the dining room and 18 00:00:57.719 --> 00:01:02.600 my late husband was watching the talent vision and I said, George, 19 00:01:02.960 --> 00:01:07.439 haven't you seen enough war movies? He said, Betty, this 20 00:01:07.519 --> 00:01:12.200 isn't walk this is the United States being invaded. I said, 21 00:01:12.959 --> 00:01:14.920 what did you have for breakfast? 22 00:01:18.159 --> 00:01:21.000 Knowing you as I know you, Betty, I'm not surprised 23 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:22.319 that that would have been your comment. 24 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:25.439 And he said, I think you got to sit down, 25 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:28.200 young lady, and so I sat down and I said, 26 00:01:28.200 --> 00:01:31.920 what he said, Betty, The United States has been attacked 27 00:01:31.959 --> 00:01:35.480 the world. This is the World Trade Centers in New York. 28 00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:39.040 I said, You've got to be kidding. And we were 29 00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:41.760 in real estate at the time, and we had a 30 00:01:41.799 --> 00:01:47.359 buyer coming up from New Jersey and her brother worked 31 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:51.879 in the World Trade Center and just as she went 32 00:01:51.959 --> 00:01:54.799 by New York, the building that he was in was 33 00:01:54.959 --> 00:01:57.359 hit and he died. 34 00:01:59.319 --> 00:02:04.680 You know, those stories are just chilling to think that 35 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:09.400 people knew that as the towers were hit, or as 36 00:02:09.400 --> 00:02:13.840 the towers came down, that friends, are relatives or family 37 00:02:13.879 --> 00:02:16.599 members were never coming home. 38 00:02:17.120 --> 00:02:17.800 That's yeah. 39 00:02:17.879 --> 00:02:24.400 Another friend's father ran his limousine build business out of 40 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:27.240 the base of one of the towers, and his father 41 00:02:27.599 --> 00:02:31.599 had was out on a limo run and if he 42 00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:34.639 hadn't been out on the run, he would have died. 43 00:02:36.280 --> 00:02:36.479 Yeah. 44 00:02:36.560 --> 00:02:40.000 Well, we heard a story last hour from someone who 45 00:02:40.479 --> 00:02:43.759 I think it was Angelo last hour, who talked about 46 00:02:44.120 --> 00:02:46.639 either a friend or a cousin of his who had 47 00:02:46.719 --> 00:02:49.719 walked out of the building, you know, just to go 48 00:02:50.199 --> 00:02:53.599 whatever it was, to go get a coffee or go 49 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:58.759 get get something to eat and he realized that a 50 00:02:58.800 --> 00:03:02.560 plane had just hit the building. And how world changed, 51 00:03:03.199 --> 00:03:03.879 our whole world. 52 00:03:04.680 --> 00:03:08.360 How this impacted me is I'm on the harbor and 53 00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:12.400 I see planes taking off twenty four to seven from LONGUS, 54 00:03:13.360 --> 00:03:17.159 and every time one passes over me, I say, may 55 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:19.479 you be safe? 56 00:03:20.719 --> 00:03:25.240 Well, thank you because occasionally a little less frequency than 57 00:03:25.360 --> 00:03:29.199 when I worked in television many years ago. But I 58 00:03:29.319 --> 00:03:32.879 just came back from Italy with some nightside listeners. We 59 00:03:32.960 --> 00:03:36.199 had a great trip over there. But every time I 60 00:03:36.240 --> 00:03:39.639 get on an airplane, you realize that you don't have 61 00:03:39.759 --> 00:03:42.800 any control. When you're driving your own car, you have control. 62 00:03:43.199 --> 00:03:46.280 But when you're sitting in an airplane, other people can 63 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:50.240 act up and do stupid things or dangerous things or 64 00:03:50.240 --> 00:03:51.840 criminal things. 65 00:03:52.240 --> 00:03:54.759 My attitude is I can't go by boat or car. 66 00:03:54.800 --> 00:03:55.479 I'm not going. 67 00:03:58.639 --> 00:04:01.919 You're an independent person. I know you well enough that 68 00:04:02.039 --> 00:04:04.199 you will take that as the compliment that it was 69 00:04:04.199 --> 00:04:05.080 intended to be. 70 00:04:05.639 --> 00:04:08.240 Thank you. I appreciate it. Now I have to go 71 00:04:08.360 --> 00:04:10.479 give my cats some Chuo swords. 72 00:04:10.800 --> 00:04:13.120 Well, thank you very much. Thanks as always, I wish 73 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:14.960 you'd call more ROP because you're a great caller. 74 00:04:15.039 --> 00:04:17.800 Thanks, Thanks Betty, thank you, and you take here welcome 75 00:04:17.800 --> 00:04:18.759 back from vacation. 76 00:04:19.120 --> 00:04:21.480 All right, thanks so much. Let me go to Pete 77 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:23.199 in New Hampshire. Pete going to get you in here 78 00:04:23.240 --> 00:04:25.639 before they break at eleven fifteen. You were next on 79 00:04:25.720 --> 00:04:26.879 nice sack, go right ahead. 80 00:04:27.639 --> 00:04:30.959 Thanks Dan, Thanks for doing this tonight. So at the time, 81 00:04:31.000 --> 00:04:34.879 I was an airline pilot. I'm not retired, but I 82 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:37.079 wasn't flying that particular day. But a couple of days 83 00:04:37.079 --> 00:04:40.399 prior to the attack, I flew up. I was based 84 00:04:40.399 --> 00:04:42.680 in Marshall and Bellis and it was a seven twenty 85 00:04:42.680 --> 00:04:45.319 seventh Captain and I flew up over the city. We 86 00:04:45.399 --> 00:04:49.600 were firing airplane actually to Handsome Field because we flew 87 00:04:49.639 --> 00:04:52.040 the Boston College Eagles football team out to San Francisco 88 00:04:52.079 --> 00:04:57.879 for the game. So but in any event, and I 89 00:04:58.000 --> 00:05:00.279 pointed out to one of my new flight attendants, you know, 90 00:05:00.319 --> 00:05:01.959 she said, point out the skyline. I said, this is 91 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:04.680 a twin towers, this Lady of Liberty, the Empire, State building, 92 00:05:04.839 --> 00:05:06.959 crisis of building, and so forth. And she called me 93 00:05:07.000 --> 00:05:09.680 up after that and said, I can't believe they're gone. 94 00:05:09.759 --> 00:05:13.279 But also the last flight that I worked at the 95 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:15.800 Keyway Airlines before I went to Transmrinian, there was also 96 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:19.639 an East. The Airlines pilot, my lead flight attendant, was 97 00:05:19.680 --> 00:05:22.959 a woe by the named Deborah Jacob's Welch. She was 98 00:05:23.360 --> 00:05:25.800 one of the flight attendants on the flight, the United 99 00:05:25.839 --> 00:05:29.839 flight that was forced down the field in Pennsylvania, and 100 00:05:29.920 --> 00:05:32.040 I sent a sympathy card to her husband. It was 101 00:05:32.040 --> 00:05:34.600 about a year later I got a card back and 102 00:05:34.639 --> 00:05:36.879 it said thank you for your kind sympathy and tribute 103 00:05:36.920 --> 00:05:41.000 to the memory of Deborah jacob Welch. And it says, 104 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:44.120 dear friend, thank you. I'm sure they get tons of cards. 105 00:05:44.360 --> 00:05:46.279 Thank you so much for your loving remembrance of my 106 00:05:46.439 --> 00:05:50.079 dear wife, Debbie. I realized this response is very tabby, 107 00:05:50.079 --> 00:05:52.879 but please know that I was deeply touched by your 108 00:05:52.959 --> 00:05:56.800 care and compassion. I now understand just how fragile our 109 00:05:56.839 --> 00:06:00.319 lives can be. But through the unselfish sacer plight of 110 00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:04.399 Debbie and all who perished, we shall prevail. Debbie taught 111 00:06:04.720 --> 00:06:07.399 me that living each day to the fullest, with the 112 00:06:07.480 --> 00:06:10.319 utmost care and concern for our fellow man, we will 113 00:06:10.360 --> 00:06:15.160 achieve the happiness we pursue, and all of us shall 114 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:17.519 truly be heroes in the eyes of God. May God 115 00:06:17.519 --> 00:06:21.560 bless you and you're in the grant you peace. Dan. Well, 116 00:06:21.839 --> 00:06:26.319 so that I've kept that because it's very moving, but 117 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:28.959 it reminds me that just how precious life is. And 118 00:06:29.079 --> 00:06:35.839 I remember just how how people other callers say how 119 00:06:35.879 --> 00:06:37.639 people had flags in the house and people were flying, 120 00:06:37.839 --> 00:06:41.399 people were driving around with flags on their vehicle, in 121 00:06:41.399 --> 00:06:44.079 the back of their truck. And I took for the 122 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:45.680 airline I was working for at the time, I took 123 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:50.000 the first flight out after that, and I did a 124 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:53.519 lot of international flying and for several flights back when 125 00:06:53.519 --> 00:06:56.399 I came back into the US, across the air defense zone, 126 00:06:56.680 --> 00:06:58.480 I had two fighter jets, one on each way, and 127 00:06:58.879 --> 00:07:00.879 that was the standard thing for days after that. 128 00:07:02.079 --> 00:07:06.240 The protect you or to make sure that you were 129 00:07:07.120 --> 00:07:08.720 acting properly, do you think. 130 00:07:09.319 --> 00:07:12.399 Yeah, well, well I think that, yeah, to make sure 131 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:15.079 that I was in a rogue flight because we didn't know. 132 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:17.759 I mean, when this thing came down, it totally the 133 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:23.160 air controllers were totally you know, almost in shock with 134 00:07:23.199 --> 00:07:27.720 what was going on, and you know, so it's something 135 00:07:27.800 --> 00:07:32.079 that definitely changed our industry. And I remember thinking life 136 00:07:32.120 --> 00:07:34.360 won't ever be quite the same in the in the 137 00:07:34.480 --> 00:07:38.240 US again after this, And and I was just saying 138 00:07:38.279 --> 00:07:40.800 today I'm actually my budget come in my down and 139 00:07:40.839 --> 00:07:43.480 when I opened the meeting chair the committee, I said, 140 00:07:43.600 --> 00:07:47.000 I'd like to do a little remembrance and people, you know, 141 00:07:47.199 --> 00:07:49.959 be thinking of those that were lost on the twenty 142 00:07:49.959 --> 00:07:53.839 third anniversary here and and I know a lot of 143 00:07:53.839 --> 00:07:56.600 callers have said how we came together as an Americans. 144 00:07:56.600 --> 00:07:59.639 The fact I said this today, you know, we're very 145 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:04.720 divided is political parties. And I said, my dream is 146 00:08:04.759 --> 00:08:06.879 that we get back to where we can we can 147 00:08:07.600 --> 00:08:11.079 remember that we have more common than we than we 148 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:14.399 have you know, differences on and I'd like to see 149 00:08:14.480 --> 00:08:16.879 us try to get back to that. So unfortunately a 150 00:08:16.879 --> 00:08:20.279 lot of people I think have forgotten. But it was 151 00:08:20.360 --> 00:08:26.480 truly amazing how people came together and really put the 152 00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:30.639 differences aside and became one people. You know, I don't 153 00:08:30.639 --> 00:08:33.399 remember another time in my lifetime. I'm sixty six that 154 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:36.879 it was quite that that strong. And my hope is 155 00:08:36.919 --> 00:08:39.279 we can get there again without having another tragedy to 156 00:08:40.080 --> 00:08:41.120 force us to do it that way. 157 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:45.200 So well, I almost think that, I almost think that 158 00:08:45.600 --> 00:08:48.039 it is a tragedy that brings us together. I mean, 159 00:08:48.120 --> 00:08:52.440 obviously I'm young enough to remember or old enough to 160 00:08:52.480 --> 00:08:57.440 remember the Kennedy assassination, and there was a feeling of 161 00:08:58.279 --> 00:09:01.600 not only was our president killed, but our country was attacked. 162 00:09:01.919 --> 00:09:05.360 But this was also Look, there were three thousand people 163 00:09:05.360 --> 00:09:08.000 who died that day between the planes and the buildings, 164 00:09:08.399 --> 00:09:12.559 and I think I get it. I know that there 165 00:09:12.559 --> 00:09:14.879 are people out there who feel while you know, we're 166 00:09:14.919 --> 00:09:17.120 being paid back and all of that, but I don't 167 00:09:17.159 --> 00:09:21.120 buy that because I'm not willing. I'm not willing to 168 00:09:21.240 --> 00:09:25.759 concede that what happened that day was just in any 169 00:09:25.799 --> 00:09:28.159 way or for any shape or form. We have a 170 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:29.679 lot of people in this country who want to look 171 00:09:29.720 --> 00:09:35.679 at the United States as this colonial power, and you'll 172 00:09:35.759 --> 00:09:40.279 hear people use that phrase or we represent Western civilization. Well, 173 00:09:40.320 --> 00:09:44.240 I think that we're not a colonial power. We have 174 00:09:44.360 --> 00:09:48.679 freed more people, we have given more sacrifice in terms 175 00:09:48.759 --> 00:09:52.919 of American soldiers in wars over the years, our own 176 00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:56.279 Civil War to keep our country together, but also War one, 177 00:09:56.639 --> 00:09:59.559 World War World War one, and World War Two, which 178 00:09:59.720 --> 00:10:03.320 we freed Europe and freed Europe a second time. And 179 00:10:03.519 --> 00:10:06.840 I just think that it's not being taught in school anymore, 180 00:10:06.919 --> 00:10:09.639 and people, people are not willing to stand up for 181 00:10:09.679 --> 00:10:12.240 the country. And I know when I argue with friends 182 00:10:12.240 --> 00:10:14.720 of mine, I say, well, you know, what country have 183 00:10:14.799 --> 00:10:16.679 we taken over? And have we invaded? 184 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:17.720 What country? 185 00:10:17.960 --> 00:10:21.320 What country we have? We are we occupying against their will? 186 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:26.720 Europe wants us there as a protection against Russia. Well, 187 00:10:26.799 --> 00:10:30.799 now Russia, but was the Soviet Union. We're we're defending 188 00:10:30.840 --> 00:10:35.039 Taiwan against China. I'm sick of the people who want 189 00:10:35.039 --> 00:10:38.240 to criticize this country and they want to criticize democratic 190 00:10:38.279 --> 00:10:41.720 presidents and Republican presidents. Are our presidents perfect? 191 00:10:41.759 --> 00:10:41.799 No? 192 00:10:42.200 --> 00:10:45.519 Have they made mistakes, yes, But it's the best form 193 00:10:45.559 --> 00:10:47.679 of government off anywhere in the world as far as 194 00:10:47.759 --> 00:10:47.919 I have. 195 00:10:48.200 --> 00:10:50.159 So, you know, I still think we're you know, with 196 00:10:50.200 --> 00:10:53.480 all the problems we have, we're beacon of freedom in 197 00:10:53.559 --> 00:10:56.440 liberty and where else. You know, I think we're the 198 00:10:56.440 --> 00:11:00.759 best in the world for that. And you know, like 199 00:11:00.799 --> 00:11:02.720 you said, people have kind of west side of that. 200 00:11:02.759 --> 00:11:05.440 They don't know history. We have people coming here that 201 00:11:05.960 --> 00:11:09.159 I think sometimes just for the handouts they can get, 202 00:11:09.240 --> 00:11:12.320 and they don't truly feel what it's like to be 203 00:11:12.360 --> 00:11:18.080 American and and love the country. So that's that's too 204 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:23.159 bad because I think, you know, if you lose America, 205 00:11:23.200 --> 00:11:26.919 what do you have left, not much, not much right. 206 00:11:26.879 --> 00:11:29.679 You know, I mean think about it when you really 207 00:11:29.679 --> 00:11:31.559 think about it. And I also think that this plays 208 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:35.840 into what's going on politically. You know, we're a special 209 00:11:35.840 --> 00:11:38.919 country where people have come that built the country. We're 210 00:11:38.919 --> 00:11:42.279 a capitalist society. There's nothing to be ashamed about with capitalism. 211 00:11:42.639 --> 00:11:45.799 And we have to control the people who are coming 212 00:11:45.879 --> 00:11:48.559 in this country because there are some people who would 213 00:11:48.559 --> 00:11:50.960 come in and do us harm. I want people to 214 00:11:51.000 --> 00:11:54.000 come here. I've talked about this before. We should naturalize 215 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:56.799 more people every year. We only naturalize less than a 216 00:11:56.799 --> 00:11:59.600 million people a year in a country of thirty million people. 217 00:12:00.039 --> 00:12:02.200 But I want to know who are you, Why are 218 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:05.120 you coming here? What will you contribute to our society. 219 00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:07.919 I don't need to have you come here if you're 220 00:12:08.279 --> 00:12:10.799 eighty five years old and you just want to come 221 00:12:11.759 --> 00:12:15.240 and collect social security benefits which have never earned. I 222 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:16.960 just I don't want to make I don't want to 223 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:19.879 make this political. I really don't want to do that. Peek. 224 00:12:19.960 --> 00:12:22.399 But I think you and I see it the same way. 225 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:24.360 And we have a lot to we proud of. We 226 00:12:24.440 --> 00:12:27.120 have very little to be ashamed of, and the things 227 00:12:27.120 --> 00:12:29.480 that we could be ashamed of, whether it was America's 228 00:12:29.480 --> 00:12:32.360 original sin of slavery. We have ended that. There's a 229 00:12:32.399 --> 00:12:35.240 lot of countries around the world where slavery still exist. 230 00:12:35.200 --> 00:12:38.000 To this agorithm, they haven't ended it. So you know, 231 00:12:38.080 --> 00:12:42.000 it's let's look at the good and not dwell on 232 00:12:42.000 --> 00:12:44.200 on the negative all the time. It's easy to be Passimisican. 233 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:48.159 It's easy to bash the country. But at the end 234 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:50.080 of the day, I mean, I'm a coase guy, veteran. 235 00:12:50.200 --> 00:12:53.279 I love this country. And I called you before I 236 00:12:53.320 --> 00:12:56.360 was a stay repist six years in New Hampshire. I 237 00:12:56.440 --> 00:12:59.879 called you during that when we overturned our death penalty, 238 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:02.320 I voted in favor of keeping it, and we had 239 00:13:02.360 --> 00:13:06.320 a conversation about that a few years ago. Now, Sonuna 240 00:13:06.440 --> 00:13:09.600 was a good you know governor. I think it was 241 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:10.320 the second term. 242 00:13:10.960 --> 00:13:16.440 Yeah, well you're talking about Chris John because I covered 243 00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:19.399 them both. It was great to see Chris used the 244 00:13:19.480 --> 00:13:21.840 Heimlich maneuver the other day to save a guy in 245 00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:26.720 the lobster role eating contest up there. Chris is a 246 00:13:26.720 --> 00:13:29.519 great guy. Chris is a great guy. And put aside 247 00:13:29.639 --> 00:13:33.240 Republican or Democrat, I could vote for him whatever party 248 00:13:33.279 --> 00:13:33.799 he was in. 249 00:13:34.240 --> 00:13:37.799 Well, I'll tell you tell you an interesting thing. I 250 00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:40.080 actually ran for state Senate two years ago and I 251 00:13:40.080 --> 00:13:41.919 didn't make it to the Farmary, but I also didn't 252 00:13:41.919 --> 00:13:44.480 take any special interest money and I came close. It's 253 00:13:44.519 --> 00:13:48.120 the district that that John Snuna was Senator in the 254 00:13:48.200 --> 00:13:51.200 district that includes Salem, New Hampshire and Tellham and Atkinson 255 00:13:51.200 --> 00:13:55.759 and Plasta. But after I was out, I got friendly 256 00:13:55.759 --> 00:13:58.840 with the Secretary of State Scanlon because I was an 257 00:13:58.840 --> 00:14:00.919 election law committee in my life term in the House, 258 00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:04.000 and so he asked me to come up and do recounts. Now, 259 00:14:04.080 --> 00:14:06.840 an interesting phenomenon. When I was doing recounts, we were 260 00:14:06.840 --> 00:14:08.960 doing state rep races, but you saw the whole ballot. 261 00:14:09.320 --> 00:14:12.399 There were many people Democrats that voted straight Democrat, but 262 00:14:12.440 --> 00:14:15.399 they came over for the Sonuno, and there were many 263 00:14:15.399 --> 00:14:18.120 Republicans that went straight Republicans that came over for Hasn't. 264 00:14:18.440 --> 00:14:20.399 So it's kind of interesting to see that dynamic. 265 00:14:21.080 --> 00:14:24.559 Yeah, it's it's it's interesting. Maybe some people need to 266 00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:26.000 be in a different party or something. 267 00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:26.440 I don't know. 268 00:14:26.519 --> 00:14:28.919 I don't know. Hey, I've really enjoyed this call, Pete. 269 00:14:28.960 --> 00:14:30.799 We went a long time. You're the longest caller of 270 00:14:30.840 --> 00:14:32.799 the night. But well worth it. Thank you, my friend. 271 00:14:33.440 --> 00:14:34.240 Thank thanks Dan. 272 00:14:34.440 --> 00:14:38.360 Please, Okay, I really enjoyed it. We're the same wavelength. Thanks. 273 00:14:38.399 --> 00:14:40.840 Good night. We're going to take a quick break. We 274 00:14:40.919 --> 00:14:42.759 are going to open this up now if you want 275 00:14:42.759 --> 00:14:46.600 to comment, and by the way, if Barbara wants to 276 00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:48.879 comment to nine to eleven, you're going to be next. Barbara. 277 00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:51.120 Then Joel's going to start us off talking about the debate. 278 00:14:51.559 --> 00:14:55.120 His reaction to the debate is if anyone out there 279 00:14:55.840 --> 00:14:58.919 actually had their mind changed from the debate last night, 280 00:14:58.960 --> 00:15:02.159 I'd love to hear from you, and why, uh, if 281 00:15:02.440 --> 00:15:05.039 if any of you were a Trump supporter or a 282 00:15:05.080 --> 00:15:09.639 Harris supporter and you flipped, or if you were truly undecided, 283 00:15:09.720 --> 00:15:13.120 and now that debate last night has allowed you to 284 00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:17.480 come to a final decision, let's talk about it. And 285 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:25.639 why was was Donald Trump? So he just seemed to 286 00:15:25.679 --> 00:15:28.440 me last night it was a terrible performance by Donald 287 00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:33.279 Trump and his his handlers, I'm sure were disappointed in 288 00:15:33.360 --> 00:15:39.000 how it went. I think that he he'd better get 289 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:41.679 his act together if he wants to have any hope 290 00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:44.159 of prevailing in this election. And we can talk about 291 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:46.159 all of that, but we're going to get to Barbera first, 292 00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:48.679 and then Joel and more calls the only line open 293 00:15:48.759 --> 00:15:52.639 right now, the only lines opener six, one, seven nine 294 00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:54.039 Back on nights Out after this. 295 00:15:54.919 --> 00:15:58.080 Now back to Dan Ray live from the Window World 296 00:15:58.200 --> 00:16:01.360 night Side Studios on w BS News Radio. 297 00:16:02.720 --> 00:16:05.279 Okay, let's go to Barbara in Norton. She wants to 298 00:16:05.279 --> 00:16:09.480 talk about nine to eleven. Garbrea, go right ahead, Hello, Barbara, 299 00:16:09.480 --> 00:16:10.159 how are you tonight? 300 00:16:10.200 --> 00:16:10.559 Welcome? 301 00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:13.200 Good than to you, I guess I just wanted to 302 00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:16.279 give you a perspective as someone who was actually flying 303 00:16:16.320 --> 00:16:20.159 in the air on nine to eleven about. 304 00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:22.320 That's a great perspective. Where were you headed? 305 00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:26.639 My husband and I had left Providence and we were 306 00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:30.480 headed to Didney World, the happiest place on Earth, and 307 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:35.639 we were in flight when all this broke loose. We 308 00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:37.840 had no ight. We're in Southwest, so they were all 309 00:16:37.879 --> 00:16:41.799 acting goofy and fun. And then I noticed all the 310 00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:46.399 stewardess is going into the captain's area coming out with 311 00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:49.840 very grim faces and the demeanor just I'm going to 312 00:16:49.879 --> 00:16:50.559 make I'm going. 313 00:16:50.519 --> 00:16:54.879 To make a wild guests. You landed in Charlotte, North Carolina. 314 00:16:55.799 --> 00:17:00.759 No, we landed in Jacksonville, whoa very close so we 315 00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:02.759 had looked like at seven point thirty in the morning, 316 00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:07.720 so we were almost at Orlando, and then the pilot 317 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:12.000 came on and told us that we were All planes 318 00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:15.079 in the air were being required to land immediately at 319 00:17:15.119 --> 00:17:18.119 their nearest location, and for us, that was going to 320 00:17:18.119 --> 00:17:21.680 be Jacksonville. While we were flying, all of a sudden, 321 00:17:21.799 --> 00:17:23.440 I mean, I said to my husband, oh my god, 322 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:26.960 it's terrorist. But I thought they'd shut down the computer systems. 323 00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:28.680 I don't know why I thought that, Bud, I said 324 00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:33.079 computer because he sounded really nervous about flying. And then 325 00:17:33.119 --> 00:17:35.839 all of a sudden, the plane banked over the ocean 326 00:17:36.079 --> 00:17:39.839 sharp left, and I really lost it, thinking, oh my god, 327 00:17:39.960 --> 00:17:40.599 what's going on? 328 00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:41.400 But that was. 329 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:45.000 Actually Bush was coming out of Florida at the time, 330 00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:47.759 thought later, So they had to get out of the 331 00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:51.440 way of the airspace. And when we landed in Jacksonville, 332 00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:55.960 we had not remember, no cell phoned, no communications back then. 333 00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:57.880 Now you would have known it in two minutes what 334 00:17:57.960 --> 00:18:02.359 was going on. We literally the plane lands in Jacksonville 335 00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:09.440 and the stewardess hands me this return wooden plastic thing 336 00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:11.799 in case we were flying again that afternoon. That's how 337 00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:16.720 nobody knew what was happening. We get off the plane 338 00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:20.839 and I walk into you know, Mayhem with people crying 339 00:18:20.880 --> 00:18:24.279 because they think about that time the second plane had 340 00:18:24.319 --> 00:18:26.960 gone into the building. So you know a lot of 341 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:31.759 people are in shocked, they're crying. I'm pretty pragmatic, so 342 00:18:31.880 --> 00:18:35.880 I followed other pilots I could see and where they 343 00:18:35.880 --> 00:18:39.000 were headed, because Jacksonville is kind of like Providence, and 344 00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:40.799 from the sides, it was at least to me at 345 00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:43.720 that time. So I went out of the car rentals. 346 00:18:43.799 --> 00:18:46.920 Thought my husband stayed up to call our family because 347 00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:49.799 they thought we'd blown out of Boston, so they were 348 00:18:49.839 --> 00:18:54.240 all armed. I get to the car rentals and they 349 00:18:54.240 --> 00:18:57.039 were putting signs up no car rentals. But I had 350 00:18:57.039 --> 00:19:00.000 the spot in line with the pilots, and someone else 351 00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:04.839 had a reservation from the reserve, and so we shared 352 00:19:04.880 --> 00:19:07.519 a car on the way to Disney. And so he 353 00:19:07.680 --> 00:19:11.519 was getting feedback from New York about people in the 354 00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:14.359 reserve about what was going on, and they were afraid 355 00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:17.559 that Disney was going to be the next target. So 356 00:19:17.680 --> 00:19:21.200 we drove to Disney. Yeah, Disney. In fact, the day 357 00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:27.400 after nine eleven, there were black Hawk helicopters. The entire 358 00:19:27.880 --> 00:19:32.160 day circulating around all of the We were in Hollywood 359 00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:33.039 Studios that day. 360 00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:36.799 But yeah, so when you so when you got there, 361 00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:40.240 either that day or the next day, Disney was open 362 00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:41.359 for business. 363 00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:46.359 So when we when we landed, we drove to Orlando 364 00:19:46.599 --> 00:19:50.119 and we're told that Disney was shutting down, closing, and 365 00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:52.400 so we went to like we were at the Swan, 366 00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:54.279 so we were able to walk over to the ESPN 367 00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:59.240 building and watch the tds. But it opened the very 368 00:19:59.279 --> 00:20:04.440 next day, and so we went to Hollywood Studios and that's, 369 00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:08.799 as I said, the Blackhawk helicopters were circulating the whole 370 00:20:08.839 --> 00:20:12.119 Disney premise because they thought it was a target, that 371 00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:15.759 it could be a target. So you know that that was, 372 00:20:15.960 --> 00:20:19.680 you know, kind of an interesting perspective. And obviously we 373 00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:23.559 could not fly out if we wanted to until Monday. 374 00:20:23.640 --> 00:20:26.640 Up there, I think Sunday was the earliest the Orlando 375 00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:27.279 opened back up. 376 00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:29.279 A lot of it was about it. So let me 377 00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:35.039 ask you this, So did you did Disney under the circumstances? Obviously, 378 00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:38.960 you know, you were almost a captive audience. I mean, 379 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:41.440 you're in Orlando, what else you want to do of 380 00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:46.559 Disney Universal Studios? But did Disney give you any sort 381 00:20:46.599 --> 00:20:49.400 of a break or did they say, hey, if you've 382 00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:51.720 got our three day cash, you can still stay through 383 00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:52.240 the weekend. 384 00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:55.920 They took our money, but I do they were very 385 00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:59.240 good to people who they kept the money, but they 386 00:20:59.279 --> 00:21:01.640 were very good to people who were there. There are 387 00:21:01.640 --> 00:21:05.759 a lot of Brits vacation in September at Disney and 388 00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:08.720 they were stuck, and my understanding was that they did 389 00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:13.319 give them free hotel until they could get out. So 390 00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:17.519 there were people and honestly, at Disney the next day, 391 00:21:17.559 --> 00:21:20.960 it's a beautiful day, even with all these helicopters flying 392 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:23.680 around and kind of like an ear of disbelief. But 393 00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:27.960 I'll tell you everyone was given la palpins to wear 394 00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:31.920 the American flag and people were just so kind, and 395 00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:36.400 the Brits in the you know, foreign visitors were just 396 00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:42.319 so so sympathetic. So it was, you know a different experience. 397 00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:45.000 And then like a day after that, we started to 398 00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:47.359 get a tropical storm from Cuba that came in. So 399 00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:49.640 it was just one of those weeks. But I will 400 00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:51.920 tell you that when I got back on the flight 401 00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:57.240