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Its my pleasure to welcome jack to the museum for this presentation. Youre going to do questions and answers so hell be doing q a after his speech. Welcome jack. [applause] this is a great venue, i suspect its the first time book tv has done one from an error line hanger. This is probably my tenth book tv but it is closest to my heart. Let me start background. Many of you know that on july 17, 1996, at 819 p. M. , twa flight 800 life to the jfk airport in hundred life the jfk airport in new york bound for paris. Twelve minutes later, 8 31 p. M. Off the coast of long island, the popular south shore of long island it was blown out of the sky. 230 people were killed. Fiftythree of them were twa employees. Many of you in this room knew at least some of those people. There is a memorial in their honor at the museum and if i were coming here and to spread a Conspiracy Theory i would be dishonoring their memory and would be insulting you. Instead im here to tell you what happened on july 17,
The last day of early voting has wrapped up and thousands of people made it a priority to get out to the polls in 2012 we had over 50 thousand that voted the last day, were projecting 5060 today ive been working so this was the day i had available to do it, this was her first time voting and she asked me to come with her some were first time voters, and this was a moment they had been waiting for their whole lives. Palpatating right now. You excited . Yea i think every first time is a little exciting others, like actress angelica maria, were outside polling stations encouraging people to use their vote as their voice. In some of our countries, you vote and nobody listens to you, but here they do, so you have to vote here. Some chose to vote early to avoid long lines this was very easy, took me probably about 5 minutes but that strategy didnt quite work for those who day. Oh its very long, i barely just got up to the front. If you havent cast your ballot yet. There are some things you s
Thank you for having me and this is a great venue. I suspect the first time book tv has ever done one from an airplane hangar. This is my 10th book tv. Its one that is closest to my heart for a variety of reasons. Let me start with background and many of you know, on july 17th, 1996, at 1819 p. M. , twa flight 800 left jfk airport in new york bound for paris. 12 minutes later, 8 31 p. M. Off the coast of long island, popular shore of long island, it was blown out of the sky. 230 people were killed, 53 of them were twa employees. Many of you in this room knew at least some of those people. There is a memorial in their honor here at the twa museum and if i were coming here just to spread some conspiracy theory, i would be dishonoring their memory and i would be insulting you. Instead, im here to tell you what happened on the night of july 17th, 1996, in the nights and days and months and years thereafter. There are people in this room who know a whole lot more about aviation than i do an
Thank you for having me and this is a great venue. I suspect the first time book tv has ever done one from an airplane hangar. This is my 10th book tv. Its one that is closest to my heart for a variety of reasons. Let me start with background and many of you know, on july 17th, 1996, at 1819 p. M. , twa flight 800 left jfk airport in new york bound for paris. 12 minutes later, 8 31 p. M. Off the coast of long island, popular shore of long island, it was blown out of the sky. 230 people were killed, 53 of them were twa employees. Many of you in this room knew at least some of those people. There is a memorial in their honor here at the twa museum and if i were coming here just to spread some conspiracy theory, i would be dishonoring their memory and i would be insulting you. Instead, im here to tell you what happened on the night of july 17th, 1996, in the nights and days and months and years thereafter. There are people in this room who know a whole lot more about aviation than i do an