hall of fame located mere miles from where i am right now in new jersey s historic meadowlands. in fact, i believe we have exclusively obtained some footage from that night five years ago when the host of this show was inducted by mr. bruce springsteen into the hall of fame. my life really comes down to three numbers i m very proud of. i was born at exit 163, raised at exit 117. and we are currently homeowners at exit 98. it s all about the numbers. it s always been all about the numbers. of course, those were parkway references. we re on i-95 on this trip, but close enough. brian williams, of course, inducted five years ago and we can report some new news on this front for you tonight, brian. you will soon be joined. it was just announced this week, by several new esteemed colleagues.
well, they ve all never been in my kitchen, but there s something else worth thinking about. all of them are members in good standing of the new jersey state hall of fame located mere miles from where i am in new jersey s historic meadow lands. in fact, i believe we have exclusively obtained some footage from that night five years ago when the host of this show was inducted by mr. bruce springsteen into the hall of fame. my life really comes down to three numbers i m very proud of. i was born at exit 163, raised at exit 117. [ cheers and applause ] and we are currently homeowners at exit 98. [ cheers and applause ] it s all about the numbers. it s always been. all about the numbers. those were packway references. we re on i-95 on this trip, but close enough.
four, brian williams. what do all four of these individuals have many common? well, they ve all never been in my kitchen, but there s something else worth thinking about. all of them are members in good standing of the new jersey state hall of fame located mere miles from where i am fly-by-night new jersey s historic meadow lands. in fact, i believe we have exclusively obtained some footage from that night five years ago when the host of this show was inducted by mr. bruce springsteen into the hall of fame. my life really comes down to three numbers i m very proud of. i was born at exit 163, raised at exit 117. [ cheers and applause ] and we are currently homeowners at exit 98. [ cheers and applause ] it s all about the numbers. it s always been. those were packway references. we re on i-95 on this trip, but
so much bass a result of superstorm sandy. near belmar some of the hardest hit businesses were right here on the boardwalk. no protection at all from the ravages of the atlantic ocean when it poured across the board walk, destroying every inch and many of the businesses. one was called exit 98. earned by sally pearlsteen and she remembers walking down here on october 30th and seeing what nature had wrought. looked like an expose. we saw the sand and water as we were walking up. but to see the contents actually blown out of the building was just startling. stunning. shocking, hard to take in. you realize that years of your life have just been swept away. it was the memories that made my finally sit on one of the benches going the wrong way and