Affairs from all Different Directions into some of the worst tragedies on the planet, but you chose to focus on a small town in oregon. Why lex guest we were running around covering humanitarian crises and we would go back to my beloved hometown and we saw a humanitarian crisis unfolding there. A quarter of the kids who were on my Old School Bus were gone from drugs, alcohol and suicide. I tried to process back. The kids that got on the bus right after me [inaudible] and then nathan and their sister virginia, smart talented kids. One died of drug and alcohol abuse, one in a house fire when he was passed out drunk and one blew himself up cooking meth and died of hepatitis from drug use. Hunter biden the Oregon State Penitentiary for 13 years. So, for a while, we wondered is it something that this is a National Problem that we have depths of despair and Life Expectancy is falling for three years in a row in america and god my old loves this kind of a microcosm to see that opinion across
Particularly because taking a look at a small town in oregon that you come from and i come from a small rural town in oregon and i just ponder how in your professional career traveling the world in a different environment reporting on World Affairs but you choose to focus on a small town in oregon. Why we were all covering the humanitarian crisis and going back to my beloved hometown to the family far we saw humanitarian crisis unfolding their. One quarter of the kids were on my old Number Six School bus for drugs and suicide. The kids who got on the bus right after me a smart talent of kids from drug and alcohol abuse one died in a house fire when he was passed out drunk and regina died from hepatitis injectable drug use and so for a while with a Life Expectancy was falling for three years in a row and it was a microcosm. You saw this through the lens of returning home it could have been titled School Bus Number six. And then early in the relationship over the last couple of decades a
Coronavirus and right now preparations are under way to get the ship here get the passengers off and take care of the people who are sick so here now is a tracker of exactly where the ship is right now you can see where the arrow is in that box. Thats where the grand princess is located just a few hours off of the San Francisco coast. And that ship will make the track underneath the Golden Gate Bridge through the bay underneath the bay bridge and then docked in the port of oakland you can see the map right there and that will happen on monday. Oaklands mayor and governor newsome made promises today as this process unfolds the public will be safe. Kron fours dan thorn has been following the story for us he joins us now live with what will happen after the ship docks in oakland dan. What justine governor newsome and mayor shap emphasize today that the more than 3500 passengers and crew that are on board will not be released into the city of oakland of those on board more than 900 people
Crisis and we would periodically would go back to my hometown of yam hill and we saw humanitarian crisis unfolding there, you know, a quarter of the kids who were on my old number 6 school bus are now gone from drugs and alcohol and suicide and sheryl and i tried to process that. The kids who got on the bus right after me were nathan, sister regina, smart talented kids. Farland died of drug and alcohol abuse, zeland died in house fire. Regina died from hepatitis of drug abuse. We wondered if this is about my bus, about yam hill and we realized this is a National Problem that we have despair, Life Expectancy is falling or was falling for 3 years in a row for america and that yamhill and my old was with pain across america. So you saw this through the lens of returning home and i think it almost could have been titled School Bus Number 6. So many stories drawn from the friends you had there and expanding from there and sheryl you grew up in manhattan, upper west side, i believe, its a wh
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