Apparently he got the nickname of the commodore in his days as a kid running those Ferry Services in new york harbor. The other guys who worked the harbor alongside him called Him Commodore as a way of teasing him. And it stuck. And then that kid who they mocked as the commodore grew up to amass one of the largest fortunes in american history. The kind of fortune that leaves a mark. In 1917 right next to the thenbrand new Grand Central station opposite vand built avenue, a huge new hotel went up with thousands of rooms. It was called the Commodore Hotel. It was named after correspond kneel i couldnt say, the Commodore Vand built. Had a statute of him right out front. And that hotel was one of new yorks big successful shmancy centrally located famous
it was a big deal because the Commodore Hotel was a big Landmark Piece of new York Real Estate right next to Grand Central station. It also had this poetic storied connection to the great vanderbilt family. But it was a highprofile deal bec
Uganda we meet some courageous animal lovers who are helping to save the rhino. Rhinos one of the worlds most endangered species in africa only Zimbabwe Kenya and namibia and south africa have reasonably sized populations of them the reason is poachers who it came to profit from their valuable homes they fetch a fortune on the global Black Market Traders get around Sixty Thousand u. S. Dollars per kilo. In uganda their numbers have slowly been increasing in recent years reports how you paid a visit to a privately run sanctuary and met with some committed conservationists. Vests a few. It covers seventy square kilometers and to sponsored by the rhino fund. That is what who is who. Is. So and i think. That. Three rhinos cross our path the drivers getting a little nervous. Which is just. The safest move when you see a rhino is to freeze that it understands you dont represent a threat. Going to them but when its due and. We can continue. About Ninety Rangers work here and you jeanette is i
astonishing. the smoke and the flames that engulfed that plane, all 379 crew and passengers were able to get off that airliner safely. it is remarkable, isn t it? that no one was seriously injured on the passenger plane. was seriously injured on the passenger plane. was seriously injured on the ”assener lane. ~ , ., , ., passenger plane. we ve seen lots of sensational images passenger plane. we ve seen lots of sensational images about passenger plane. we ve seen lots of sensational images about the - sensational images about the aircraft seriously alike, of it feeling structurally and so forth, but it s very important to remember that those are some time after the evacuation was completed. and i m looking at images taken during the evacuation and after the evacuation, and they show a more or less intact airliner, where the hall hasn t been fundamentally breached as far as i can see, the conditions in the cabin are quite survivable, whether there is no fire in the cabin althoug
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across baja california, in fact, not any reports as yet of widespread damage, and that is the good news and we are hoping that that holds, obviously, here in southern california. arthel, the next 24 hours are going to be a difficult time for millions of people right across what is going to be a huge swath this storm will hit. arthel. arthel: absolutely jonathon it is raining right now but how is it feeling is the winds starting to pick up? does it feel different because you can tell a normal rain and whether it is a tropical storm on the way. you know, yeah. honestly arthel, it is a little breezy is the way i would put it maybe that s my upbring on the coast of england where we call this a perfect summers day but you know, winds have not come in and this is not going to be about the wind anyway. those have died down considerably. this was and will remain a water