who is the best? spits or phelps. the peak of both of you, who would win? selfishly maybe i might beat him. spits s inspiring advice and escape from a terror attack with the whole world watching. this is piers morgan tonight. mark spits is a true olympic legend long before michael phelps was swimming in the pool. he won seven gold medals and 40 years later he remains an icon and american hero. welcome. my pleasure. what s it like being an american icon? probably more than not being an icon. i thrusted into that opportunity in 1972 and didn t realize my performance would elevate to a level where people would look at something special. i remember it vividly. it was the first olympic games i ever watched on television with any kind of interest or be old enough to understand. all i remember is you were this incredible fish. every time you went in the water, everyone else had to get out. you destroyed everyone. you had the most incredible mustache. it s now gone.
would win? selfishly maybe i might beat him. spits s inspiring advice and escape from a terror attack with the whole world watching. this is piers morgan tonight. mark spitz is a true olympic legendong before michael phelps was swimming in the pool. he won seven gold medals and 40 years later he remains an icon and american hero. welcome. my pleasure. what s it like being an american icon? probably more than not being an icon. i thrusted into that opportunity in 1972 and didn t realize my performance would elevate to a level where people would look at something special. i remember it vividly. it was the first olympic games i ever watched on television with any kind of interest or be old enough to understand. all i remember is you were this incredible fish. every time you went in the water, everyone else had to get out. you destroyed everyone. you had the most incredible mustache. it s now gone. i grew that out of spite because the college coach said you need t
who s the best? the peek at both your parents, who would win? i d like to say, selfishly, i might beat him. his harrowing escape from an attack with the whole world watching. this is piers morgan tonight. mark spitz is a true olympic legend. spitz was swimming into the record books. he won seven gold medals. 40 years later, he remains an icon, an american hero and he s here. mark spitz, welcome. what it s like to be an icon? probably a little bit better than not being an icon. i was thrusted into that opportunity in 1972. i didn t realize i was going to be elevated to a level where people are going to be looking at it like something special. i was 7 years old. the first olympic games i ever watched on television with any kind of real interest or be old enough to understand what was going on. you were like this incredible fish. every time you went in the water, everyone else had to get out of there. and you also had the most incredible mustache that anyone had ev
olympians and his harrowing escape from a terror attack with the whole world watching. this is piers morgan tonight. deadly danger in the great outdoors. a florida teenager lost the lower part of his right arm to alligator. a california man was in his kayak when a great white shark took a chunk out of his boat on saturday. just from the start of this month, there have been at least seven different attacks across the country by bears, alligators, a ark and a mountain lion. are the attacks on the rise? joining me now, a man who knows about this thing. he survived a grizzly attack himself. jack hanna is the director emeritus at the columbus zoo and aquarium. he s outside the venetian in scottsdale, arizona, and has a um could of his alligators with him. jack, welcome. good to be here, nice to see you, piers. it appears to be quite a worrying time at the moment for attacks by animals. what do you make of what s going on? people are trying to equate the overheating, in oth
the peak of both your power, who would win? i would like to say selfishly maybe i d beat him. inspiring advice for today s olympians and his harrowing escape from a terror attack with the whole world watching. this is piers morgan tonight. a florida teenager lost the lower part of his right arm to alligator. a california man was in his kayak when a great white shark took a chunk out of his boat on saturday. just from the start of this month, there have been at least seven different attacks across the country by bears, alligators, a shark and a mountain lion. are the attacks on the rise? joining me now, a man who knows about this thing. he survived a grizzly attack himself. jack hanna is the director emeritus at the columbus zoo and aquarium. he s outside the venetian in scottsdale, arizona, and has a um could of his alligators with him. jack, welcome. good to be here, nice to see you, piers. it appears to be quite a worrying time at the moment for attacks by animals