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Normally when you do book tours you go to different cities, you talk about connections the place has with whatever youve written about. This is a special place in this context and im certainly not here to tell you your own story of what happened in this city 17 years ago because im sure you know it much better than i ever will. And one of the things that is always moved me when i come here is first of all how warmly ive been welcomed by everybody but also how profoundly the bombing touched everybody here. It is a relatively small place. Ive never met from Oklahoma City who wasnt touched in a personal way in some way by the tragedy. The first time i came i spoke to a number of the relatives of the victims, especially the children who died in the Day Care Center and i thought im a British Foreign correspondent, ive been t ....
With regard to this proceeding basically there are four elements that i have to receive information regarding [ explosion ] everybody get out of here now. A Federal Building has been blown up. Holy cow. [ sirens ] welcome to the Emergency Education network. Tonight live from Oklahoma City, managing terrorism events the oklahoma experience. And now your host ken hines. Good evening and welcome to the Emergency Education network. Im ken hines. Your host for this broadcast which is come towing live from a Firefighters Memorial museum in Oklahoma City, oklahoma. Now the topic of this broadcast is managing terrorist events, the oklahoma experie ....
This is a very somber subject. Normally when you do but towards you go to a different cities and talk about connections that the place has with whatever you have written about. This is a special place in this context, and i am certainly not here to tell you your own story of what happened in this city 70 years ago, because im sure you know it much better than i ever well. One of the things that always amused me when i come here is first of all how warmly i welcomed by everybody, but also how profoundly the bombing touched everybody here. A relatively small place. Ive never met anybody from obama city who was not touched in a personal way by the tragedy the first time i came i spoke to a number of their relatives of the victims, especially the children who died in the day care center. I thought, a British Foreign correspondent. I have been to a lot of not terribly pleasant places. This is just another assignment. Then having spoke ....
What city . Philadelphia. What were your recollections of the Great Depression . Eating a lot of beans, we were on welfare even back then and we would eat dried beans. We did not have rarely did we have any sort of meat. And my father was sick so he could not work. And there were not jobs around at the time until roosevelt started the new deal. Thats one of the big things that sticks in my mind, eating a lot of baked beans. Of course, i had to go out into the woods and cut would to try to keep warm and i purchased my own close from when i was about 10 to 11. My mother made a lot of our close through the depression era. Interviewer what did you do to make extra money . Andrew if a neighbor wanted some help planting a garden, i may be made a dime or . 15 or Something Like that. Little jobs. I also help the gentleman who cut and sold wood. I would help him and get a few pennie ....
Andrew thank you all for coming. This is a very somber subject. Normally when you do but towards you go to a different cities and talk about connections that the place has with whatever you have written about. This is a special place in this context, and i am certainly not here to tell you your own story of what happened in this city 70 years ago, because im sure you know it much better than i ever well. One of the things that always amused me when i come here is first of all how warmly i welcomed by everybody, but also how profoundly the bombing touched everybody here. It is a relatively small place. Ive never met anybody from obama city who was not touched in a personal way by the tragedy. The first time i came i spoke to a number of their relatives of the victims, especially the children who died in the day care center. I am a British Foreign correspondent. I have been to a lot of not terribly pleasant places. This is just ano ....