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- 0:00SPEAKER_00: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to a Murders to Music Snapshot.
- 0:03SPEAKER_00: 10 minutes of something fun, entertaining, or just something that I want to get off my chest.
- 0:08SPEAKER_00: So I'm going to ask you guys to consider this.
- 0:11SPEAKER_00: Are there ever those moments in life where you have this emotional response and maybe you don't even understand why?
- 0:20SPEAKER_00: You know, for me, it happens in a couple of different arenas.
- 0:24SPEAKER_00: My daughter, she's a gymnast, and she has been doing competitive gymnastics for about 10 years.
- 0:30SPEAKER_00: And every time there is an award ceremony and they call her name, I could literally break out into tears.
- 0:39SPEAKER_00: When I see her go up there and she stands up there and she receives her little ribbon or her medal or whatever it may be, to me, that impacts me emotionally.
- 0:51SPEAKER_00: I'm proud of her.
- 0:52SPEAKER_00: I know the work and the pain that she has gone through to get there.
- 0:56SPEAKER_00: And everybody else stands around laughing and clapping, and I stand there fighting back the tears.
- 1:03SPEAKER_00: In those same meets, there's the national anthem, Pledge of Allegiance, if you will.
- 1:08SPEAKER_00: And we take our hats off and we cover our hearts and we all direct our attention to that American flag.
- 1:14SPEAKER_00: And in my mind, that is a moment that is very sentimental to me.
- 1:18SPEAKER_00: That is a moment that is very patriotic.
- 1:23SPEAKER_00: Every time we do the national anthem, I picture the flag draped over my partner's coffin during his funeral service.
- 1:34SPEAKER_00: When he was killed in the line of duty, and the two Alaska State troopers were standing there in dress uniform at attention, and my partner lay there in a wooden box with a flag draped over him.
- 1:46SPEAKER_00: That is the first thing that comes to mind.
- 1:48SPEAKER_00: And as I say the words of the Pledge of Allegiance or the National Anthem, and I'm thinking about it, I am thinking pure patriotism and how men and women die for this country every single day, whether it's in our domestic terrorism on our streets as police officers, or whether it's abroad fighting wars overseas to keep our country safe.
- 2:10SPEAKER_00: Men and women die every day.
- 2:12SPEAKER_00: And in that moment, my eyes are filled with tears.
- 2:15SPEAKER_00: And I am filled with a sense of patriotism and America and just God bless the USA.
- 2:21SPEAKER_00: And it bothers me when people around me take that opportunity to catch up and socialize and gossip or hang out or just chitter chatter, and they can't be bothered giving respect and honor in that one moment.
- 2:36SPEAKER_00: And this is a me problem, not a them problem.
- 2:39SPEAKER_00: But it bothers me.
- 2:40SPEAKER_00: In that moment, there's an emotional flood.
- 2:43SPEAKER_00: Sometimes anger, sometimes sadness, sometimes honor and joy.
- 2:48SPEAKER_00: A few weeks ago, I was at a baseball game, opening baseball game at Sloan Park in Mesa, Arizona.
- 2:54SPEAKER_00: National anthem is playing.
- 2:56SPEAKER_00: A beautiful singer is singing.
- 2:59SPEAKER_00: And right about the time, God bless America, four fighter jets come right over the stadium, just above the stadium, right over the American flags where everybody was looking.
- 3:13SPEAKER_00: Talk about a moment that warmed my heart and just brought me to tears.
- 3:18SPEAKER_00: Maybe I'm soft, maybe I'm weak, maybe I don't know what it is, but whatever it is, I'll take it because it sure is hell better than what I used to feel.
- 3:26SPEAKER_00: Do you have those moments, or am I the only one?
- 3:31SPEAKER_00: I can't be the only one.
- 3:35SPEAKER_00: God bless America.