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The Toby + Chilli Show 9/11 · Toby + Chilli Mornings On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Toby and Chili Mornings On Demand on 97.1 Wash FM.
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  Speaker 2: 97.1 Wash FM. We're Toby and Chili in the morning.
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  Speaker 2: It is Friday in the nation's capital. September 11th. What's
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  Speaker 2: on your mind this morning there, Chili Amar?
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  Speaker 3: Well, the 25th anniversary of one of the most, I guess,
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  Speaker 3: tragic days in our history of our country. And I
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  Speaker 3: will say... All week, because it is the 25th anniversary
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  Speaker 3: of it, which is crazy to think it's been that long.
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  Speaker 3: Because in some ways, it seems like it was just
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  Speaker 3: a couple of years ago. In other ways, it seems
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  Speaker 3: so much longer than that. I'm really grateful that we're
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  Speaker 3: still talking about it and that we haven't forgotten and
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  Speaker 3: that we are mindful of the lives lost in New York,
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  Speaker 3: in Pennsylvania, and right here at the Pentagon. And that
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  Speaker 3: we're hearing a lot of stories that are uplifting and
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  Speaker 3: reminding us of the one thing that was bright on
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  Speaker 3: that very dark chapter and how united we were as
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  Speaker 3: a country right after that happened and how strangers help
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  Speaker 3: strangers and how we helped each other get through that.
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  Speaker 2: That's kind of what's on my mind this morning is
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  Speaker 2: just not really cautious optimism, just optimism. Because there was
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  Speaker 2: a time not that long ago that some of the
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  Speaker 2: things that divide us just went away. There was something
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  Speaker 2: bigger that needed to be attended to. You know what
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  Speaker 2: I mean? And I'm optimistic that that feeling is still
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  Speaker 2: there within us. We just have to have the courage
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  Speaker 2: to listen to that voice that sometimes, like after 25 years,
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  Speaker 2: can become still and small and sometimes not as resonant
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  Speaker 2: as it used to be, you know?
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  Speaker 3: And I do have one request for listeners who weren't
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  Speaker 3: born or were too young to even know truly what
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  Speaker 3: 9-11's impact was. Just take time, at And to dig
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  Speaker 3: into all the things that happened. I think it's really
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  Speaker 3: important that you make yourself aware of something that was
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  Speaker 3: so huge. I know it's like, oh, it's just, oh, yeah. No,
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  Speaker 3: just really today, at least pay attention to what it
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  Speaker 3: was and the stories that came from that day.
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  Speaker 4: Right.
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  Speaker 2: A thing to remember today is this. Those that forget
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  Speaker 2: the mistakes or the things from the past that taught
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  Speaker 2: us incredible lessons will be doomed to repeat those mistakes.
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  Speaker 2: And I don't know about you. But I don't think
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  Speaker 2: we're going down like that. Anyway, let's get Friday started.
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  Speaker 2: We're Toby and Chili in the morning. It's 97.1 Wash FM.
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  Speaker 3: Hang out.
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  Speaker 2: We got the news coming up in just a few minutes.
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  Speaker 2: Top stories at the top of the hour. Chili, what's
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  Speaker 2: going on?
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  Speaker 3: Well, speaking of 9-11, we'll tell you what Metro is
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  Speaker 3: going to be doing today to commemorate those who died
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  Speaker 3: at the Pentagon.
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  Speaker 5: Top stories, top of the hour.
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  Speaker 3: 25 years ago today, 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial planes
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  Speaker 3: in an attack on America. Two of them crashed into
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  Speaker 3: the World Trade Center, one hit the Pentagon, and United
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  Speaker 3: 93 went down in Pennsylvania after passengers fought back and
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  Speaker 3: nearly 3,000 people were killed. The president's going to be
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  Speaker 3: at the Pentagon today for a 9-11 ceremony. Vice President
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  Speaker 3: Vance is going to be visiting attack sites as well,
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  Speaker 3: while former Presidents Biden, Obama, Bush and Clinton are expected
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  Speaker 3: at the Ground Zero commemoration in New York. Now, locally,
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  Speaker 3: Metro is going to be pausing trains and buses for
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  Speaker 3: a minute this morning at 9.37 a.m., which marks the
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  Speaker 3: exact time the terrorists crashed a plane into the Pentagon.
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  Speaker 3: In other news, the president closed the GOP's first ever
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  Speaker 3: midterm convention in Dallas last night, repeating his promise of
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  Speaker 3: $ 5, 000 payments to adults if Republicans keep control of Congress,
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  Speaker 3: a plan that would require congressional approval. A Centerville couple
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  Speaker 3: is dead in an apparent murder-suicide. Fairfax County police say
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  Speaker 3: a man shot his wife, then himself, inside their home Wednesday.
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  Speaker 3: Their three children were present at the time, but unharmed.
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  Speaker 3: The D.C. Police Union is accusing MPD management of misusing
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  Speaker 3: data from flock license plate cameras. The union says the
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  Speaker 3: department lacked proper safeguards, while MPD has since restricted access
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  Speaker 3: to the system. And new research suggests that even low
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  Speaker 3: levels of light while you sleep could affect your heart.
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  Speaker 3: A recent study found sleeping with more than three lux
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  Speaker 3: of light was linked to thickening heart walls and less
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  Speaker 3: efficient pumping. Forecast today, partly sunny with periods of rain
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  Speaker 3: this morning. Highs around 87. Right now, 72 in Bowie.
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  Speaker 2: Remember, you get top stories at the top of the
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  Speaker 2: hour with 97.1 Wash FM. Toby and Chili in the
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  Speaker 2: morning and in just a few minutes. Some words of
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  Speaker 2: wisdom that I think will inspire you today. At least
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  Speaker 2: that is the hope, your morning mindset coming up. And
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  Speaker 2: since it is September 11th, we will let that take
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  Speaker 2: us to where it leads. Toby and Tilly in the morning.
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  Speaker 2: It is 97.1 Wash FM and it is time now
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  Speaker 2: for us to focus a bit on what you're going
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  Speaker 2: through right now with your morning mindset.
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  Speaker 3: So we're going to share a quote, especially on the
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  Speaker 3: 25th anniversary of 9-11 that we hope you think about
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  Speaker 3: as you take on the rest of your day.
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  Speaker 2: Then President George W. Bush says, we are in a
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  Speaker 2: fight for our principles and our first responsibility is to
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  Speaker 2: live by it. He said that not too long after
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  Speaker 2: 9-11 on September 20th, 2001. We're in a fight for
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  Speaker 2: our principles and our first responsibility is to live by them.
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  Speaker 2: And maybe that's your morning mindset today. Maybe that's our
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  Speaker 2: morning mindset today. Remembering September 11th is just, it's not
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  Speaker 2: just about looking back at who we were or what
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  Speaker 2: we were doing that morning. It's asking us who we
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  Speaker 2: choose to be right now. Somebody that we don't know.
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  Speaker 2: More willing to see each other as neighbors instead of strangers.
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  Speaker 2: We can't change what happened 25 years ago. But we
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  Speaker 2: absolutely do get to decide what kind of people we
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  Speaker 2: are here 25 years later. So keep that in mind.
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  Speaker 2: The words of former President George W. Bush, we are
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  Speaker 2: in a fight for our principles. And our first responsibility
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  Speaker 2: is to live by them. That's your morning mindset on
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  Speaker 2: this September 11th. I hope that it helps and I
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  Speaker 2: hope that it resonates a bit and it makes you
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  Speaker 2: think because that's what today really is all about. Remembering, thinking,
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  Speaker 2: and realizing what can be if we live by those principles. Anyway,
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  Speaker 2: stay with Toby and Chili in the morning because coming
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  Speaker 2: up in just a few.
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  Speaker 3: Well, on 9-11, 184 lives were lost at the Pentagon,
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  Speaker 3: but so many incredible, uplifting, and like Stories that really
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  Speaker 3: restored your faith in humanity came out of it. And
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  Speaker 3: Toby and I are going to share a couple of
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  Speaker 3: those with you in just a few.
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  Speaker 2: It is September 11th, 97.1 Wash FM. We're Toby and
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  Speaker 2: Chili in the morning. You know, one of the things
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  Speaker 2: that really just resonates with me about life in the
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  Speaker 2: last 25 years after 9-11 are the stories. The stories
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  Speaker 2: of normal people who, yes, they grieved. They even took
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  Speaker 2: a moment to ask why. But, you know, out of
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  Speaker 2: bad comes good. There are some incredible examples of that
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  Speaker 2: good that happened right here in the DMV.
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  Speaker 3: One of them that stands out to me was on
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  Speaker 3: 9-11 and this was at the Pentagon. Army Lieutenant Colonel
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  Speaker 3: Brian Birdwell was just steps away from where the American
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  Speaker 3: Airlines flight crashed into the building. And he was caught
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  Speaker 3: up in flames and suffered burns over 60 percent of
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  Speaker 3: his body. But he was pulled from the building. by
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  Speaker 3: an Air Force officer named Rob Maness, who was asked
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  Speaker 3: to hold his leaking IV and help keep him conscious.
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  Speaker 3: Now the two men talked for a few minutes and
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  Speaker 3: they even prayed together, but then they were separated. They
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  Speaker 3: lost touch. They thought of each other for a very
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  Speaker 3: long time. And then 15 years later, can you imagine
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  Speaker 3: something incredible happening? They met up at the Republican National
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  Speaker 3: Convention in Cleveland. Somebody introduced them because they were both
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  Speaker 3: veterans who had been at the Pentagon. Shortly after they met,
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  Speaker 3: they're like, wait a minute, you're the man who was
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  Speaker 3: with me that day. They hugged, they cried. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: it's such a great story because then Brian went on
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  Speaker 3: to survive multiple operations. He eventually became a Texas state
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  Speaker 3: senator and he founded a nonprofit helping burn survivors. And
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  Speaker 3: he says that Rob's help that day gave him the
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  Speaker 3: chance to live long enough to watch his own son
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  Speaker 3: graduate high school, graduate college and get married.
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  Speaker 2: Here comes a good one, too, from the Pentagon's daycare
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  Speaker 2: center on September 11th. Hannah and Heather Bourne. They were
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  Speaker 2: just little girls then going to that daycare. Their mom,
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  Speaker 2: Dana Bourne, she was in the Air Force, an officer
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  Speaker 2: working at the Pentagon. Hannah, a toddler. Heather, a baby.
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  Speaker 2: Hannah says she remembers vividly the things that happened that morning.
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  Speaker 2: And she struggled with things like fire drills and whatnot
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  Speaker 2: that came afterwards. Flash forward 25 years. Both sisters chose
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  Speaker 2: military service. Hannah became an Air Force captain and Heather
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  Speaker 2: went to the Marine Corps as a first lieutenant. What
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  Speaker 2: an incredible full circle story. Those are just two examples
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  Speaker 2: of the good that comes after something like what happened
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  Speaker 2: on 9-11. But remembrance also means action. And in each
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  Speaker 2: of these stories, these people were compelled to be better
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  Speaker 2: than they were. Toby and Tilly in the morning with
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  Speaker 2: the news on the way. Top stories at the top
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  Speaker 2: of the hour. What's up?
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  Speaker 3: The old farmer's almanac has made its prediction for winter
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  Speaker 3: in the D.C. area. And I'll share what it found
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  Speaker 3: coming up in just a few minutes.
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  Speaker 2: There are countless stories that are being told this morning
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  Speaker 2: across the DMV as we pause to remember the events
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  Speaker 2: of 9-11 25 years ago. Toby and Chili in the morning.
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  Speaker 2: It's 97.1 Wash FM in Arlington. Janice, you were working
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  Speaker 2: at the Pentagon 25 years ago this morning.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, we heard the alert to evacuate the building. This
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  Speaker 6: wasn't a drill. And the plane hit the building at 947.
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  Speaker 6: Everybody was just absolutely silent.
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  Speaker 3: What do you plan to do today to commemorate and
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  Speaker 3: remember those that we lost?
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  Speaker 6: You know, I'm going to go to mass this morning
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  Speaker 6: and think about everybody and hopefully maybe that might help
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  Speaker 6: out a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: Toby and Chili in the Morning on 97.1 Wash FM.
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  Speaker 5: 97.1 WASH FM, Washington.
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  Speaker 1: An iHeartRadio station. Coming up on Top Stories, top of
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  Speaker 1: the hour.
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  Speaker 3: 25 years later, the nation remembers 9-11 and leaders gather
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  Speaker 3: to mark the anniversary. I've got the latest on that
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  Speaker 3: story and others on the way. With Toby and Chili
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  Speaker 3: in the morning on 97.1 Wash FM.
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  Speaker 5: Top stories, top of the hour.
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  Speaker 3: 25 years ago today, Al-Qaeda terrorists carried out the deadliest
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  Speaker 3: terror attack on U.S. soil. Four planes were hijacked, two
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  Speaker 3: hit the World Trade Center in New York, one, the Pentagon,
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  Speaker 3: and United 93 crashed in Pennsylvania after passengers fought back.
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  Speaker 3: Nearly 3,000 people died. Now, the president is going to
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  Speaker 3: be attending a ceremony at the Pentagon today, while Vice
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  Speaker 3: President Vance joins former presidents Biden, Obama, Bush, and Clinton
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  Speaker 3: in at the Ground Zero commemoration in New York. According
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  Speaker 3: to a recent survey, 68% of Americans believe 9-11 changed
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  Speaker 3: the country forever. 60% say the war on terrorism has
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  Speaker 3: been at least somewhat successful, while 40% say it's been unsuccessful.
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  Speaker 3: In other news, Metro is changing its bus fare policy
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  Speaker 3: after a driver was brutally attacked in Silver Spring recently.
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  Speaker 3: Drivers with partial seals, or shields rather, will no longer
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  Speaker 3: have to quote a fare, and Metro says they plan
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  Speaker 3: to fully enclose every driver's workstation by May of next year.
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  Speaker 3: A man was shot and killed yesterday in a White
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  Speaker 3: Oak neighborhood in Montgomery County, and police are now asking
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  Speaker 3: neighbors for any information or camera footage, and so far
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  Speaker 3: no suspect has been identified or arrested. And the old
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  Speaker 3: farmer's almanac says D.C. could be in for a milder
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  Speaker 3: winter with above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation. But
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  Speaker 3: don't put away those coats just yet. Forecasters do expect
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  Speaker 3: some cold especially and maybe even snow in February. Forecast
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  Speaker 3: for today, partly sunny with periods of rain this morning.
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  Speaker 3: Highs around 87. Right now, 72 in Woodbridge.
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  Speaker 2: And that is the news. Remember, you get your top
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  Speaker 2: stories at the top of the hour with Toby and
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  Speaker 2: Chili in the morning on 97.1 Wash FM. A local
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  Speaker 2: woman is trying to see every single Smithsonian exhibit in
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  Speaker 2: every single Smithsonian museum. The reason she started doing this,
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  Speaker 2: that's the part I don't think anybody was expecting. You
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  Speaker 2: have got to hear this. It is 97.1 Wash FM.
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  Speaker 2: Toby and Chili in the morning. She's from D.C. Her
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  Speaker 2: name is Catherine Jones. She's on this mission to read
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  Speaker 2: every exhibit at every Smithsonian Museum in D.C. She's the
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  Speaker 2: digital docent. She's with us this morning.
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  Speaker 1: Good morning.
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  Speaker 2: Catherine, when you decided that you were going to read
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  Speaker 2: your way through every Smithsonian exhibit, did you have any
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  Speaker 2: idea what you were getting yourself into?
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  Speaker 6: I don't think so. I originally started counting the exhibits
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  Speaker 6: on the map. And then as I'm now 211 exhibits
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  Speaker 6: in as we are talking today. And every time I go,
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  Speaker 6: I discover a new exhibit tucked in a stairwell or
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  Speaker 6: a hallway or even a bathroom. I don't know if
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  Speaker 6: this will ever end.
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  Speaker 3: Why are you doing this exactly? And how did you
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  Speaker 3: make a plan?
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  Speaker 6: The background is I had taken the year off from
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  Speaker 6: work to try to figure out kind of what I
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  Speaker 6: wanted to do with my life. So on the personal side,
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  Speaker 6: I needed a plan to keep me occupied. And I
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  Speaker 6: was like, well, I like the museums. They're very close
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  Speaker 6: to me. They're free. That would be great. And then
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  Speaker 6: I just felt like I wanted to do something good
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  Speaker 6: to contribute value and not noise kind of to the
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  Speaker 6: social space. And so I think the more we go
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  Speaker 6: to museums, the more we learn and experience, the better
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  Speaker 6: we can empathize with others and the better we can
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  Speaker 6: problem solve ourselves because we have a deeper repository of
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  Speaker 6: options to kind of approach the things that we deal with.
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  Speaker 6: And so decided to start sharing about each of the
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  Speaker 6: exhibits and hoping that someone else will go and visit.
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  Speaker 6: If I can get one person into a museum per video,
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  Speaker 6: then that's a success for me.
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  Speaker 3: And you only have so much time. Have you completed
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  Speaker 3: any museum completely yet? And if so, which one?
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  Speaker 6: I've completed two, which one feels a little bit like cheating.
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  Speaker 6: The Renwick is the craft arm of American art, and
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  Speaker 6: they just closed State Farms, which was incredible. And then
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  Speaker 6: I've read all the way through the Museum of the
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  Speaker 6: American Indian.
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  Speaker 2: What do the rest of us get wrong about visiting
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  Speaker 2: any Smithsonian museum?
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  Speaker 6: Oh, that's a good question. It's not as stuffy and
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  Speaker 6: boring as you think. Going into it with a curious
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  Speaker 6: and open mind, there's always something cool to see or
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  Speaker 6: to learn. And I promise there is something cool in
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  Speaker 6: every Smithsonian Museum.
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  Speaker 3: And if you want to join Catherine on her journey
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  Speaker 3: as she goes through every single exhibit, you can follow
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  Speaker 3: her at digitaldocent on Instagram.
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  Speaker 1: Awesome. Thank you, guys.
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  Speaker 2: We're Toby and Chili in the morning at 97.1 Wash FM.
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  Speaker 2: You ever think about how much everyday life has changed
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  Speaker 2: since 9-11? Some of the stuff that we still do
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  Speaker 2: today might just surprise you. Stay with us. 97.1 Wash
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  Speaker 2: FM with Toby and Chilling in the Morning. This is
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  Speaker 2: something kind of wild when you stop to think about it.
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  Speaker 2: There are adults right now who were not even alive
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  Speaker 2: on 9-11. So a lot of the things that changed
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  Speaker 2: because of that day, well, to them, that's just how
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  Speaker 2: life's always worked. But it wasn't.
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  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 2: So think about going to the airport or going to
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  Speaker 2: a game or even walking around D.C. So much of
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  Speaker 2: what we consider normal today actually started after 9-11. But
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  Speaker 2: how much?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, well, let's start with the airport. You mentioned it.
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  Speaker 3: Security became super tight. You know, TSA did not even
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  Speaker 3: exist pre 9-11. Afterward, it became federalized airport screening, reinforcement
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  Speaker 3: of cockpit pit doors and they expanded watch lists and
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  Speaker 3: of course that eventually led to the whole.
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  Speaker 2: Pre-check and going anywhere big also changed bag searches whenever
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  Speaker 2: you go to nats park or you go to see
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  Speaker 2: the commanders play that's just one barriers and this happens
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  Speaker 2: also at concerts too today we don't even think about
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  Speaker 2: it but then it really felt extraordinary that level of
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  Speaker 2: security Also.
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  Speaker 3: Specifically, the streets around federal buildings in D.C. changed. They
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  Speaker 3: were either closed or redesigned. They had checkpoints that become
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  Speaker 3: part of the landscape, ballers, security around the Capitol, the
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  Speaker 3: White House, the Pentagon. Something that you barely notice today
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  Speaker 3: was really not normal before 9-11. I mean, you could
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  Speaker 3: literally like walk right in front of the White House
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  Speaker 3: gates like or drive actually. But back in the day,
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  Speaker 3: it was very different.
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  Speaker 2: All those concrete barriers? Yeah, they weren't a thing.
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  Speaker 3: They were not.
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  Speaker 2: Then, and the government changed. Homeland security was created. Everything
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  Speaker 2: having to do with intelligence got reorganized. And there was
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  Speaker 2: an emphasis on these agencies sharing the information one with
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  Speaker 2: the other.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Especially with the first responders. Interagency communication, disaster planning, terrorism response,
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  Speaker 3: building evacuation, all these large scale emergency exercises. They became
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  Speaker 3: much bigger priorities so they could all communicate with each other.
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  Speaker 3: If God forbid we went through another scenario like that.
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  Speaker 2: That's the strange thing about 25 years passing. Everything changed
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  Speaker 2: your entire way of life. Welcome to what they call
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  Speaker 2: then the new normal. We're Toby and Chili in the morning.
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  Speaker 2: It's 97.1 Wash FM.
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  Speaker 4: Hang out.
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  Speaker 2: We got the news coming up in just a few minutes.
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  Speaker 2: Top stories at the top of the hour. Chili, what's
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  Speaker 2: going on?
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  Speaker 3: Metro is going to be doing something special later this
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  Speaker 3: morning to commemorate those who died at the Pentagon on 9-11.
• 17:57
  Speaker 3: And I'll explain more coming up in just a few.
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  Speaker 2: On the way after top stories at the top of
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: the hour with Toby and Tilly in the morning here
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: at 97.1 Wash FM right around 710. We've got tickets
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: for you to see Usher and Chris Brown. If you
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: want them, here's how to get them.
• 18:14
  Speaker 3: We're going to ask our nearly impossible question, and if
• 18:16
  Speaker 3: you get it right, you get to go up to
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  Speaker 3: M & T Bank Stadium October 17th for the show.
• 18:23
  Speaker 5: 97.1 WASH-FM, Washington.
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: An iHeartRadio station. Coming up on Top Stories, top of
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: the hour.
• 18:30
  Speaker 3: 25 years after 9-11, the nation pauses to remember and
• 18:34
  Speaker 3: honor those we lost. We've got more on that story
• 18:37
  Speaker 3: and others on the way with Toby and Chili in
• 18:40
  Speaker 3: the morning on 97.1 Wash FM.
• 18:46
  Speaker 5: Top stories, top of the hour.
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  Speaker 3: 25 years ago today, 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial planes
• 18:53
  Speaker 3: in an attack on America. Two crashed into the World
• 18:56
  Speaker 3: Trade Center in New York. One hit the Pentagon, and
• 18:59
  Speaker 3: United 93 went down in Pennsylvania after passengers fought back.
• 19:03
  Speaker 3: Nearly 3,000 people were killed. Well, the president will be
• 19:06
  Speaker 3: at the Pentagon today for a 9-11 ceremony. Then Vice
• 19:10
  Speaker 3: President Vance is going to be visiting other attack sites,
• 19:13
  Speaker 3: while former presidents Biden, Obama, Bush, and Clinton are expected...
• 19:18
  Speaker 3: at the Ground Zero commemoration in New York. Now, locally,
• 19:23
  Speaker 3: Metro is going to be pausing trains and buses for
• 19:25
  Speaker 3: one minute this morning at 937. That marks the exact
• 19:29
  Speaker 3: time that terrorists crashed the plane into the Pentagon. In
• 19:33
  Speaker 3: other news, the president closed the GOP's first ever midterm
• 19:36
  Speaker 3: convention in Dallas last night, repeating his $ 5, 000 payments to
• 19:41
  Speaker 3: adults if Republicans keep control of Congress, a plan that
• 19:45
  Speaker 3: would require congressional approval. A Centerville couple is dead in
• 19:49
  Speaker 3: an apparent murder-suicide. Fairfax County police say a man shot
• 19:53
  Speaker 3: his wife and then himself inside their home on Wednesday.
• 19:56
  Speaker 3: Their three children were home at the time, but unharmed.
• 20:01
  Speaker 3: The Justice Department is suing the district and UDC over
• 20:05
  Speaker 3: in-state tuition policies for undocumented immigrants. The DOJ says the
• 20:10
  Speaker 3: policies violate federal law and is seeking to block tuition
• 20:14
  Speaker 3: assistance and scholarships for students in the country illegally. And finally,
• 20:19
  Speaker 3: according to a recent study, 78% of American adults take
• 20:23
  Speaker 3: at least one health supplement. Vitamins and minerals are most common,
• 20:28
  Speaker 3: while younger adults are more likely to use protein supplements.
• 20:33
  Speaker 3: Forecast today, partly sunny skies with some periods of rain
• 20:36
  Speaker 3: this morning. Highs around 87. Right now, 72 in Dundalk.
• 20:41
  Speaker 5: Toby and Chili's Nearly Impossible Question.
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: Usher, Chris Brown. Tickets up for grabs. It's Friday. Here's
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: your question.
• 20:49
  Speaker 3: Experts say adding this to your daily routine can really
• 20:53
  Speaker 3: improve your memory. What is it?
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: 866-927-4361.
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: That's the number. Call now. Get it right. And you'll
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: be off to Baltimore in October in the T-Bank Stadium
• 21:06
  Speaker 2: to see Usher and Chris Brown, the R & B tour.
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: The question again.
• 21:10
  Speaker 3: Experts say adding this to your daily routine, and I'll
• 21:14
  Speaker 3: give you a hint, it has to do with consuming something,
• 21:16
  Speaker 3: can really improve your memory.
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: What is it?
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: 866-927-4361.
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: The game is on.
• 21:25
  Speaker 5: Toby and Chili's Nearly Impossible Question.
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: What is that question again this morning for those who
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: might just be joining us?
• 21:32
  Speaker 3: Experts say adding this to your daily routine can really
• 21:36
  Speaker 3: improve your memory.
• 21:38
  Speaker 2: If you do this, what is it? 97.1 Wash FM
• 21:41
  Speaker 2: with Toby and Chili in the morning. Your Nearly Impossible
• 21:43
  Speaker 2: Question could get you in to see Usher and Chris Brown,
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: M & T Bank Stadium in October. If you can
• 21:48
  Speaker 2: answer it right at 866-927-4361. It being that question. Good morning.
• 21:54
  Speaker 2: What's your name and where are you from?
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: Mabel, Washington, D.C.
• 21:57
  Speaker 2: Well, hello, Mabel. You've got the question for the tickets
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: to go see Chris Brown, Usher, M & T Bank
• 22:05
  Speaker 2: Stadium in Baltimore. What is your guess?
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: My guess is coffee.
• 22:11
  Speaker 3: Oh, drinking coffee you think would improve your memory. Well,
• 22:15
  Speaker 3: you're getting closer. It's a beverage, okay, but it's not coffee. Sorry.
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: Although now you're making me think I want some, so
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: I'm going to go run and get some coming up
• 22:26
  Speaker 2: after we are done with this here nearly impossible question. You, however,
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: should feel free to call and play again.
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: Thank you.
• 22:33
  Speaker 5: May not improve my memory, but improve my life.
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: That's right. Yes, ma'am.
• 22:39
  Speaker 6: Take care.
• 22:40
  Speaker 2: Thank you. You too. And what is your name? Where
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: would you be from this morning?
• 22:44
  Speaker 5: This is Corey from Washington, D.C.
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: Corey, welcome back. We've talked every morning this week right
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: around this time. Is today going to be any different? Because,
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: you know, if not, rinse and repeat. You know how
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: it goes.
• 22:59
  Speaker 3: Your last shot at getting these tickets to Usher and
• 23:01
  Speaker 3: Chris Brown. So fingers crossed for you.
• 23:04
  Speaker 5: OK, so I'm going to say water. Water.
• 23:07
  Speaker 3: So you think adding water or drinking water every day
• 23:11
  Speaker 3: can improve your memory?
• 23:12
  Speaker 4: I do.
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 23:15
  Speaker 2: Yes, for sure.
• 23:15
  Speaker 5: It's a healthy supplement.
• 23:17
  Speaker 6: I would say yes, water.
• 23:18
  Speaker 2: Well, you're a great advocate for water and that water's
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: advocating for you. So go slam some now. You're going
• 23:23
  Speaker 2: to probably need to refresh yourself after we tell you
• 23:27
  Speaker 2: that you're going to go see Usher and Chris Brown
• 23:30
  Speaker 2: in T-Bank Stadium. It's taking you all week, but the
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: tickets are yours.
• 23:36
  Speaker 5: Thank you so much.
• 23:37
  Speaker 4: Yes.
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: All week.
• 23:38
  Speaker 5: Oh, my gosh.
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: Man, you you are so like what's the right word?
• 23:45
  Speaker 5: Persistent.
• 23:45
  Speaker 3: Persistent.
• 23:46
  Speaker 2: And it paid off. It's amazing.
• 23:48
  Speaker 5: I love it.
• 23:49
  Speaker 2: All right.
• 23:50
  Speaker 6: So I love the radio station.
• 23:52
  Speaker 5: So this is an added addition.
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: Make sure you tell all your friends to be here
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: next week.
• 23:56
  Speaker 5: Why?
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: Stevie Wonder, the legend. He's coming to town, announced his
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: tour this week. And we got tickets for you Monday,
• 24:03
  Speaker 2: right around 710 after Top Stories at the top of
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: the hour with 97.1 Wash FM. Now stay with us
• 24:11
  Speaker 2: because coming up, a story that we think will make
• 24:13
  Speaker 2: you feel good on this Friday.
• 24:14
  Speaker 3: A group of nearly 50 runners spent the past week
• 24:17
  Speaker 3: covering 485 miles on foot from Pennsylvania to the Pentagon
• 24:23
  Speaker 3: to New York City. Their story will inspire you.
• 24:28
  Speaker 2: Friday morning, September 11th in the nation's capital. 97.1 Wash FM.
• 24:32
  Speaker 2: Toby and Chili in the morning with a story now
• 24:34
  Speaker 2: that we think might make you feel good on this
• 24:37
  Speaker 2: Friday as we remember 9-11. Nearly 50 people. They're making
• 24:42
  Speaker 2: their way from Shanksville, Pennsylvania to New York City. They're
• 24:45
  Speaker 2: covering 485 miles in honor of the first responders and
• 24:51
  Speaker 2: of the service members who gave their lives on 9-11.
• 24:54
  Speaker 3: And on Tuesday, their journey brought them right here to
• 24:57
  Speaker 3: the D.C. area with a stop at the Pentagon. This
• 24:59
  Speaker 3: is how it's working out. So the runners, they take
• 25:01
  Speaker 3: turns in small groups. They cover about 10 miles a day,
• 25:05
  Speaker 3: with some going even further. And they're running through towns
• 25:08
  Speaker 3: and small communities along the way. They're carrying flags, memories,
• 25:12
  Speaker 3: and a message that 25 years later, the sacrifices of
• 25:16
  Speaker 3: 9-11 must never be forgotten.
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  Speaker 2: The run is organized with the Tunnel to Towers Foundation,
• 25:22
  Speaker 2: created in memory of New York firefighter Stephen Siller. On 9-11,
• 25:27
  Speaker 2: Siller turned around after hearing about the attacks, grabbed his
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: 60 pounds of firefighting gear and ran down. toward the
• 25:35
  Speaker 2: Twin Towers. He never made it home to his wife
• 25:37
  Speaker 2: and his five children. But now, 25 years later.
• 25:41
  Speaker 3: These runners, they're carrying that memory forward one painful and
• 25:44
  Speaker 3: powerful mile at a time. And they're going to be
• 25:47
  Speaker 3: at ground zero this morning to end their very touching journey.
• 25:52
  Speaker 2: It's all about remembering and it's all about taking action.
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: to honor those that we lost that day. And that's
• 26:01
  Speaker 2: why this story just makes you feel good on a
• 26:04
  Speaker 2: Friday like today. And if you've got a story that
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: you think might make somebody feel good one week from now,
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: share it with us. Toby and Chili page, washfm.com and
• 26:12
  Speaker 2: stay there because right around 810, the news, top stories
• 26:16
  Speaker 2: at the top of the hour. What's coming up?
• 26:18
  Speaker 3: This Smithsonian is displaying rarely seen artifacts from 9-11 this week.
• 26:22
  Speaker 3: And I've got some of the details coming up in
• 26:24
  Speaker 3: just a few minutes.
• 26:25
  Speaker 2: Toby and Chili in the morning, 97.1 Wash FM. It
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: is September 11th. The 9-11 Day of Service is happening
• 26:33
  Speaker 2: in D.C. More than 2,000 volunteers, Chili, are going to
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: be at the Washington Convention Center.
• 26:39
  Speaker 3: They're going to be packing more than 700,000 meals for
• 26:42
  Speaker 3: the Capital Area Food Bank. And this event is running
• 26:45
  Speaker 3: until 4 o'clock this afternoon.
• 26:47
  Speaker 2: Wow, they just literally got started minutes ago. That's amazing.
• 26:54
  Speaker 2: 97.1 Wash FM.
• 26:56
  Speaker 5: 97.1 WASH FM, Washington.
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: An iHeartRadio station. Coming up on Top Stories, top of
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: the hour.
• 27:03
  Speaker 3: 25 years later, the nation remembers 9-11 and leaders are
• 27:08
  Speaker 3: gathering to mark the anniversary. I've got details on that
• 27:11
  Speaker 3: story and others on the way. With Toby and Chili
• 27:14
  Speaker 3: in the morning on 97.1 Wash FM.
• 27:19
  Speaker 5: Top stories, top of the hour.
• 27:21
  Speaker 3: 25 years ago today, Al-Qaeda terrorists carried out the deadliest
• 27:26
  Speaker 3: terror attack on U.S.
• 27:27
  Speaker 2: Soil.
• 27:28
  Speaker 3: Four planes were hijacked. Two of them hit the World
• 27:30
  Speaker 3: Trade Center in New York City. One, the Pentagon and
• 27:34
  Speaker 3: United 93, crashed in Pennsylvania after passengers fought back. Nearly
• 27:39
  Speaker 3: 3,000 people died. Now, the president is going to be
• 27:41
  Speaker 3: attending a ceremony at the Pentagon today, while Vice President
• 27:45
  Speaker 3: Vance joins former presidents Biden, Obama, Bush, and Clinton at
• 27:50
  Speaker 3: the Ground Zero commemoration in New York. In other news,
• 27:54
  Speaker 3: Metro is changing its bus fare policy after a driver
• 27:58
  Speaker 3: was brutally attacked in Silver Spring recently. Drivers who've got
• 28:03
  Speaker 3: partial shields will no longer have to quote the fare
• 28:06
  Speaker 3: to someone who's coming on board. And Metro plans to
• 28:10
  Speaker 3: fully enclose every driver's workstation by May of next year.
• 28:15
  Speaker 3: The Commanders will open the NFL season this Sunday in Philadelphia.
• 28:19
  Speaker 3: Washington's got 10 players on its Week 1 injury list
• 28:23
  Speaker 3: and is looking to bounce back from last season's 5-12 finish.
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: D.C.
• 28:27
  Speaker 3: 's Arts All Night Festival will kick off tonight at
• 28:30
  Speaker 3: 7 p.m. with events in all eight wards through tomorrow.
• 28:34
  Speaker 3: The annual celebration now draws an estimated 250,000 people. And
• 28:39
  Speaker 3: the Smithsonian is displaying rarely seen artifacts from 9-11 this week.
• 28:44
  Speaker 3: This includes items from Flight 93 and the World Trade Center.
• 28:48
  Speaker 3: The objects offer a deeply personal look at the attacks,
• 28:52
  Speaker 3: and they're on display at the National Museum of American
• 28:55
  Speaker 3: History through tomorrow. Forecast today, we'll have partly sunny skies
• 28:59
  Speaker 3: with periods of rain this morning. Highs around 87, right
• 29:02
  Speaker 3: now 72 in Poolsville.
• 29:05
  Speaker 2: And those are Toby and Chili's top stories at the
• 29:07
  Speaker 2: top of the hour on 97.1 Wash FM. You've been
• 29:10
  Speaker 2: wondering how to mark 25 years since 9-11 today. Well,
• 29:14
  Speaker 2: there are a lot of ways that you can do
• 29:16
  Speaker 2: it right here in the DMV. And Chili and I
• 29:19
  Speaker 2: want to help you find the one that feels right.
• 29:22
  Speaker 2: for you. Still being chilly in the morning, 97.1 Wash FM.
• 29:26
  Speaker 2: You know, I think a lot of us wake up
• 29:28
  Speaker 2: on September 11th and we think, I want to acknowledge
• 29:30
  Speaker 2: today somehow. I want to do something, but I just
• 29:34
  Speaker 2: not sure what that something might be. Especially here in
• 29:38
  Speaker 2: the DMV because this did happen in our own backyard
• 29:42
  Speaker 2: silly if somebody's feeling that way this morning there are
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: some places around the dmv where they can go today Well.
• 29:49
  Speaker 3: We're just going to highlight a few of these. OK,
• 29:51
  Speaker 3: so the Pentagon Memorial itself is open 24 hours and
• 29:54
  Speaker 3: it honors the 184 people who were killed at the
• 29:57
  Speaker 3: Pentagon and on board Flight 77. Then in Rockville this
• 30:01
  Speaker 3: morning at 9 a.m., the courthouse right there at Courthouse
• 30:05
  Speaker 3: Square Park, it's free and open to the public. They're
• 30:08
  Speaker 3: having a remembrance ceremony. It will include a presentation of
• 30:11
  Speaker 3: colors and remarks from the mayor.
• 30:13
  Speaker 2: And don't forget Arlington. They've got at Fire Station 5
• 30:16
  Speaker 2: National Landing a wreath-laying roses that they're placing at the
• 30:20
  Speaker 2: station's World Trade Center steel beam there. 200-plus first responders
• 30:25
  Speaker 2: are expected to be there, including many of those who
• 30:28
  Speaker 2: responded to help at the Pentagon.
• 30:30
  Speaker 3: And that's happening at 11 o'clock this morning. And Arlington
• 30:32
  Speaker 3: is also going to live stream that event. Then the
• 30:35
  Speaker 3: National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Virginia, a
• 30:39
  Speaker 3: new exhibit launches today and it focuses on the Marine Corps'
• 30:43
  Speaker 3: response and legacy after 9-11.
• 30:46
  Speaker 2: Over in Prince George's County University Park, the 25th anniversary
• 30:50
  Speaker 2: remembrance is happening today honoring five University Park residents who
• 30:54
  Speaker 2: were on Flight 77. Five neighbors, one small community. It
• 30:59
  Speaker 2: makes this enormous loss suddenly feel really, really, really local.
• 31:05
  Speaker 3: And you could also head to Congressional Cemetery where they
• 31:07
  Speaker 3: have the 9-11 Healing Totem Polls. The Lumination Totem Poles,
• 31:13
  Speaker 3: as they're called. It's a quieter D.C. memorial option, and
• 31:16
  Speaker 3: they were dedicated in the cemetery's 9-11 memorial grove.
• 31:20
  Speaker 2: We've got a complete list for you on the Toby
• 31:22
  Speaker 2: and Chili page at washfm.com of ways that you can
• 31:26
  Speaker 2: remember 9-11 today. And you know, the thing that I
• 31:28
  Speaker 2: really like is that there's not just one right way
• 31:32
  Speaker 2: to do today. Maybe you go somewhere. Maybe you serve somebody.
• 31:36
  Speaker 2: Maybe you just stop for a minute. Just stop. Remember.
• 31:41
  Speaker 2: On this September 11th, it's 97.1 Wash FM. Toby and
• 31:44
  Speaker 2: Tilly in the morning in the midst of two hours
• 31:46
  Speaker 2: commercial free music. Pausing to remember.
• 31:50
  Speaker 3: There was a tribute to Heroes Telethon that aired just
• 31:52
  Speaker 3: 10 days after those attacks. So many celebrities came out
• 31:56
  Speaker 3: to raise money to support rescuers and family members. Here's
• 32:01
  Speaker 3: Julia Roberts.
• 32:02
  Speaker 4: At 2.30 in the morning, a group of workers at
• 32:04
  Speaker 4: the Pentagon hoisted the American flag. And as the stars
• 32:08
  Speaker 4: and stripes flew over the crash site, everyone there, medics, police,
• 32:13
  Speaker 4: federal agents, firefighters, and rescue personnel burst into applause.
• 32:19
  Speaker 5: Our flag was still there.
• 32:22
  Speaker 2: Thank you for letting us be in your life this week,
• 32:25
  Speaker 2: and especially today on this September 11th, as we remember.
• 32:28
  Speaker 2: We're Toby and Chili in the morning. It is 97.1
• 32:32
  Speaker 2: Wash FM.
• 32:32
  Speaker 3: Now, before we leave and have Sabrina Conti come in here,
• 32:35
  Speaker 3: she's in for Jenny Chase today. We do want to
• 32:38
  Speaker 3: share a quote with you related to 9-11 that perhaps
• 32:43
  Speaker 3: will be uplifting.
• 32:45
  Speaker 2: From former President George W. Bush, who with the other
• 32:48
  Speaker 2: former presidents will be in New York today. He said,
• 32:53
  Speaker 2: we are in a fight for our principles. And our
• 32:56
  Speaker 2: first responsibility is to live by them. We are in
• 33:01
  Speaker 2: a fight for our principles, and our first responsibility is
• 33:04
  Speaker 2: to live by them. George W. Bush reminding us that
• 33:10
  Speaker 2: September 11th isn't just about looking back at who we
• 33:13
  Speaker 2: were 25 years ago. It's asking us who we choose
• 33:17
  Speaker 2: to be right now. It's 97.1 Wash FM. Have an
• 33:22
  Speaker 2: incredible weekend. We'll talk to you Monday.
• 33:25
  Speaker 1: Want more Toby and Jilly? Head over to WashFM.com or
• 33:29
  Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio app.