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Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.32,0:00:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.22,0:00:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I've learned a lot of lessons\Nas an investigative reporter,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.22,0:00:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I thought\Nwe'd just get right into it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.05,0:00:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lesson number one:\Nyou could get somebody killed.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.00,0:00:23.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.71,0:00:27.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've reported on organized crime\Nfor a long time over the years
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.09,0:00:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in 1980 in particular,\NI covered organized crime in Chicago,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.96,0:00:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a multi-millionaire mob bookmaker\Nby the name of William "B .J." Jahoda.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.76,0:00:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He worked for the Cicero crew.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.80,0:00:45.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We in Chicago know that back in the day,\Nthat means it was Al Capone's territory.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.51,0:00:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He worked for a mob.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.94,0:00:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do we say about Rocky Infelice?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.28,0:00:53.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A really bad guy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.16,0:00:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was one of the cruelest,\Ntoughest, meanest crews
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.63,0:01:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Rocky Infelice was someone\Nto be reckoned with.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.54,0:01:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"B" is what we called Jahoda,\Nwhat everybody called Jahoda.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.80,0:01:08.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was a formal newspaper guy,\Nhe was a brilliant word-smith.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.52,0:01:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was an operator,\Nhe could do the numbers in his head.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.85,0:01:19.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he could keep books, and count odds\Nand could figure it out.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.26,0:01:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was also, at the heart of it,\Na decent man.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.38,0:01:25.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over many profitable years,\NRocky get very testy,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.70,0:01:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they were\Nrenegade bookmakers in Chicago.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.06,0:01:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were independent guys,\Nthey weren't kicking over to the Outfit,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.34,0:01:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was a bad thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.00,0:01:36.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rocky ordered Jahoda to go pick\Nsome of those guys up
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.96,0:01:41.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on some ruse or another\Nand then, drop them off.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.14,0:01:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Drop them off" said Rocky,\N"and don't look back!"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.04,0:01:49.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, one of those bookmakers\Nwas slaughtered in B.J.'s own kitchen.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.96,0:01:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a bloody mess.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.72,0:01:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He couldn't take it anymore and in 1989,\Nhe agreed to be wired up by the feds
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.50,0:02:01.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take down Rocky and his crew,\Nand believe me, this was a first,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.29,0:02:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this never happened in Chicago.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.05,0:02:07.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody penetrated the Chicago Outfit\Nand the whole street crew,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.17,0:02:10.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Bill Jahoda did, and at great peril.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.96,0:02:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first time he put on\Na wireless microphone,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.10,0:02:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he thought it would be\Nsome little tiny transistor radio.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.37,0:02:22.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the size of a pack of cigarettes\Nand they put it in the small of his back.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.37,0:02:24.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said it was like a brick.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.41,0:02:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said when he went\Ninto his first undercover meeting,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.53,0:02:30.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he felt like a San Diego chicken\Nin a funeral parlor,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.41,0:02:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he thought everybody knew.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.58,0:02:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After six weeks of unbelievable testimony\Nin Federal Court,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.32,0:02:40.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including that most memorable\Nmoment I sat through,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.01,0:02:43.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when even the judge laughed,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.17,0:02:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because B was describing Rose Laws,\Na famous Chicago madam,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.22,0:02:51.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how she would provide "her girls"\Nto the boys in Rocky's crew.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.01,0:02:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jahoda called it\N"horizontal refreshment."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.78,0:02:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.57,0:03:00.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,B.J. Jahoda took down\Nthe whole street crew.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.07,0:03:05.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rocky went to prison, B went into hiding,\Ninto witness protection.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.55,0:03:09.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he decided to give me\Nhis first TV interview.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.38,0:03:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were terrified.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.33,0:03:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Mob wanted to kill him.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.25,0:03:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had to be careful\Nabout the meeting place.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.71,0:03:19.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We decided on a hotel in Wisconsin,\Noutside the northern district of Illinois.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.95,0:03:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know, we don't travel light.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.21,0:03:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we had 2 camera crews,\N3 producers, me,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.02,0:03:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if somebody watched\Nthe Channel 5 news, they could spot me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.85,0:03:34.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were terrified that we were going\Nto get him killed,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.51,0:03:38.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think B was pretty worried\Nabout it too.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.33,0:03:40.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We didn't get him killed, thank God!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.17,0:03:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the interview,\NI've got to tell you,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.58,0:03:44.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was just something!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.83,0:03:50.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because people called him a rat,\Nwe called the story "Diary of a Rat."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.05,0:03:52.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,B. J. Jahoda did his civic duty,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.66,0:03:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stopped helping people get killed,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.82,0:03:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it was pretty tough.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.19,0:04:00.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when the interview\Nwas almost over, I said:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.71,0:04:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do you still everyday fear\Nfor your life?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.64,0:04:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said:\N"Let me just put it to you this way."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.00,0:04:11.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"They'd start the party by scooping out\Nmy eyeballs with a teaspoon."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.99,0:04:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lesson two:\Nsomebody may want to kill you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.72,0:04:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My next door neighbour called\None morning frantically and said:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.38,0:04:24.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Who are the guys in your backyard\Nwith the weapons under their arms?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.82,0:04:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.57,0:04:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a long story, but it begins with\Na guy named Jeff Fort.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.38,0:04:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fort is in federal prison now,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.42,0:04:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's been in and out for\Nthese many years.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.02,0:04:38.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even to this day, he remains
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.63,0:04:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of Chicago's most feared\Nand most notorious gang leaders.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.09,0:04:44.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was a child of the Great Migration.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.02,0:04:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He came up from Aberdeen, Mississippi,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.83,0:04:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the 50s, to Woodlawn\Non the South Side of Chicago.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.07,0:04:55.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was odd, because he was skinny,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.39,0:04:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,semi-literate at best,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.16,0:04:59.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he was magical.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.44,0:05:00.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was a leader.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.77,0:05:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He led thousands of followers\Nin the 60s and 70s,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.73,0:05:07.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they called him "Angel."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.29,0:05:10.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the Lyndon Johnson\NWar on Poverty's years,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.83,0:05:14.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jeff Fort got some of that federal money,\Nabout a million dollars,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.13,0:05:18.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that went to community organizations\Nand people with natural leadership.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.30,0:05:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he scammed the government,\Nstole the money, went to federal prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.50,0:05:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But smart enough to realize\Nin federal prison
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.84,0:05:33.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that religious organizations experience\Na level of constitutional protection.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.60,0:05:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he went: "Aha! I will form\Na religion, not a gang!"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.53,0:05:43.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It came to be known as the El Rukns,\Na Muslim religious organization.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.01,0:05:47.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And out of prison Jeff came back\Nto the streets of Chicago
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.26,0:05:49.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with his El Rukns.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.29,0:05:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Rukns were not just deadly,\Nthey were small, they were secretive.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.82,0:06:00.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the government had a hell of time\Npenetrating them and tried for many years.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.43,0:06:03.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jeff quickly went back to prison\Non a different charge,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.100,0:06:05.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was was a drug charge.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.94,0:06:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And besides being a religious leader,\Nhe was very good on a pay phone.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.01,0:06:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, from the pay phone\Nin another joint,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.64,0:06:17.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for 3500 hours of wire taps,\Nthe feds were listening in,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.52,0:06:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as he instructed his followers\Nto make a deal with Muammar Gaddafi.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.14,0:06:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they go to Libya.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.42,0:06:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they are Muslims\Nand will get to know Gaddafi.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.05,0:06:30.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for 2.5 million dollars,\NJeff's group promises
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.77,0:06:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,promises that they will commit\Nacts of domestic terrorism
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.56,0:06:37.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and shoot airliners out of the sky.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.23,0:06:40.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the feds got him.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.48,0:06:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he was in terrible trouble\Nin that trial.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.56,0:06:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the meantime,\NI'm doing a documentary on him,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.38,0:06:47.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's called "Angel of Fear."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.80,0:06:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the phone rings at home,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.20,0:06:51.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's an El Rukn hitman\Nnamed Billy Doyle
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.36,0:06:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and El Rukn hitmen\Ndon't call reporters at home,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.68,0:06:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I knew I was in trouble.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.88,0:07:00.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I called NBC, I called the feds\Nand I called the police.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.27,0:07:02.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't want to call anybody,\Nbecause as a reporter,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.82,0:07:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you belong to nobody's club.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.24,0:07:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NBC sent in security,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.27,0:07:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the feds and police\Nwere watching the house.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.24,0:07:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The security system that was installed\Ncame with a panic button
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.51,0:07:15.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that looks like a garage door opener,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.12,0:07:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you punch it with your finger,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.97,0:07:20.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it creates a class-one emergency\Nand cops come to your house.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.14,0:07:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One morning, I am in the tub,\Nwith my six month old son,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.61,0:07:26.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my two-year-old comes\Ninto the bathroom and goes: "Look, mom!"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.20,0:07:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.23,0:07:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew I had 30 seconds
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.20,0:07:35.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to either take my mascara out\Nfrom under my eyes or put on a robe,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.31,0:07:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in 30 seconds the cops were\Nat the door, the doorbell was ringing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.60,0:07:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I opened the door, there were\Ntwo men in firing position,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.78,0:07:48.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they had run through the wet\Ncement next door,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.77,0:07:51.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they were relaying sidewalks,\Ncement was on their shoes...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.99,0:07:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said: "I'm so sorry!\NI'm so sorry! I really am sorry!"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.60,0:07:58.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next day, I called Jeff's lawyer,\Nand I said:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.13,0:08:00.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Tell him he made\Na really bad mistake in doing this."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.71,0:08:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The lawyer said: "Jeff says he's sorry."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.45,0:08:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I knew I had\Nto say sorry to somebody else.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.85,0:08:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Early the next morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.29,0:08:11.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I packed up the kids, baby on my back,\NJosh next to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.53,0:08:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We get a cab, we go to Dunkin' Donuts,\Nget 12 dozen donuts,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.53,0:08:17.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put them in the cab,\Ndrive to the 18th district.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.87,0:08:21.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A hooker and a drunk hold open the door\Nas they've been let out of the tank.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.73,0:08:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We go into the 18th district\NI put Josh up on the desk,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.52,0:08:28.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I said: "Josh, tell the sergeant\Nthat we are sorry."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.91,0:08:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.05,0:08:32.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the cop, who had\Nan Irish brogue, of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.77,0:08:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,goes "Oh ma'am, don't be\Nso hard on the boy!"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.94,0:08:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.22,0:08:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lesson number three:\Nprepare to be unpopular.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.71,0:08:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the years, we've done stories\Non the most popular people in our midst.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.25,0:08:45.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That would include Michael Jordan\Nat the pinnacle of his career,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.66,0:08:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Barrack Obama at the beginning of his\Nhistoric ascendancy to the presidency.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.93,0:08:53.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we are currently at The Sun-Times\Nengaged in yet another story
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.19,0:08:54.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the nephew of the Daley clan
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.97,0:08:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whether he got special consideration
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.18,0:09:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in an altercation resulting in the death\Nof a young man in 2004
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.46,0:09:02.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for which he had not been charged.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.69,0:09:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All three of those stories have generated\Ngreat controversy for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.20,0:09:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jordan's charity was designed really\Nas a public relations thing for him;
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.26,0:09:15.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,giving money to the needy\Nwas only a tiny percentage of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.74,0:09:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obama had a well-connected fundraiser\Nnamed Tony Rezko
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.20,0:09:21.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whom he didn't want talk about\Nduring that first campaign,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.98,0:09:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we did.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.57,0:09:27.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took 18 months to persuade him to come\Nto our editorial board and explain it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.96,0:09:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's been a special prosecutor\Nappointed in the case of the Daley nephew
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.38,0:09:36.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the young man who died,\NDavid Koschman.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.66,0:09:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There has been push-back\Non all of these stories,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.16,0:09:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from all kinds of people,\Nbut we did the stories anyway,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.52,0:09:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it is a privilege\Nto be a reporter.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.34,0:09:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In exchange for that privilege,\NI always tell journalism students,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.76,0:09:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you give up some\Nof your normal rights as a citizen.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.49,0:09:57.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which means you don't belong\Nto a political party,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.44,0:09:59.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't belong\Nto a special interest group,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.67,0:10:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes, you don't get invited\Nvery many places to dinner,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.83,0:10:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because people don't want talk to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.74,0:10:05.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.34,0:10:07.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.39,0:10:09.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lesson number [four]:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.87,0:10:12.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prepare to get more credit\Nthan you deserve.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.45,0:10:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1997, I quit my job at NBC
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.37,0:10:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so did my co-anchor, Ron Magers.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.67,0:10:22.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At that time, NBC was under quite\Na different management, they're gone now.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.08,0:10:26.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they had decided\Nto jazz up our newscast,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.60,0:10:30.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they believed that doing that\Nwould be best accomplished
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.51,0:10:32.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by hiring Jerry Springer as a commentator
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.68,0:10:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whom we would introduce\Non the 10 o'clock news.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.98,0:10:40.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ron and I felt it would forever wreck\Nthe integrity and credibility we'd built.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.18,0:10:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We protested that it would be a mistake.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.99,0:10:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We lost, they won.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.56,0:10:49.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We quit.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.83,0:10:51.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our audience went on revolt,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.26,0:10:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called in so many calls,\Nthey melted down the switchboard.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.06,0:10:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ten thousand calls came in, and voom.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.82,0:10:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ron and I got a lot of attention.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.62,0:11:00.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,National new stories were done about us,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.51,0:11:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're given credit, praise and all that.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.20,0:11:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact of the matter
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.44,0:11:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that people quit their jobs\Nevery day on principle.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.44,0:11:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got 2000 letters, easily,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.02,0:11:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of them from the wife of a DCFS,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.04,0:11:17.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Department of Children\Nand Family Services worker,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.47,0:11:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a guy who refused to relocate\Nbattered children in a shelter in Chicago
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.60,0:11:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he believed\Nthey would be sexually prayed upon there.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.20,0:11:27.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was fired.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.18,0:11:31.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to the grocery store one day,\Nand the butcher there, his name was Bruno,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.01,0:11:35.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,told me how he, the sole support\Nof a wife and kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.20,0:11:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,refused, at another store he worked at,\Nto short-weigh meat,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.37,0:11:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put his thumb on the scale.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.80,0:11:44.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he was fired.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.38,0:11:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The social worker and the butcher\Ndidn't got all that press that we got,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.64,0:11:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,didn't get the attention,\Nnobody wrote a story about them.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.70,0:11:57.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they took risks\Nthat were far greater than we did,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.85,0:12:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for rewards that were far less\Nthan Ron and I experienced.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.87,0:12:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The day after I quit NBC,\Nthere was a letter left for me at home.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.56,0:12:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No post mark, no real return address.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.87,0:12:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was from B.J. Jahoda,\Nwho picked it up on the news.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.18,0:12:18.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was somewhere in witness protection,\Nand the letter read:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.45,0:12:23.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Dear Doll, sometimes, we just have\Nto walk away. Love, B."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.88,0:12:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lesson five...
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.62,0:12:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be prepared for what\Nyou cannot prepare for.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.44,0:12:39.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a sense of mission for most of us\Nin my business, a sense or purpose.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.70,0:12:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like an emergency room nurse\Nthat runs in when something happens,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.94,0:12:49.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a firefighter who hears\Nthe fire call and goes.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.27,0:12:52.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not just because\Nyou're supposed to do it,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.95,0:12:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you trained to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.36,0:12:58.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's because you want to do it,\Nbecause you believe in doing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.28,0:13:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On 9/11, I was in New York,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.25,0:13:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working for "60 Minutes,"\Nand "60 Minutes II."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.56,0:13:06.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like a classic Midwesterner,\NI'm in there way early,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.08,0:13:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because New Yorkers come in later.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.84,0:13:11.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are monitors, of course,\Neverywhere in those places.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.86,0:13:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are only of couple of us there,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.84,0:13:16.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and someone screamed out "Oh my God!"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.47,0:13:20.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they saw on TV\Nthe first plane hit the first tower.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.36,0:13:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd been a reporter long enough\Nto know when something big happens,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.63,0:13:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you get there, you get there\Nas fast as you can,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.08,0:13:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because police lines will close around it
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.54,0:13:37.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you won't get close enough\Nto see as much as you need to see.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.35,0:13:41.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I headed down to the WTC\Narmed with my trusty phone.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.29,0:13:44.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By that time,\Nthe second tower had been hit.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.54,0:13:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm on the West Side highway,\Nas thousands are streaming this way,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.59,0:13:53.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember one of them said:\N"Stop, turn around!"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.04,0:13:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this crazy sense of invincibility\Nyou have when you do the work you do,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.92,0:14:00.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said: "CBS news, don't worry!"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.61,0:14:01.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.68,0:14:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I kept going.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.68,0:14:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I assumed my cell phone would work,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.77,0:14:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but thousands of cell phones\Nfrantically calling jammed every system.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.02,0:14:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was on the West Side highway\Nwhen I saw the first tower
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.31,0:14:19.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fall to the ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.24,0:14:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I kept going.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.74,0:14:28.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got around by West street\Nand there is ash on the ground
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.39,0:14:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there are firefighters,\Nand I showed them my ID,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.98,0:14:33.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of the firefighters said:
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.13,0:14:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Just walk down the middle of the road,\Nbecause there is falling stuff."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.58,0:14:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there were stretchers,\Nbut nobody was on them
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.94,0:14:40.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and paramedics were waiting.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.42,0:14:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's when, as I'm walking down,\NI feel the ground rumble.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.13,0:14:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the firefighter ahead of me\Nturns around, screams "Run!"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.40,0:14:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could see a fireball come out\Nof the base of the building,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.76,0:14:57.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probably the ignition of jet fuel,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.17,0:15:00.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the building began to collapse.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.18,0:15:02.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you don't have time to look\Nat those things.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.49,0:15:03.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I turned, I fell,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.92,0:15:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he grabbed me by my waist,\Nthrew me on my feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.29,0:15:11.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we ran, and he had the foresight
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.100,0:15:15.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to spot another building\Nthat had a marble overhang,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.95,0:15:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he slammed me against it,\Nand he covered my body with his.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.11,0:15:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could feel his heart banging\Nagainst my backbone,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.66,0:15:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was pounding so hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.84,0:15:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The morning light had turned\Ncompletely black in a second.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.90,0:15:36.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were particles everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.77,0:15:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, there were particles of people,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.79,0:15:43.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and desks, and buildings,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.87,0:15:47.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pens and things, and we couldn't see.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.34,0:15:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Couldn't see your hand in front\Nof your face, because it was so black.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.27,0:15:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought to myself,\Nthis is really how firefighters die.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.59,0:15:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It isn't the flames, it is the smoke,\Nbecause you can't breathe.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.78,0:16:03.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The firefighter, once we felt\Nthat the building was down,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.39,0:16:07.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,handed me off\Nto a New York City police officer,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.32,0:16:11.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who literally, held my hand,\Nas we put our hands over our faces
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.03,0:16:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try to keep going, try to find\Nmore and more light, to find our way out.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.09,0:16:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't think to ask\Nthe firefighter's name.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.98,0:16:26.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did not ask the firefighter\Nto tell me who he was.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.14,0:16:29.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that haunts me to this day.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.06,0:16:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What kind of reporter was I, you know,\Nthat I didn't think to get his name!
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.12,0:16:35.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got everybody else's after that.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.83,0:16:37.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got the police officer's,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.23,0:16:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got the people\Nwho put the oxygen on me.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.97,0:16:44.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got some paramedics who got me\Nhalf way down the street.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.60,0:16:46.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got the name of the bus driver
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.100,0:16:52.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who let me hijack his bus\Nto take me to the CBS broadcast center.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.76,0:16:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just not the firefighter's name, not his.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.63,0:16:58.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if he survived.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.36,0:17:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He turned back, and went back\Nto the site of the second fall.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.41,0:17:06.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've looked for him,\NI've written letters to authorities,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.35,0:17:09.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've told this story like this often\Nin hopes that someday, somewhere,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.80,0:17:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone will know who he is.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.74,0:17:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got on the set, at CBS,\Nsat down next to Dan Rather,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.06,0:17:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,covered in dust,\Nand I reported what I'd seen.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.31,0:17:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The biggest lesson I have learned of all,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.33,0:17:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every story, every day,\Nevery year that I do this...
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.16,0:17:34.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that it is a privilege\Nto be a reporter.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.57,0:17:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To do this work.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.61,0:17:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.82,0:17:39.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)