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Hello and happy Friday from beautiful

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snowy Cortina, Italy. You're here with

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me as I cover the Winter Olympics. My

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sixth Olympics that I've covered and

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this place is special. Tucked away in

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the Dolommites, the gargantuan

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mountains. Did you know the first ever

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televised Winter Olympics was in 1956,

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70 years ago right here in Cortina. The

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athletes zoomed down these exact same

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slopes, even use one of the same arenas

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here. What do you say we whip through

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some of the highlights, some of the

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heartbreak and historic moments from a

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whirlwind first week at these 2026

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Winter Olympics? As of this taping,

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Norway, Italy, and Team USA battling it

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out for the overall medal count lead.

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Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladeslav

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Horeskovich, who we told you about

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yesterday, has officially been

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disqualified due to his helmet, which

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depicts his fellow athletes who were

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killed in Russia's war in Ukraine.

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21-year-old American speed skater Jordan

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Stoles stole the show, blazing his way

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into the history books, winning his

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first Olympic medal, a gold in the 1,000

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meters, breaking an Olympic record older

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than him. and skier Breezy Johnson, who

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was already taking home a gold medal

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here, is bringing home a little more

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bling. Her boyfriend proposed at the

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finish area of the Super G.

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Congratulations, Breezy. And one pair of

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Team USA curlers are sharing more than a

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name. They're sharing a piece of

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history. Corey TC and Corey Dropkin not

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only won the United States first ever

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medal in the mix curling event, but TC

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also became the first American woman to

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win an Olympic curling medal. I had a

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chance to catch up with Corey and Corey,

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the dynamic duo behind the Olympic

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Magic.

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>> Corey.

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>> Yes. Corey.

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>> Yes.

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>> Koi.

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>> Koi.

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>> This could get awkward.

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>> Yes, it could.

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>> So, you're at practice. Coach is yelling

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Corey. Are you like both looking? Like,

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do you have a nickname? How's this work?

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>> Yeah. Um, our coach goes by boy Corey

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and girl Corey.

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>> Really?

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>> Oh, yeah. Absolutely. Yeah. Otherwise,

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we're both looking.

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>> Yeah. Now, Corey, I know you're not

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done, but you're the first US woman to

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ever get an Olympic medal in curling.

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>> What does this mean to you?

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>> It's incredible. You know, that was

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brought to my attention that I had the

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possibility to do that here um at our

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Olympic trials. And it's just surreal

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and it's been a long time coming for for

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USA curling and for for women's curling

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in general. And I just hope that there's

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a lot of girls following behind me. And

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I hope that I can do whatever I can as a

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player and as a mentor to just inspire

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the next generation of girls to dream

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big and work hard and be on on that

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podium.

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>> I went curling for the first time before

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I came here to Cortina. I played in the

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NFL. Thought I was pretty tough. This

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sport is no joke. Like Cory, you look

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like Michael Jackson. Smooth criminal.

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You're like 45 degrees to the ice. Your

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core, your abs, your bice. How many

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push-ups you think you could do?

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>> I don't know. Like 100.

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>> Oh, only a hundred. He says, look at

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that.

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>> I don't know. I mean, this is is a tough

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sport. I mean, it it looks a it looks a

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lot easier than it is. And and I love

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being able to take people curling, share

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my passion, my love for the sport with

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others. It's always a joy when

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especially someone finds out how

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difficult it is that previously didn't

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think it was. You know, when we're out

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there playing, you know, curling,

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especially mixed doubles curling, you're

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you're doing extended lunge on the ice,

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trying to be precise like a golfer on a

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green, and then you get up, you jump up,

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you catch up, you sweep your heart out

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for 20 25 seconds, and you try to

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recover that heart rate, get down to the

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hack, and do it all over again. to be

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very very precise. It's a highintensity

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workout and uh you know it's something

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that I love doing. It it kind of brings

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me back to my grassroots being a little

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kid on the sheet next to my brother and

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his team. You know, watching them do

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what they did, you know, practicing and

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and just trying to replicate what

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they're doing on the sheet next to them

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and throwing stones, getting up,

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sweeping, and doing it all over again. I

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love mixed doubles curling.

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>> We really don't get to play in front of

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a crowd very often. So, the environment

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here in Italy and sold out crowds and

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the Italian fans. We had a ton of fans

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here cheering us on. Fans from all over

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the other countries. Um, you know, it it

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fuels us out there. It fires us up,

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especially this one. Um, and curling

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needs more of that. It's really

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exciting. It is an exciting sport and we

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just want to showcase that to people.

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>> Okay. Well, girl Corey, show us your

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biceps.

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>> It's not as big as

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>> All right. Before we get you to your

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other headlines today, I can't let this

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special date go by without a very cool

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on this day in history. February 13th,

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1997, a massive trove of Lego bricks was

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lost at sea, spurring a phenomenon that

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persists to this day. A cargo ship

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headed for the United States was

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battered by rough seas off the coast of

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England, causing more than 60 shipping

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containers to fall overboard. One of

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them was packed to the brim with nearly

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5 million Legos. And shortly after,

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beachgoers in southwest England noticed

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the peculiar pieces like washing a

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shore. And it's almost like the sea has

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a sense of humor. Many of the sets were

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nautical themed, including pieces like

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octopuses, life jackets, and scuba

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flippers. In the three decades since,

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pieces carried by ocean currents have

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washed up all over the world. And beach

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comrs from all over have flocked to the

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English beaches to try their luck. It's

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even started a worldwide social media

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movement that allows people to report

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their finds from all over the world. But

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it's not all fun and games.

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Environmental advocates point to the

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incident as an example of how widespread

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plastic pollution has become in our

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oceans. Plastic can take centuries to

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fully decompose underwater and can

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release harmful chemicals into the

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environment as it breaks down.

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Pop quiz hot shot. Which material were

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the earliest Lego toys made of? Metal,

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rubber, wood, or clay?

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You're log on right if you said wood.

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Lego was founded in 1932 by a Danish

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carpenter. In 1942, a fire destroyed the

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wooden toy factory and when rebuilding,

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the company modernized production and

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later began experimenting with plastic.

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Now to an update about a story we told

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you about weeks ago. A group of Buddhist

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monks have just completed their

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monthslong walk for peace across the

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United States. They arrived in

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Washington DC this week, 108 days after

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starting their trek in Fort Worth,

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Texas.

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>> Let peace bloom and flourish

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among all of us

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throughout this nation and the world so

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that this world can become the better

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place for all beings to live. All right,

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it is another Friday in February, Black

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History Month, and we are taking a

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moment to honor one of the lesserk known

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heroes of the civil rights movement. In

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today's spotlight, it's incredible. When

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you call 911 today, you expect trained

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paramedics to arrive and start treatment

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right away. But that model did not

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always exist. In fact, in the late

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1960s, one groundbreaking program in

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Pittsburgh helped build the blueprint

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for modern emergency medical services.

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And it was led largely by black

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paramedics at a time when all job

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opportunities were limited.

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>> Back in the 60s when you called the

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ambulance, the police came.

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>> Policemen were in charge of taking

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people to the hospital

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>> and they would put the person on that

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little stretcher and throw them in the

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back of the patty wagon, slam the door

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and go as fast as they can. People were

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dying from this. That changed in 1967

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with the creation of the Freedom House

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Ambulance Service in Pittsburgh's

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predominantly black Hill District. The

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program recruited local residents of all

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backgrounds and put them through 300

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hours of rigorous medical training far

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beyond basic first aid. The idea was

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brought to life by a group of medical

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and civil rights trailblazers under the

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supervision of Dr. Peter Safar, the

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father of CPR, and medical director Dr.

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Nancy Caroline. Freedom House crews have

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become some of the first paramedics in

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the country trained to provide

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life-saving care before patients ever

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reached a hospital. The service became

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known for high standards and fast

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response times, saving 200 lives in its

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first year, according to data collected

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by Dr. Safar. The program's success drew

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national attention. In 1975, the US

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Department of Transportation and the

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White House formed an inter agency

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council on emergency medical services

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and chose Freedom Houses's training

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model as the foundation for its pilot

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curriculum. That framework helped shape

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the national standards that cities still

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use for EMS systems today. Freedom House

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proved that life-saving innovation can

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come from anywhere, and its impact is

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still riding along in ambulances across

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the country today.

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Today's story getting a 10 out of 10. An

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Olympic debut that comes with the triple

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energy. Meet team Rivers times three.

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Henry Rivers IVth is representing

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Jamaica in alpine skiing and he's got

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his day one support squad. His triplet

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sisters Helena and Hanaya, plus mom

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Karen and dad Henry III. All three

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siblings ski. But for these games, only

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one qualified. So, the sisters are

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switching roles from competitors to

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fans.

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>> But we have our flags. We have our

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Jamaican flags out. We'll be waving.

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>> Yeah.

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>> Um

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>> Yeah.

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>> You'll see us.

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>> The siblings say that their bond goes

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beyond the slopes all the way to what

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they call triplet telepathy. And support

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won't just be in the stands. They say

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it's coming from back home as well. For

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Henry, this Olympic moment is about more

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than one run down the mountain. It's

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about what it represents. All right,

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superstars. I have some shout outs to

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you today from Italy. Mr. Bishop at

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Graham Kapowsen High School in Graham,

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Washington. Thank you for subscribing to

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our YouTube channel. Thanks for the

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love. And this shout out goes to Chief

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Finny at Baldwin High School in Baldwin

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County, Georgia. Your NJRTC cadets are

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so grateful for your guidance and we are

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so grateful that you allow us in your

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classroom. Play that Friday music nod

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there. I hope that you go out making it

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an awesome weekend. We are off for

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President's Day on Monday, but we will

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see you right back here on Tuesday. Go

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out, make someone smile, be that spark

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of joy that someone needs. You never

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know how or when, but you might be the

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light that someone needs. I'm Cooy Wire

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