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[00:00:25] Against a tranquil backdrop, Cabinet ministers are hunkering
[00:00:28] down to plan how to weather the turbulent trade war with the
[00:00:32] United States
[00:00:34] against the US. Well, we're looking to have forward
[00:00:38] to have some great meeting school at this cabinet planning
[00:00:41] forum to keep Canada strong. We think there is a mutually
[00:00:45] beneficial deal possible that respects our sovereignty and is
[00:00:49] in the interests of both countries. Despite formal trade
[00:00:52] negotiations at a standstill, Prime Minister Mark Kearney
[00:00:56] said at a press conference earlier in the day with
[00:00:59] Ukraine's president that he recently spoke to the US
[00:01:02] president about global events, including Ukraine,
[00:01:05] Iran and International Energy markets. I speak regularly to
[00:01:09] the president. President Trump is spoken in the recent days.
[00:01:14] Just days ago, the Trump administration
[00:01:16] announced plans to ban certain Canadian goods,
[00:01:19] including most alcohol. The Prime Minister wouldn't say if
[00:01:24] Canada will retaliate again. We fully recognize that
[00:01:28] for individual companies and in individual sectors,
[00:01:32] these are significant and there's a response there. I
[00:01:35] would also recognize that
[00:01:37] in the context of other things that the US administration has
[00:01:41] done, other measures US
[00:01:43] administration has done, that these are relatively
[00:01:46] modest. But some premiers want action now. I think President
[00:01:50] Trump gets his knickers in a knot when it comes to alcohol,
[00:01:53] even though it's a very small, small percentage of the overall
[00:01:57] tariffs. But we we have to fight back. New Brunswick
[00:02:00] announcing a new public sector ban on US procurement. We can't
[00:02:04] control what President Trump does, but what we can control,
[00:02:08] that's what we do here in New Brunswick. Meanwhile,
[00:02:11] the leader of the Official Opposition is making the rounds
[00:02:14] on American television networks with a message for Trump. So
[00:02:18] let's knock down those tariffs and focus on building a
[00:02:21] stronger North America for our two separate countries.
[00:02:29] The Prime Minister says the government is always willing to
[00:02:32] sit down at the negotiating table in a professional way,
[00:02:35] and the proposed deal that was on the table with the US would
[00:02:38] have compromised Canada's sovereignty. So over the next
[00:02:41] two days here in the Rockies, Kearney says he and his cabinet
[00:02:44] will be focused on strengthening the economy,
[00:02:47] diversifying abroad and delivering for Canadians.
[00:02:52] So, Olivia, those are the big ones. There are other issues, though. What else is the
[00:02:56] cabinet discussing?
[00:03:00] Well, holding this cabinet planning
[00:03:02] forum in Banff sends a message about national unity. Alberta
[00:03:05] is about to hold a referendum next month,
[00:03:07] which could lead to a vote on separation. Now,
[00:03:10] Carney doesn't want that to happen, but for now,
[00:03:13] he's taking a bit of a hands off approach,
[00:03:15] encouraging Albertans to head to the ballot box on October
[00:03:18] 19th no matter what they believe in.
[00:03:23] All right, Olivia, thank you. That is Olivia Evanovich in Banff tonight.
[00:03:29] It is a long way from the war-torn skies of Ukraine to
[00:03:33] the peaceful wide open skies of the Canadian prairies. But now
[00:03:37] the two countries are getting closer. Canada will always
[00:03:41] stand in solidarity with Ukraine. Canada and Ukraine
[00:03:45] signed a new 100 year partnership spanning defence,
[00:03:48] trade and energy and a massive new drone deal. Mr. President,
[00:03:52] I have to confess that our armed forces currently have
[00:03:57] but 2000 drones in our inventory.
[00:04:02] In the years to come, we will need millions. Ripping
[00:04:05] a page out of Ukraine's wartime experience. Ottawa will create
[00:04:09] its own drone marketplace so individual Canadian military
[00:04:13] units can quickly order what they need. There's a joint
[00:04:17] production deal with 1/3 of Canadian built drones going to
[00:04:20] Ukraine, and Canadian companies will now
[00:04:23] partner directly with Ukrainian firms,
[00:04:27] she says. This will give us greater capacity to finance
[00:04:30] Ukraine's defence while giving Canada new technological
[00:04:33] capabilities that have been proven in Modern Warfare. 1 of
[00:04:37] the challenges Canada faces in the race to catch up to Ukraine
[00:04:40] is the speed at which drone technology evolves. So if we
[00:04:44] had two million drones on our shelves,
[00:04:46] then in a month or two months or six months,
[00:04:48] they may all be obsolete because the technology is
[00:04:51] evolving so quickly. But we do have to create an industrial
[00:04:55] base that is capable of producing at that scale
[00:04:58] and capable of scaling up at the time of need each day.
[00:05:01] Ukraine faces that evolution in technology. The latest threat
[00:05:05] from Russia, jet powered drones. Countering
[00:05:08] them and the damage they can do is a major preoccupation for
[00:05:12] Vladimir Zelensky as winter approaches. Murray Brewster.
[00:05:15] CBC News Ottawa.
[00:05:19] The future of war is on sale in Poland this week,
[00:05:23] with Canadian firms making an unprecedented,
[00:05:26] highly visible sales pitch on drones,
[00:05:28] ammunition and all sorts of other lethal weaponry. Only a
[00:05:32] couple of years ago, you'd never have seen anything
[00:05:36] like this. For most government agencies and banks,
[00:05:39] working with the Canadian defence sector was largely
[00:05:43] taboo.
[00:05:45] But the Carney government is driving a massive pivot,
[00:05:48] trying to shift focus away from the US market,
[00:05:51] which traditionally buys most of Canada's defence tech,
[00:05:54] and looking towards Europe.
[00:05:57] Now Ottawa is all in,
[00:06:00] is the largest single defence delegation in Canadian history
[00:06:03] anywhere. So it's a very big breakthrough as we extend our
[00:06:07] reach into Europe bilaterally with Poland,
[00:06:09] we're growing and it's it's really taking hold given how
[00:06:13] they dominate the battlefield in nearby Ukraine. Small drones
[00:06:17] are huge here. Charles Barlow's Ottawa company is already
[00:06:20] supplying one European NATO ally,
[00:06:22] and he's looking for others.
[00:06:25] So we've actually manufactured this out of plywood
[00:06:29] and it works. It flies just as well as the carbon fiber
[00:06:32] version, which surprised all of us.
[00:06:35] Other Canadian gear is built for brute force. This Quebec
[00:06:39] based firm originally made these monster fat trucks for
[00:06:42] the Canadian Arctic. RV is actually. But David Lord says
[00:06:46] European buyers want to try them out first. Difficult
[00:06:49] logistics for a mid sized Canadian company to navigate.
[00:06:53] There's nothing like experiencing driving it and
[00:06:56] conquering terrain and that's where we're trying to go right
[00:06:59] now. It's a hard pivot. It really is. Defence industry
[00:07:03] executives welcomed the European push but are also
[00:07:06] realistic about the
[00:07:07] 8 rooted ties binding Canada to the US. Our relationship under
[00:07:11] NORAD has given us privileges and our defence Production
[00:07:15] Sharing agreement has given us privileges that we certainly
[00:07:19] don't wanna see. We certainly don't wanna lose. The hope here
[00:07:23] in Poland is that splashy rollouts like this will prove
[00:07:27] to European allies that in a shifting geopolitical landscape,
[00:07:31] Canada can be a critical partner. Chris Brown,
[00:07:34] CBC News and Kielbasa, Poland.
[00:07:41] The whole point of this Republican gathering is to
[00:07:44] build momentum ahead of November's midterm elections.
[00:07:50] And the US president trying to do exactly that,
[00:07:53] defending his extraordinary promise to give each adult U.S.
[00:07:57] citizen $5000 should his party win the House and Senate.
[00:08:01] How is that financially responsible or even doable?
[00:08:04] Well, first of all, the money has to be spent in
[00:08:08] the United States. We can't go out and buy things from Germany
[00:08:11] or or frankly, Canada. Trump's plan could cost
[00:08:14] more than a trillion dollars, and he suggests revenues
[00:08:18] collected from tariffs could be used to pay for the program.
[00:08:21] Technically, is it illegal? Probably not. Courts in the US
[00:08:25] would generally say a broad campaign promise about policy,
[00:08:29] about giving everybody money if the Republicans win. Even
[00:08:32] though it's certainly
[00:08:34] sounds like a bribe, it's not necessarily a bribe.
[00:08:37] Trump's team quickly fired off this fundraising e-mail as
[00:08:40] Republicans get behind the pledge. So we're in the very
[00:08:43] first stages when the president throws out an idea,
[00:08:46] and it's up to us in Congress to make the numbers work,
[00:08:49] to get the details right. But Democrats say the extreme pitch
[00:08:53] shows that Republicans are worried about their chances in
[00:08:56] the midterms at a time when Trump has low national approval
[00:09:00] ratings and families face challenges with the cost of
[00:09:03] living. It's it's sort of pathetic and sad.
[00:09:06] Same time pathetic because it's just ********
[00:09:10] and said that he had to go in front of people and basically
[00:09:14] bribe them.
[00:09:16] As for what voters think, some are reacting with
[00:09:20] skepticism. Anybody who believe that they gonna get $5000 from
[00:09:25] Trump if the Republican win, they
[00:09:27] believe the whole bunch of ********
[00:09:30] the full and down the pipe. Another big question is whether
[00:09:34] Trump has the power to do this. The lawyer we spoke with says
[00:09:37] these kinds of payments would require congressional approval,
[00:09:41] though Trump is saying he doesn't think that's the case.
[00:09:44] So, Katie, it seems pretty clear that
[00:09:47] Donald Trump wants voters just to focus on his payment promise
[00:09:50] as that election campaign ramps up. Yeah,
[00:09:53] just over 50 days to go until voters decide who will have
[00:09:56] control of Congress. Trump is downplaying the consequences of
[00:10:00] a major loss for Republicans, saying he'll become a blocker
[00:10:03] with plans to block legislation if Democrats win back the House
[00:10:07] and the Senate. Alright, the use of that veto. Alright,
[00:10:09] That is Katie Simpson in Washington tonight.
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[00:12:39] >> IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU WERE, WHERE YOU LIVE, IT DOESN'T
[00:12:43] WERE, WHERE YOU LIVE, IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER IF YOU REMEMBER THE
[00:12:47] EVEN MATTER IF YOU REMEMBER THE MONDAY STRESS CITY OF THE 911 MONDAY STRESS CITY OF THE 911 TERROR ATTACKS.
[00:12:49] TERROR ATTACKS. THAT HELL CHANGED THE COURSE OF
[00:12:51] THAT HELL CHANGED THE COURSE OF ALL OF OUR LIVES FOREVER, AND IT
[00:12:54] ALL OF OUR LIVES FOREVER, AND IT TOOK LESS THAN TWO HOURS TO DO
[00:12:56] TOOK LESS THAN TWO HOURS TO DO THAT, TO DO THIS.
[00:13:04] THAT, TO DO THIS. FOUR HIJACKED PLANES, TWO RAMMED
[00:13:07] FOUR HIJACKED PLANES, TWO RAMMED INTO THE TWIN TOWERS. INTO THE TWIN TOWERS. ONE DRIVEN INTO THE PENTAGON.
[00:13:11] ONE DRIVEN INTO THE PENTAGON. AND THE LAST FORCED INTO A FIELD
[00:13:13] AND THE LAST FORCED INTO A FIELD IN PENNSYLVANIA ONLY AFTER THE IN PENNSYLVANIA ONLY AFTER THE BRAVEST OF PASSENGERS DID THE
[00:13:17] BRAVEST OF PASSENGERS DID THE BRAVEST OF THINGS, STORMED THE
[00:13:20] BRAVEST OF THINGS, STORMED THE COCKPIT TO TRY TO WRESTLER
[00:13:21] COCKPIT TO TRY TO WRESTLER CONTROL OF THE PLANE FROM THE
[00:13:24] CONTROL OF THE PLANE FROM THE HIJACKERS.
[00:13:27] HIJACKERS. TAKE A BEAT, OUR HEARTS ALL NEED TAKE A BEAT, OUR HEARTS ALL NEED IT.
[00:13:32] IT. AND MAYBE YOURS WANTS YOU TO AND MAYBE YOURS WANTS YOU TO LOOK AWAY. LOOK AWAY. BUT SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO STARE
[00:13:36] BUT SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO STARE AT A BEAST TO COME TO TERMS WITH
[00:13:39] AT A BEAST TO COME TO TERMS WITH IT. IT. >> I HOPE I LIVE. >> I HOPE I LIVE. I HOPE I LIVE.
[00:13:43] I HOPE I LIVE. IT'S COMING DOWN ON ME. IT'S COMING DOWN ON ME. HERE IT COMES.
[00:13:47] HERE IT COMES. I'M GETTING BEHIND A CAR.
[00:13:52] I'M GETTING BEHIND A CAR. IT'S INCREDIBLE. IT'S INCREDIBLE. OKAY, I HAVE TO GO FIND PEOPLE OKAY, I HAVE TO GO FIND PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP.
[00:13:55] WHO NEED HELP. >> THIS FOOTAGE FROM Dr. MARK >> THIS FOOTAGE FROM Dr. MARK KEITH.
[00:13:59] KEITH. YOU CAN HEAR HIM ASKING IF YOU CAN HEAR HIM ASKING IF ANYONE NEEDED HELP AFTER THE
[00:14:01] ANYONE NEEDED HELP AFTER THE TOWERS COLLAPSED.
[00:14:03] TOWERS COLLAPSED. >> ANYBODY NEED A DOCTOR?
[00:14:07] >> ANYBODY NEED A DOCTOR? SO MANY WERE READY TO HELP.
[00:14:09] SO MANY WERE READY TO HELP. STRETCHERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS
[00:14:11] STRETCHERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS LINED UP, WAITING FOR THE LINED UP, WAITING FOR THE WOUNDED WHO NEVER CAME.
[00:14:14] WOUNDED WHO NEVER CAME. NEW YORK STREETS FILLED WITH THE
[00:14:16] NEW YORK STREETS FILLED WITH THE POSTERS OF THE MISSING WHO NEVER
[00:14:19] POSTERS OF THE MISSING WHO NEVER CAME HOME.
[00:14:22] CAME HOME. THE SMOKE AND DUST THAT CHOKED THE SMOKE AND DUST THAT CHOKED THOSE STREETS AND SKIES, WE NOW
[00:14:26] THOSE STREETS AND SKIES, WE NOW KNOW HAS CONTINUED TO KILL AND
[00:14:28] KNOW HAS CONTINUED TO KILL AND KILL FAR MORE THAN THE NEARLY
[00:14:31] KILL FAR MORE THAN THE NEARLY 3,000 MURDERED ON 9/11.
[00:14:35] 3,000 MURDERED ON 9/11. SO MANY LOST, YOU CAN GET CAUGHT
[00:14:37] SO MANY LOST, YOU CAN GET CAUGHT UP BY THE NUMBER AND BYPASS THE
[00:14:39] UP BY THE NUMBER AND BYPASS THE STORY OF ALL THOSE SOULS.
[00:14:42] STORY OF ALL THOSE SOULS. THIS DAY IS FOR THAT, FOR THEM,
[00:14:45] THIS DAY IS FOR THAT, FOR THEM, INCLUDING THE 24 CANADIANS INCLUDING THE 24 CANADIANS KILLED.
[00:14:48] KILLED. TODAY, WE HONOUR THEM. TODAY, WE HONOUR THEM. WE TALK ABOUT THEM, AND WE TALK
[00:14:52] WE TALK ABOUT THEM, AND WE TALK ABOUT WHAT HAS BECOME THE WORLD ABOUT WHAT HAS BECOME THE WORLD SINCE THE DAY THOSE LIVES WERE
[00:14:55] SINCE THE DAY THOSE LIVES WERE STOLEN BY TERRORISTS.
[00:14:57] STOLEN BY TERRORISTS. THIS IS 9/11, 25 YEARS
[00:16:43] There has never been another day like it.
[00:16:49] Due to a recent development in the United States,
[00:16:51] US airspace has been closed.
[00:16:53] Hundreds of planes with thousands of people told they
[00:16:57] had to land now.
[00:17:00] Craft land as soon as possible at the nearest airport. An
[00:17:04] attack underway. Many planes diverted here. Newfoundland
[00:17:07] Negative. You must now land at Gander.
[00:17:11] From here in the Gander Air Traffic Control tower. It was a
[00:17:15] scramble on 9/11 as planes began to land. They needed
[00:17:18] places to put them using tarmac space,
[00:17:21] including an old disused runway. Anywhere they could find space
[00:17:25] to put a plane, they did. It was intense,
[00:17:27] but and then it was over. It was air traffic controller Don
[00:17:31] O'Brien's job to order planes down.
[00:17:34] All around her fault and it's wrong. We're here.
[00:17:38] 38 aircraft coming to a place few passengers at. Ever heard
[00:17:42] of. Big jets parked wing to wing an unprecedented race in
[00:17:47] case more hijackers were still in the air.
[00:17:52] The pilots who wanted to get out of sky because it nobody
[00:17:55] knew what was more activity going to go on,
[00:17:57] terrorist activity.
[00:17:59] We had to literally drained the sky later. I'm Spacer. Yeah. 25
[00:18:03] years on. The Gander airport is a lot quieter now. This would
[00:18:06] have been an example of the kind of screen you were looking
[00:18:10] at that day. Yes, they're coming off westbound.
[00:18:12] Just the oceanic boundary line here,
[00:18:16] artifacts displayed from that awful day,
[00:18:19] but the memories that endure are far more positive. It was a
[00:18:24] good feeling of, after working at all,
[00:18:27] of satisfaction that you got them down safely.
[00:18:32] That day became emblematic of the closeness that can exist
[00:18:36] between Canadians and Americans,
[00:18:39] and it is a closeness that's being tested now,
[00:18:43] big time. We've been pushed to the wall. Welcome to
[00:18:47] unexpected
[00:18:49] visit to Canada. We are in Gander. It was the first time I
[00:18:53] had to rely on the kindness of a stranger to give me a pillow
[00:18:57] to lie my head at night. And American Kevin Turf was flying
[00:19:01] from Paris to New York that day. He was among close to 7000
[00:19:06] unexpected guests in Gander. There's the plane. You can't
[00:19:10] miss that
[00:19:12] with thousands more landing across Atlantic Canada.
[00:19:18] Mac and Nellie. Hello Canadian bonus parents, how are you?
[00:19:22] Hi son, how you doing in in New York?
[00:19:25] Kevin isn't really Mac and Nellie Moss's son. But a
[00:19:28] quarter century on it sure feels that way. A weary
[00:19:32] traveler welcomed with overwhelming Newfoundland
[00:19:35] kindness. Mac and Nellie jumped into action and gave us food,
[00:19:40] clothing, shelter, information and love and it
[00:19:43] really changed my life and and over the years we've really
[00:19:48] kept in touch. We were very fortunate because
[00:19:51] you know the the friendship memory that we've developed and
[00:19:55] I got a song out of it, so that's a real bonus here.
[00:20:01] The town's population effectively doubled housed its
[00:20:04] school gyms, college classrooms. People's
[00:20:07] homes are herculean effort to find food, bedding,
[00:20:11] towels and toiletries. Everything those now dubbed the
[00:20:15] Plain People might need.
[00:20:19] But it was the intangible comfort offered that stuck. 911
[00:20:24] changed a lot of people's lives. You know, some people lost
[00:20:29] wives and husbands and
[00:20:32] parents,
[00:20:34] but it changed other people. And, and in some ways,
[00:20:37] it could. It had the power to change for for good. Yeah. And
[00:20:40] I think that's your story. That's exactly what kindness
[00:20:43] was a big thing, for sure. A lot of them wanted
[00:20:46] to pay us for their stay. And I said no.
[00:20:49] Anytime that you have an opportunity,
[00:20:53] pay it forward. You know, do good to people. Remember
[00:20:57] your time in Gander.
[00:20:59] We owe our Canadian neighbors a debt of gratitude. An American
[00:21:05] cabinet secretary praising Canada? Imagine that today.
[00:21:10] We've got tariffs, we've got trade threats. We've got, I mean, we've got threats to take over
[00:21:14] the whole country.
[00:21:16] It makes me angry to
[00:21:19] to see our government
[00:21:22] talking about our neighbor
[00:21:24] like they are and acting the way they are because it's not
[00:21:28] how you treat neighbors. I agree 100%
[00:21:33] to thank Newfoundland for its kindness. Parts of the World
[00:21:37] Trade Centres have been donated to Gander and other towns that
[00:21:41] pitched in a way to remember what happened.
[00:21:46] What is the global success of the musical Come From Away?
[00:21:52] You got it.
[00:21:54] It reinvigorated the story of Newfoundlanders creating
[00:21:58] comfort in the face of tragedy.
[00:22:02] How are you, David Cotton, Welcome to my home. Thank you
[00:22:06] very much. There's a character in the musical named for Beulah
[00:22:10] Cooper. She never gets bored of telling her own story,
[00:22:13] even 25 years later. It all began for you with a phone call.
[00:22:18] Trey sandwiches to the Legion and they said there's plenty
[00:22:21] load of people coming in. They're saying tonight I said I
[00:22:24] guess I better wait to stay around and see if I can help,
[00:22:27] and I did.
[00:22:32] The sentiment behind those sandwiches is the reason Beulah
[00:22:35] receives all these cards, letters and well wishes. If you
[00:22:39] like. You are a constant reminder of the depth of
[00:22:42] humanity, grace, and kindness
[00:22:44] that exist in the world. Wow. And there's an awful lot of
[00:22:49] them. This is part of what I got. I really and truly think
[00:22:55] since 9:11,
[00:22:57] it's open a lot of hearts and a lot of eyes because you hear
[00:23:01] tell of it more now than you ever did before. People helping
[00:23:05] people.
[00:23:07] There's a constant flow of new visitors to the Legion,
[00:23:11] many wanting to meet the famous Beulah.
[00:23:15] Being a celebrity, I know you. And just as income
[00:23:18] from away, visitors are made honorary
[00:23:21] Newfoundlanders through the old tradition of being screeched in.
[00:23:25] And yes, it means kissing a codfish,
[00:23:29] blown away by the kindness of the people. And this experience
[00:23:33] with kissing the fish and drinking the screech,
[00:23:35] awesome. That's really, I think, beautiful story. And so I'm
[00:23:39] very happy to come here, experience, you know,
[00:23:42] the homeliness that everyone's told us about
[00:23:47] a place known through history for taking in strangers a safe
[00:23:52] harbor in a storm none greater or larger than September 11th.
[00:24:07] ABOUT THAT EFFORT. LAURA WAS MENTIONING PETE
[00:24:13] LAURA WAS MENTIONING PETE HOEKSTRA CAUGHT UP WITH THE U.S.
[00:24:14] HOEKSTRA CAUGHT UP WITH THE U.S. AMBASSADOR WHEN HE ARRIVED HERE
[00:24:17] AMBASSADOR WHEN HE ARRIVED HERE AT THE GANDER AIRPORT.
[00:24:19] AT THE GANDER AIRPORT. HE SAYS TODAY SERVES AS A
[00:24:23] HE SAYS TODAY SERVES AS A REMINDER WITH WHY CANADA AND REMINDER WITH WHY CANADA AND U.S. RELATIONSHIP MUST ENDURE
[00:24:27] U.S. RELATIONSHIP MUST ENDURE >> 9/11 IS A SPECIAL DAY IN MANY
[00:24:29] >> 9/11 IS A SPECIAL DAY IN MANY PLACES IN THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY
[00:24:32] PLACES IN THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY IN NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON. IN NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON. AND GANDER.
[00:24:36] AND GANDER. SOME REALLY GREAT THINGS SOME REALLY GREAT THINGS HAPPENING.
[00:24:39] HAPPENING. THIS IS TO SAY ONE MORE TIME, THIS IS TO SAY ONE MORE TIME, THANK YOU.
[00:24:42] THANK YOU. IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
[00:24:45] SAY THANK YOU. >> David: COMING AT A TENSE TIME >> David: COMING AT A TENSE TIME BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES.
[00:24:49] BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES. SOME PEOPLE DON'T WANT YOU HERE.
[00:24:51] SOME PEOPLE DON'T WANT YOU HERE. I WONDER HOW YOU BRIDGE THAT?
[00:24:54] I WONDER HOW YOU BRIDGE THAT? >> I KNOW HOW I BRIDGE IT.
[00:24:57] >> I KNOW HOW I BRIDGE IT. THIS IS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT 9/11
[00:25:01] THIS IS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT 9/11 IMPACTED. IMPACTED. THE 3,000 PEOPLE THAT WERE THE 3,000 PEOPLE THAT WERE KILLED.
[00:25:05] KILLED. THE 7,000 THAT MADE THEIR WAY TO THE 7,000 THAT MADE THEIR WAY TO GANDER.
[00:25:07] GANDER. THE 9,000 PEOPLE IN GANDER THAT
[00:25:10] THE 9,000 PEOPLE IN GANDER THAT OPENED THEIR HOMES, OPENED THEIR
[00:25:13] OPENED THEIR HOMES, OPENED THEIR HEARTS TO 14 DIFFERENT
[00:25:17] HEARTS TO 14 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, PRIMARILY AMERICANS.
[00:25:18] COUNTRIES, PRIMARILY AMERICANS. WE WILL GET BACK TO THE ECONOMIC
[00:25:22] WE WILL GET BACK TO THE ECONOMIC ISSUES, AT LEAST FROM OUR
[00:25:25] ISSUES, AT LEAST FROM OUR STANDPOINT WHEN WE GET PAST STANDPOINT WHEN WE GET PAST 9/11.
[00:25:28] 9/11. >> I KNOW YOU GOT TO GO. >> I KNOW YOU GOT TO GO. I BRIEFLY ASK YOU, DO YOU SEE
[00:25:32] I BRIEFLY ASK YOU, DO YOU SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRIDGE
[00:25:34] THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRIDGE THE GAP THAT HAS FORMED OVER THE
[00:25:36] THE GAP THAT HAS FORMED OVER THE PAST WEEKS AND MONTHS?
[00:25:39] PAST WEEKS AND MONTHS? AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT WHAT THESE COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN IN
[00:25:43] THESE COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN IN TERMS OF CLOSE FRIENDS? TERMS OF CLOSE FRIENDS? >> I THINK THIS IS AN
[00:25:47] >> I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY -- EVERY DAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY -- EVERY DAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY.
[00:25:51] OPPORTUNITY. WE OVER THE LAST 12 TO 16
[00:25:53] WE OVER THE LAST 12 TO 16 MONTHS, WE HAVE HAD REPEATED
[00:25:55] MONTHS, WE HAVE HAD REPEATED INSTANCES OF CANADIANS HELPING
[00:25:59] INSTANCES OF CANADIANS HELPING AMERICANS. AMERICANS. AMERICAN COASTGUARDSMAN WHO WAS
[00:26:01] AMERICAN COASTGUARDSMAN WHO WAS HELPED BY YOUR FOLKS.
[00:26:05] HELPED BY YOUR FOLKS. OUT IN VANCOUVER AND VICTORIA.
[00:26:08] OUT IN VANCOUVER AND VICTORIA. >> David: CANADIAN COASTGUARD >> David: CANADIAN COASTGUARD INVOLVED IN THAT.
[00:26:12] INVOLVED IN THAT. >> WE HAD YOUR SNOWMOBILERS OUT >> WE HAD YOUR SNOWMOBILERS OUT ON LAKE St. CLAIR.
[00:26:15] ON LAKE St. CLAIR. WHEN THEY LOOKED BEHIND THEM, WHEN THEY LOOKED BEHIND THEM, THERE WASN'T ANY ICE.
[00:26:18] THERE WASN'T ANY ICE. IT WAS LIKE, THIS IS NOT A GOOD IT WAS LIKE, THIS IS NOT A GOOD PLACE TO BE.
[00:26:22] PLACE TO BE. AMERICAN COASTGUARD CAME AND AMERICAN COASTGUARD CAME AND RESCUED THEM.
[00:26:24] RESCUED THEM. WE HAVE THESE THINGS HAPPENING WE HAVE THESE THINGS HAPPENING EACH AND EVERY DAY.
[00:26:28] EACH AND EVERY DAY. SHOWING HOW MUCH WE CARE FOR SHOWING HOW MUCH WE CARE FOR EACH OTHER.
[00:26:31] EACH OTHER. HOW MUCH WE LIKE EACH OTHER. HOW MUCH WE LIKE EACH OTHER. AND SO, ANY AND EVERY
[00:26:34] AND SO, ANY AND EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO
[00:26:37] OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO REINFORCE, YOU KNOW, THE
[00:26:40] REINFORCE, YOU KNOW, THE HUMANITARIAN CONNECTIONS THAT WE
[00:26:43] HUMANITARIAN CONNECTIONS THAT WE HAVE, EACH AND EVERY OPPORTUNITY HAVE, EACH AND EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE
[00:26:47] THAT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMIC CONNECTIONS.
[00:26:49] ECONOMIC CONNECTIONS. YOU KNOW, IT'S A TIME TO GO BACK
[00:26:52] YOU KNOW, IT'S A TIME TO GO BACK AND REFLECT AND SAY, LET'S GET AND REFLECT AND SAY, LET'S GET THIS GUY.
[00:26:55] THIS GUY. >> DO YOU RECOGNIZE POTENTIAL >> DO YOU RECOGNIZE POTENTIAL NOW?
[00:26:59] NOW? >> SURE. >> SURE. THE TENSION -- I JUST SPENT SOME THE TENSION -- I JUST SPENT SOME TIME BACK IN THE STATES.
[00:27:02] TIME BACK IN THE STATES. THE TENSION IS HIGHER HERE THAN
[00:27:04] THE TENSION IS HIGHER HERE THAN WHAT IT IS IN THE STATES.
[00:27:08] WHAT IT IS IN THE STATES. SO, YEAH, YOU GET MET AT THE
[00:27:12] SO, YEAH, YOU GET MET AT THE AIRPORT BY A COUPLE OF CAMERAS AIRPORT BY A COUPLE OF CAMERAS AND MICROPHONE SAYING WHAT'S
[00:27:15] AND MICROPHONE SAYING WHAT'S GOING ON. GOING ON. THE TENSION AND ALL OF THAT. THE TENSION AND ALL OF THAT. THEY ARE NOT
[00:31:41] Do you recall what day of the week it was?
[00:31:43] Tuesday. And I remember it was a Tuesday.
[00:31:49] It was a Tuesday, wasn't it?
[00:31:52] Yeah, the fact that it was a Tuesday
[00:31:54] does stick with me. The way the sky looks sticks with me was a
[00:31:59] glorious blue sky Tuesday morning. It was early in the
[00:32:02] morning when we got the call to get ourselves to New York as
[00:32:06] soon as possible.
[00:32:16] My name is Joanna Romal Yodis. I'm a co-host at CBC's The 5th
[00:32:21] Estate. 25 years ago when 911 happened,
[00:32:23] I was a pretty new reporter to CBC's national network.
[00:32:29] We were standing by the lake in Toronto. We were doing a story
[00:32:33] about the state of the Great Lakes of Ontario. Usually we
[00:32:37] would start a bit later, but I remember it was around
[00:32:41] 8:30, Pretty soon after the camera
[00:32:43] started rolling on our guest. The beepers were going off,
[00:32:47] the phones were going off. It was really clear very quickly
[00:32:51] that the assignment desk at CBC was trying to get in touch with
[00:32:55] us.
[00:32:57] Welcome back to the program. We've got some breaking news to
[00:33:01] tell you about something we're just learning about ourselves
[00:33:04] here. Apparently a small passenger plane has crashed
[00:33:07] into one of the World Trade Towers. I was just listening to
[00:33:10] an interview which was being done by an eyewitness. Not
[00:33:13] exactly sure how large the plane was. The person thought
[00:33:16] it was a a commercial jet that actually collided.
[00:33:22] I'm Adrian or Snow. I'm a host of the National and chief
[00:33:26] correspondent for CBC News. I was Washington correspondent on
[00:33:30] 9/11.
[00:33:32] My aunt and uncle were visiting from England. We were excited
[00:33:40] September the 12th, to New York. We were going to
[00:33:43] go see a play, going to go get the tickets at
[00:33:47] the Trade Centre. I was getting ready for work and my uncle
[00:33:51] sort of yelled and he said, 80, a plane has hit the tower.
[00:33:56] And I was like, oh, that doesn't sound right.
[00:34:01] And so I said, well, OK, I have to go to work
[00:34:04] immediately.
[00:34:07] I was walking very quickly, trying to get a cab
[00:34:11] that sort of run, walk, shuffle you do when you're in a
[00:34:15] big hurry. Eventually hailed, the cab got to the office
[00:34:19] just moments after the second plane hit the tower,
[00:34:25] and it appeared to back sharply and smash directly,
[00:34:29] perhaps purposefully, into OHT. My goodness. Oh God,
[00:34:33] there's another one.
[00:34:36] OHP My goodness, there's another one.
[00:34:42] I'm Paul Hunter, a senior correspondent for CBC
[00:34:45] News in Washington.
[00:34:47] In September 2001,
[00:34:50] I was a freshly minted parliamentary reporter for the
[00:34:54] CBC News Bureau in Ottawa.
[00:34:57] I got into work in the Ottawa Parliamentary Bureau. At about
[00:35:01] 9:10,
[00:35:03] Chris Goldrich, who is another CBC News
[00:35:06] reporter in the Bureau at the time, walks up to me and says,
[00:35:09] Paul, did you hear what happened?
[00:35:11] I go no, he goes, 2 planes have hit the World
[00:35:14] Trade Centre.
[00:35:16] Like what?
[00:35:19] Like what are you talking about? Then you immediately go to Oh
[00:35:23] my God, right? Like the people on board,
[00:35:26] the people in the buildings, the people below.
[00:35:31] What happened?
[00:35:36] Come on man.
[00:35:42] I'm David Coleman. I'm a senior correspondent and host with CBC
[00:35:46] News.
[00:35:48] I was living in Regina when 911 happened. I would go to
[00:35:51] Afghanistan within a few months.
[00:35:56] That morning when it happened, I was asleep and I got a phone
[00:36:02] call waking me up telling me TuneIn and I did,
[00:36:05] and I saw the second plane hit
[00:36:09] and that was the moment that I realized that we all realized
[00:36:14] this was no accident.
[00:36:27] I think I spent maybe 5-6 minutes throwing a few things
[00:36:31] in our in a bag.
[00:36:34] And as we were driving to the airport,
[00:36:36] this is all happening within half an hour. The second plane
[00:36:40] had hit the airport was shutting down. I remember
[00:36:43] standing there because people in newsrooms always stand when
[00:36:47] something happens, saying what, what is this?
[00:36:49] So we went back to the CBC. People were running around
[00:36:53] trying to figure out what to do. And then they just said start
[00:36:56] driving. This is going back to Washington right now. The
[00:37:00] second front, if you will, of these terrorist attacks. And
[00:37:03] then came word that the Pentagon had been hit.
[00:37:07] That Pentagon,
[00:37:09] and that's when I thought this isn't just America,
[00:37:12] as symbolic as that is for the military might of America. The
[00:37:15] fact that the Pentagon had been hit,
[00:37:17] that this was not just the Twin Towers in New York,
[00:37:20] but the Pentagon, like, what else is going on here?
[00:37:23] This is like the planet is under attack. It was like this
[00:37:26] is I thought the world was ending. The situation continues
[00:37:30] to unfold before our eyes and a huge fear in the United States
[00:37:33] right now that it's not over yet. Suddenly there was a
[00:37:36] realization that there was another plane in the air.
[00:37:40] So if there's a fourth plane, it's probably also coming for
[00:37:43] Washington. What is what is the tallest thing that you could
[00:37:47] hit in Washington? It's probably the Capitol building.
[00:37:51] And so the decision was Adrian, you and Louie, Louie Deez,
[00:37:54] our cameraman, you go. The news was coming in
[00:37:57] through the radio. We didn't have smartphones at the time.
[00:38:01] We had the radio on the whole time. And most of the time we
[00:38:05] were driving in silence. And I remember it was being,
[00:38:08] it was really tense. And as we are running to the capital,
[00:38:12] it was like being a salmon trying to go upstream.
[00:38:16] Yeah, everybody back. It was like all
[00:38:19] of Washington was coming at us
[00:38:23] because they were thinking the same thing we were,
[00:38:26] that if there's another plane in the air,
[00:38:29] it's probably going to be capital authorities on high
[00:38:32] alert across the United States for any further attacks. I
[00:38:35] remember when we crossed the border at Buffalo,
[00:38:38] I remember the customs officer saying, why are you going?
[00:38:41] And for a second, I think we all thought,
[00:38:44] are they going to even let us cross the border?
[00:38:47] And I remember we just said we're we're not. We're not
[00:38:50] turning back. We just can't. You could see Parliament Hill
[00:38:53] from my window
[00:38:55] in the Bureau and there was all kinds of stuff going on because
[00:38:59] the Canada didn't know what was happening. Or were there more?
[00:39:03] Were were we a target? And I don't even think we
[00:39:07] stopped to think like this is probably not a very good idea
[00:39:11] to run to the capital. But as we were running and trying to
[00:39:15] get there and sort of looking at the sky,
[00:39:18] like what is this day? Then we got a call saying that
[00:39:22] the 4th plane, Flight 93, had crashed
[00:39:25] into a field in Pennsylvania. And that's happened 4 minutes
[00:39:29] after we've all watched the South tower collapse.
[00:39:37] And then another 25 minutes later the north tower collapses,
[00:39:41] one plane colliding with 1 twin tower 18 minutes later. Oh my
[00:39:45] God,
[00:39:49] each one of these things in isolation would have been the
[00:39:53] most horrific event a reporter might have covered in their
[00:39:58] entire careers. And there were like 6 of them
[00:40:02] in just under 2 hours.
[00:40:07] I just did not know what to do first.
[00:40:23] And then we got there and it was like unlike anything I've
[00:40:26] ever seen. But I do remember it did not feel real. It felt like
[00:40:31] we had just
[00:40:32] driven into a movie set,
[00:40:35] surrounded by ashes and mounds and people walking around in in
[00:40:40] a completely dazed state.
[00:40:51] I still see the imprint in my mind. It's,
[00:40:53] it was like the the the remnants of the building almost
[00:40:57] looked like skeletons because they were they were there,
[00:41:00] but they weren't. And there was this ash, this thick, thick,
[00:41:04] thick dust that
[00:41:06] we now know was all sorts of metal and paper and
[00:41:11] things that we don't really want to think about. But I
[00:41:15] remember that scene, walking into it and thinking,
[00:41:18] Oh my God,
[00:41:22] my job that day was to
[00:41:26] tell the story of how the Canadian government was
[00:41:29] responding to what had happened in New York and Washington and
[00:41:33] Pennsylvania.
[00:41:35] And I was a journalist on that day. And that was my story. But
[00:41:39] I was also somebody who was still trying to process this.
[00:41:42] And and that's, that's all I wanted to do. I
[00:41:45] just wanted to watch TV that day. I just wanted to see it
[00:41:49] again and again and again. And I don't know why
[00:41:54] I I think it's because we all felt that we had all been
[00:41:58] attacked
[00:42:00] in a kind of way. I wanted to grieve. I wanted to empathize,
[00:42:07] but I also had to do my job. We all had to do our job and we
[00:42:11] all had to ask questions and we all had to
[00:42:15] meet with cabinet ministers and the Prime Minister and
[00:42:19] tell Canadians what their country was doing.
[00:42:23] Are we safe?
[00:42:26] Where is this going? What's happening to try to
[00:42:29] unpack some of this
[00:42:32] horror show.
[00:42:34] Some Canadians are already expressing their feelings here
[00:42:38] at the US Embassy tonight, bringing flowers,
[00:42:40] cards and poems in a show of sorrow and sympathy for
[00:42:44] Americans everywhere. The CBC's Adrienne Arseneau joins us with
[00:42:48] the latest. Adrian
[00:42:50] Peter, Washington, DC is currently under a state
[00:42:53] of emergency. And I look at the pictures because I haven't
[00:42:57] looked at them in 25 years of doing it on camera or a
[00:43:01] Talkback with Peter. And I look at the look on my face and I am
[00:43:06] like a piece of stone. I am just completely flat and
[00:43:09] clinical. And I've been trying to figure out what like what
[00:43:13] that was because that's not that's not me as a person. But
[00:43:18] two things come to mind. One I remember
[00:43:20] being told a long time ago as a reporter,
[00:43:23] when things are terrible around you,
[00:43:25] you need to keep it together because if you lose it,
[00:43:29] the people at home are are are very destabilized. But also,
[00:43:33] I kind of think we were all in shock. I'm pretty sure that we
[00:43:37] were just
[00:43:39] stunned and on some form of This is the most serious day of
[00:43:44] my life as a reporter and I need to step up
[00:43:48] and
[00:43:51] we're not going to get anything wrong and we are not going to
[00:43:54] sleep. Joanna, what is the latest you can tell
[00:43:57] us? Well, basic computer just what you
[00:43:59] said now rescue a firefighters have been digging away at the
[00:44:02] rubble all day. The fear is that there may be thousands of
[00:44:06] people trapped beneath the rubble. That scene is still my
[00:44:09] gosh, it comes right back. And I
[00:44:11] remember when we were doing this phoner
[00:44:14] because again, we had cell phones,
[00:44:15] we didn't have smartphones. We, we didn't even have a live link
[00:44:18] with the camera. I remember we were sitting in a fire truck
[00:44:21] because we were trying to find a spot that was relatively
[00:44:24] quiet because
[00:44:26] you couldn't really speak with all the noise. And and there
[00:44:29] was there were cranes, there were there were removing
[00:44:32] rubble, there was huge tractors. I see
[00:44:34] them here again.
[00:44:36] People seemed overwhelmed by the enormity of the task ahead.
[00:44:39] 1 firefighter told me he found one injured man earlier today,
[00:44:43] and he kept repeating. Once I found one man,
[00:44:45] God knows how many more people are in there. And I remember
[00:44:48] that the one that would become something that we would hear a
[00:44:51] lot, people were just coming in and
[00:44:53] saying, if I could just save one person.
[00:44:59] Alright, let's take a look.
[00:45:02] The shockwaves from today's horror travel to Ottawa,
[00:45:04] putting the national capital on alert. And Prime Minister Craig
[00:45:07] Crazy. Look at this already, like just
[00:45:11] heightened. Security was everywhere. Police doubled
[00:45:14] their numbers on the streets just in case something were to
[00:45:17] happen here in Ottawa, like there was
[00:45:21] everywhere else on earth. There was confusion, confusion,
[00:45:24] I think it's fair to say, in in the offices of power on
[00:45:28] Parliament Hill. But there was also a determination that they
[00:45:32] had to do something. So as airspace got shut down,
[00:45:35] for example, airports across Canada started
[00:45:38] receiving passenger jets that had crossed that halfway point
[00:45:42] in Gander, in Halifax, In airports across the country,
[00:45:45] Canadians reached out and embraced and welcomed and
[00:45:48] empathized and gave safety and refuge
[00:45:51] to people who had been traveling to the US on that
[00:45:54] date. It was a remarkable moment in the history of this
[00:45:58] country where Canadians demonstrated who Canadians are.
[00:46:08] We came in last night. Canadian Hans Gerhardt is looking for
[00:46:12] his son Ralph. We had a cell phone call and he said that
[00:46:16] something happened at the World Trade Centre. A bomb or plane
[00:46:20] hit the tower. I'm OK, we're OK. I love you. I call
[00:46:24] you back later. He hasn't heard from him since Tuesday.
[00:46:32] Anywhere you turned, everywhere you turned,
[00:46:34] there was a story. It was almost like overnight
[00:46:37] there was this eruption of humanity that came up.
[00:46:41] This was before social media, so people came with copies of
[00:46:45] photos, portraits that they had blown
[00:46:48] up, duct tape to put them on like
[00:46:50] utility poles and walls.
[00:46:54] I remember thinking this is an incredibly heart wrenching
[00:46:59] moment
[00:47:01] and you don't blame a single person for holding on to the
[00:47:04] hope that somebody might have seen that person wandering
[00:47:07] somewhere, lost somewhere. But when you think of the futility of the action,
[00:47:11] now that we know what we know, it makes it even sadder. What's
[00:47:14] the best way to say it? It just felt like every day you
[00:47:17] were getting another punch in the gut. Throughout the day,
[00:47:20] fighter jets have been patrolling the air around
[00:47:23] Washington, and as we understand it,
[00:47:25] their orders are quite clear. If a plane enters restricted
[00:47:28] airspace and cannot be urged out, then it will be shot.
[00:47:31] Now this is a day that will always be a before and after.
[00:47:36] And then on that day, in a moment,
[00:47:40] sitting in my office in Washington,
[00:47:43] I turned around and I opened my filing cabinet and I just,
[00:47:47] I grabbed all the files I had in it and I threw them in the
[00:47:51] garbage. Every story I've been working on,
[00:47:53] I threw in the garbage
[00:47:56] and I remember someone saying to me like, what are you doing?
[00:48:00] And I said, nothing matters anymore.
[00:48:02] Nothing that we worked on is ever going to see the light of
[00:48:06] day. This is the new lens through which we're going to
[00:48:09] have to look at everything from now on. Make no mistake,
[00:50:15] the United States
[00:50:18] will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly
[00:50:22] acts. In all the panic there were few moments to talk or
[00:50:26] think of blame, but immediately many wondered
[00:50:29] if this was the horrific handiwork of Islamic
[00:50:32] fundamentalist and fugitive Osama bin Laden. Remember that
[00:50:36] tonight, I think I think Adrian Arsenos
[00:50:39] piece on September 11th mentioned Osama bin Laden
[00:50:43] and I remember thinking who
[00:50:45] al Qaeda, what's that? It's bizarre, like,
[00:50:48] wait a minute, these are all but but by the
[00:50:51] very quickly, by the next day, we
[00:50:53] had a sense of, of
[00:50:56] where these attacks had originated from. You know,
[00:50:59] I remember watching Adrian and Paul and Joanna. I certainly
[00:51:04] remember the
[00:51:06] the shock of just trying to absorb everything they were,
[00:51:10] they were telling us everything they were seeing in Afghanistan
[00:51:14] came up. And
[00:51:15] it became clear that al Qaeda was behind this attack,
[00:51:19] that it had had safe haven in Afghanistan,
[00:51:22] that some of the planning for 9/11 had happened there and
[00:51:26] that undoubtedly al Qaeda was going to get hit and hit hard
[00:51:30] by the Americans. And it wasn't long after 911 that in the
[00:51:33] middle of the night and my uncle knocked on the door and
[00:51:37] he said, you need to come outside and I
[00:51:40] want you to listen to something. So we went out onto the balcony
[00:51:44] and he said it's very faint,
[00:51:47] but just listen. Can you hear planes?
[00:51:50] And I could hear planes. And so my my uncle had been a
[00:51:55] commander on an aircraft carrier for the Royal Navy.
[00:51:59] And he said that is a sound of an aircraft carrier loading. He
[00:52:02] said you're going to wake up in the morning and this country's
[00:52:05] going to war.
[00:52:07] And he was right. The invasion of Afghanistan started not long
[00:52:11] after that. We know now that the attack has started both in
[00:52:15] Kabul and from our reporting in Kandahar,
[00:52:18] which is the spiritual centre of the Taliban regime.
[00:52:22] I've had family members in the military and, and have,
[00:52:26] you know, a better understanding than
[00:52:29] some people of, of how the military operates
[00:52:32] and how it deploys. And shortly after 911,
[00:52:35] NATO met and met into this extraordinary,
[00:52:38] unthinkable way and invoked for the first time ever Article 5,
[00:52:42] which says an attack on one is an attack on all. And they
[00:52:46] looked at the attack of 911 by al Qaeda on the United States
[00:52:50] and said this is an attack on our entire alliance. And NATO
[00:52:55] is now in this fight. It was
[00:52:57] extraordinary tonight in the danger zone on the ground with
[00:53:01] Canada's combat troops inside Afghanistan. Indian forces have
[00:53:05] already been taking part in coalition operations in the air
[00:53:09] and at sea. Now there are regular troops on the ground.
[00:53:13] Canada is in mourning tonight over a tragic mistake during a
[00:53:17] war on the other side of the world. There was on April 17th,
[00:53:21] 2002, this
[00:53:23] incident, 4 Canadian soldiers were killed
[00:53:26] when in two American fighter jets came out of the sky and
[00:53:30] hit them just outside of the Kandahar Air Base as they were
[00:53:34] on a training exercise. They'd been deployed to Afghanistan to
[00:53:38] be part of the American Global War on Terror,
[00:53:41] and it was the Americans who ended up bombing them. I was
[00:53:46] eager to.
[00:53:47] To be part of this big story. And so very shortly after
[00:53:51] friendly fire, I was on a plane out of Regina,
[00:53:55] SK and on my way to Kandahar, Afghanistan. And the troops say
[00:54:00] as awful as the accident was, it is imperative the mission in
[00:54:04] Afghanistan go on. Canadians are in command of the ground
[00:54:09] assault dubbed Operation Tory.
[00:54:13] The dust in the wind make it almost uninhabitable,
[00:54:16] but this is home to 80, 000 Afghans,
[00:54:18] those who fled the Taliban, the drought and the bombing
[00:54:22] raids by coalition forces.
[00:54:25] These are the people who, you know,
[00:54:28] had no idea that not what 911 was or that it had happened or
[00:54:31] that a lot of it had been planned in the country they
[00:54:34] lived. They were just trying to get on with their lives. And
[00:54:37] this was,
[00:54:39] this was the impact of it all. I always look at the kids and I,
[00:54:43] anytime I look at Afghan kids, I, you know,
[00:54:46] I think about,
[00:54:48] you know, well, are they alive?
[00:54:55] We talk about and we should talk about the 158 Canadian
[00:54:59] soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan and we should also
[00:55:02] think about those who survived. When a country makes a decision
[00:55:06] to to go to war, it makes that decision for
[00:55:09] generations because people come back from that war changed.
[00:55:14] At the end of the day, which stays with you. In your
[00:55:17] heart are the people that are
[00:55:19] caught in stories that they didn't want to be part of.
[00:55:23] Canadian Kimmy Shadal struggles not to let go. Honey,
[00:55:26] her husband is among the missing. She wears his clothes
[00:55:29] to keep him near. I just feel like I gotta find him and I
[00:55:32] gotta bring him home one way or another. My gosh. We stay in
[00:55:36] touch with Kimmy. I still stay in touch with her
[00:55:40] and she continues to do, you know,
[00:55:43] events in her husband's name.
[00:55:48] She's Building Schools in Africa now. But she used to
[00:55:51] hold triathlons in his name. And we've stayed in touch. And
[00:55:55] it's, it's, you know,
[00:55:57] it's strange that I have the this bond with a woman who was
[00:56:00] a stranger 25 years ago. But there's something in that
[00:56:03] moment and emotions were so exposed
[00:56:06] during the time where we are in New York that the connections
[00:56:08] that we made, even with people that we only
[00:56:10] met for a few minutes, they just stayed
[00:56:15] all over Canada. Things just kind of stopped today as
[00:56:19] Canadians prayed for and thought of those who were
[00:56:23] killed and the world that has changed.
[00:56:30] I didn't expect that
[00:56:32] to tear me up, but it did.
[00:56:35] Because
[00:56:37] I went to Parliament Hill
[00:56:40] with hundreds, thousands who turned out
[00:56:45] to share grief with, in 2001, our American friends.
[00:56:57] It was a different time. I think it's fair to say that
[00:57:02] there's no small degree of trying to process where the
[00:57:05] relationship between the two countries is. Now,
[00:57:07] I don't mean to draw politics into this, but how can you not?
[00:57:11] And it's a very, to look back 25 years ago,
[00:57:14] um,
[00:57:15] and to hear some of the rhetoric from some quarters now,
[00:57:24] it's heartbreaking.
[00:57:26] Within days, um, the United States changed and
[00:57:31] has never gone back. It has changed everything about how we
[00:57:36] travel.
[00:57:39] It has changed everything about our individual liberties and
[00:57:44] freedoms when going in and out of the United States. Its
[00:57:48] security became associated with patriotism,
[00:57:51] the Islamophobia that happened after 911
[00:57:56] took root.
[00:57:59] Al Qaida, Oh my God, there's just the world.
[00:58:05] I can't think of an area of foreign policy or domestic
[00:58:08] policy in the United States, and by extension elsewhere in
[00:58:12] the world that hasn't been changed by 911.
[00:58:15] Like, I just can't. I just can't think of 1.
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