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>> midland had suffered in the years before jessica fell down that well. it was the oil bust, the economy was completely trashed. people had lost everything. and this little girl fell down this well and all of a sudden, it gave an entire town something to rally around. >> they are west texans, short on money but long on heart. >> robert o'donnell was a firefighter. >> o'donnell, o apost fee -- >> he was tall and thin and he could physically get down there in the tunnel. >> they didn't know what position she was in for quite
PeopleMidlandEverythingEconomyOil-bustSomethingGirlTownAll-ofa-suddenRoberto-donnellHeartTexanslessons from the oil bust of the '80s. walk us through that. >> well, that's right. in fact, there used to be bumper stickers in the '80s that said oh, lord, send us another oil boom. we promise not to mess this one up. and that's one of the things that happened. i do believe that texas always has had a methodology that tomorrow would always be better than today and so there's this optimistic feeling. and what the oil bust of the '80s did was it crushed that optimism and people here realized, hey, you know, we can't just be braggards and we can't just be swaggering and we have to be smart. >> let's look how they diversified the economy, energy production, high-tech centers in austin and dallas.
FactLessonsStickersLordOil-boomOil-bust-of-the-80sOhOne80ThingsTexasMethodologythings weren't talked about. >> they weren't. a lot of those men that came home from overseas, they were young, built their families. my parents were very anxious to have children. i was born nine months after my dad came home from overseas. they just went on to another life. it took me a long time to realize that what seemed like old history, ancient history to me, world war ii, must have been very fresh in my father's mind. >> sean: yeah. sim alarm growing up during the depression as my parents did. my father grew up really poor. i think you capture that well. when they came back and didn't talk about it. and they built a life for themselves, in the case of your father he started building expect homes. -- speck homes. it was successful an oil boom, later an oil bust. you dealt with both sides as you were heading off to college. >> exactly. that's one of the things i wanted to write about.
LotThings-weren-tDadMenChildrenHomeFamiliesOverseasThey-weren-tParentsNineSeanmy father served four years in the pacific. you talk about that these things weren't talked about. >> they weren't. a lot of those men that came home from overseas, they were young, built their families. my parents were very anxious to have children. i was born nine months after my dad came home from overseas. they just went on to another life. it took me a long time to realize that what seemed like old history, ancient history to me, world war ii, must have been very fresh in my father's mind. >> sean: yeah. sim alarm growing up during the depression as my parents did. my father grew up really poor. i think you capture that well. when they came back and didn't talk about it. and they built a life for themselves, in the case of your father he started building expect homes. -- speck homes. it was successful an oil boom, later an oil bust. you dealt with both sides as you were heading off to
LotThings-weren-tFatherMenChildrenHomeFamiliesOverseasThey-weren-tParentsPacificNinea lot of those men that came home from overseas, they were young, built their families. my parents were very anxious to have children. i was born nine months after my dad came home from overseas. they just went on to another life. it took me a long time to realize that what seemed like old history, ancient history to me, world war ii, must have been very fresh in my father's mind. >> sean: yeah. sim alarm growing up during the depression as my parents did. my father grew up really poor. i think you capture that well. when they came back and didn't talk about it. and they built a life for themselves, in the case of your father he started building expect homes. -- speck homes. it was successful an oil boom, later an oil bust. you dealt with both sides as you were heading off to college. >> exactly. that's one of the things i wanted to write about. i think midland represents one
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