Hi kathie. So nice to meet you. Nice to meet you too. I enjoyed your book. Thank you. I would like to start this interview by talking a little bit about you. I also would like the audience to hear the story which honestly which really offended me. Which is in your introduction. You got a note from a professor claiming he would never be a political scientist. Can you say little bit about that . Speech i put that in the book because when i was in college i struggled with what i wanted to major in. I wanted about going into science, humanities or social science. And i finally decided on social science because i found those questions much more interesting comment engaging in urgent for me. My First Political science course we read all of the great political philosophers from plato on up. They were all asking the question, what is justice . What is Good Government . How can you organize a government and organize society to make life better for people. Particularly to make justice. So, i end
David davis provides the history of the first Wheelchair Basketball Team comprise a world war ii veterans. Its a great honor to be at bromance. I spent many evenings on the second floor listening to local authors speak about their the o really appreciate the invitation. What to say hi to everybody out there who i havent i have beeo see facetoface in person, so thank you for tuning in. Obviously doubly honored ron kovic has agreed to speak with me tonight about the book. Ron kovic, not kovac. Not go back. We were introduced by tom hobart, sports need a writer and ron has been very encouraging and helped me quite a bit with this book in terms of background and research and so forth. Ron of course was a vietnam veteran. Most of the book that i wrote is about world war ii veterans are just want to give you a little background before we start speaking. Before world war ii if you are paralyzed you were pretty much a dead ender, and no hope or as they were called. The average life span was a
Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Its a hidden sanctuary. A hospital deep underground in syria. Where one doctor is leading the charge to save lives. Tonight, with the help from our partners at nat geo, Martha Raddatz with the story of this medical warrior. Reporter in the western tip of syria, the rain doesnt come often. Instead, airstrikes pound down from the a constant in the civil war that has plagued this nation for eight years. Years. Years. Year. Deadly chemicals poison syrias people. The patients covered in dust, suffocating, come here to dr. Ammani balure. By some estimates, nearly half a Million People have lost their lives, 6. 6 million displaced. Above ground, entire neighborhoods left destroyed and desolate. So below ground they went. Here, 65 feet below the surface is a hospital they call the cave. Its scary, because you feel, you dont have any, anyplace safe. Reporter here in the cave, dr. Ammani is in charge, the lead doctor at only 28 years old, a nearly impossib
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