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I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE 149 DANIEL HASES ON HUDSON FIRE DEPARTMENT INSPECTION.
IT'S A TRUE PRIVILEGE TO STAND BEFORE SUCH A DEDICATED GROUP OF FIREFIGHTER POLICE OFFICERS AND HONORED ELECTED OFFICIALS AS WE COME TOGETHER FOR THIS IMPORTANT TRADITION.
TONIGHT IS MORE THAN JUST A FORMAL REVIEW.
IT'S A TIME TO REFLECT ON OUR READINESS, OUR DISCIPLINE, AND THE UNSHAKABLE COMMITMENT WE BRING TO THE DEPARTMENT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
IT'S A MO, IT'S A MOMENT TO TAKE PRIDE IN THE WORK WE DO, THE VALUES WE UPHOLD, AND THE TRUST OUR COMMUNITY PLACES US IN, NOT JUST THE TIMES OF CRISIS, BUT ALWAYS.
WE HAVE SOME INVITED GUESTS I'D LIKE TO PRODUCE.
UH, DON'T THINK, UH, NEW YORK STATE SENATOR ANDREW STEWART, COUSINS HERE, NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER MARY JANESKY.
THANK YOU EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH ON BEHALF OF THE GRATEFUL COMMUNITY FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
WE ALL KNOW THE DRAMATIC STUFF, THE LOW PROBABILITY, HIGH IMPACT THINGS THAT SOMETIMES HAPPEN WHEN YOU RUN INTO A CRISIS S SITUATION, BUT JUST ALL OF THE TRAINING YOU HAVE TO DO TO KEEP UP ON THE LATEST EQUIPMENT AND TECHNIQUES AND ALL OF THE CALLS YOU HAVE TO GO ON TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF US ARE SAFE AND TAKEN CARE OF.
AND FOR THAT, WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE VEHICLES.
I CAN SEE THE GLEAMING FROM HERE, SO I'M SURE IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT INSPECTION.
IT'S SO GREAT TO BE HERE AT HASTING ON THE HUDSON FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR ANNUAL INSPECTION.
YOU ARE LOOKING VERY SHARP, AND I AM GOING TO MAKE SURE TO SAFE CONGRATULATIONS FOR DOING THE CONTINUED GREAT WORK THAT YOU DO.
WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES, MR. SUSAN SPEAR AND THE TEAM, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING SOME OF YOU ON SUNDAY MORNING FOR MEMORIAL SERVICE.
DAVE, I, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
UH, SO TODAY WHEN I SAID TO MY SON, OH, DADDY HAS TO GO SOMEWHERE, I SAID, BUT I KNOW MOST OF THE POLITICAL EVENTS WE GO TO ARE BORING, BUT I HAVE ONE WORD FOR YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
UH, WHEN I WAS ELECTED TO THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE, ONE OF MY FIRST VOTES WAS TO GIVE A PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION TO ALL VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY, WHICH WOULD SAY SUPPORTIVE UNDER THEN DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE.
SO I'M THRILLED TO COME HERE TO JOIN YOU AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO, BECAUSE WHEN THE CALL GOES OUT, WHEN THE HORN GOES OFF, WHEN THE PAGES RING RIGHT, YOU ANSWER THE CALL.
BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU, YOU GET UP AT THREE IN THE MORNING, YOUR WIFE, YOUR KIDS, YOUR FAMILY ARE THERE WAITING FOR YOU TO COME HOME.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
GREENBURG TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FARNER.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, UH, ONE WORD.
AND THANK YOU OUR VILLAGE MAYOR.
AND, UM, THIS IS GONNA BE MY LAST INSPECTION.
AND IT'S BITTERSWEET BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN SUCH A PLEASURE AND AN HONOR TO, UH, SEE ALL OF YOU IN ACTION.
I HAVE MET SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR VILLAGE WHO HAVE TOLD ME ABOUT THE WAYS IN WHICH YOU'VE SAVED THEIR LIVES, LITERALLY SAVED THEIR LIVES, SAVED THEIR PROPERTY, AND PEOPLE ARE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL TO YOU.
SO FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THANK YOU.
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YOU ARE ALL AMAZING.EVERYONE IN THE VILLAGE LOVES YOU, AND WE ARE INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE CADRE OF DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS.
IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES OUR VILLAGE TREMENDOUSLY SPECIAL.
WE HAVE A FORMER MAYOR, LEE CANALI, OUR VILLAGE TRUSTEES, MORGAN FLE DOWN THE STREET.
SAMANTHA MURPHY, OUR VILLAGE MANAGER, MARY BETH MURPHY, POLICE CHIEF DAVID DO VILLAGE CLERK ANTHONY CONSTANTINE, OUR TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR, DEPUTY VILLAGE TREASURER RO HAVE, I THINK, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GINA JACKSON.
WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM GEORGE LADI ME'S OFFICE.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MARK DEPARTMENT SECRETARY, GENE SNUBBY SUPERIOR.
EVERYONE WANTS THE WALK THROUGH THE APPARATUS AND START UP TOP AND, OKAY.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE, UH, STATE SENATOR ANDREW STEWART COUSINS HERE.
SHE HAS A PRESENTATION SHE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT.
AND OF COURSE, WE ARE CELEBRATING YOUR EXISTENCE IN YOUR ANNIVERSARY AS A A DEPARTMENT.
AND I, AGAIN, UH, I GET A CHANCE TO SAY THIS ALL THE TIME WHEN I GO TO THE INSPECTION.
YOU ALL, UH, HAD THE SAME INSPECTION TIME AS ELFORD, SO I ACTUALLY WENT THERE FIRST SO I MISSED, UH, TELLING YOU HOW GOOD YOU ALL LOOK.
SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY LOOKS FINE.
AND I'M SURE YOUR EQUIPMENT IS, IS IS ALSO GREAT.
BUT, UM, BESIDES ALL THAT POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING A, YOU KNOW, JUST COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS AND FOR BEING, UH, THOSE FOLKS WHO REALLY, UH, RUN TOWARDS DANGER AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU GIVE MUTUAL AID TO YOUR NEIGHBORS AND REALLY, REALLY UPHOLD A LEGACY OF SERVICE THAT IS, IS UNMATCHED.
I'M JUST REALLY PROUD, UH, TO REPRESENT YOU ALL AND AGAIN, TO HAVE A CHANCE TO THANK YOU ALL.
AND I AM JOINED BY MY FRIEND AND, AND AND ASSEMBLY, UH, COLLEAGUE.
I'M IN THE SENATE, SHE'S IN THE ASSEMBLY.
UH, WE WORK TOGETHER AND WE REPRESENT YOU MARY JANESKY.
AND WHY DON'T I JUST GIVE YOU A CHANCE, I'M NOT GONNA TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME, BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE DEALING NO ONE HOGGING TOO, BECAUSE I REALLY AM GONNA BRING UP THE, UH, 50 YEAR VETERAN WHO DOES NOT WANT TO COME UP.
SO I'M GIVING HIM A CHANCE TO, UH, SORT OF RELAX INTO THE REALITY OF HE'S GONNA HAVE TO SHOW UP, BUT YOU RETAIN.
UM, THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
YOU AND OUR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND THROUGHOUT NEW YORK STATE ARE THE REASON WHY SO MANY PEOPLE TODAY ARE ALIVE,
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ARE IN GOOD HEALTH, AND HAVE HOMES THAT ARE STILL STANDING.SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
UM, ROB IS KIND OF, UM, GLOWING.
UM, SOMEONE STAY BY THE DOORS.
WELL, AS YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE AUTHOR LIVE IN HASTINGS PROPER, OR MANY OF YOU KNOW, I LIVE IN CLEARWOOD, SO YOU ARE MY FIRE DEPARTMENT STILL.
AND IT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE SO MANY FAMILIAR FACES WHO HAVE DONE SUCH WONDERFUL THINGS, WHO PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE, WHO WORKED SO HARD ON THE BEHALF OF ALL HASTINGS AND THE EXPANSION OF HASTINGS, WE THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I I I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE, UH, SO MANY DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS HERE.
UH, IT'S A, IT'S A REAL FAMILY AFFAIR THAT HAPPENS, UH, AROUND THIS FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND YOU DON'T KNOW, UH, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU SHOW UP AND I THINK SOMEBODY SHOWED UP IN 1975 AND THE YEARS GO BACK QUICKLY AND 50 YEARS LATER WE GET TO CELEBRATE YOU, DEPUTY CHIEF.
AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I, I DON'T WANT TO EMBARRASS YOU BECAUSE HE IS EMBARRASSED.
DURING THE TIME, DEPUTY CHIEF RUAK WAS ALSO SERVING AS THE COMPANY'S TREASURER AND TRUSTEE.
HE ALSO WENT ON TO BECOME A FIRST ASSISTANT CHIEF, CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT.
YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE DONE ALMOST EVERY DOCTOR YOU'VE HAD EXTENSIVE TRAINING, COLLEGE DEGREES, UM, EXPERT IN HAZMAT AND FIRE SAFETY, AND YOU'RE JUST AN ALL AROUND AMAZING, AMAZING PERSON, FIREFIGHTER.
AND FOR THIS REASON, I, NEW YORK STATE SENATOR AND SENATE MAJORITY LEADER, ANDREA STEWART COUSINS, RECOGNIZES THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF DEPUTY CHIEF ROBERT SACK AND JOIN WITH THE RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO CLAIM THIS YOUR DAY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17TH.
DEPUTY CHIEF ROGER, THANK YOU TO YOUR LOVELY WIFE.
I DON'T MEAN TO, BUT I WAS TOLD THAT YOUR WIFE IS IS ALSO EXTREMELY ACTIVE.
SO, SO, AND I KNOW THAT NOBODY DOES THIS KIND OF STUFF FOR THIS LENGTH OF TIME WITHOUT PARTNERSHIPS AND FAMILIES.
SO AGAIN, SEND HER MY REGARDS AS WELL.
EK, LEAD OF THE P OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE.
AYE SIR, THROUGH THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION ON GOD AND INDIVISIBLE TO LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
FOR OUR DEPARTED MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY THIS PAST YEAR, WE HAVE EX CAPTAIN CARL COR SODERSTROM, DEPUTY CHIEF BRUCE SIO THANK YOU TIME.
I'LL ASK ASSISTANT CHIEF LINDER
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INTRODUCE OUR DEPUTY CHIEFS.ALRIGHT, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, A DEPUTY CHIEF WENT THROUGH THIRD ASSISTANT, SECOND ASSISTANT, FIRST ASSISTANT AND CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT, AND NOW THEY'RE DEPUTY CHIEF.
SO THEY'VE DONE A DONE A LOT IN THEIR LIFE.
SO OUR FIRST IS THAT 50 YEAR MAN ROBERT RUAK.
WHEN I CALL OUT THE NEXT NAMES, IF YOU COULD STAND UP SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE YOU TAKE RON.
DEPUTY CHIEF RONALD DEPUTY CHIEF JEFF BANG, DEPUTY CHIEF BRIAN VY.
WHY IS AT THE OTHER PARTY UPSTAIRS, DEPUTY CHIEF AND PRESIDENT MARTY HUNTER AND DEPUTY CHIEF JAMES SOVEREIGNTY IN THE BACKGROUND.
I'D LIKE TO ASK ASSISTANT CHIEF FRANK DEA TO, UH, INTRODUCE THE COMPANY OFFICERS.
I PUT THIS IN BIG FONT AND I STILL NEED MY GLASSES.
FROM ENGINE FOUR, FOUR, CAPTAIN BRIAN HEALY.
ACTUALLY, WHY DON'T JUST HOLDING APPLAUSE, WE'LL GET ALL OF THEM THEN WE CAN.
UH, FIRST LIEUTENANT BRIAN SCHNIBBE, SECOND LIEUTENANT WILLIAM KENNEDY.
ENGINE FOUR FIVE, CAPTAIN THOMAS GUNTHER.
FIRST LIEUTENANT ANDREA FELL SECOND.
ENGINE FOUR SIX, CAPTAIN TERRY B UH, BEEKMAN.
I GOT ONE MORE NAME I'M GONNA BUTCHER.
UM, FIRST LIEUTENANT DAN MANSDORF, SECOND LIEUTENANT ED HER HERMAN, UH, FROM LADDER 22.
FIRST LIEUTENANT CHRIS DO, UH, CHRIS DUDA.
SECOND LIEUTENANT RICHIE DOON II.
WE HAVE CAPTAIN RON COHEN, LI O AND THIS IS THE ONE I DON'T KNOW, MARCEL, COME ON ONE.
AND THEN THERE'S THREE OTHER PEOPLE WE LIKE TO, UH, THAT DO A LOT FOR THIS, UH, DEPARTMENT.
UM, OUR FIRE INSPECTOR ALAN HARMON, OUR STATISTICIAN AND CAPTAIN OF THE, UH, FIRE POLICE, DENNIS KEMPSEY AND MIKE HAD MENTIONED THEY'RE OUTSIDE.
BUT, UH, OF COURSE OUR DEPARTMENT SECRETARY, JEANNIE SBY.
I'D LIKE TO ASK ASSISTANT CHIEF CALLAS, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE YEAR MEMBERS FOR THE YEARS OF SERVICE.
ALRIGHT, LET'S, THERE'S A LOT OF NAMES HERE.
SO WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH THE NEW MEMBERS THAT HAVE JOINED THIS YEAR.
JENNY ESTEBAN, TIMOTHY HOUSE, NICK JOHNSON, ALANA MONT, I'M SORRY, I PUT YOUR, YOUR NAME.
CASEY OSTROWSKI, AUSTIN SEAGER, EDUARDO SIERRA RODRIGUEZ, DYLAN NER, JOHN CORION, JEREMY GALLAND, MICHAEL LABON, AND PHILIP CIANI.
FOR MEMBERS WITH 20 PLUS YEARS.
ROBERT KADU, NICHOLAS FRESCO, LARRY GRINER, STEVE ICK, JENNY LEE, DEPUTY CHIEF JAMES, TY, ANDREW SHERMAN, ANTHONY WONG, CHARLES BENZI, JUSTIN PARTICULAR ROBERT GAGLIARDI, MIKE CHESNEY, MIKE O'TOOLE, BRIAN WOODS, THOMAS WOODS, WILLIAM KENNEDY,
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MICHAEL MELVIN, DEPUTY CHIEF BRIAN AND JAMES BOSSMAN FOR 30 YEARS PLUS OF SERVICE.MICHAEL ADAIR, SECOND ASSISTANT CHIEF FRANK DE SOUZA, JR.
DEPUTY CHIEF MARTIN GUNTHER, CHIEF OF THE DEPARTMENT.
MICHAEL GUNTHER, PETER GUNTHER, WILLIAM OSBORNE, ROBERT SIMMONS, SR.
AS THE YEARS GO ON, THE LIST GETS SHORTER WITH 40 PLUS YEARS OF SERVICE.
GREG BASSMAN, ANTHONY GAGLIARDI, FIRST ASSISTANT CHIEF, JOHN LINDNER, DEPUTY CHIEF JEFF BANNON.
JERRY DAILEY, GARDNER, KENT OSBORNE, EDWARD USHER.
AND THAT IS IT FOR THE 40 MEMBERS WITH 50 PLUS YEARS OF SERVICE.
BOB RUAK, DEPUTY CHIEF BOB RUAK AND DEPUTY CHIEF JAMES TRUMP.
AND FINALLY THE GRAND FINALE MEMBERS WITH 60 PLUS YEARS OF SERVICE.
ROBERT LIGHT AND THOMAS TI FOUR.
IS THIS PART OF THE PROGRAM? EVERYBODY ENJOY YOUR DINNER.
GO BACK TO THE LORD'S WORK ON SEE YOU.
IF I COULD HAVE YOUR ATTENTION, IF I COULD HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE.
I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THE LAST QUARTER OF THE PROGRAM FOR THE EVENING.
START WITH ASSISTANT CHIEF LINDER WHO WILL INTRODUCE OUR OUT OF TOWN CHIEFS.
ALRIGHT, FROM, UH, IRV FEW FIVE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE DEPUTY CHIEF LER AND HIS SON.
UH, YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? YOU GOT THE BEST GUY.
AND WE HAVE IN THE CORNER THE FIFTH BEATLE DEPUTY CHIEF MURPHY FROM TAR TOWN.
OKAY, THANK YOU CHIEF LINDA, I'M GONNA STICK WITH YOU.
WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU TWO GO AWARDS.
START WITH A TOP RESPONDER FROM EACH COMPANY.
SO, UH, YEAH, UH, YEAH ON BEHALF OF KENNY.
HAD TO BRING THE RIG BACK EARLY SO YOU KNOW, SEE YOU GUYS LATER.
I GO BECAUSE WE RAN OUT LIGHT MAKING.
ALRIGHT, CONVENTION FOUR, FIVE SHORT GUN.
ALRIGHT, FROM ENGINE FOUR SIX, ALAN GOLD, COME ON.
AND FOR LADDER 22, THE MAN WHO NEEDS A HAIRCUT.
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KO'S BEEN A MEMBER.I'LL READ, READ A STATEMENT FROM A RECENT CALL THE AMBULANCE WENT TO AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THE NEXT REPORT.
ON MAY 8TH, 2025, THE HASTED AMBULANCE COURT WAS DISPATCHED TO RESIDENCE ON OUR POLICE RESPONSE REPORT OF A MALE EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY BREATHING.
UPON ARRIVAL, POLICE OFFICERS ARE ALREADY ON SCENE PERFORMING CPR.
SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE HASTENS AMBULANCE CREW, ALONG WITH TWO GREENBERG PARAMEDICS ARRIVED, TOOK OVER MEDICAL CARE THANKS TO CON COORDINATE AND SWIFT EFFORTS.
THE INDIVIDUAL REGAINED A PULSE AND IS ALIVE TODAY RESULTS FOR THEIR LIFESAVING ACTIONS FOR THEIR EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS.
ON MAY 8TH, I AM PROUD TO PRESENT AMY KO AND ZACH MASER WITH THE MADI CAVANAUGH LIFE SAVING.
OKAY, TO WRAP EVERYTHING UP, CAN I ASK CHIEF DUSA TO PRESENT THE LAST AWARD OF THE EVENING? BOY, FRANK, THANK YOU.
UM, I HAD HOLES, LITTLE THING WRITTEN OUT, BUT, UH, SENATOR COUSINS STOLE MY THUNDER TO PUT AWAY.
BUT, UH, I'D LIKE TO CALL ROB SEK AND I KNOW THE NAME.
ROB'S BEEN A, NOT ONLY A MEMBER FOR A LONG TIME, BUT A FRIEND FOR A LONG TIME.
UH, IF EVERYBODY DOESN'T KNOW HE WORKED WITH MY FATHER, UM, THEY PROBABLY FOUGHT OVER POST ONE A FEW TIMES.
SO, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE CHIEFS AND THE COMPANIES AND EVERYBODY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
CHIEF STY OR DEPUTY CHIEF STY WOULD LIKE TO READ SOMETHING.
SOME OF YOU, UH, MAY HAVE, UH, WITNESSED AND HEARD ON MEMORIAL DAY, UH, WHEN THE SAILORS AND MARINES AND BARK AND HASTINGS DEPUTY CHIEF RUSS ACT IS RIGHT THERE TO MUSTER THEM AND TO, UH, SET THE TONE.
AND, UH, I WAS RECENTLY DOWN IN NORFOLK AND I WAS HANDED THIS, UH, PROCLAMATION.
I'D LIKE TO READ IT TO DEPUTY CHIEF ROBERT RUAK.
ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE NAVY REGION MID-ATLANTIC FAMILY, I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONALISM AND COMMITMENT TO MISSION THAT YOU HAVE DISPLAYED OVER THE ENTIRETY OF YOUR 50 YEAR CAREER.
YOUR WORDS OF WISDOM DURING THE WELCOMING ADDRESS TO OUR SAILORS AND MARINES AS THEY LINE THE APRON OF THE HOOK AND LADDER QUARTER SINCE 2012, HAS SERVED AS AN INSPIRATION TO ALL WHO ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HEAR THEM, AND I'M SURE MANY MORE AS THEY WERE PASSED ON TO OTHERS.
ADDITIONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO YOUR COUNTRY AS AN ARMY RANGER DURING VIETNAM.
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LIFELONG DEDICATION TO SERVICE TO OTHERS IS SOMETHING TO BE ADMIRED.AND I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST AS YOU EMBARK ON THIS NEXT CHAPTER IN YOUR LIFE.
CONGRATULATIONS ON A JOB WELL DONE.
CA LOTTI, REAR ADMIRAL UNITED STATES NAVY COMMANDER, NAVY REGION, MID-ATLANTIC.
GUYS, WE NEED, WE NEED EVERYBODY MOVE THIS WAY.
THAT DOES IT FOR THE OLD LORD, FOR ANOTHER AN HOUR.