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Post by Trublu on Jul 12, 2006 19:40:31 GMT -5
Last night I was watching my season two DVDs, and decided to watch " Paranoia" (2.14). While watching the episode, I noticed that Officer Austin Bates, or rather the man who played him, James Hanlon, was very familiar. I did a little research, and I figured out that I had seen Mr. Hanlon before. Turns out I had seen him in this amazing documentary, 9/11, which many of you may have seen when it aired on CBS on the six month anniversary of 9/11. In 1994, Mr. Hanlon became a Manhattan firefighter when his friend bet him $500 that he couldn't pass the physical exam. In 2000, Hanlon along with Gedeon and Jules Naudet set out to make a documentary about a rookie firefighter and his days as a probie (aka, his probationary period). On September 11, 2001, Hanlon's firehouse was investigating a report of a gas leak when the first plane hit the North Tower. Consequently, his firehouse was the first to arrive at the Trade Center. Jules Naudet, who was with the firefighters when they had gone on the call, ended up inside the tower with the firefighters and has the only footage of inside the World Trade Center. James Hanlon was inside the tower as well. I would like to send along props, kudos, a round of applause, and many other praises to Mr. Hanlon. He not only portrayed one of New York's finest in the episode (though his role was not so flattering), he IS one of New York's finest in real life.
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Post by munchkin25 on Jul 12, 2006 19:43:45 GMT -5
Wow!!! That is so cool!!! A real hero among SVU. Wow!!!
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Post by Trublu on Jul 12, 2006 19:57:48 GMT -5
That's what I thought. He's been on all the L&Os so far, including TBJ.
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Post by munchkin25 on Jul 12, 2006 20:09:09 GMT -5
That's what I thought. He's been on all the L&Os so far, including TBJ. Rephrase: A real hero among the LAO Franchise!!! WOW!!!
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Post by Finaddict on Jul 13, 2006 13:10:43 GMT -5
Wow Trublu I had no idea, hats off to him and the rest of his fellow firefighters.
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Post by munchkin25 on Jul 13, 2006 14:30:26 GMT -5
Wow Trublu I had no idea, hats off to him and the rest of his fellow firefighters. I second that.
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