NEWS
NEWS 8
NEWS 8 LIKE THEY WERE BUZZING THE WATCHTOWER HERE. GOOD THING I DIDN'T HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE
IN MY HAND LIKE THE TOP GUNS.
REMEMBER THAT ONE? THANKS FOR
WATCHING EVERYONE. I'M ERIC
CARTER. SO SAN DIEGO IS ALL
ACROSS THE COUNTY ARE GONNA BE
ABLE TO WATCH THIS SPECTACULAR
SHOW. THE SKILLED PILOTS WHO
MAKE THE U.S. AIR FORCE'S
THUNDERBIRDS ARE SOARING OVER
OUR SKIES RIGHT NOW TO HONOR
OUR HEALTH CARE HEROES. LET'S
GET IT OUT TO NEWS NEWSAGENT
RON PAUL LIVE IN HARBOR ISLAND.
ARE YOU SEEING THESE GUYS YET?
NOT QUITE. YEAH. BUT WE ARE
SEEING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE
GATHERING RIGHT HERE. SO THIS
IS A REALLY GOOD VIEW RIGHT
HERE ALONG HARBOR ISLAND. POOR
SEE DOWNTOWN SAN GO FROM HERE.
LOOK AT ALL THESE PEOPLE WITH
THEIR FANCY CAMERAS, ALL THEIR
PHOTOGRAPHY GEAR. THEY ARE
READY FOR THE THUNDERBIRDS TO
FLY OVER. IN FACT THEY'RE GOING
TO BE GOING RIGHT OVER DOWNTOWN
SAN DIEGO OVER HARBOR ISLAND
AND THEN HEADING RIGHT RECORD
NARDO AS WELL. SO THE BAY SEEMS
TO BE PRETTY NICE SPOT ALL OF
THIS HAPPENING FOR HEALTH CARE
WORKERS, FIRST RESPONDERS A WAY
TO REALLY THINK EVERYONE ON
THE FRONT LINES BUT ALSO ALL OF
THE ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND
ANYONE WHO'S BEEN IMPACTED BY
THIS COVE AT 19 PANDEMIC. AS
YOU KNOW, THIS HAS TOUCHED
PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE'S LIFE
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ACROSS
THE WORLD IN FACT. SO REALLY
THE THUNDERBIRDS ARE SAYING
THEY'RE DOING THIS TO SAY THANK
YOU, THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING
THE STAY AT HOME WATERS. THANK
YOU FOR KEEPING SOCIAL
DISTANCING IF YOU DO GO OUT AND
THANK YOU FOR WEARING YOUR
MASKS TO PROTECT ONE ANOTHER.
SO WE HEARD FROM THE PILOT
MAJOR TREVOR ALDRIDGE. HE'S
GOING TO BE THE NUMBER TWO
PILOT IN THIS DELTA FORMATION
AND HE WAS REALLY SAYING THIS
IS ALL SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL
THAT THEY ARE GRATEFUL THEY GOT
TO DO. HERE IS THE FLIGHT PLAN
RIGHT THERE ON YOUR SCREEN. YOU
SEE HOW THEY'RE STARTING IN
CHULA VISTA ACROSS THE SOUTH
BAY. THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE I
BELIEVE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY
WERE STARTING RIGHT AT NOON AND
WE KNOW HOW THE AIR FORCE IS
ALWAYS PROMPT ON TIME. AND
RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE SKIES
ARE NICE AND CLEAR FOR THEM.
WINDS NOT TOO BAD. FIVE 10 MILE
PER HOUR WINDS HERE ACROSS
THE COASTLINE BUT REALLY TO SEE
BARELY ANY CLOUDS OUT THERE.
THAT'S ALWAYS GOOD NEWS.
THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE FLYING
PRETTY LOW TO THE GROUND JUST
500 FEET ABOVE GROUND. SO ONCE
THEY DO MAKE IT ACROSS OUR
SKIES THAT'S PRETTY MUCH AS
TALL AS SOME OF THE TOWERS HERE
ACROSS SAN DIEGO. IN FACT,
THE TALLEST TOWER IN DOWNTOWN
SAN DIEGO STANDS AT FIVE
HUNDRED FEET. SO THAT GOES TO
SHOW HOW LOW THEY WILL BE. THAT
MEANS THEY'RE GOING TO BE VERY
LOUD AS THEY COME ACROSS YOUR
NEIGHBORHOODS BUT THEY'RE GOING
TO BE ALL FROM THE SOUTH BAY
THROUGH DOWNTOWN. THEY'RE GOING
TO GO EAST COUNTY AS WELL LA
MESA ALCOHOL AND YOU'RE ALL
INCLUDED IN THIS. IN FACT, I'M
GETTING WORD NOW THEY JUST TOOK
OFF FROM THE SOUTH. SO THEY'RE
GOING TO BE FLYING OVER VARIOUS
HOSPITALS. WE WERE SHARP CHULA
VISTA EARLIER THIS MORNING
SWUNG BY SHARP MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL AS WELL. AND THAT'S
WHERE MANY DOCTORS AND NURSES
IN ALL THE HOSPITALS, STAFF,
WHOEVER IS NOT DOING EMERGENCY
WORK RIGHT NOW. THEY WILL BE
COMING OUT INTO THE PARKING
LOT. OF COURSE THEY'RE KEEPING
SIX FEET OF DISTANCE FROM EACH
OTHER BUT THEY WILL BE OUT TO
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIEW
BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY FOR THEM
AS A WAY TO SAY THANK YOU TO
THEM. OUR CHOPPER AID IS ALSO
FLYING ALONGSIDE
THE THUNDERBIRDS SO THEY SHOULD
GET A PRETTY GOOD VIEW FROM
THEIR VANTAGE POINT TOO. BUT
WE'RE GOING BE KEEPING A CLOSE
EYE FROM HARBOR ISLAND AS WELL
BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO DO
KIND OF LOOP AROUND THE BAY
FROM THIS LOCATION. AND AGAIN,
THEY'RE GOING TO BE FLYING 500
FEET ABOVE GROUND SO YOU'LL
HEAR THEM AND THEY'RE GOING
REALLY FAST. WE'RE TALKING 500
MILES AN HOUR AS ERIC SAID.
THESE ARE SKILLED PILOTS WITH
THE AIR FORCE. THEY'VE HAD
SEVERAL SEVERAL YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE, SPECIFICS,
EXPERIENCE TO BE ABLE TO FLY
FOR THE THUNDERBIRDS AND
NORMALLY THEY'D BE AT VARIOUS
AIR SHOWS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
RIGHT NOW. BUT SINCE THOSE HAVE
BEEN CANCELED DO THE PANDEMIC.
THIS IS THEIR WAY OF STILL
PUTTING THEIR SKILLS TO GOOD
USE. AND ALSO THEIR WAY OF
SAYING THANK YOU. IT'S PART OF
A COLLABORATIVE GROUP WITH
THE NAVY AND THE AIR FORCE,
THE BLUE ANGELS. THEY'VE BEEN
DOING THIS AS WELL AND THEY'RE
DOING VARIOUS CITIES ALL ACROSS
THE COUNTRY. THEY'VE FLOWN IN
PLACES LIKE D.C. AND PHILLY AND
NEW YORK OF COURSE. AND NOW SAN
DIEGO GETS A VIEW OF THIS SITE.
SO AGAIN, THEY TOOK OFF JUST A
FEW MOMENTS AGO FROM THE SOUTH
BAY. THEY'LL BE GOING THROUGH
CHULA VISTA THROUGH NATIONAL
CITY LOOKS TO BE RIGHT OVER
VARIOUS HOSPITALS, HOSPITALS
LIKE SHARP PARADISE VALLEY
HOSPITAL RIGHT ALONG THE FIVE.
AND THEN THEY'LL BE COMING
RIGHT NEAR THE AIRPORT HERE AT
HARBOR ISLAND OVER CORONADO AS
WELL. SO WE'LL GET A REALLY
GOOD VIEW AND WE'LL BE
LISTENING FOR THEM BECAUSE OF
COURSE I'M ASSUMING WE'RE GOING
TO HEAR THAT BEFORE THEY FLY
RIGHT OVER AND A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE STANDING BY. BUT YOU KNOW,
THEY ALSO WANT YOU TO KEEP IN
MIND THE STAY AT HOME WATERS
ARE STILL IN EFFECT SO THEY
DON'T WANT YOU TO GATHER OR
TRAVEL TO SEE THEM. THEY JUST,
YOU KNOW, ARE DOING QUITE
EXPANSIVE ROUTE ACROSS SAN
DIEGO. SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE
ASKING EVERYONE TO JUST STEP
OUTSIDE, LOOK OUT YOUR WINDOW
IF YOU CAN YOUR DRIVEWAY AS
WELL. BUT THERE'S NO REASON TO
GATHER IN GROUPS. OF COURSE
THAT DEFEATS THE WHOLE PURPOSE
OF THIS. THIS IS REALLY A WAY
TO PAY TRIBUTE TO EVERYONE
IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC.
EVERYONE WHO HAS OBVIOUSLY FELT
ISOLATED THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC.
THEIR MAIN MESSAGE IS WE ARE IN
THIS TOGETHER. IN FACT THEY
HAVE THAT WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE
OF THEIR FIGHTER JETS. SO TO
SEE FIGHTER JETS WITH THAT
RIGHT THERE CHOPPER 8 I BELIEVE
IS GETTING US A LIVE PICTURE
RIGHT NOW OF THE THUNDERBIRDS
SO YOU CAN SEE THEM THERE FROM
THAT VIEW. AND SUCH AN
IMPRESSIVE SIGHT. FEET APART
FROM EACH OTHER. THAT'S HOW
CLOSE THEY CAN FLY AT THAT HIGH
RATE OF SPEED. I MEAN THAT IS
INCREDIBLE. LOOK AT THAT. THEY
DO THIS AND WE GET TO SEE THAT
EVERY GUY HERE, YOU KNOW,
RESPONDING TO THE VIDEO FROM
WHERE I AM, I CAN'T SEE WHAT
YOU'RE SEEING AT HOME BUT WE'LL
GET TO SEE THEM AS THEY FLY
RIGHT OVER US. AND THEN THEY'RE
COMING TOWARDS YOU. QUICKLY, AS
YOU SAID, FIVE HUNDRED MILES
PER HOUR, JUST FIVE HUNDRED
FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. LOOK AT
THE PERFECT FORMATION ALL SIX
OF THOSE FIGHTERS ARE IN. I
MEAN JUST INCREDIBLE HOW FAST
THEY'RE MOVING AND YOU CAN'T
EVEN SEE THE NEIGHBORHOODS
BELOW THEY'RE MOVING SO
QUICKLY. LET US KNOW WHEN YOU
HEAR HIM COMING TOWARDS YOU
BECAUSE WE CAN SWITCH TO
THE GROUND SHOT HERE. BUT THIS
IS A FORMATION THAT WAS CREATED
67 YEARS AGO IN 1953
THE THUNDERBIRDS ARE THE THIRD
OLDEST FLYING ACROBATIC
AEROBATIC TEAM HERE IN
THE WORLD. OK, LET'S GET BACK
TO THAT. WE COULD. ALL RIGHT.
HERE WE GO UP THERE RIGHT
BEHIND YOU GUYS THAT WE'RE
LOOKING RIGHT HERE ACROSS
BASICALLY HARBOR ISLAND THEY'RE
COMING RIGHT THROUGH. YOU CAN
SEE THOSE FIGHTER JETS RIGHT
THERE. AND OH MY GOODNESS. NOW
THEY'RE DOING KIND OF UPSIDE
DOWN LOOP RIGHT THERE AND HERE
THEY COME. I MEAN I GOT
THE CHILLS I DON'T KNOW ABOUT
YOU GUYS AT HOME BUT THIS IS
INCREDIBLE TO SEE AND YOU CAN
HEAR IT. THAT IS POWER THAT IS
IMMENSE POWER RIGHT THERE. A
SHOW OF FORCE, RIGHT? OH YEAH.
A SALUTE FROM THE NAVY THE AIR
FORCE TO RECOGNIZE THEIR HEALTH
CARE WORKERS. I'M GETTING THERE
IS A SIX IN THAT DELTA
FORMATION YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
THERE'S ONE OTHER FIGHTER JET
RIGHT BEHIND THAT TRIANGLE AND
THEN ANOTHER ONE FOLLOWING
RIGHT BEHIND THEM. SO JUST
INCREDIBLE TO SEE OUT THERE IS
ANOTHER FIGHTER JET BEHIND THAT
GROUP SO THERE ARE NOW NINE OF
THEM IN THE SKY THAT WE'RE
SEEING RIGHT OVER THE HARBOR
RIGHT OVER CORONADO. NOW
THEY'RE GOING ALONG THE NOT A
BRIDGE AS YOU SEE IN
THE DISTANCE BUT IT IS
INCREDIBLE. IT KEEPS YOUR HEART
POUNDING, THAT'S FOR SURE. JUST
TO SEE THEM FLYING OVERHEAD.
THEY WEREN'T AS THEY SAID THEY
WERE GOING TO BE LOUD AND THEY
SAW WERE LOUD AND YEAH, THEY GO
PRETTY FAST OF COURSE NOW
THEY'RE HEADED ALL THE WAY TO
EAST COUNTY. SO YOU GUYS ARE
NEXT IN LINE. LA MESA, EL
CAJON, GET READY. YOU'RE GOING
TO SEE THAT VIEW. THEY'RE GOING
TO TAKE A ROUTE BASICALLY ALONG
IN CORONADO AND THEN GOING
ALONG THE EIGHT THROUGH LA
MESA. THEY'RE GOING TO DO A
LOOP RIGHT AROUND EL CAJON
THROUGH EAST COUNTY BEFORE THEY
HEAD BACK TO THE FIVE SPLIT
ACTUALLY. SO THEY'RE GOING TO
BE RIGHT THERE WHERE THOSE
HOSPITALS ARE RIGHT ALONG
GENESEE UCSD IS AND SCRIPPS AND
SHARP AS SO MANY HOSPITALS ARE
GETTING THIS TRIBUTE. AND YOU
KNOW THOSE DOCTORS AND NURSES
CERTAINLY HAVE WORKED REALLY
HARD ALL OF THE HOSPITAL STAFF.
SO THEY'RE OUTSIDE THEIR
PARKING LOTS RIGHT NOW IS WHAT
WE'VE BEEN TOLD FOR MANY OF
THE HOSPITAL PEOPLE AND THEY
ARE ABLE TO LOOK UP AND SEE
THAT SIGHT AND I CAN TELL YOU I
MEAN IT IS INCREDIBLE JUST TO
FEEL THAT ENERGY FLYING RIGHT
OVER OUR HEADS AND THAT IT'S
JUST INCREDIBLE TO SEE
THE PRECISION AS YOU WERE
TALKING ABOUT. YOU CAN JUST
ONLY HOPE THAT THE DOCTORS AND
NURSES ARE WATCHING THAT
INCREDIBLE SALUTE TO THEM. THEY
CALL IT AMERICA STRONG, THIS
COLLABORATIVE SALUTE FROM
THE NAVY, THE AIR FORCE TO
THANK OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. I
MEAN WE DO THE BEST WE CAN ON
THE GROUND AND SENDING THEM
LADDERS. RIGHT AND BRINGING
THEM FOOD. BUT