FIVE SECONDS LEFT IN THE
GAME, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
THE HOCKEY TEAM COACHED BY
HERB BROOKS BEAT THE SOVIET
UNION WHICH HAS BEEN DUBBED
THE "MIRACLE ON ICE" , THAT
TEAM WOULD GO ON TO WIN THE
GOLD MEDAL.
TODAY, THE CITY OF SATAN PAUL
HONORS THE TEAM.
JOURNEYING US IS THE YOUNGER
BROTHER OF COACH HERB BROOKS,
DAVE BROOKS.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME
MY FIRST GOLD MEDAL EVER.
THIS IS A PART OF WHAT'S GOING
ON TODAY, THE GREATEST DAY
CELEBRATION, RIGHT?
YES, I ORDERED 5000 FOR ALL
THE KIDS IN THE PARADE.
WE HAVE 25 NHL PLAYERS THERE.
EVERYBODY GETS A GOLD MEDAL
TODAY.
IS A GREAT DAY TO CELEBRATE,
BUT 30 YEARS LATER, WHAT DOES
THAT MOMENT MEAN TO YOUR FAMILY?
IT MEANS A LOT, WAS NOT JUST
THE GAME, IT WAS THE DAY THAT
WE GOT THE AMERICANS OFF THEIR
NAMES AND STOOD UP.
WE HAD THE LAND CRISIS, THE
ECONOMY WAS BAD, IT KIND OF
JUST LIFTED THE WHOLE COMPANY
OUT.
IT WAS NOT A GREAT TIME IN
THE AMERICAN PSYCHE AT THAT
POINT IN HISTORY.
I DON'T REMEMBER, I WAS TWO.
I AM FROM NEW YORK AND I'VE
BEEN TO LAKE PLACID.
READ, TELL US, WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING FORWARD TO IN THE ST.
PAUL CELEBRATION COMING UP
TODAY?
40 YEARS, TODAY WE HAVE 40
DEGREES, WE HAVE THE OUTDOOR
GAME, KIND OF RELIVE THE
MEMORIES AND BRING IT BACK FOR
THE YOUNGER KIDS.
I GOT INTO THE NHL AND NOT MANY
AMERICANS WERE IN AT THE TIME.
I THINK THAT GOLD METAL REALLY
OPEN THE DOOR FOR THOSE PLAYERS.
I KNOW TODAY'S CELEBRATION
IS ABOUT INTRODUCING THE
YOUNGER GENERATION OF PLAYERS
TO THIS INCREDIBLE MOMENT IN
TIME, BUT YOU ACTUALLY GOT TO
PLAY FOR COACH BROOKS.
TELUS WHAT THAT WAS LIKE.
PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS ASKING,
WAS HE REALLY LIKE THAT?
KURT RUSSELL DID A WONDERFUL
JOB.
I COULD SAY YES, HE WAS REALLY
LIKE THAT.
THERE WERE A FEW TIMES WE
THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GO
HOME AND GET SOME REST AND WE
WENT ON THE ICE AND ALL KINDS
OF DRILLS CALLED HERPES, HEATH
IF YOU KEPT DOING IT THEM YOU
FINISHED.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY TIME TO GO
INTO IT TODAY, BUT YES, HE WAS
LIKE THAT.
DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE
MEMORY?
CAME IN, THE "MIRACLE ON
ICE", WHO IS?
HERB SAYS SEND ME THE BOOK OF
THE MOVIES.
HE SAYS YOU WERE THERE.
YOU WANT TO DOCUMENT HISTORY?
YOU WERE THERE.
HAS A POINT THOUGH, RIGHT?
JUST REMEMBER AFTER GAMES,
MINNESOTA PEOPLE, DISAPPEAR OUT
THE BACK DOOR.
A JANITOR OR CONTRACTOR OR
SOMETHING, ALWAYS UNDER THE
RADAR.
HE WAS THERE TO GET THE JOB
DONE.
WHEN HE WON THE GOLD MEDAL,
HE WAS ON HIS HUNCHES AND I SAID
HERB, GREAT GAME.
YOU WOULD THINK HE WOULD GIVE
ME A HUG OR SOMETHING.
IT'S NOT OVER.
THERE IS STILL MORE TO PLAY.
HE NEVER GOT THAT.
WELL, YOU GUYS CAN MEET
THESE GUYS TOMORROW AT THE
GREATEST DAY CELEBRATION.
ALL DAY TODAY, THE GREATEST
CELEBRATION IS GOING ON RIGHT
NOW, 12 YOUTH TEAMS ARE
REPRESENTING THE COUNTRIES FROM
THE 1980 OLYMPICS, KIND OF RE-
CREATING THAT.
THERE WILL BE A PARADE AT 1:00,
THE FINALE WILL BE TEAM USA AT
CHS FIELD, THEN AN AUTOGRAPH
SESSION WITH HOCKEY STARS.