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CAN YOU RECALL WHERE YOU WERE 5
YEARS AGO TODAY?
MIKE MONTECALVO AND SEVERAL MIKE
MONTECALVO AND SEVERAL HUNDRED
RHODE ISLANDERS LIKELY CAN.
THE POPE CAME TO THE UNITED
STATES AND MIKE TRAVELED WITH A
GROUP OF 400 PEOPLE FROM RHODE
ISLAND TO SEE HIM.
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THERE'S A LOT TO TALK ABOUT
BUT WHAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT
COMES TO MIND WHEN SOMEONE SAYS,
DO YOU REMEMBER THE POPE'S
VISIT?
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EXCITMENT. EMOTION. PRIDE.
HOPE. AND HOW LOCKED DOWN
PHILLY WAS DURING THE WEEKEND.
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THERE WERE CROWDED STREETS, LOTS
OF WAITING. YOU SHARED A UNIQUE
MOMENT WITH CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER
JOHNNY VILLELLA.
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WAITED 5 HOURS FOR THE POPE TO
DRIVE PAST US. MET A POLICE
OFFICER--AKSED WHERE I WAS FROM.
I SAID RHODE ISLAND AND HE
RESPONDED I LOVE THE RESTAURANTS
ON FEDERAL HILL. GO STAND
THERE--THE POPE WILL GO RIGHT BY
YOU. AND WE DID--FOR 5 HOURS.
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LET'S SET THE STAGE THIS
WASN'T A VACATION, YOU WERE
WORKING, REPORTING, AND JUGGLING
A LOT OF GEAR.
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US--WE CARRIED EVERYTHING
THROUGH THE STREETS OF PHILLY
AND THE MANY PLACES WE WENT. WE
HAD NO NEWS CAR SO JOHNNY HAD TO
EDIT AND PUT THE STORY TOGETHER
ON THE SIDE WALK.
PICS OF JOHNNY AND MIKE WITH
GEAR
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THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME YOU
COVERED A POPE. BUT YOU'VE SAID
THIS WAS DIFFERENT.
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POPE WAS TREATED LIKE A ROCK
STAR. I WENT TO YANKEE STADIUM
WHEN POPE BENEDICT CAME TO THE
UNITED STATES BUT THIS WAS
DIFFERENT. PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.
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HOW DID OUR (BY)
HOW DID OUR FELLOW RHODE
ISLANDERS WHO MADE THE TRIP
REACT TO SEEING THE POPE IN
PERSON?
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WE DECIDED TO TRAVEL WITH 400
RHODE ISLANDERS TO TELL THE
STORY THRU THEIR EYES.
EVERYTHING WE CAPTURED WAS TOLD
THRU THEM. BEST EXAMPLE--WHEN
THE POPE DROVE RIGHT PAST
US--LOOKED RIGHT AT US AND GAVE
US A BLESSINGS, A WOMAN FROM
RHODE ISLAND THERE WHO BEAT
COLON CANCER.
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MIKE, THANKS FOR THE LOOK BACK
TO 5 YEARS AGO TODAY.
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