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>>> 9NEWS
>>> 9NEWS IS ONE OF 20 DIFFERENT NEWS ORGANIZATIONS
THAT ALL TEAMED UP TO BRING THE
COVID DIARIES TO ALL OF YOU.
THIS MEANS JOURNALISTS ALL
PITCHED IN TOGETHER ON ONE DAY
TO DOCUMENT THE LIFE OF THE
COLORADAN DURING THIS CRISIS.
THEY PICKED APRIL 16.
>> 5282 MAGAZINE PROFILED A
COLORADO FLIGHT ATTENDANT WHO
TOOK US BEHIND THE SCENES OF
WHAT IT IS LIKE TO FLY IN THE
SKY AT THE TIME OF THE
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. >> I'M A FLIGHT ATTENDANT FOR
UNITED AND I HAVE BEEN A FLIGHT
ATTENDANT FOR A YEAR AND A
HALF.
HALF.
HALF. GOOD MORNING, I'M HERE IN MY
HOTEL IN CHARLESTON.
IT'S ABOUT 8:40 A.M.
WE ARE WORKING CHARLESTON TO
WASHINGTON-DULLES.
WASHINGTON-DULLES. WE FLY DULLES TO DENVER.
IT'S DAY TWO OF OUR TRIP, AND
YESTERDAY WE DID DENVER TO
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO. WE HAVE A LONG SET THERE AND
THEN CHICAGO TO CHARLESTON.
SO WE HAD A 12-HOUR LAYOVER,
HEADED TO THE AIRPORT.
AND GOING FOR A DAY IN THE
LIFE.
LIFE.
LIFE. >>
LIFE. >> AND SO WE HAD JUST GONE
THROUGH THE SECURITY AND THERE
IS NOT A SINGLE PERSON AT THE
SECURITY LINE AND THERE IS LIKE
NOBODY AT THE AIRPORT.
>> IT IS PRETTY CRAZY WHEN
YOU'RE LANDING ALL THE PARTS.
OUT ON THE AIRFIELD, WHICH IS
INCREDIBLE TO SEE.
NOW IT IS TIME TO HEAD TO THE
HOTEL FOR A LITTLE BIT SINCE WE
HAVE SUCH A LONG THING AND IT
HAS BEEN WEIRD FOR WHAT THEY
HAVE AND NOBODY AROUND IN THE
HOTEL.
HOTEL.
HOTEL. >>
HOTEL. >> AND IT IS OVER FOUR HOURS
WITH IT BEING OVER FOUR HOURS
BY UNITED AND OUR AFU UNION,
THE COMPANY HAS TO GET US A
HOTEL FOR THAT LONG SET.
>> BECAUSE OF THE SCHEDULES
BEING REDUCED SO MUCH AS THE
FLIGHT ATTENDANT NOW.
EVERYTHING HAS JUST BEEN
MODIFIED, IT IS A LOT MORE THAN
WHAT IT NORMALLY IS.
BUT IT'S ALLOWING US AT LEAST
JUST A CHANCE TO LIKE CHILL OUT
BETWEEN FLIGHTS.
BETWEEN FLIGHTS. NORMALLY WE DO HAVE TENTS
QUESTION GO IN AND SLEEP IN,
BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY HAVE
CLOSED OFF THE CAREERS DUE TO
THE CORONA AND THEY DO NOT WANT
THEM TO SPREAD AROUND
OBVIOUSLY.
OBVIOUSLY. BUT AT LEAST IN THIS WAY I
COULD GET A LITTLE BIT MORE.
>> AND I WILL GO TO MY GATE AND
I NEED TO BE IN THAT AIRCRAFT
AND TO GO ON TO DO THE SAFETY
CHECKS AND AS A FLIGHT
ATTENDANT AND JUST A LITTLE
EXTRA.
EXTRA.
EXTRA. WE
EXTRA. WE ARE MAKING SURE EVERYTHING
NEEDS TO BE SANITIZED BEFORE WE
GET ON THE AIRCRAFT.
THEN MAKING SURE WE GET OUR OWN
GLOVES ON, AND WE WILL CHANGE
UP THE GLOVES FREQUENTLY
WASHING OUR HANDS.
AND YOU KNOW THE COMPANY IS
HAVING US WEAR FACE MASKS,
WHICH IS GREAT.
THIS IS OUR MASK.
MY LYSOL WIPES.
>> RIGHT NOW SERVICES, THAT IS
ALL WE'RE DOING.
NO MORE CUPS, NO ICE.
QUITE A CONTACT.
BUT WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE SERVICE
FOR EVERYBODY.
FOR EVERYBODY. >> WE NO LONGER HAVE ICE
COFFEE, JUICE, OR TEA OR ORANGE
JUICE SECTIONS.
JUICE SECTIONS. AND IT IS HELPING US PROTECT
OUR CUSTOMERS FROM WHAT WE'RE
TRYING TO BEAT THE CORONAVIRUS.
>>
>> WE
>> WE ARE
>> WE ARE WORRYING ABOUT THE FAMILY.
FAMILY.
FAMILY. AND THAT IS HOW WE GET WORRIED
ABOUT THE SICKNESS.
>> THEY JUST MADE IT TO DENVER
PRETTY QUIET.
PRETTY QUIET. AND SERVICE IS NORMAL.
NOWADAYS THEY DON'T WANT TO
DRINK ON THE PLANES, JUST BEING
CAUTIOUS ABOUT STUFF.
WE'RE NOT WORRIED.
EVENTUALLY IT IS JUST DAY BY
DAY BY DAY AS WE GO.
>> THAT STORY JUST PART OF THE
STATEWIDE COLAB REPORTING
PROJECT CALLED COLORADO'S COVID
DIARIES, A DAY IN THE PANDEMIC.
MORE THAN 20 NEWS ORGANIZATIONS
TEAMED UP, ALL TO REPORT