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>> GOOD
>> GOOD FRIDAY MORNING, EVERYONE, I'M CHRISTINE
PULLARA.
PULLARA.
PULLARA. THIS IS "ATLANTA & COMPANY."
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT NEXT
FRIDAY MARKS A WHOLE YEAR SINCE
GOVERNOR KEMP ISSUED A
STATEWIDE SHELTER IN PLACE TO
STOP THE SPREAD OF COVID-19.
SO TODAY WE THOUGHT WE'D
DEDICATE THE SHOW TO LOOKING
BACK ON THE UNPRECEDENTED YEAR
OF EXTREME LOWS AND TOUGH
CONVERSATIONS AS A NATION AND
FILLED WITH SURPRISING MOMENTS
OF UNITY, KINDNESS AND COURAGE.
AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO START
THIS SHOW THAN WITH THIS IN
MIND, THAN WITH STORIES THAT
ARE ALL GOOD FROM THE LAST YEAR
BROUGHT TO YOU BY SOMEONE WHO
BRINGS THE SUNSHINE TO MY LIFE
EVERY DAY AND YOURS AS WELL.
THE ONE AND ONLY CARA KNEER.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
CARA: WHAT A YEAR IT'S BEEN AND
NORMALLY I AM VERY BLESSED TO
BE ABLE TO SHARE INDIVIDUAL
STORIES OF GREATNESS IN THIS
SEGMENT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO
FOCUS ON THE COLLECTIVE
EXPERIENCE WE'VE HAD AND THE
PEOPLE THAT REALLY HELPED US
GET THROUGH THIS PAST YEAR.
SO, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE
FOUND DURING THE PANDEMIC IS
THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FOR
THE FRONTLINE WORKERS AND
HEALTH CARE WORKERS LITERALLY
PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE
HEALTH CARE WORKERS LITERALLY PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LIN
HEALTH CARE WORKERS LITERALLY PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LIE
HEALTH CARE WORKERS LITERALLY PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE
EACH AND EVERY DAY FOR US.
AND WE SAW EVERY COMMUNITY
ACROSS THE WORLD CHEERING FROM
THE ROOF TOPS TO THANK THE
FIRST RESPONDERS AND HEALTH
CARE WORKERS, AND THERE WERE
HOMEMADE SIGNS AND THE
THUNDERBIRD LIGHTING UP THE
SKIES AND SHOWING YOUR
COLLECTIVE APPRECIATION JUST
FOR ALL THE ESSENTIAL WORKERS
AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS WHO ARE
STILL PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON
THE LINE ESSENTIALLY AND LAUDED
AS OUR HEROES THIS PAST YEAR.
THANK YOU TO THEM.
AND I LOVE WATCHING THE VIRAL
VIDEOS AND OTHER THING OUT OF
THE PAST YEAR, THE ANIMAL RATE
ADOPTION SKYROCKETED.
ADOPTION SKYROCKETED. IT ALREADY WENT UP TO 85%,
DEMAND HAS REMAINED HIGH AND
PEOPLE CONTINUE TO WORK FROM
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. CHRISTINE: OH, MY GOSH.
CARA: WITH TIME MAGAZINE NAMING
RESCUE ANIMALSES AT 2020 PET OF
THE YEAR.
THE YEAR.
THE YEAR. THAT INFORMATION COMES TO US
FROM THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF
THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO
ANIMALS AND ADOPT, DON'T STOP
AND PUTTING ARE TAKING IN MORE
ANIMALS THAN EVER.
I'M GOING TO LEAVE YOU,
CHRISTINE WITH THE LAST ONE TO
GET IT IN.
WE SAW AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF
PEOPLE SIMPLY HELPING PEOPLE
OVER THE LAST YEAR.
WHETHER THAT WAS A SHORTAGE OF
PPE, PEOPLE SEWING MASKS FOR
ONE ANOTHER AND CELEBRATING
MILESTONES AND I LOVE THE YARD
SIGNS AND PEOPLE CELEBRATING
BIRTHDAYS IN QUARANTINE AND WE
HAD PEOPLE SENDING CARE PANELS,
RUNNING ERRANDS FOR AN ELDERLY
NEIGHBOR.
NEIGHBOR.
NEIGHBOR. I SAW AN OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT
AND OUR FACEBOOK SUPPORT AND
PEOPLE TRYING TO PITCH IN AND
HELP.
HELP.
HELP. THESE LITTLE ACTS OF KINDNESS
HOW US NORMAL FOLK, EVERYDAY
PEOPLE, WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE
MOST TO HELP PEOPLE WHO NEEDED
IT PEOPLE ARE STILL IN NEED,
BUT SOME GOODNESS IN THE PAST
YEAR AP WE WERE HAPPY TO SHARE
IT WITH YOU.
BACK TO YOU, MY FRIEND.
>> IT'S MAKING ME CRY, THE
HUMAN RESILIENCE AND THE WAY WE
WERE THERE FOR ONE ANOTHER AND
I SO APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IN
PT LOVE AND SUNSHINE EVERY DAY,
IT MEANS THE WORLD TO US.
AND THE STORIES ARE SO
UPLIFTING BECAUSE OF HOW HARD
AND CHALLENGING THE PAST YEAR
WAS FOR US ALL.
COMING UP NEXT WE'RE DISCUSSING
HOW THE PANDEMIC IMPACTED OUR
MENTAL HEALTH AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY WHAT WE CAN LEARN
FROM