Ep. 208 - The life, death, and courageous words of Scott Ryan

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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On today's episode of The Breakdown Shaun tells us the story of the life, death, and courageous words of Scott Ryan - a bus driver outside of Seattle who told us in February what we were going to be facing. And Shaun gives action steps on what we need to be fighting for on behalf of essential workers nationwide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I need you to know the name Scott Ryan. I need you to remember his name. One month ago on
0:08.6	Facebook, Scott Ryan, who was a bus driver in a suburb of Seattle, Washington, wrote a post about
0:17.7	how dangerous and scary it is to drive a public transportation bus in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.
0:27.0	And these are Ryan's words and I want you to really listen to him talking about the risk
0:32.4	that frontline workers like bus drivers take every
0:35.5	day when they punch in at work.
0:38.2	Here's what he said.
0:40.4	We are high-risk ticking time bombs for being exposed to someone with it.
0:47.0	Did you hear that?
0:49.0	High risk ticking time bombs.
0:52.0	Scott passed away.
0:54.2	This is Sean King and you are listening to
0:56.8	The breakdown. The breakdown.
1:03.0	The breakdown.
1:05.0	The breakdown. The breakdown. The breakdown.
1:07.0	The breakdown.
1:08.0	The Oh, The
1:12.0	About 30 minutes ago I posted on my Instagram that yesterday was the single deadliest day for the
1:19.0	coronavirus in the United States.
1:22.4	Over 1,040 people, at least 1,040 documented people died of the
1:27.1	coronavirus. And it was not only the deadliest day for the United States, it was the single
1:32.0	deadliest day yet for the United States. It was the single deadliest day yet for the entire world for the
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