Extra: A Mets Legend on How Baseball Helped America Heal After 9/11

The Fox News Rundown

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Politics, Daily News, News

3.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

After the terror attacks of September 11th, 2001, New York was searching for hope. Just days later, with smoke still rising from Ground Zero, Major League Baseball resumed its season. Former New York Mets relief pitcher John Franco recently joined FOX News Rundown host Chris Foster to discuss how America's pastime helped the nation recover in the days and weeks after 9/11. He also shared how he has continued to honor first responders since that day and discussed the new FOX Nation documentary, “Never Forget: How Baseball Helped New York Heal.” Franco also talked a little baseball and weighed in on some of the rule changes the sport has made recently. We often have to cut interviews short during the week, but we thought you might like to hear the full interview. Today on the FOX News Rundown Extra, we will share our entire interview with former New York Mets legend John Franco. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:36.6	I'm Chris Foster.
0:40.4	John Franco pitched in more games than anyone in National League baseball history,
0:42.0	1,119.
0:44.4	Nearly 700 of those for his hometown Mets.
0:48.9	He grew up in Brooklyn and wore orange New York City Sanitation Department T-shirts under his uniform.
0:50.3	That's where his father worked.
0:54.7	It was truly personal for John when terrorists attacked the city on September 11th, 2001.
0:58.8	And baseball didn't matter for a few days. When it came back, it mattered more.
1:03.7	John's part of a documentary streaming on Fox Nation called Never Forget, how baseball helped New York heal. It's produced by the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. We talked about that and the current
1:08.3	Major League Baseball season and went on for too long to use all of it in the regular weekday rundown and radio show.
1:13.8	You can hear the whole thing here.
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