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Snap Judgment

This Is Not A Drill - Snap Classic

Snap Judgment

Snap Judgment and PRX

Snap, Glynn, Storytelling, Wnyc, Society & Culture/personal Journals, Performing Arts, Washington, Society & Culture/documentary, Arts/performing Arts, Music, Arts

4.811.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

On January 13th, 2018, at exactly 8:07 in the morning, one text message turned the state of Hawaii into a state of emergency. From panic and fear to acceptance and joy, Snap Judgment explores the 38 minutes when the people of Hawaii faced an incoming ballistic missile threat.

Lead Producer: Jazmin Aguilera

Editor: Anna Sussman

Producers: Eliza Smith, Erika Lantz, John Fecile

Additional production assistance: Nancy Lopez

Original score and sound design: Renzo Gorrio and Leon Morimoto

Snap Classic - Season 12- Episode 28

Transcript

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0:00.0

Now, Judgment Studios.

0:07.0

Okay, so you know that Hawaii is a magical place.

0:20.0

People go to Hawaii for fun, for rest, relaxation.

0:24.0

Others have lived there for generations.

0:27.0

In Hawaii, people freely toss around the word paradise,

0:32.0

without even a touch of irony.

0:34.0

But on January 13, 2018, at exactly 807 AM,

0:42.0

one text message unified everyone on the island in panic.

0:48.0

From Stab Judgements Underground Layer,

0:52.0

this is a very special presentation for our snappers.

0:56.0

We're calling it, this is not a drill.

1:03.0

It's a little bit different than what we normally do,

1:05.0

but I know you're gonna dig it.

1:07.0

But again, the Pearl Harbor.

1:08.0

And in fact, at the Pearl Harbor Memorial,

1:11.0

where Brian Rowe was in line waiting to see some history,

1:15.0

not realizing he'd be living some history himself.

1:20.0

Stab Judgements.

1:21.0

Since the listeners should know,

1:23.0

this story does contain graphic imagery.

1:26.0

The park ranger tells us, you know, first we're gonna go see a film.

1:45.0

And it's a short film, and they took us into this little, like,

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