When The Saints Returned to The Superdome
The Lead
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🗓️ 15 April 2020
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
One of the cities hit hardest by the coronavirus right now is New Orleans, where the number of confirmed cases is among the highest in the country. The city has faced daunting circumstances before, particularly during Hurricane Katrina. And its most celebrated sports team, the Saints, played a big role in the city’s recovery from that disaster. Today we’re joined by The Athletic’s Larry Holder to talk about how Saints fans today are drawing hope from the past by re-watching the team’s dramatic return to the Superdome after Katrina.
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| 0:00.0 | One of the country's biggest corona hot spots right now is New Orleans. |
| 0:09.4 | The coronavirus death hole is climbing in New Orleans. |
| 0:13.5 | The number of confirmed cases here is among the highest in the country. |
| 0:17.1 | The city has, of course, faced daunting circumstances before, particularly during Hurricane Katrina. |
| 0:23.3 | And its most celebrated sports team, the Saints, played a big role in the city's recovery. |
| 0:28.0 | Today, we're joined by the Athletics Larry Holder to talk about how Saints fans are drawing hope from the past |
| 0:33.6 | by remembering the team's dramatic return to the Superdome. |
| 0:36.8 | Look out right through! |
| 0:38.3 | And kick off my ski inflation in a scoop and snore by Christelone! |
| 0:43.4 | Touchdown! New Orleans! |
| 0:46.0 | You can't say rebirth enough because it really was a rebirth. |
| 0:49.8 | And bringing some joy to places where people are still fighting and they get their homes rebuilt. |
| 0:55.7 | And it was certainly a welcome respite. |
| 0:59.8 | From Wondering on the Athletic, I'm Kavitha Davidson. |
| 1:02.6 | And I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 1:04.0 | It's Wednesday, April 15th, and this is The Leaf. |
| 1:07.8 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:10.8 | It's a dream! |
| 1:12.2 | There was just something about the emotion in it. |
| 1:15.0 | You gotta go faster, faster! |
| 1:16.5 | The days of the past don't matter because we've got this now. |
| 1:19.7 | I have never seen anything like that. |
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