TDW 1822 - Crime Of The Century at LA Times
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the sister cities of Los
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Angeles. And look at that shot of the
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sun
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glazing off the top of the Salvador
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sign. And the mileage shows how far to
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Mexico City, Berlin, Athens, Beirut, but
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none of
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those were deemed the location of the
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crime of the
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century like Los Angeles. Welcome
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everyone. Adam is the woo here. We're
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going to take you back in time a bit to
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October 1st, 1910. A pivotal event
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involving one of the most popular
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newspapers in existence in the world,
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the LA Times, and it happened right here
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on this very street corner. It's my
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second channel, daily vlog channel. It's
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the Daily
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Woo. I'm having a very serious Doc Brown
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from Back to the Future flashback moment
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right now. He's
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dangling from the clock at the top of
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the now
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permanent residence of the paper and has
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been since its completion in
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1935. The building still looks the same
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just like those old historic
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photos with the cars parked down below.
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So, the only difference is on the far
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left wing here, they have added on sort
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of kind of blocking the shot of what it
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used to look like. But that is an
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impressive structure.
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Impressive. Most impressive. In fact,
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quite a few buildings in the landscape
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have changed down here over the decades,
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but that structure still remains. And
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even in these old photos in the mid30s
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when it was erected, you'll notice over
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here to the right hand side is an empty
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lot. The plot is completely barren even
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to this day. I wonder why that is. It's
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a simple explanation really. This spot
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was the location of the original
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building before the newer newish one was
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constructed. Now, it is a wild
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coincidence that it is still completely
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barren. I do not think it has been like
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that for 80 plus years. There probably
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was something constructed here at one
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time, but for the sake of educational
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purposes to get the mind and imagination
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tied in, harnessing into the subject
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matter, that's what it looked like back
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when all those historic photos were
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taken. In fact, in this exact spot where
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I'm standing was a piece of the former
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building going all the way up very very
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high. And there is a picture you can
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find online of a guy way up there
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deconstructing the past building. And
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he's looking down in the background from
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this angle. obviously a little bit
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higher, more of a bird's eye, but he was
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way way up there. It's kind of hard to
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imagine now that way back in the early
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1900s, the city turned out in droves for
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the ribbon cutting of that building,
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flocking out into the streets right
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there at this
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intersection. That would probably not
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happen now unless they rerouted traffic
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cuz it is busy down here. Now, the
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reason it was destroyed is a tragic one.
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Two brothers planted a bomb in an alley,
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blowing up part of the building,
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creating a fire that killed 20 people
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and injuring over 100. This empty field
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definitely is a haunting reminder of
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what happened on that day. The two
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brothers were eventually caught. One of
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them served 15 years in prison, while
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the other one, who was the one who
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specifically placed the bomb, served
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life in prison. There are some photos,
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this one in particular, of them pulling
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bodies out, placing them in caskets
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before taking them to the
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cemetery. It's amazing to think that it
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happened right here. And there probably
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are not a lot of people passing by
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either walking or driving that have any
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recollection or
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knowledge that that happened. You always
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got to keep a fresh mouth. Thank you
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very much. That gum gives you a fresh
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mouth. I got a Coca-Cola because it is
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it is a little warm out here. I really
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like street vendors like that. Just
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gives a little personality and flare to
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a city. Stuff you don't see in smaller
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towns. people on the side of the street
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selling their stuff, selling beverages
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and candies and whatnot. But on that
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same subject of metropolis areas, things
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change quite a bit. Even though there
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were hundreds, if not thousands of
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onlookers coming to pay attention to
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what happened right there across the
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street, the
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landscape all down the roads looks
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completely different on the left and the
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right. The
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skyline totally different. very
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difficult to match up, but it's here on
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the corner of First Street and
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Broadway right downtown. Just as an
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example, this is what it looks like
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modern day. And this is a photo of
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immediately after it happened, the
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countless people who were congregating
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right here at this intersection. And you
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can see basically nothing looks the same
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now as it did way back then. Really, the
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only way to tell is the dimensions of
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the road elevating upward. It's one of
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the few spots on these corners where the
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road still looks the
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same. Crazy. That guy has a flat
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tire. That's no fun. From this angle,
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you get a very good perspective of the
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damage. All the people were standing
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here in the road. The police had a
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barricade and the part of the building
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that did not get too destroyed was right
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in here with an eagle perched up on top.
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But over here was where the alley was.
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Kind of where I bought that soda from
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that gentleman. That's where the
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explosion
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happened.
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Wow. Still kind of just blows my mind
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when I see stuff like this. Kind of hard
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to wrap your head
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around history.
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of this caliber. Now, it did take a
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while for them to remove all the
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remains, bringing the bulldozers in,
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taking away piece by piece. This old
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photo shows exactly where I'm standing
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on what it looked like after the
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completion and the
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demolition. Remember what I was saying
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about the road angling
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upward? That's it right there on the
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left. Same roads, of course, repaved,
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reconeted, but that's the spot. And how
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ironic it was that the paper itself had
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to report about the bomb, the 16 sticks
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of dynamite, calling it the crime of the
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century. Of course, the century was
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still very young in
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1910. Who knew what the future would
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hold? But for that time and especially
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for this
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city and to this day it still is quite
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the
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tragedy to say the least. And evidently
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according to the carving in the marble
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this is the fourth home of the paper and
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the most recognizable. But the other
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one, the most famous other one sat right
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across the street located on the pole
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outside is an article from the
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paper. Not a lot of a breeze today. A
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little bit of wine, just enough to get
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the flags to move a little bit.
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California flag there on the left,
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American flag in the middle. On the far
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right, the Los Angeles city
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flag. The way the news covers those
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types of events, case in point, has
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changed dramatically since the newspaper
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days. Not like the Al Bundy day. Some
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people still take their local paper, sit
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on the commode, and read it. But
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everyone's on their smartphone now or
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watching TV or on Twitter or Instagram
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or any other plethora of news
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organizations that are online. Very few
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have a
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subscription to pay. They they still
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exist, but I guess the point I'm trying
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to make is they're not as popular as
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they were in the early 19th century into
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the mid 19 or heck, even in the last 10,
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15, 20 years, even 1990, papers are
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still very popular. I'm now going to
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head over to Hollywood Forever
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Cemetery. A little tiein for the ending
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of this video. Just wouldn't be Los
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Angeles without bad traffic. Nah, it's
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all part of the experience. Yeah, I have
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arrived. Look at this old hearse. It has
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the name of the cemetery right there on
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the front. This massive
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monument is the final resting place of
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Harrison Otis, who is one of the
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publishers of the LA
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Times. And next to his is Harry
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Chandler who took
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over. And while the significance of
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these two gentlemen is
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immense, I am
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here to look at this
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gravestone built in respect for
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the 20
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people who were killed on that day.
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Our martyed
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men. There is an inscription placed
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there. Dedicated November
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15th,
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19 11. There is a bird. Can see it
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perched with that ray of light beaming
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down. And I think maybe it could be a
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recreation or it could be the actual rot
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iron statue that was on that
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original destroyed building. If you look
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at those pictures, there was a bird
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perched a top as well. That could
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possibly be the same bird now here at
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the graveyard. This lasting memorial
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stands as a profound tribute of the
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respect, admiration, and affection held
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by those who knew them best, their
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families, friends, employers,
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co-workers, and associates. Now, it's
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very hard to see it because of the trees
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that have grown over
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considerably since this monument was
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erected, but around the backside there
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is another inscription
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placed on the pillar. There's an old
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photo I found basically from this angle
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of friends and family placing wreaths
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and flowers on the grave sites that are
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right
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there in the
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ground. Looks much much different now
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with all the foliage that has
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arose over the decades. A tragic event
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that happened over 107 years
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ago, way before I was ever a glimmer of
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existence, but history
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nonetheless, not my generation, but past
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generations. I think it's important to
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remember history of any type, whether it
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be good, bad,
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tragic, fascinating
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stuff. Vlog
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Over.