My Remarkable Journey
Chapter One
What Am I Doing Here?
YOU'D SEE ME in a different way if you were sitting at my
table at Nate 'n Al Deli over breakfast every morning.
First of all, I don't wear the suspenders there. Second,
you'd realize that I hate eggs. And third, you'd have to imagine
me in a car trunk-because sooner or later the story of the
"exclusive interview of the century" would come up.
This took place a while back. There was a producer on my
show-call him Bob. A good guy, but the most hyper person
I've ever known. One day Bob got a call from a bigwig at CNN
International.
The bigwig said, "Bob! An incredible thing is about to
happen!"
"What? What? What?" Bob was already on the edge of
his seat.
"We've got an exclusive with Osama bin Laden."
"Holy shit!"
You can understand Bob's reaction. The United States'
armed forces had been searching for bin Laden since September
11, 2001. Television news couldn't have landed a bigger
interview unless it found talking aliens.
"It's going to be in Pakistan."
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