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:04:05
Sure. Just a minute.
:04:16
- (Simon) You play basketball?
- l played in high school. l was sixth man.

:04:21
Me too. Sixth man until my senior year,
and then l started.

:04:24
- No kidding? Centre or forward?
- Forward. l wasn't big enough for centre.

:04:29
- Must have been some team.
- We had Oscar Benson on that team.

:04:32
No shit. You must be pretty good.
:04:35
l wasn't playin' the same game
that Oscar was playing.

:04:44
The other night... l don't know if you were in
danger, except for maybe losing your wallet.

:04:50
l didn't save your life, so you shouldn't be
thinking you have to say something to me.

:04:57
One morning, about three years ago,
l was on my way to a meeting...

:05:00
..at the Mutual Benefit building
on Wilshire, in the Miracle Mile.

:05:05
l love that name - the Miracle Mile.
:05:08
lt's the building across the street
from the county art museum,

:05:12
l was thinking about the meeting l was
going to, l was worried about it, actually,

:05:17
l started to step off the kerb,
:05:22
A stranger grabbed me and yanked me back
as a city bus went flying by my nose,

:05:26
l mean, it just fiilled up the world
six inches from my nose,

:05:30
l would have been like
a wet bug stain on the bus,

:05:33
l wouldn't have even felt it,
it would have been over so fast,

:05:37
l thanked this stranger,
this woman in a baseball cap,,,,

:05:41
,,but l was pretty much in a daze,
:05:44
When l thanked her, she said ''My pleasure,''
:05:47
l didn't notice till the last moment that
the cap was from the Pittsburgh Pirates,,,,

:05:51
- ,,my favourite team since l was a kid,
- Roberto Clemente, huh?

:05:55
Right. l never got over the idea that
l should have thanked that woman more,...


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