1:27:01
of the world's
largest corporation,
1:27:03
had been ignored as completely
as it had been destroyed.
1:27:06
With 87% of the students
living below
1:27:10
the official poverty line,
1:27:12
Buell and Beecher, and Flint,
did not fit into
1:27:15
the accepted and widely
circulated story line
1:27:18
put forth by
the nation's media.
1:27:20
That being the one
about America
1:27:25
and its invincible economy.
1:27:32
The number-one cause of death
among young people
1:27:35
in this part of Flint was
homicide. The football field,
1:27:38
at Flint-Beecher, was sponsored
by a funeral home.
1:27:41
The kids at Beecher have won
1:27:45
13 state track championships,
1:27:47
but they've never had
1:27:49
a home track meet.
1:27:52
Because around
the football field,
1:27:54
all they have is
this dirt ring.
1:27:59
Years ago, someone here
named the streets,
1:28:02
in this part of town, after
all the Ivy League schools,
1:28:06
as if they had dreamed
of better days
1:28:09
and something greater
for themselves.
1:28:18
- The children are doing well.
1:28:22
The faculty and staff
are doing well.
1:28:24
But we don't forget.
1:28:26
We don't forget.
1:28:29
Just don't want this happening
to anybody else, you know?
1:28:32
It's...
[ She sighs ]
1:28:34
- I know.
1:28:36
I know. I don't want it to
happen to anybody else either.
1:28:40
- Hmm...
- It's okay. It's okay.
1:28:45
It's okay.
1:28:47
It's okay.
1:28:53
I'm sorry.
- That's all right.
1:28:58
[ Charlton Heston ]:
...from my cold, dead hands!