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CNN Live At Daybreak
Color of High Alert Has People on Edge
Aired February 17, 2003 - 05:56 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: If you're feeling blue because of the color orange, you're not alone. The color of high alert has a lot of people on edge.
CNN's Jeanne Moos takes a look at the fears of orange.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It used to be orange was just a bold and flashy color that not everyone looks good in. Yet even as orange was popping up on runways during New York's Fashion Week...
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: More visible signs that the orange threat level is taking hold.
MOOS: It was also popping up on TV screens.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There is no reason for anyone to panic.
MOOS: Right. But with a tank at Heathrow Airport in one corner and terror alert high in the other, no wonder we went from the latest bin Laden tape to getting too wrapped up in duct tape. Still, the Connecticut homeowner intent on covering his entire house was the aberration rather than the rule. Most folks we talked to were like this woman.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I figured if it's going to happen, all of that's not going to be of use anyway, so.
MOOS: And what is it?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm afraid of the unknown.
MOOS: Back when FDR was trying to buck up the nation...
PRES. FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT: And the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
MOOS: ... the enemy consisted of armies. But now "it" is what's scaring us.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I sort of feel I can't do anything about it.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Because if it happens, it's going to eat up through the duct tape.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's just taking, taking some, naturally, some joy, a great deal of joy out of life.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And I feel most sorry for the young people and for my grandchildren. They're never going to know what it was like not to have this.
MOOS: Not to have this on the news...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And if all that's not enough to get worried about, look at this.
MOOS: Not to have this as some kind of bad joke.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Has officially upgraded the nation to terror alert level orange. Hey, happy orange alert everybody.
MOOS: These days, orange means watch your back. And if she wants to color coordinate her accessories...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is an escape hood.
MOOS: Maybe the best advice comes from the Buttercup Bake Shop -- life is uncertain, eat dessert first.
Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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Aired February 17, 2003 - 05:56 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: If you're feeling blue because of the color orange, you're not alone. The color of high alert has a lot of people on edge.
CNN's Jeanne Moos takes a look at the fears of orange.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It used to be orange was just a bold and flashy color that not everyone looks good in. Yet even as orange was popping up on runways during New York's Fashion Week...
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: More visible signs that the orange threat level is taking hold.
MOOS: It was also popping up on TV screens.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There is no reason for anyone to panic.
MOOS: Right. But with a tank at Heathrow Airport in one corner and terror alert high in the other, no wonder we went from the latest bin Laden tape to getting too wrapped up in duct tape. Still, the Connecticut homeowner intent on covering his entire house was the aberration rather than the rule. Most folks we talked to were like this woman.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I figured if it's going to happen, all of that's not going to be of use anyway, so.
MOOS: And what is it?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm afraid of the unknown.
MOOS: Back when FDR was trying to buck up the nation...
PRES. FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT: And the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
MOOS: ... the enemy consisted of armies. But now "it" is what's scaring us.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I sort of feel I can't do anything about it.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Because if it happens, it's going to eat up through the duct tape.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's just taking, taking some, naturally, some joy, a great deal of joy out of life.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And I feel most sorry for the young people and for my grandchildren. They're never going to know what it was like not to have this.
MOOS: Not to have this on the news...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And if all that's not enough to get worried about, look at this.
MOOS: Not to have this as some kind of bad joke.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Has officially upgraded the nation to terror alert level orange. Hey, happy orange alert everybody.
MOOS: These days, orange means watch your back. And if she wants to color coordinate her accessories...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is an escape hood.
MOOS: Maybe the best advice comes from the Buttercup Bake Shop -- life is uncertain, eat dessert first.
Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
