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Military Millionaires
Aired October 03, 2003 - 07:53 ET
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SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Here's my favorite story of the day. U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Stephen Moore says he's going to go back to South Korea if only to say good-bye to his friends there. Moore and his wife, who's also a sergeant, hit the multi-state Mega Millions lottery this week, and they plan to ask the Army for releases.
Kris Osborn has more.
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SGT. DANIELLE MOORE, HIT LOTTERY: Well, at first, it was like unreal. I was in a state of disbelief.
KRIS OSBORN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Danielle Moore can barely contain her joy, because her husband, Stephen, just won the largest jackpot in Georgia lottery history.
D. MOORE: We never thought in a million years that we'd hit the lottery. You know, we talk about it all the time. Man, if we hit the lottery, this is what we'll do. And now that we hit it, we don't know what to do.
OSBORN: Humble and not used to the limelight, newly-dubbed millionaire Stephen Moore is staying pretty cool.
SGT. STEPHEN MOORE, HIT LOTTERY: I said stop playing with me.
OSBORN: He's a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army, home on 30-day leave from South Korea. He chose the cash payout option and will soon receive a wire transfer of more than $55 million.
Hoping to keep things simple, Stephen's first thoughts are for those he loves. He plans to take care of his mom and two daughters, go back to school, give to charity, and give his wife the wedding of her dreams.
S. MOORE: And then on our tenth anniversary, she's going to get the wedding that she always wanted. We had a justice of the peace back in '95, so she's going to get the wedding that she wanted. And then see what else I need to do and just relax and do my hobbies -- fishing, you know, get me a little boat, go out and fish, play basketball, hunting, all of that good stuff.
OSBORN: Stephen's mom, Annette Moore, plans to keep her job at a nearby distribution center. She doesn't want a new house, because her mother, Stephen's grandmother, worked her whole life cooking and cleaning to pay for their family home.
ANNETTE MOORE, STEPHEN'S MOM: Money, it's just something that we can buy things with, but true happiness is within yourself.
OSBORN: Inspired by the work ethic of her mother, Mrs. Moore settled in as matriarch of a large and now very wealthy family.
Kris Osborn, CNN, Fitzgerald, Georgia.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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Aired October 3, 2003 - 07:53 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Here's my favorite story of the day. U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Stephen Moore says he's going to go back to South Korea if only to say good-bye to his friends there. Moore and his wife, who's also a sergeant, hit the multi-state Mega Millions lottery this week, and they plan to ask the Army for releases.
Kris Osborn has more.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
SGT. DANIELLE MOORE, HIT LOTTERY: Well, at first, it was like unreal. I was in a state of disbelief.
KRIS OSBORN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Danielle Moore can barely contain her joy, because her husband, Stephen, just won the largest jackpot in Georgia lottery history.
D. MOORE: We never thought in a million years that we'd hit the lottery. You know, we talk about it all the time. Man, if we hit the lottery, this is what we'll do. And now that we hit it, we don't know what to do.
OSBORN: Humble and not used to the limelight, newly-dubbed millionaire Stephen Moore is staying pretty cool.
SGT. STEPHEN MOORE, HIT LOTTERY: I said stop playing with me.
OSBORN: He's a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army, home on 30-day leave from South Korea. He chose the cash payout option and will soon receive a wire transfer of more than $55 million.
Hoping to keep things simple, Stephen's first thoughts are for those he loves. He plans to take care of his mom and two daughters, go back to school, give to charity, and give his wife the wedding of her dreams.
S. MOORE: And then on our tenth anniversary, she's going to get the wedding that she always wanted. We had a justice of the peace back in '95, so she's going to get the wedding that she wanted. And then see what else I need to do and just relax and do my hobbies -- fishing, you know, get me a little boat, go out and fish, play basketball, hunting, all of that good stuff.
OSBORN: Stephen's mom, Annette Moore, plans to keep her job at a nearby distribution center. She doesn't want a new house, because her mother, Stephen's grandmother, worked her whole life cooking and cleaning to pay for their family home.
ANNETTE MOORE, STEPHEN'S MOM: Money, it's just something that we can buy things with, but true happiness is within yourself.
OSBORN: Inspired by the work ethic of her mother, Mrs. Moore settled in as matriarch of a large and now very wealthy family.
Kris Osborn, CNN, Fitzgerald, Georgia.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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