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What Do Americans Think About Break in French Connection?
Aired March 15, 2003 - 14:40 ET
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RENAY SAN MIGUEL, CNN ANCHOR: What do Americans think about this break in the French connection? CNN's Whitney Casey is live from Ellis Island, New York, home to the symbol of Franco-American friendship -- Whitney.
WHITNEY CASEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Renay, there is no boycott here today aboard the circle line, the line that takes thousands of people across the Hudson all the way to see lady liberty, or in this case, Madame liberty. All of these people waited in about an hour and a half line were aboard the ferry that takes you across, and they're actually waiting for us to get off of it so they can go see lady liberty, Madame liberty.
And most of them don't care that it was a gift from the French. They are just going on a nice, beautiful day in New York. And we have a couple right here. This is Ferguson (ph) and Tamu (ph), and you guys said, you know that it was a gift from the French, it was a gift to celebrate 100 years of our independence here. And what does it mean to you?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The Statute of Liberty represents one thing the French are doing, and that is having the ability to freely exercise their opinion. That is one thing that is great about this country. We can speak out if we are against the war or whether we're for the war. So that's the beautiful part about being in America.
CASEY: Beautifully spoken, too, Ferguson (ph). But Ferguson (ph) also has something he told me, he has got a bit of joie de vivre here today. He is actually, as we speak, going to ask his girlfriend here, Tamu (ph), to...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Tamu (ph), I love you and you've been an incredible part of my life. Will you marry me?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.
CASEY: Great, it's fabulous. So the French would be celebrating, too. There's quite a bit of amour going on here, Renay. But as you can see everybody is in a really positive mood here and they are just going to see lady liberty because she represents freedom and liberty and love in this case -- Renay.
SAN MIGUEL: You never can tell what is going to happen on some of those boats that head out to Ellis Island. Whitney Casey, live from New York, thank you very much.
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Aired March 15, 2003 - 14:40 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
RENAY SAN MIGUEL, CNN ANCHOR: What do Americans think about this break in the French connection? CNN's Whitney Casey is live from Ellis Island, New York, home to the symbol of Franco-American friendship -- Whitney.
WHITNEY CASEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Renay, there is no boycott here today aboard the circle line, the line that takes thousands of people across the Hudson all the way to see lady liberty, or in this case, Madame liberty. All of these people waited in about an hour and a half line were aboard the ferry that takes you across, and they're actually waiting for us to get off of it so they can go see lady liberty, Madame liberty.
And most of them don't care that it was a gift from the French. They are just going on a nice, beautiful day in New York. And we have a couple right here. This is Ferguson (ph) and Tamu (ph), and you guys said, you know that it was a gift from the French, it was a gift to celebrate 100 years of our independence here. And what does it mean to you?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The Statute of Liberty represents one thing the French are doing, and that is having the ability to freely exercise their opinion. That is one thing that is great about this country. We can speak out if we are against the war or whether we're for the war. So that's the beautiful part about being in America.
CASEY: Beautifully spoken, too, Ferguson (ph). But Ferguson (ph) also has something he told me, he has got a bit of joie de vivre here today. He is actually, as we speak, going to ask his girlfriend here, Tamu (ph), to...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Tamu (ph), I love you and you've been an incredible part of my life. Will you marry me?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.
CASEY: Great, it's fabulous. So the French would be celebrating, too. There's quite a bit of amour going on here, Renay. But as you can see everybody is in a really positive mood here and they are just going to see lady liberty because she represents freedom and liberty and love in this case -- Renay.
SAN MIGUEL: You never can tell what is going to happen on some of those boats that head out to Ellis Island. Whitney Casey, live from New York, thank you very much.
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