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Interview With Tall Family
Aired September 22, 2003 - 07:53 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.
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Fifteen-year-old twin sisters from Oregon are trying to get into "The Guinness Book of World Records." And while Ann and Claire wait a little bit to see if they measure up, they are doing what comes naturally, standing tall. The girls measure 6'6", and they think that is good enough to get into the book of world records to be recognized as the world's tallest identical twin females.
Ann and Claire Recht join us along with their mom and dad, Eric and Josephine. Good morning to all of you, nice to see you.
First, let's start with you, Claire. You're 6'6". You've been waiting how long to wait to see if you got in?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: About six months.
(CROSSTALK)
O'BRIEN: And when do you think you'll hear from "The Guinness Book of World Records"?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: About three months, I think. It takes about three months all together.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: So it's four months.
O'BRIEN: Are you on pins and needles or you just sort of...
(CROSSTALK)
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Waiting it out. No reason to be nervous.
O'BRIEN: I want to ask your mom a question. Baby born, first thing you do, how much does it weigh, how long is it? Were your daughters really, really long babies or were they sort of average sized?
JOSEPHINE RECHT, ANN & CLAIRE'S MOTHER: ... standard 20, 21 inches at birth. They were each eight pounds so they were nice healthy babies.
O'BRIEN: My baby was taller and heavier than that. So what point did you realize you were going to have some tall girls?
J. RECHT: Well actually at birth, I recognized they had extremely long fingers. So I thought this is really unusual and chances are pretty good they would be very tall. O'BRIEN: Why did you guys want to get into "The Guinness Book of World Records"? Why did you want to try?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I wanted to beat the record of tallest female identical twins.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Tell them the story of the teacher.
(CROSSTALK)
O'BRIEN: Now I'm intrigued. What's the story of the teacher?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) teacher had an assignment where we had to have posters -- put "Guinness World Records" on this poster. And so my friend was looking at it and she saw the world's tallest female identical twins were like 6'4 3/4" or something.
(CROSSTALK)
O'BRIEN: That's nothing. We could beat that, no problem.
What do you do have to get into the record book?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We have to be measured three times in one day.
O'BRIEN: Now why do you think that is?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We get measured laying down, standing up, in the morning, noon and nighttime because you shrink during the day.
O'BRIEN: I want to ask a question of your parents. You know, I think for anybody and certainly when you have girls you really do everything you can to make sure they have a good body image, they love how they look and themselves. Was that something that was important to you? I mean I've toddlers and it's important to me.
J. RECHT: Well I just, everyone I feel should be proud of how they are. You can't change who you are when you're born and so you just be proud of who you are.
O'BRIEN: Does it bug you guys when someone say, Hey, do you play basketball? My sister's 6' tall, so people ask her all the time and she does not. Does it annoy you?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No, we're used to it.
O'BRIEN: And do you.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, we play basketball and volleyball. And we don't mind at all. (UNINTELLIGIBLE) basketabll and they ask where we go to school.
O'BRIEN: Do you like towering over people because I've always wanted -- I'm only 5'5. I've always wanted to be tall. I think that would be so cool to be able to like stare down at people. Do you like it?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I like it in big crowds so I don't get all like (UNINTELLIGIBLE) because I'm up above everyone.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) get lost (UNINTELLIGIBLE) find your family.
O'BRIEN: Now how tall are you, Mom?
J. RECHT: I'm 6'3".
O'BRIEN: And how tall are you, Dad?
6'5".
O'BRIEN: Wow, the girls are even towering over their dad.
Well, they -- tell them, girls.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well we walk up to him and call him "Shorty." We're all like, Hey, Shorty.
O'BRIEN: Oh my goodness, you call your dad, who's 6'5", "shorty." What do you call your sister who's 5'11"?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Just the short one of the family.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We don't give her that much trouble (UNINTELLIGIBLE).
O'BRIEN: I wish you the best of luck with "The Guinness Book of World Records." We hope that you win. I want you to know that I wore my highest heels in honor of you today. I think I'm about 5'7" now with the heels on. Nice to have you guys and good luck and check back in with us when you hear the final word.
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Aired September 22, 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: Fifteen-year-old twin sisters from Oregon are trying to get into "The Guinness Book of World Records." And while Ann and Claire wait a little bit to see if they measure up, they are doing what comes naturally, standing tall. The girls measure 6'6", and they think that is good enough to get into the book of world records to be recognized as the world's tallest identical twin females.
Ann and Claire Recht join us along with their mom and dad, Eric and Josephine. Good morning to all of you, nice to see you.
First, let's start with you, Claire. You're 6'6". You've been waiting how long to wait to see if you got in?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: About six months.
(CROSSTALK)
O'BRIEN: And when do you think you'll hear from "The Guinness Book of World Records"?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: About three months, I think. It takes about three months all together.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: So it's four months.
O'BRIEN: Are you on pins and needles or you just sort of...
(CROSSTALK)
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Waiting it out. No reason to be nervous.
O'BRIEN: I want to ask your mom a question. Baby born, first thing you do, how much does it weigh, how long is it? Were your daughters really, really long babies or were they sort of average sized?
JOSEPHINE RECHT, ANN & CLAIRE'S MOTHER: ... standard 20, 21 inches at birth. They were each eight pounds so they were nice healthy babies.
O'BRIEN: My baby was taller and heavier than that. So what point did you realize you were going to have some tall girls?
J. RECHT: Well actually at birth, I recognized they had extremely long fingers. So I thought this is really unusual and chances are pretty good they would be very tall. O'BRIEN: Why did you guys want to get into "The Guinness Book of World Records"? Why did you want to try?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I wanted to beat the record of tallest female identical twins.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Tell them the story of the teacher.
(CROSSTALK)
O'BRIEN: Now I'm intrigued. What's the story of the teacher?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) teacher had an assignment where we had to have posters -- put "Guinness World Records" on this poster. And so my friend was looking at it and she saw the world's tallest female identical twins were like 6'4 3/4" or something.
(CROSSTALK)
O'BRIEN: That's nothing. We could beat that, no problem.
What do you do have to get into the record book?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We have to be measured three times in one day.
O'BRIEN: Now why do you think that is?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We get measured laying down, standing up, in the morning, noon and nighttime because you shrink during the day.
O'BRIEN: I want to ask a question of your parents. You know, I think for anybody and certainly when you have girls you really do everything you can to make sure they have a good body image, they love how they look and themselves. Was that something that was important to you? I mean I've toddlers and it's important to me.
J. RECHT: Well I just, everyone I feel should be proud of how they are. You can't change who you are when you're born and so you just be proud of who you are.
O'BRIEN: Does it bug you guys when someone say, Hey, do you play basketball? My sister's 6' tall, so people ask her all the time and she does not. Does it annoy you?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No, we're used to it.
O'BRIEN: And do you.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, we play basketball and volleyball. And we don't mind at all. (UNINTELLIGIBLE) basketabll and they ask where we go to school.
O'BRIEN: Do you like towering over people because I've always wanted -- I'm only 5'5. I've always wanted to be tall. I think that would be so cool to be able to like stare down at people. Do you like it?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I like it in big crowds so I don't get all like (UNINTELLIGIBLE) because I'm up above everyone.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) get lost (UNINTELLIGIBLE) find your family.
O'BRIEN: Now how tall are you, Mom?
J. RECHT: I'm 6'3".
O'BRIEN: And how tall are you, Dad?
6'5".
O'BRIEN: Wow, the girls are even towering over their dad.
Well, they -- tell them, girls.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well we walk up to him and call him "Shorty." We're all like, Hey, Shorty.
O'BRIEN: Oh my goodness, you call your dad, who's 6'5", "shorty." What do you call your sister who's 5'11"?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Just the short one of the family.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We don't give her that much trouble (UNINTELLIGIBLE).
O'BRIEN: I wish you the best of luck with "The Guinness Book of World Records." We hope that you win. I want you to know that I wore my highest heels in honor of you today. I think I'm about 5'7" now with the heels on. Nice to have you guys and good luck and check back in with us when you hear the final word.
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