Speaker 1: From the city of presidents, it’s the all about Quincy podcast. This is your host, John Melley. Join me as we explore the history, hidden gems and highlight the businesses with great stories that I’ll tell the tale like Quincy, Massachusetts, as a great place to live. Hey, it’s John, how are you today Thank you for listening and spending some time with me. I do appreciate it very much before I get into the meat of the episode. I want to give a shout out to our listeners from around the world. We have listeners in India, Ireland, and in Brussels, Belgium, and most folks are listening in the United States. And obviously most folks are listening right here in Massachusetts and Quincy and the surrounding environs. But I just wanted to give a shout out to everybody around the world who are listening to this show. Thank you. drop us a line, send us an email, go to all about Quincy podcast.com and tell us where you’re from and what you’re, what you like and what you want to hear about.
Speaker 1: perhaps you lived in Quincy and you want, you need, a taste of home. Let us know what you want to hear, and we will try and make that happen. I just wanted to say that before I dove into the episode, this is going to be a short episode and it is going to be a different episode from my previous episodes. I want to share with you a piece that I produced 20 years ago after the terror attacks of nine 11. I don’t need to remind anyone that that terrible day happened 20 years ago. And like many of you I’m sure, was personally touched. by those events. I had a high school friend, Ted Hennessy, who was on the first plane into the world trade center. And I want to remember him. Ted was a, we grew up together. We were in Cub Scouts together.
Speaker 1: His father was the pack leader and, we had several classes together, like gym classes. He was a year older than I, we were in band together. We both played the tenor saxophone in marching band and, clarinet section in concert band in high school. And, he worked for a company that, developed software that my parents used in their business. And so I, I kind of lost touch with him after high school. He graduated a year before I did, but I remember Ted as first of all, extremely bright and funny and a really talented musician. and he had a wife and a couple of kids and I knew his parents. And, I just wanted to remember him. but what I want to share with you as a piece I produced 20 years ago, it’s called the firefighters. And I, I, I felt the need to do something after September 11th.
Speaker 1: It was just such a, it was such a difficult there. It was so many emotions we felt, and I poured my energy into what I do production. And so this is dedicated to all our first responders, our firefighters or police officers, our ambulance drivers, our tow truck drivers who rescue people off the sides of the highways, stranded on the roads. this is for you. I want you to know you’re appreciated and valued, and we thank you for doing what you do for us every day. So I’m going to share this piece with you. You will hear some voices from 20 years ago, and we’ll just leave it there and that’s going to be the show. So let’s just go into the piece. Now. I hope you enjoy it and stay safe, stay healthy. Let’s be kind to one another. God bless you. And God bless the United States of America.
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