On The Edge

[Claude]

Some people spend their days crammed inside shoulder to shoulder

With nothing to do but watch the news

And wait for something to happen

[Company]

On the edge

[Beulah]

We've got the TVs going 24/7 in the cafeteria

And the more they watch the more scared and angry they get

[Company]

On the edge of the

[OZ, spoken]

Some of the plane people haven't slept in three days

None of us have either

And we're jumping at our own shadows

[Company]

On the edge of the world

[Beulah]

Around suppertime on Thursday, people are waiting to use the phones

And there’s a fight in the hallway

[Ali]

Ana Kwyiss Alhamduliallah

El aakl hena helw awi

Hagga Faw’a el wassif

Lekin, fee ness, fee naass kateera hena

Be-yeboosooly

Akiny Irtakept gereema

[Passenger 11]

Hey, hey! What the Hell you sayin'?

[Ali]

I beg your pardon?

[Passenger 11]

You celebrating this?

You praying for your friends?

[Ali]

MaaMa, Laazim ‘afil el sikha delwaa’t, salaam bahibik

[Passenger 11]

Why doesn’t he speak English?

[Ali]

Excuse me?

[Passenger 8]

You telling your Muslim friends where to bomb next?

[Ali]

This was not all Muslims! And I was not

[Passenger 11]

Go back where you came from

[Passenger 2]

I'm Muslim and I was born in Connecticut

I'm an American citizen

[Passenger 11]

You don't look American!

[Passenger 2]

What does that even mean?

[Company]

On the edge of the world or wherever we are

We are, we are, we are on the edge

Is there something I need to do something

To keep me from thinking of all those scenes on the tube

I need something to do 'cause I can't watch the news

No, I can't watch the news anymore

On the edge

[Claude]

FAA keeps delaying opening the airspace

And here on the ground, we're dealing with a whole mess of other problems

[Company]

On the edge of the

[Beverley]

Some of the planes are parked on a runway where the surface is all torn up

That debris gets into an engine and they'll never leave

[Company]

On the edge of the world

[Claude]

One of the big planes, a triple-7, is sinking into the asphalt

If we don't do something, she'll be stuck here forever

[Company]

On the edge of the world or wherever we are

We are, we are, we are on

We are, we are, we are on the edge!

[Janice]

I interview a woman from Queens, a mother

Her son’s a firefighter and they still can’t account for him

She starts crying, and I start crying too, and I can’t stop shaking

I don’t want to do this anymore

[Beverley]

I check in with air traffic control again and it’s more bad news

Not only is the airspace still closed, but there’s a storm headed for Newfoundland!

Hurricane Erin is making landfall tomorrow or the day after

If we don’t get these planes in the air soon, no one’s going anywhere!

[OZ, spoken]

Claude, people are starting to crack

[Claude]

Let’s get everyone down to the Legion

[Kevin T]

Everyone’s going down to the Legion for a drink

[Kevin J]

Hi, have you seen my boyfriend?

His name is Kevin

He’s about this tall and he’s lost his mind

[Kevin T]

I just want to go out!

[Kevin J]

Well, I don’t

[Kevin T]

Well, I’m not going without you

[Kevin J]

Well, I’m not staying for a long time

[Kevin T]

One drink?

[Kevin J]

One drink

[Beulah]

Hannah, everyone’s going out tonight

[Hannah]

You go on without me, Beulah

I need to wait by the phone

[Beulah]

I’ll wait with you

[Beverley]

I keep waiting to hear from the airline, so I’ll just be here by the phone

Tom, if the kids want to speak with me

[Doug]

Bonnie, I know you’re not leaving the animals, so I brought you some chilli

But I really think that tonight, you should come home and get some sleep

[Bonnie]

Doug! Oh my, get in here!

We are about to have the first rare bonobo chimpanzee born in Newfoundland!

[Claude]

Beulah, they need some food down at the Legion, if you can spare any

[Ali]

Miss Beulah, please let me help with the food!

[Beulah]

No, love, you’re a guest!

[Ali]

Please! I am a master chef for an international hotel chain

I oversee restaurants around the world

I would like to help with the food!

[Beulah]

Get in there!

[Diane]

Everyone’s going out to the bar, and Nick is going

[Nick]

I’m going if Diane is going

[Diane]

And I think nobody here knows me!

I can be whoever I wanna be!

[Bob]

I’m not worried about my wallet

I’m not worried about getting shot

I am a little worried about how much Irish whiskey I’m drinking!