ABC News - Desert Storm - 1991-01-17 - 7:31 p.m. (E)

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[0:02] campaign. We've all been cautioned

[0:04] against euphoria. Um, and yet it has

[0:07] been inevitable in both the political

[0:09] and the military establishment as we've

[0:10] picked up bits and pieces throughout the

[0:12] day. And therefore, it is inevitable in

[0:13] the press to some extent that people

[0:16] will not have relaxed a little bit.

[0:20] This is Mickey Gertis.

[0:22] Okay. I have someone on the in Tel Aviv

[0:24] on the phone now named Mickey. Mickey,

[0:26] can you hear me?

[0:29] Yes,

[0:34] >> uh Nikki.

[0:36] >> Yes.

[0:37] >> I think you may be near a radio. If

[0:38] you're near a radio, could you turn your

[0:40] radio down for just a second while you

[0:42] speak to us?

[0:44] >> Yes, I need you.

[0:45] >> Okay. Can you talk to us and tell us

[0:47] what you think you know is going on?

[0:51] There was four or five explosive

[0:55] now

[0:57] in the city.

[0:59] We don't know exactly what's happened.

[1:02] The radio said to be in the room the

[1:06] closing room and to wear the gas mask.

[1:10] >> So the radio has told you to go into a

[1:12] closed room and put on your gas mask,

[1:15] which you clearly have done because you

[1:17] sound like you're talking through a gas

[1:18] mask. Where are you in Tel Aviv? And do

[1:20] you know of any explosions?

[1:23] >> We are in the central.

[1:34] >> You're in the north to speak with you

[1:37] because we are not in the south.

[1:41] >> You're on the north side of Tel Aviv.

[1:44] >> We are in the center of Tel Aviv.

[1:46] >> In the center of Tel Aviv. This was here

[1:49] all the newspapers things.

[1:53] We need to close now because we need to

[1:55] go to a safe room.

[1:56] >> Okay. Thank you very much, Mickey, for

[1:58] taking this time. Please go to the

[1:59] closed room. Um, someone identified as

[2:02] Micke

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