I JUST SAID TO MYSELF, ‘THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LONGEST 10 MINUTES OF YOUR LIFE’

Wgueysg.oTthoant tsheoicckefwacitohrtwheassen’t there in the Olympics.

If you’ve never played a certain golf course, you might

CRAIG:

gbetcauwsaeyywouithdisdonm’tektnhoiwngasny cbaenttepr.eBpuatreonbceettyeor.u play it, you

Seeing the Russians dinotceurvmiewnteadriienssjoumstereocfetnhtelsye,

MORROW:

athffeeycteadlktahbeomu.tOhvoewrctohnaftidgeanmt.e Pberoinbgabaslysthaakripngasittehaesyy.sNhout ld havpepebneedn.because of what aTnhuenrdee’srdaodgifafenrdenacweibne-tween

CRAIG:

nalirnegaudnydkenrodwogs.hAencuan’dtewrdino.gA wis,in“E, bvuertybwoindnyitnhginuknsdIecradno’gt wnohwatItkhnaot wgahmoewdtiod.”foArnudst. hat’s

The Olympic tournament begins, and the Americans keep their expectations realistic. Most of the players dream of a bronze medal, knowing that the Soviets are the top team and the Czechs and Swedes are tough competition for the top three. In their first group-stage matchup against heavily favored Sweden, Team USA ties the game with 27 seconds left on a goal by Bill Baker with Craig pulled. Then, the U.S. shocks Czechoslovakia with a 7-3 win. After that, the Americans breeze through Norway (5-1), Romania (7-2) and West Germany (4-2), compiling a 4-0-1 record. Not surprisingly, the Soviets go undefeated, stomping their rivals by a combined 51-11 margin in five victories.

Four teams advance to the medal round: Team USA, Sweden, the Soviets and Finland. Each plays the teams from the other group once, meaning the Americans will face the Soviets, then Finland, with a three-in-four shot at a medal. No one expects anything less than Soviet domination in the Feb. 22 matchup against the U.S.

My broadcast partner AL MICHAELS: (ABC play-by-play

was Ken Dryden. Our hotel announcer)

was just a few blocks from the arena. We began to walk over at about 1:30 in the afternoon because the game was at 5:00, and the conversation was along the lines of me saying to Ken, “If it’s just, like, 3-1 in the middle of the second period, that’s about as good as we can hbeop6e-0foart.”tIhfeigeunrdedofi thweofuirldst or something ridiculous. I had seen all the teams multiple times, and the Soviets just toyed with people. They would win a game 3-0, but it looked like it was 20-0.

Adding to the hype around the game: the undercurrent of the Cold War.

So much was going oconuantttrhya, thpeaUrtnicitueldarSptaotienst,. wThase MICHAELS: a little down in the dumps. There was a recession. The prime rate, the interest rate, wcraszyc.loTsheertoe 2w0erpeegrcaesnltin. Ietsw. as We had hostages being held in Iran. The Soviets had threatened to invade Afghanistan

I THINK THE ‘USA! USA!’ CHANTS THAT WE HEAR ALL THE TIME NOW STARTED IN LAKE PLACID – Mike Eruzione, Team USA left winger

at that point. And if they did, w(Ua.Ss.tphresaitdeennint gJimtombyoyCcaorttter) twhe idriSdu. AmnmdetrhGeyampaeisd, wushbicahck by boycotting the Los Angeles Games in ’84.

We never thought about it. It was never discussed. ERUZIONE: Even when we won, it wasn’t, “Hey, we beat the Soviets, and now we’re gonna

ptlehuaelslheoodus.”ttFaogof erAsmfgaahryeabngeios8nta0nnap, bearencdreen-t o“wWfeAesmhboewaritcetadh, otithsewemSaoswvpihoealtistt,iacaagnlrd,eat yitweahs avheo.”cFkoerytghaemheo.ckceoyufanntr, about America and the flag and what a great country we havned.

The Star-Spangled Banner

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I’m older than tahtteepnltaioynertsoawnhdaptawyiansggaoilnogt of

MICHAELS:

ownerine toheawlimoriltde.dI’dmegsruere, tbhuety tohteayllwy eforecupsleadyionng hockey. and Kenny and I were clearly aware of what was going on, but we dbeidonn’tewoafntht otosemtahkinegtshwishoeurtet,o yteorutkhnanowth, e“Oirusr.” sWoeciceotyulids nb’et td-o cloenartelyx,twoef iutn. dersthtoaot,dbtuhte, The International Ice Hockey

NICO TOEMAN: (IIHF linesman)

Federation prepared us very well for this game. They talked to us before the game. We were prepared but very nervous. What they said to us is that it could be very, not hostile, but the crowd will be very wild bIIeHcFaumsaeditewsuarsethweeUw.Se.rTehneot influenced by the crowd.

The puck drops. At 9:12 of the first period, Krutov tips in a point shot from Alexei Kasatonov for the game’s first goal. The Americans answer roughly five minutes later when Schneider crosses the blueline on the left wing and hammers a slapshot at Vladislav

Tretiak, the superstar Soviet goaltender, from roughly 50 feet out. It beats Tretiak to the top right corner: 1-1.

Mark Pavelich, tdhrewexecveellreynbtocdeyntgeorimnganto, hthee SCHNEIDER:

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The Soviets strike again at 17:34 of the first. This time it’s Makarov, finishing off a perfectly executed give-and-go with Alexander Golikov. The Soviets lead 2-1. But in the dying seconds of the period, Christian fires a slapper the length of the ice. Tretiak coughs up an enormous rebound. Johnson gets behind the defense, scoops the puck, waits out a surprised Tretiak and scores with a second left on the clock. It’s a 2-2 game.

Everybody else had gsgaivivdeenluauptpeoroninittl,hifseo,p“IlOathuy.orTudrgehftetiantkhse PATRICK:

play was over.”

I watched the clock. I knew it was a second left when

TOEMAN:

the puck went into the net. SooffiIcwiael nKtasrtl-rGaiugshttavupKatois(lah)eadnd gtooladlsh.iWme. had a total of 16

To be quite honest, Tretiak let in some very bad

CRAIG:

shots in the game, and if you tlionho…ekynawotetrhoeenbt’etwtdohisegpotayarplasegToinrfeggt,iobaakulstlet the greatest goalie in the world should be letting in. He let a slapshot in from 55 feet off the angle, and then he let in a 120foot rebound.

We were thinking like the movie

RAMSEY:

Dumber, when he sDauyms, b“Saond

you’re telling me there’s a chance” (laughs). Then Mark scored that goal with one second left, and all of a sudden it felt like, “We can play. Let’s play ball.” For anyone to say that we thought we were going to beat dthreeTsmhsei,nttgheoaruomgoshm,estmhteeoyrgs’rteaerfltryoitnmhge.tsheeci-r ond period and, to the Americans’ utter shock, it’s Vladimir Myshkin, not Tretiak, manning the Soviet crease. Coach Viktor Tikhonov has benched Tretiak.

I just looked at Herb. Herbie recognized it, too.

SCHNEIDER:

I couldn’t believe it, but I could oI ndloynt’thkinnko,w“Itw’shgaototdheforreauso.”n behind it was. I didn’t know hifahpepwenaesdh.urt or something

When Herb saw gtbhaamctk,eao.”lflHtheeejdubisedtnwwchaa.ns“tpPealdacyuesyaont uothrte

PATRICK:

tfitaocscthhtoahunalgtdetnh’atenayyfcftehciantngtgh. eJugwsotatylhiewese, fpolratyh. ,H“ePlkaeypytoguoringgambaec,kplaanyd iyto4u0r,0ga0m0 eti.”mHees.must have said

With the Soviets, there sTwohavesytaowpTeoinkwhteofrnosomtvr,uAtgwngaoletodglioyffieTnragernoatn- .

CRAIG:

wtiyaopknewseoarfslcytohoaencrh,ebeauss.toIInbjuweslhiteytvhtehinTekryerwTeiikanlhlwyonittoohovactnhoyonbucoegdrhnyt.etHdheaywbcoaousunt l’dt it, and he was trying to gain control of the older player.

Myshkin was the goalie when the Soviet Union

ERUZIONE:

beat the NHL All-Stars 6-0 (in Ithtel1l p9e7o9pClehathllaetn’sgelikCeupta)k. Sinog out Martin Brodeur and putting in Patrick Roy. This kid wasn’t a slouch.

The Soviets dominate the second period, outshooting the Americans 12-2 and converting abonretaarekpmaowewaneydrompulosavyejow. bBhuektneCAerplaeiixngagdnodheeissr Maltsev scores on a gorgeous team in it.

I compartmentalized. Igabmroekse, aitnidntIofothcuresedseopnawrahtaet I

CRAIG:

thought were the 30 toughest minutes and the most important minutes, which was the first five and the last five minutes of periods, the parts mwhoestr.eImwomulednutunmdreswssuanngdthe redress after every period.

I think you can thaolckkteoyaantyabhodigyhtlheavte’sl, palnadyed

MORROW:

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The Americans reach the second intermission down 3-2. They’re thrilled that they have more than a puncher’s chance to win the game with a period to go.

The mood in the irnogo.mGuwyasswoeffr-ethpeu-mchpaerdtsuepx.cit

ERUZIONE:

We weren’t standWinge ahraodubnudilwt uatpchsoinmgethreisatlleyam.

MORROW:

gthoroodumghoomutenthtuemwhooulresetolvuersnabmeetntetr. Jeuascthgegtatminegabnedttceormanindg gfraomeb. Aehnidnoduirncaolmndoisttioenvienrgy was second to none…We outscored teams 16-3 in the third periods. Never been in better shape in my life. Not even wtheedSiodviinetshuesOeldympcliocsei.sWwhat tcteoloadsmoesatoot uatetllai,nmthtseh.yeIfutthsheierdgtapomebreliowdas because of their conditioning. Herb wanted to take what they did and throw it back at them. owtehnetriRnutosstIihakenHogwaulylasolbfoeFtcaoamfutesheweIith

PATRICK:

Fetisov. So I’ve gotten to know

these guys over the years. The thimineg: theayt comuledsnu’tpbaellietvhe we wcoeurledsshkoactkeewdi.th them. They

Early in the third period, Krutov gets called for highsticking, sending the U.S. to the power play. Dave Silk gains the zone. Soviet defenseman Valeri Vasiliev takes him down, but the puck slides onto Johnson’s stick. He rips a wrister past Myshkin’s blocker to tie the game 3-3. Less than two minutes later, Eruzione collects a loose puck in the Soviet zone and creeps to the top of the right faceoff circle.

It’s a shot I’ve taken haWulhonetdnorfeIdhwsoacoskfeitnyimcooevlsel.erIgmpelyaatyliBefedo.ston ERUZIONE:

UnanmivedrsRitiyc,kI Mhaedagahcernwtehromwanas aobgvrieoautsplylaaynerNiHnLcopllaeygera, anndd taRilmimckeosastnI’fddotIuaprklyeaeytaehrdast,toapngaedstsshfoerormmfoarny Rick, coming from left to right, wanads tparkaicntgictehoart sahgoatm, we.hether it thiInt’gss gaomathzrinogughhoywour mheaandy in a short period of time, because I’m not that smart a guy (laughs). But I just thought, if gthoeindgetfoenusemhaimn satsaayesdc,reIenw.aIsf left-hand side going toward the net. I had the whole far side. When it left my stick I thought it was in, but the only thing I was worried about was I thought I pulled it just a little. And when I saw the highlight later, I saw it went under his arm, because I don’t think Myshkin saw it. Like most goaltenders, they try to get big and cover whatever they can. His arm was extended out, and it went between his arm and his body.

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MICHAELS:

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Once we got going, they were into the game. That

RAMSEY:

played a huge part in us winning and us continuing. After uthsee1n0e-rmgyi.nute mark, they gave it’s the one tiAmseatnhAatmyeoruiccaann,

MICHAELS:

almost do rooting on the air, because I’ve never been a guy who roots on the air.

This was the wildest, most excited crowd I had ever

TOEMAN:

met in my life. Everybody’s drunk, throwing frisbees. You are not allowed to pick them up. They wanted us to leave them on the ice and just let sBoumt Iecbaoudgyhetlosenepicnktthheeamiruapn.d threw it back into the crowd, isatcnmrdeuathcmhei.ncIrgwo. wTahsdenwoIIatHssFuyepdlpildionsg’etdalinktdoe catch that (laughs). olbonuuitdlht. efWobreauwlsc.oeIrnTteyhwoleaenbsvaeualip.lwdlIatoitnwofgodariesmsnso

MICHAELS:

sptlrautfcotrumre..IStowiat’ssnk’tinpdarotfo, lfikthee, bouncing. It’s bouncing up and dlaopwsen..YIo’mu acamnafzeeedl it.dTihden’stocuonl-d had feel. The guys in the truck, ytheellyin’rge. eAxncditeI dre, mtoeom. Tbheery’re thinking, “I’m like a horse with CPraUigC’sKsteSllaTrOpPlaSyaHgaEinRstEthe Soviets and throughout the Olympic tournament made him famous overnight.

Cblailnldtheresg. aLmooek. Csatrllatighhetgahmeea.d”.

The Americans lead 4-3 with exactly 10 minutes to go. For the first time all tournament, Team USA has something to lose.

I looked upW, ahnednthMeirkeewscaosred,

MORROW:

eI xjuasctlsya1id0tmo imnuysteslf,to“Tghoi,sainsd gmoiinugtetos boef ytohuerlolinfeg.e”st 10

They were the shortest 40-second shifts I’ve

SCHNEIDER:

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PATRICK:

whorwenlcohnigngthiat twtaoso.kT, heowplagyuetr-s igto, tbtuot daso asnomasestihsitnagntacboaucth, you’re just standing there dying with every step on the ice.

I kept looking at

ERUZIONE:

the clock, looking at the ice, atlohtoetkhiicenecg,laoatcttkth…e ccllocck,,alot othkeinigcea,t a defensemManywonaslyjuthsot ugegththaes

MORROW:

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RAMSEY:

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If I wanted the puck to wbeetrieedtiruepdboercwauesneeIetdheodugtohtgewte

CRAIG:

a“Gweht iastwleh,itshtleen! GI’detbaewyehlilsitnlge,!”

The final seconds tick down, and Michaels delivers the now immortal call on the broadcast: “Eleven seconds, you’ve got 10 seconds, the countdown going on right now! Morrow, up to Silk. Five seconds left in the game. Do you believe in miracles? YES!”

I got unbelievably luincek,ys.oI’mwhnaottevtheirnIksianigdaabtotuhtaat MICHAELS:

pofominyt wheaasrgto. AinngdttohceormeaesountI got very lucky is that, instead of the Soviets putting intense pressure on at that point, the puck comes behind the net, and then it gets shot out to center ice with five or six seconds left. And now I know. The Soviets are not near the puck at that point, so now the game is over. So I’ve got five seconds to cleotmwehoautetvaenrdesmaoyttihoen wisoirndms.eI can’t believe those words came tohuattawndasthseorsenwdiopridtosulisv.eT. hBautt’s what came out of my heart and not my brain.

The first thought in my mind was, “Oh my god. We ERUZIONE: beat the Russians. We beat the Russians.”

I just couldn’t believe it. I think I played against

SCHNEIDER:

that team about 12 times, and that was the first one we won. wYoeullwagaanitntsot dthoewbelsltatnedamplainy athnedwsqourladr.eY. oTuhabte’satatghreematfair feeling. the shots on Ogof allatrheetshteatcirsatzici-s,

MICHAELS:

est to me. The Soviets had 39 and the United States had 16.

– Team USA D-man Ken Morrow

It was pure jubilation for U.S. players and fans alike when the buzzer sounded on the historic victory over the Big Red Machine.

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Because the game is played at 5:00, ABC airs it on tape delay, meaning the U.S. players can watch the game they just played hours earlier.

wSCifHeNwEeIrDeEoRu:tMthyeprea.rIenwtassand mgaamrrei,ewdeatptuhteotnimouer. AUf.tSe.rjatchkeaentsd. Ihwisafsamwitlyh. JWacekeOnd’Cualplahan ewavnaedlrkwyinbegowduyaptectlohsethd. eitHoonliTdVaywInitnh, back to my Itraeimleermafbter Igoiciendg

MORROW:

TmVy. Wsheouhladdear. lWittelediAdMn’trahdaivoe. aI Htsuterrunbcekdemiptetowuns,haiasntodwlatehteahdta’,sdswodwhoneene.it waesregno’tinrgeaolnlyaarwouanredothf we rheastt of the country at the time. We WwehreninI wouars otuwrnilnitgtloenbtuhbeble. rasahbdoiwuotssw,taaltlsiotthnhesey, hawollectkrheeytsaeglaktmainlkeg. Ptaelokpinleg wabeoruetchalolcinkgeyin. Iawnads like, “Wow.” That was really the first wmaosmpernet tfyorbmig.e” of, “Gosh, this village, had Iawfeewntbbeaecrks.tWo ethe

ERUZIONE:

osnuurchkotchkemy binagto, aonudr atrtatihleart in psweoeciunwrtaiwtnyetepcdeooiunpldlLeaddkoiedwPnh’ltabctieodvt,hesreor us at all. Put a case of beer in the bag, have a couple beers with guys on the team, and gperat cutpicteh. e next morning to pioTnhseaAlrmeaedryic, abnust afegeal mlikeeacghaainms-t lFoinsslacnodulldoonmost townolydkanyosclkatTeera. mA USA out of the gold-medal slot but off the podium altogether. The morning after the Soviet win: a wakeup call.

They had the table right in the middle of the SCHNEIDER:

dressing room, and there were Wa beuwnechreowf satlikciknsgfionraunsdtosisging-n. winigthstmicakgsiocnmtahrekterrasi,nHinegrbtiaeble

came in, and he knocks the a“sHtniycektyh,syionofguf ytgheuety!”tsahbalevean’dt wsaoyns,

Herb flipped out on us, screaming and yelling. ERUZIONE:

“Who do you think you are!” and I’m like, “God, why is he sSovpiiestsse.”dBouftf?hWe neejeudstedbetaotdtohe eoxuarcbtluyttwshoafft thheadt imd.oHrneisnkga. ted

Herb probably did his best coaching job that day.

MORROW:

He put us through a real hard practice. Coming off a win and ihnagvignagmteo, phleaywanStuenddtaoysmnaoprnu-s ionu,taonfdthies diady.dream that we’re

Standing in the Americans’ way: one final game against the Finns. A win will clinch gold.

All of a sudden, we go from the underdog, where

MORROW:

nhoavpinregstsouwrei,ntoatghaemperestshuerreeo’sf annodt etvhenchgeatnacemthedatalw. Tehmatig’sht how the point system worked. lose this gamHe,rybosua’lildt,a“kIfeyiotu

ERUZIONE:

stotoypopuerdf,-h--einwgaglrkaevdeo.”uAtn, hdehe stopped at the door, he pointed his finger back at us and said, “Your f---ing grave.” And he waitshsuosrfiogrhetv. eItr.would’ve stayed

That was a much more difficult game than people undamerosutanntdo.fTphrerses’usraen.

CRAIG: Rinecmredmib- le ber, this is one game. This isn’t a series where you have seven games to decide it. The Finnish ogouatlriea(lJloyrhmoat,Vaanldtoinf eyno)usltoaorkted asitxthoaf thFeinmnwishentteaomn ,toI tphlianykbig acavrereyr,svienrythgeoNodHtLe,asmo .this was

After two periods, the U.S. trails once again. The score is 2-1 for Finland.

after theHseercbowndaspseoripoidss–etdhoeff

CRAIG:

fdaonns’tweevreenbtohoininkghuesc–amtheatinI.

Herb comes to me lainstdensainygs,t“oCmraeig.”, Ithseayids,t“oNpop,ed

PATRICK:

tshtoepyp’redf.i”nHe,etshaeiyd,h“aNvoe,ny’tou ihnavtheetologcoketarlrkotoomth. Iesma.i”dStowIogo twhoerydjsu.mI spaeid,u“pH.eIythgiunyks.M..”aarnkd Jjuomhnpsounp,wHaeswthaes ftihrestqounietteost o“leSfahgduuetyrus, ,apa,rnCedaralhilge.awSdhaesur.taHuqepu,siCaeirtda,ig. tWoethdeidFni’ntncso.”me this far to lose

And they all jumped up. Tdohweyn’r. eLiaklel ,ju“Ymepahin, gCruapiga,nsdhut up, we’re gonna win this game. Wtheatd!”oSno’t Inseietdthyeorue taontdeltlouosk it ffdoiisretdapduwomhwiplnea.,nIadngadsvateihdme, n“yYiseteaflifhna,ally “tghHreoawhta.”’dllAwintadgyoIa?wn” denHtebrabcike osauitdi,n IErReUmZeIOmNbEe:rWJaeckcaOm’Ceaolluath,an,d “hTehmerues’ts’vneoswaiadyiat 1b0u0ncthimoefs, fr--o-mingthFeingnosldarmeekdeaelp.”ing us

The momentum carries over. The Americans rally for three third-period goals and win 4-2. The gold is theirs. Now they can celebrate. Brooks doesn’t participate, however.

After we beat the Russians, he never said, “Conwgriant.u”

ERUZIONE: lAafttieornws, egrbeeaattgFaimnlea,ngdretoat tswiaoiinnds,t.h“”WeHgaeyolletdot mugsoe,edcnaojlon, hygertahnteeuvlae-r mthoemicen, th. Ief ghueycsawmoeuolduthoanve went, “Oh, now all of a sudden sytoauyewdatnrtuteotboeforumr ftriilel nthde.”eHned,

elevteunsuenntjiol ythaelldoauyrhseucdciedss. ,Haend he never embraced it with us. Ia’nmdsfurirenhdes.did with his family

Almost four decades have passed since the Miracle On Ice. It changed the lives of almost everyone involved and continues to affect them today.

Before the game, it Awfatserjutshteagnaomthee, rwheokcnkewy gtahmise. TOEMAN:

was history. We wrote history. tEthsiepseUwc.Siaa.slblgyeoatiwtnFgointdolabynsedla,awtgeaermkwneheewn theatUt.hSe. bpecoapulsee, eosfptehceiaClolyldin vWearry, wloinllgrteime.mber for a very,

Our team and the players became overnight CRAIG:

choeuroldens’.tPweoaplkleoandtohreepdlyaonue. IYtou was just crazy. I was on the lciokvee, r“Oohf my god, Illustrated, I’m the first

Sports

American hockey player on t(hlaeucgohvse)r. Iotfwas out of control”. You go from SnpoobrotsdyIllkunsotrwasted

ryioguhtoawbeaiyn. g the hockey god

IT WAS OUT OF CONTROL. YOU GO FROM NOBODY KNOWS YOU TO BEING THE HOCKEY GOD RIGHT WAY – Team USA goalie Jim Craig

People come up to me, and they’ll say, “I

ERUZIONE:

remember where I was when Kreemnnemedbyewr washaesrseaIsswinaastwedh.eIn trheme CehmabllernwgehrebreleIwwuaps.oIn 9on/1D1-.DIarye.mAenmd bI erermwehmerbeeIrwas where I was when we beat the Russians.” day. I still hIavsteilpl egoept lme athilaetv, earsy

MORROW:

osonotnheastetahmey, wfinildl cooumt Iepulpayteod me with tears in their eyes. Thousands of people have told me that’s how they became a hockey fan and that’s how they hstuamrtbeldinpgl.aying hockey. It’s

I’ve had people come up and start crying. Just

ERUZIONE:

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MICHAELS:

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I’ve had military people and other people tell

MORROW:

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Baker doesn’t score against Sweden, who knows what happens? If Mark Johnson wdSooheIosenkn’ntjopywlatsyewltlhihneagtwthaaeypshpteonprysla?ys, sbencaseustehait gitivweasstnh’etma ma ibreatctler, ianticwaeat,csbhnuy’ttnaitafwmluaeks,ea. nAdamicticrsoaomculpneldiisshment by a group of guys who wbehlioevsaecdr,iwficheodwaolrokteadndhaarcd-, wcoams psolisahmedazsionmg.ething that