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,]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 is speaking in Arabic on the phone to his mother)

[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’ty — 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, spoken]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?!

(an argument ensues)

[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 - 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]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!