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With a career spanning 37 years in television broadcasting including 29years at the ABC Television Network, Dan Rapak gives us a glimpse ofwhat went on behind the scenes to broadcast major events. The storiesrange from televising The Super Bowl and The Olympics to the accidentat Three Mile Island. Learn about the extraordinary efforts to get The1989 World Series back on the air after the Loma Prieta Earthquake struckSan Francisco. Find out what it took to bring home those unforgettableimages of Captain John Testrake sitting in his cockpit being interviewedby ABC News while a terrorist waved a pistol behind the Captains headfollowing the hijacking of TWA Flight 847. Here is a rare look at what happened behind the cameras and microphonesto bring those events and others into our homes. Read about the obstaclesthat had to be overcome, the hard work, the triumphs and the sometimeszany antics of the professionals who worked to put those broadcasts onthe air and bring those stories and images to America and to the world.