Papa Mike McRoberts

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1,801 appearances 13 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 5d ago

Papa Mike McRoberts’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 13 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 4.

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It was on its way to the capital.

You know, goodness knows what its target was, but they saved thousands of lives.

And we know that he was there because you could hear his voice in the cockpit.

And when they found his remains, it was near there.

You know, like just the bravery of those passengers at that time, you know, to do that incredible sacrifice.

It has been, and from a personal sense for me, it changed my life completely.

It changed the trajectory of my career, what I did from there.

From the moment that that 9-11 attack happened, I was in a planning meeting to go to Afghanistan.

And as I said at the time, I had a one-and-a-half-year-old boy.

I remember before we left, my wife had told me she was pregnant with our daughter, and

And there was myself and a producer and a cameraman.

Three days before we were due to leave, the cameraman pulled out.

And out of the three of us, he was the one who wasn't married or had kids.

And you're thinking, what the hell am I doing?

You know, honestly, what am I doing?

But I guess as a journalist, you're driven by...

the opportunity to see history unfolding and to tell the biggest story in the world.

And the fact that we're all gripped by it as a world, and here in New Zealand, I mean, it was a story that I really wanted to tell.

Yeah, it's a really good question.

Hand on heart, I reported it as accurately as I could at the time.

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