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Fox NFL pregame show to be aired from Afghanistan


The Fox NFL NFL
abbr.
National Football League

NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga
 pregame show will be broadcast from a military installation in Afghanistan on Sunday.

The six-man announcing team traveled to an undisclosed location in the country this week to honor servicemen and women three days before Veterans Day. The two-hour special begins at 11 a.m. EST EST electroshock therapy.

EST
abbr.
electroshock therapy
.

"It's been so surreal, it's hard to describe," Fox analyst Michael Strahan Michael Anthony Strahan (born November 21, 1971 in Houston, Texas), is an American football defensive end for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He played college football at Texas Southern University and was drafted in the second round of the 1993 NFL Draft by  said of the trip. "To witness so many young, smart, committed and capable men and women is inspiring. We're here to show our appreciation for their service and sacrifice, and all they want to do is show their appreciation to us for coming here."

The idea for the show came about when Fox Sports chairman David Hill David Hill may refer to one of a number of people with this name:
  • David B. Hill - Governor of the U.S. state of New York until 1910
  • David Jayne Hill - Politician form New York, United States Assistant Secretary of State (1898-1903)
  • David Lee "Tex" Hill - Aviator
 was passing through the airport in Dallas last spring. He noticed military personnel walking through the terminal were going mostly unnoticed, and he wanted to do something about it.

The commentators participated in a humanitarian aid Humanitarian aid is material or logistical assistance provided for humanitarian purposes, typically in response to humanitarian crises. The primary objective of humanitarian aid is to save lives, alleviate suffering, and maintain human dignity.  drop as part of the trip.

"We're flying over the mountains of Afghanistan in a C17 loaded with pallets of essential supplies, and to see that cargo roll out the back of the plane and the parachutes deploy was quite an experience," analyst Jimmy Johnson said. "I'll never forget it."
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