Mexican cartel drones in El Paso to blame for airspace closure: DOW



The Federal Aviation Administration briefly shut down El Paso flights after Mexican cartel drones "breached" American airspace on Tuesday.

The FAA lifted the flight restrictions Wednesday morning, less than 24 hours later, after initially establishing a 10-day closure due to "special security concerns."

'All flights will resume as normal.'

An official from President Donald Trump's administration later clarified the security concern to Blaze News, noting the Department of War's involvement.

"Mexican cartel drones breached U.S. airspace," the official told Blaze News. "The Department of War took action to disable the drones. The FAA and DOW have determined there is no threat to commercial travel."

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The FAA reiterated that flights have resumed as normal in a statement posted on X.

"The temporary closure of airspace over El Paso has been lifted," the statement reads. "There is no threat to commercial aviation. All flights will resume as normal."

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The conspiracy that gave Liz Wheeler ‘chills’: Was there a FIFTH plane on 9/11?



September 11, 2001, remains the most tragic day in American history, but almost a quarter-century later, mysteries surrounding the events of the day have yet to be solved.

And one TMZ documentary that BlazeTV host Liz Wheeler admits shockingly gave her “chills” involves United Flight 23, which was grounded when the World Trade Center was hit. However, the plane may have been another one that hijackers were attempting to weaponize.

“I watched the creepiest — I’m talking chills up and down your arms — documentary recently. The absolute creepiest. It was actually a documentary done by TMZ, believe it or not. I’m not particularly into celebrity gossip,” Wheeler says.

“It’s actually quite a well-done piece of investigative journalism about September 11, 2001,” she adds.


The narrative that the documentary challenges claims that four planes were hijacked by al-Qaeda terrorists on 9/11, and the documentary provides evidence that there was actually a fifth.

“What if I presented evidence to you today that there was actually another plane — another plane that was supposed to be hijacked too? And not only was there another plane that had hijackers on it, but the government found out about it afterward. And so did the airlines. They knew about it. And to this day, they’re covering it up,” Wheeler explains.

The documentary features the claim, according to a flight attendant, that one passenger on the plane was a man who was wearing a burka.

“How would you react if you were on an airline and there was not only a person in a full burka — not just a hijab, a full burka with just the eye slits — but a person with hairy hands, a person that the flight crew were pretty certain was a man?” Wheeler asks.

There was a male “bodyguard” sitting next to the man in the burka, who flight attendants recalled was “sweating profusely.”

But these were not the only Middle Eastern passengers of note aboard the flight.

“So we have four Middle Eastern passengers in first class. Someone, an individual dressed in a full burka with just eye slits. ... The other man in the tan suit was trying to peer into the cockpit using his son as an excuse,” Wheeler explains.

These same passengers argued with the flight crew about taking off quickly instead of being delayed to hand out food.

“As if that’s not creepy enough, once the news broke that the plane was not going to be taking off because the other planes on 9/11 had hit the towers, had hit the Pentagon, these same passengers asked a question of the flight crew,” she continues.

One of them asked, “Did they get the White House?”

Once they were all deplaned and the airport was being evacuated, someone on the ground noticed that there were people back on the aircraft, 20 minutes after the plane was locked.

When it was investigated, it was discovered that the hatches to the plane had been reopened.

“So, what does that mean? Did someone enter the airplane through the floor hatch to remove, I don’t know what, evidence, weapons after everyone exited the plane?” Wheeler asks. “Well, that’s not just a hypothetical question. A weapon that had been planted on a plane was found at JFK.”

When TMZ reached out and even filed a Freedom of Information Act request, the organization was ignored.

“How can you not think that this is a government cover-up?” Wheeler asks, shocked. “The 9/11 commission didn’t even interview the pilot of that plane.”

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Obama CIA chief gives murderous Islamic terrorist a PR makeover — in New York City



Ahmed al-Sharaa, the Islamic radical who was previously designated a terrorist by the State Department and who founded the al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front and now serves as Syria's president, received a warm welcome on Monday in New York City, just five miles away from where his comrades killed 2,753 people on 9/11.

While al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani or Muhammad al-Jawlani, was in town for the United Nations General Assembly, he also took part in a "fireside discussion" with ex-CIA Director David Petraeus on the sidelines of the general assembly at the 2025 Concordia Annual Summit.

'Sometimes in a person's journey, there are some mistakes.'

Ahead of the discussion, Baihas Baghdadi of Baghdadi Capital provided the terrorist with a glowing introduction, painting him not only as a liberator — a characterization that some Syrian Christians and other religious minorities might find questionable — but as "the hero, the man that brought freedom back to Syria."

Before it was taken down, the State Department's Rewards for Justice $10 million bounty page for al-Sharaa stated:

Under al-Jawlani’s leadership, ANF has carried out multiple terrorist attacks throughout Syria, often targeting civilians. In April 2015, ANF reportedly kidnapped, and later released, approximately 300 Kurdish civilians from a checkpoint in Syria. In June 2015, ANF claimed responsibility for the massacre of 20 residents in the Druze village of Qalb Lawzeh in Idlib province, Syria.

Al-Sharaa's terrorist group claimed responsibility for multitudes of other terror attacks throughout Syria, including 600 attacks in its first year of operation, and worked in concert with ISIS.

In 2017, al-Sharaa merged al-Nusra with other Islamic extremist groups to form Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a group that was linked in its formative years to the late leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and was recognized by the U.S. as a foreign terrorist organization until July.

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After HTS-led forces overthrew the Assad regime, al-Sharaa took power in Damascus.

"Together, we acknowledge all the sacrifices you have made to return Syria to all Syrians," Baghdadi said on Monday of the murderous terrorist. "It is our time to ask ourselves what we can do for Syria now that you, Mr. President, brought back Syria to all of us."

Although Petraeus, the former commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan whose extramarital affair blew up his CIA directorship, admitted at the outset of the discussion that he and the terrorist were on different sides during the American surge in Iraq, the retired general similarly characterized al-Sharaa as a liberator.

Al-Sharaa told Petraeus, "We cannot judge the past based on the rules of today, and we cannot judge today based on the rules of the past."

The terrorist suggested further that his intent has long been to protect and defend people and human rights and to combat "injustice."

"Perhaps there was some mistakes," the terrorist said. "Sometimes in a person's journey, there are some mistakes, but what's important is to focus on defending people from the threats that they face."

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In addition to reportedly committing scores of massacres since taking power, the supposed humanitarian's regime has supported some of those Sunni radicals who have in recent months engaged in massacres, bombings, rapes, and kidnappings, including those who executed an American citizen, Hosam Saraya, in July.

Petraeus — who, while CIA director, proposed a covert program of arming radicals like al-Sharaa in Syria in a regime-change operation that became known as Timber Sycamore — said that he felt validated by the terrorist's rise to power and claimed both that al-Sharaa's "vision is powerful and clear" and that his success "is our success."

Al-Sharaa appeared interested in more than just a PR makeover. He impressed upon Petraeus and the audience his desire to see the Trump administration lift America's remaining sanctions on Syria, namely those under the 2019 Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act.

"Just lift the sanctions, and you will see the results," al-Sharaa said.

President Donald Trump signed the Caesar Act into law on Dec. 20, 2019. The act imposes sanctions on those who provide various goods or services to Syria, such as aircraft for its military, items on the U.S. Munitions List, and items Trump believed were being used to commit human rights abuses against the Syrian people.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio noted after meeting with al-Sharaa on Monday that they "discussed implementing President Trump's historic announcement on sanctions relief and the importance of Israel-Syria relations."

When pressed for comment about the sanction talks with Syria, a State Department spokesperson told Blaze News that as a general matter, they do not comment on private diplomatic discussions.

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Glenn Beck launches fundraiser for Charlie Kirk's family under 9-12 Project



BlazeTV host Glenn Beck is calling on his audience to say "thank you to Charlie Kirk."

Kirk was murdered on Wednesday, September 10, during a campus speaking tour stop in Utah.

On Friday's episode of "The Glenn Beck Program," Beck decided to turn back the clock and use his 9-12 Project to benefit Kirk's family, his loving wife, Erika, and their two children.

'Every donation reflects the strength of this community and its resolve to stand together.'

"Charlie came from this audience," Beck explained, noting that Kirk was a fan from a young age.

"He was a kid when he started watching me on Fox and listened to me on the radio," the host continued.

Beck then recalled conversations he had with Kirk, remembering that the activist was always "gracious" and kind to him. In return, Beck said he wants to do everything he can to say "thank you back to him."

This spawned the launch of a fundraiser on GiveSendGo under the 9-12 Project banner. The project was originally started in 2009 and was designed to honor the spirit of Americans coming together the day after September 11, 2001, regardless of their political affiliation.

The fundraiser is meant to be a way for supporters to express gratitude for Kirk's commitment to freedom of speech, liberty, and the United States.

"Every donation reflects the strength of this community and its resolve to stand together," it reads.

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The original 9-12 Project included a series of nine principles and 12 values inspired by the founding fathers. Among the principles were the ideas that "America is good" and that God is the center of life. Honesty, family, and the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness were also included.

The 12 values are as follows:

  1. Honesty
  2. Reverence
  3. Hope
  4. Thrift
  5. Humility
  6. Charity
  7. Sincerity
  8. Moderation
  9. Hard work
  10. Courage
  11. Personal responsibility
  12. Gratitude

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Beck further recognized that while there are other fundraisers and safeguards in place for Kirk's family, they have "a long life and road ahead of them," and so does Kirk's operation at Turning Point USA.

Beck stated that should Kirk's wife feel she does not need the money, the 9-12 Project donations could be put toward Turning Point USA's mission.

"It's going to provide for the family and his children, but also, at his wife's discretion, to the Turning Point USA mission as well. They've lost their biggest fundraiser in Charlie, and they are just broken up," Beck continued. "They're just broken up, and God bless them. I want you to know we're thinking about you. We love you so much. And we're very, very grateful."

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Here are the top 3 LEAST patriotic members of Congress



While millions of Americans across the country are gearing up for their Fourth of July festivities, here are three members of Congress who likely won't share their enthusiasm.

3. Jasmine Crockett

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas has had several standout moments during her political career. Like many others in her party, Crockett has had her fair share of criticisms of the Trump administration, and she's even gone so far as to root for other countries over the one she was elected to represent.

'I can go through pretty much the entire South and tell you that they're broke and rely on a lot of welfare from the government.'

During a February interview on "The Breakfast Club," Crockett said she was "rooting for" Canada and Mexico over the United States because they were standing up to the "crazy regime from Mar-a-Lago."

“The fact that I’m rooting for Canada and I’m rooting for Mexico a lot is really wild, but they are really the ones that are speaking truth to power right now," Crockett said.

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Crockett has also displayed disdain for Republican constituencies in particular, calling red states "deplorable" for not embracing the radical gender ideology her party touts. On a separate occasion, Crockett called red states "broke," accusing them of being too reliant on "big blue states."

"Down in Alabama, who's broke, down in Louisiana, who's broke — I can go through pretty much the entire South and tell you that they're broke and rely on a lot of welfare from the government," Crockett said. "To be perfectly honest, it is tax dollars from these big blue states. ... We're in the 'find out' phase."

Of course we cannot forget the infamous "hot wheels" comment Crockett made toward Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas back in March, apparently mocking him for his disability. Crockett notably refused to apologize for her remarks.

2. Rashida Tlaib

Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan has reliably railed against America, specifically the concept of American sovereignty, throughout the span of her political career.

'Impeach the motherf**ker.'

Tlaib has repeatedly called for ICE to be abolished, claiming its sole purpose is to terrorize illegal aliens even though they broke the law by entering the country illegally. Rather than celebrating the country she represents on the Fourth of July, Tlaib insisted that America consists of "broken systems rooted in racism that allow folks to be harmed and killed."

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Like some of her other Democratic colleagues, the Palestinian-American has also spent much of her career focused on other parts of the globe outside the United States.

Tlaib has become known for her advocacy and support for Palestine over Israel, the country that is regarded to be America's ally in the region. When Tlaib takes a break from calling to "impeach the motherf**ker," referring to Trump, she is likely being censured by the House for "promoting false narratives" about the Hamas attack against Israel on October 7.

1. Ilhan Omar

Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar's political career is a treasure trove of anti-American sentiment. One of the most glaring instances of blatant disregard for Americans is the "some people did something" scandal of 2019.

Omar was speaking at a fundraiser for the Council on American-Islamic Relations when she downplayed the deadliest terrorist attack ever to take place on American soil.

'We're a country built on stolen land and the backs of slaves.'

"CAIR was founded after 9/11 because they recognized that some people did something and that all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties," Omar said at the fundraiser.

Although Omar's comments sparked outrage, the congresswoman doubled down and made the atrocity about herself.

"I think it is really important for us to make sure that we are not forgetting, right, the aftermath of what happened after 9/11," Omar said in an interview following the scandal. "Many Americans found themselves now having their civil rights stripped from them. And so what I was speaking to was the fact that as a Muslim, not only was I suffering as an American who was attacked on that day, but the next day I woke up as my fellow Americans were now treating me a suspect."

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This wasn't just a one-off Freudian slip for Omar. Rather, the Somali native has a steady track record of spewing anti-American rhetoric. Omar has called Americans she disagrees with "stupid" and even said the United States has "turned into one of the worst countries."

Omar herself admits she grew up in a dictatorship in Somalia, but she still insisted that the recent Army parade to celebrate the 250th anniversary of America's founding somehow demonstrated that the U.S. is worse than the country she is originally from.

Her bias against the United States and in favor of foreign countries has been a topic of conversation for her entire career, and it can be best demonstrated by comparing her own statements about American independence and Somalian independence.

Omar, a representative for the United States, celebrated Somalian independence in a Tuesday post on X depicting a man waving her native flag.

However, her praise seems to be reserved exclusively for Somalia. Back in 2018, she posted a critical statement to mark America's independence.

"We shouldn't revise history," Omar wrote. "We're a country built on stolen land and the backs of slaves. Independence Day allows us to reflect on how far we've come and how much farther we have to go. Leveraging our voice to fight for justice is as American as it gets. Happy 4th of July."

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Former CIA analyst who foresaw Boulder attack reveals next phase of Islamist plot



Back in January this year, former CIA intelligence analyst and targeter Sarah Adams joined Liz Wheeler on “The Liz Wheeler Show” and warned that we would see Islamist terror attacks across the United States in the coming days.

Last weekend, when Mohamed Sabry Soliman, a 45-year-old Egyptian national who was in the U.S. illegally, allegedly attacked a peaceful Jewish group in Boulder, Colorado, using Molotov cocktails and a makeshift flamethrower, Adams was proven right.

On the latest episode of “The Liz Wheeler Show,” Adams joined Liz again to share what she believes is coming next.

“What we saw in Boulder is kind of this radicalization around the pro-Hamas propaganda, and that's concerning in its own way,” says Adams.

However, as she warned back in January, these lone-wolf attacks are designed to seem like isolated events, but in reality, they are part of a bigger Al-Qaeda strategy to distract both the public and law enforcement from a much larger and more sinister plot.

“We call it kind of like law enforcement cannon fodder. It's to get law enforcement to go down rabbit holes and waste their time on low-hanging fruit so they don't get, like, the big 9/11-style attack coming,” she says.

Liz then brings up how “these terror groups in the Middle East are changing their strategy from trying to radicalize people who are “already in the United States” to “actually sending individuals to training camps in the Middle East and then infiltrating them into the United States.”

Adams says that’s correct: “There has been a standardized training structure for these external operatives.” Soliman, she says, was clearly "lacking some of the key training” that is typical in “Al-Qaeda and ISIS terrorists,” which leads her to believe that he was not formally trained in the Middle East but rather just “inspired by the events around Israel.”

Liz asks Adams about Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s recent announcement that the National Counterterrorism Center identified 600 people with ties to Islamist terrorist groups. “Where are these people? Do we have any idea?”

“Those 600 it sounds like came in through an ISIS pipeline,” but that’s “only one pipeline,” meaning 600 is a very low estimate, says Adams. “According to ISIS, they have 2,500 terrorists in the United States on an illegal status ... meaning they have over 3,000 in the United States.”

“Joe Kent when he testified said there's another 1,400 on top of that 600 they have identified who are Afghan with links to terrorism,” she adds.

“What are they waiting for? ... Are they planning on committing another 9/11-style attack?” asks Liz, pointing out that border czar Tom Homan, when asked about the potential of another 9/11, responded with a harrowing, “It’s coming.”

Adams confirms Homan’s warning. “The IRGC [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps] plot against Donald Trump,” specifically “his assassination,” is “a piece of the plot.” A second piece is “an assault mostly on Washington, D.C.” and an “assault on the aviation industry.”

“They’re going to drop airliners with suicide vests,” she warns. “They've even moved the suicide vests over the U.S. border already.” Even more disturbing is the fact that “there's been no increase in airport security because TSA's intel division has decided the vests aren't real.”

Further, the trained operatives who have been sent here, Adams says, are “well-trained,” “patient” people, “who can operate in the West, who speak fluent English, who can live in our communities just fine and not raise alarm.”

“This is terrifying,” says Liz.

To hear more of Adam’s intel, watch the episode above.

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Mark Levin exposes Qatar and Saudi Arabia’s massive terrorism ties



A couple of weeks ago during President Donald Trump’s visit to Riyadh, a $142 billion U.S.-Saudi Arabia defense deal was announced. It’s the largest defense sales agreement in U.S. history, as it involves the sale of state-of-the-art military equipment and training services to Saudi Arabia, spanning air force and space capabilities, missile defense, maritime security, land forces modernization, and communication systems. The deal was part of a broader $600 billion strategic economic partnership, with Saudi Arabia committing to investments in U.S. industries, including $20 billion in artificial intelligence.

Should we be excited about America’s deepening ties with Saudi Arabia?

Mark Levin isn’t sold on the plan.

The partnership will undoubtedly “bring a lot of money into the United States,” but “the Saudis haven't had to do anything in return, like join the Abraham Accords or even recognize the existence of Israel,” he says.

And perhaps most importantly, Levin wonders, “Why didn't we ask the Saudi crown prince to at least apologize to the 9/11 families?”

“The evidence now is indisputable that the Saudis helped push the radical ideology, that the Saudis helped directly and indirectly some of the terrorists, that Saudi Arabia effectively had a role in the attack on our country on 9/11,” he explains. “I don't allow bygones to be bygones when it comes to life and death. ... Can you imagine what the 9/11 families are thinking?”

The United States’ growing relationship with Qatar is another matter that troubles him.

People are focusing on Qatar’s contributions to the U.S. via funding a military base, providing a plane, donating $5 million to the Medal of Honor Museum, and investing in U.S. sports clubs and events like tennis and golf. But what about the terrorism they’ve funded?

“These bastards are the biggest supporters of terrorism in the United States, in the Middle East, and throughout Europe,” Levin condemns, noting how Qatar “supported the Taliban fighting our soldiers,” “gave $1.8 billion dollars ... to Hamas,” and permitted “Hamas billionaire bigwigs safe haven in Qatar” until Donald Trump became president.

It’s a shame, he says, that so few are calling out the obvious: Qatar “spreads billions and tens of billions of dollars in the West in order to destroy the West.”

To hear more of Levin’s analysis, watch the clip above.

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The NEXT 9/11? CIA targeter’s shocking interview after New Orleans attack



In wake of the horrifying New Orleans Islamic extremist terror attack, Americans have been left wondering who and what will be targeted next.

Sarah Adams, a former CIA targeter, predicted months ago that there were radical Islamists peppered across the United States, essentially sleeper cells, that are going to wage coordinated terror attacks.

“That was six or seven months ago that you made that prediction. It came true on January 1,” Liz Wheeler of “The Liz Wheeler Show” tells Adams, before asking, “If we are sitting here in the United States in a situation where there are a thousand radical Islamist sleeper cells in the United States, what are they waiting for?”

“There’s going to be a number of these, as you call them, ‘lone wolf attacks’ over the course of whatever time al-Qaeda chose and whatever deal they made with the Islamic State Khorasan Province,” Adams explains. “And the point of that is to shift law enforcement focus onto ‘lone wolves.’”


“That actually takes up a lot of resources,” she adds. “Then you don’t spend any time looking into the big plot that al-Qaeda has planned.”

And under the Biden administration, the threat has only grown.

“We let a lot of terrorists into the country,” Adams tells Wheeler. “So it takes time to train terrorists, get things operational, put people in place. So now the homeland attack is operational because everybody’s been trained and everyone’s been deployed to the United States.”

“So we’re just coming up in the series of a number of attacks planned, and so I think people need to really focus on this because we can help thwart some of this stuff,” she adds.

“What do you anticipate these attacks looking like? Are we going to see these quote-unquote ‘one-offs’ like in New Orleans, just randomly and with more frequency? Do they have an October 7-style assault plan? What are you expecting?” Wheeler asks, concerned.

“We have both. So we’re first going to see the one-offs, and then we’re probably going to see at least one U.S. embassy overseas targeted, and then there is a large 9/11-style attack, but it’s more like the Hamas attacks or like the Mumbai plot from 15 years ago,” Adams answers.

“We believe about 10% of the attackers will be suicide bombers, but we also believe the suicide bombings aren’t just going to occur on land, they’re also going to occur in the air on airplanes,” she adds.

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New 9/11 footage revealed, man explains why he released never-before-seen video 2 decades later



New, never-before-seen video of the World Trade Center towers collapsing on September 11, 2001, has surfaced.

On Tuesday, Kei Sugimoto uploaded previously unseen footage of the 9/11 terror attacks. At the time of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Sugimoto was a 24-year-old living in New York City.

'This was no ordinary accident.'

Sugimoto said the video was taken from the roof of a building on 64 St. Marks Place in Staten Island, which is about seven miles from where the World Trade Center was located at the time.

To capture the tragic footage, Sugimoto used a Sony VX2000 with a teleconverter.

Sugimoto uploaded three versions of the historic footage to YouTube this week.

The six-minute condensed video shows the smoldering Twin Towers before they collapsed after the two jetliners crashed into them (which you can watch here).

There is a six-minute clip that has been upscaled in video quality (which you can watch here).

Sugimoto also shared a video that is nearly an hour long that shows the catastrophic events of 9/11 (which you can watch here).

The newly released 9/11 videos have gone viral and racked up nearly half of a million views on YouTube and millions more views on other social media platforms, such as X and Rumble.

Sugimoto decided to start recording the events of September 11 after realizing that the plane colliding into the World Trade Center was "no ordinary accident."

He added: "If I remember correctly. I think I ran to get my video camera after seeing the second plane crash sensing that this was no ordinary accident."

In the YouTube comments of the video, Sugimoto was asked why he uploaded the 9/11 footage more than two decades after the catastrophe that changed the world forever.

Sugimoto responded, "I was cleaning my closet and found boxes full of Hi-8, Digital-8, and DV tapes."

"When trying to play them back I noticed that maybe about a 3rd of them had demagnetized over time and were either blank, or suffering from major data corruption," he continued. "After researching online I learned that video tapes are not immune from age even when stored in ideal conditions, so I frantically started to digitize them."

Sugimoto concluded, "Thus I'm just uploading the video now."

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