Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko taku haerenga tuatahi ki New York me taku kuia i te 18 o oku tau, ā, e 12 marama ahau e puta ana i Coronation Street. Ka taea e au te maumahara mārama. He nui te wā i whakangahau tahi ai māua - i haere māua ki te mātakitaki i te waiata o Chicago i Broadway, ā, he nui te hokohoko. I hoki mai mātou ki te taone e kore e moe i te marama o Hanuere 2001, e waru marama i mua i ngā mahi whakamataku o te 9/11, ā, ko tētahi o ngā mea tuatahi i mahia e māua ko taku hoa rangatira a Sylvain Longchambon i taku haerenga whakamutunga ko te toro atu ki te wāhi o te World Trade Center kia kite i te tohu whakamaumahara ki te hunga i mate. He wā tino whakamīharo. Ko te whetu o Coronation Street a Samia Ghadie me tana hoa rangatira a Sylvain Longchambon e tango ana i te selfie i New York. E hia rau ngā tāngata i tae mai ki te whakamaharatanga i taua wā engari he ata noho, he tino whakaute hoki te katoa. I rere atu māua ko Sylvain ki te US mai i Manchester, ā, e whā ngā pō i noho ai māua ki te taone nui. E aroha ana ahau ki te rere mai i Manchester mēnā ka taea, ehara i te mea he tata noa iho ki tōku kāinga, engari nā te mea ehara i te mea nui, he nui rawa hoki i a Gatwick, i a Heathrow rānei. I noho mātou ki te Marriott i reira he tino pai te ratonga - i a mātou e tirotiro ana i te tēpu kaitiaki, i hiahia mātou ki te mōhio mēnā ka taea e rātou te āwhina i a mātou ki te whakarite pukapuka mō ngā whakaaturanga, mō ngā wharekai rānei. A, i to mātou taenga atu ki te rūma, ka tutaki mai tētahi kaitiaki, nāna tonu i tangohia ō mātou hu mō te whakairo - he tino whakamiharo. Kaore koe e whiwhi i taua mea i te Travelodge! He rūma tino ataahua tā mātou i te papa 31, e āta titiro atu ana ki Central Park. I tino manakohia e mātau te wāhi noho motuhake o te rūma, ā, i tino whai hua, nā te mea i a mātau e noho ana i Niu Ioka, i whakanui te whanaunga o Sylvain i tōna huritau 30, nā reira he maha ngā tāngata i hoki mai ki tō mātau rūma ki te inu i te kapu wai. I kai mātau i te waipiro i a mātau e titiro atu ana ki Manhattan - ā, i te mea tonu ka puta mai te Rovers Return he tawhiti rawa atu. Ko te JW Marriott Essex House e kitea ana mai i Central Park, e whakamanamana ana ki nga tirohanga panoramic. Ko tētahi o ngā tūnga tuatahi a Samia rāua ko Sylvain, ko te tuku mihi ki te hunga i mate i te 11 o Hepetema 2001. I te pō tuarua o tō mātou okiokinga, ka haere mātou...
E wha nga ra i noho ai a Samia Ghadie me tana hoa rangatira a Sylvain Longchambon ki NYC. I reira i noho ai ngā whetū o Dancing on Ice ki te JW Marriott Essex House. Ko ta rātau rūma i te papa 31 e āta titiro atu ana ki Central Park. E toru haora te roa o te haerenga a te tokorua nei ki te moana i runga i te awa o Hudson. Ko te wharekai Burger Joint i Le Parker Meridien Hotel e ora ana ki te whakapae.