Friends of the Monument on NBC

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The Friends of the Monument were featured as part of a series on the ocean that played on NBC Nightly News during the week of Earth Day.

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NBC also put together a piece called, "Voices from Saipan," that is viewable only on the Internet.

More NBC Photos from Angelo

The Friends and the crew.

Agnes McPhetres gets interviewed.

Ike showing the camera crew the view at Bird Island. They're shooting B-roll in this photo.

Angelo's NBC Photos

Grille Masters Angelo Villagomez and Ike Cabrera.

The NBC crew with Angelo Villagomez and Kimberly Vaillancourt at Hopwood Junior High School.

The crew shoots the sun setting over the Saipan Lagoon.

More NBC Photos

Friends of the Monument's Aya Matsumoto has photos from our BBQ with the NBC film crew on her blog, Isa CNMI. Just a warning - the blog is in Japanese!

Welcome to the NBC Team

Sunset, 3/30/2009, at Micro Beach, Saipan

Welcome to the NBC News team that is here from Bangkok, Thailand to do a story on the Marianas Trench Marine Monument.

Waan Chomchuen (production coordinator), Ian Williams (Asia Correspondent), and Kyle (whose last name and official title I didn't get--so Angelo help me out) (cameraman):

hafa adai and bienvenido.

We appreciate the interest and look forward to seeing the results.

Kyle filming; Agnes, Brian, Stacey and others on sidelines

Monument supporter kids at the table!

Mike Tripp, Anna Rose DLG, and Ian Williams

Anna Rose with Waan Chomchuen

Kyle filming Ruth Tighe, Kimberly Vallaincourt, Jacinta Kaipat, Ike Cabrera (Lauri Peterka partially hidden)

Kyle and Anna Rose

Photos by Jane Mack and Anna Rose DLG.