THAT'S FOR JOINING US TONIGHT,
I'M NICOLE SOMMAVILLA...
YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS SYRACUSE
COUPLE, QUARANTINED ON THE
DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP IN
THE EARLY DAYS OF THE COVID- 9
PANDEMIC.
WELL, LIKE MOST -- THEY'VE SINCE
BEEN SETTLED AT HOME, WATCHING
THE PANDEMIC UNFOLD BEFORE THEIR
EYES.
NEWSCHANNEL NINE'S ADRIENNE
SMITH HAS FOLLOWED THEIR JOURNEY
FROM THE START...
AND SHOWS US THEIR LATEST
PROJECT.
ADRIENNE:
WHAT CHERYL AND PAUL MOLESKY
THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE THEIR
DREAM VACATION...
NAT POP OF FIRST INTERVIEW:
CHERYL - We're each other's
support right now...
ADRIENNE:
...ABRUPTLY BECAME A MOMENT IN
HISTORY THE COUPLE EXPEREINCED
FIRSTHAND ON THE DIAMOND
PRINCESS CRUISESHIP BACK IN
FEBRUARY...
CHERYL MOLESKY: You think about
the Diamond Princess was really
when the West just started
hearing about the pandemic and
it was the very beginning and
here we were experiencing that
and I think that's why it's such
an important thing.
ADRIENNE:
CHERYL AND PAUL DOCUMENTED THEIR
JOURNEY THROUGH YOUTUBE FROM
START TO FINISH...
THOSE VIDEOS -- NOW LANDNG THEM
A ROLE IN AN HBO DOCUMENTARY
ABOUT THE PANDEMIC.
CHERYL: It was kind of a way to
take people along with us and
share it with us.
And then when the quarantine
started happening, and even
signs of the pandemic started
happening...I realized I really
wanted to take people with us
along with that and just
document what was happening.
ADRIENNE:
AFTER WORKING WITH THE HBO FILM
CREW FOR A COUPLE OF
MONTHS...ZOOM AND PHONE
INTERVIEWS AND SENDING FOOTAGE
BACK AND FORTH....
THE TEAM FINALLY MADE THEIR WAY
TO THE MOLESKY'S HOME IN
SYRACUSE FOR FILMING.
PAUL: So, I thought...yeah this
is something else I'm learning
about.
I love this!
CHERYL: They interviewed the
Captain of the Diamond Princess
which we are going to be really
interested in hearing what he
has to say because he was such
an important figure, part, in
our comfort and feeling safe.
ADRIENNE:
FROM THE START...THE MOLESKYS
ALWAYS GOING WITH THE FLOW...
AND THIS TIME, ON THE BIG
SCREEN.
IN SYRACUSE, ADRIENNE SMITH.
NEWSCHANNEL NINE.
NICOLE:
ADRIENNE, THANK YOU.
THE MOLESKYS SAY THE DOCUMENTARY
WILL AIR AROUND DECEMBER/JANUARY
ON H-B-O.
