It's 50th anniversary of "Jaws" - So Let's Hear from Joe Scarborough & Hunter Scott - PODCAST PROMO
July 31, 2025
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as posted by the channelThe House of Representatives … October 10th, 1998, … A Republican Congressman from Florida rises and makes remarks about a bill he's introducing:
In the closing days of World War II, the U.S.S. Indianapolis had its hull pierced by three Japanese torpedoes. Twelve minutes later the cruiser went down. On board were almost 1,200 crew members and only 300 survived, the others dying of shark attacks and exposure. For half a century, the 316 remaining surviving crew members of the worst disaster in Naval history tried in vain to defend the honor of their captain, Charles McVay. This year a new secret weapon was employed in their quest, and that weapon was a 13-year-old boy named Hunter Scott
Who was that?
That was former representative Joe Scarborough.
His mention of the U.S.S. Indianapolis might sound familiar –The story of its sinking by a sub was shared in that speech by Congressman Scarborough – and in a stirring soliloquy from a salty seasoned shark hunter in Steven Spielberg's seminal Seventies summer spectacular, Jaws.
But the mention of Hunter Scott might be new to you.
Who's Hunter Scott?
Why did Joe Scarborough call him "a secret weapon"?
And how did they take on the U.S. Navy together to change history – and win?
Find out in this week's episode of C-SPAN's podcast "The Weekly" – as we mark the 50th anniversary of the blockbuster movie "Jaws" …
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