:25:05
I'm impressed.
Are you doing your homework?
:25:09
I'm scratching the surface.
So you're from Hong Kong?
:25:12
No. American born.
:25:15
San Francisco, the Bay area.
:25:18
How many generations
have your people been here?
:25:21
My great-grandfather came,
worked in the railroads, went back.
:25:25
My grandfather worked in a gold mine.
He also went back.
:25:29
They went back because the law
wouldn't allow their wives to come over.
:25:33
My father married a Japanese woman
and settled here in the '40s.
:25:37
Yeah, I know the story.
It's a pretty sad one.
:25:40
Thousands of you Chinese came over
here, and you died building the railroads.
:25:44
It says so here.
:25:46
Their bones are scattered all over the
West. We don't even know their names.
:25:51
There's a photograph here.
Promontory Point, Utah. 1869.
:25:56
It's where the Union
and Central Pacific first met.
:25:59
Take a look at it. What do you see?
:26:02
What do you see?
You see the bosses.
:26:04
You see the politicians.
You see the bankers.
:26:07
You see the Irish workmen.
There's not one single, solitary Chinaman.
:26:12
They weren't even asked to show up.
They died anonymous.
:26:15
You goddamn people,
you keep everything a secret.
:26:19
- I know the story, Captain.
- Well, most people don't.
:26:22
No one remembers in this country.
:26:24
- No one remembers anything.
- You sound just like my father.
:26:28
He sounds like a great guy.
What does he do?
:26:31
He's in shipping. Now, what's your story?
:26:33
Me? What's there to say?
:26:36
Uh...
:26:38
I'm Polish. I'm from Brooklyn. I'm a cop.
:26:41
But I happen to be the most decorated
cop in the City of New York.
:26:45
I'm talking action decorated,
no desk citations here.
:26:48
- I'm sure about that.
- I saw you a few times on the tube.
:26:52
I don't watch much television,
but I think you're pretty good.
:26:56
You're sexier than the broads
on the other channels.
:26:59
Ah, well, Captain.
Very pleased you've come.