PROLOGUE<br > 6:59:50 A.M.<br > "Quiet on the set please， everybody，" Barry， one of the stage<br >managers， says， as he echoes the warning from the director in the :<br >control room， and begins the ten-second countdown. David :<br >Hartman and I settle into our chairs and put our notes on the i<br >coffee table in fi ont of us. A few feet away， Vice-President<br >George Bush sips some coffee as he waits for his interview， and<br >outside， the limousines are arriving with the morning s other<br >guests. " I <br > "Now in ten . . ~ five， four， three . .<br > At home the audience sees the Good Morning America symbol t<br > !<br >of the rising sun and hears our theme music. The "GMA face，" I<br >the person or group that gives a friendly greeting from some- I<br >where in America， comes on the monitor: "Hello， I m Charlie<br >Adams in Kansas City， Missouri. Good Morning， America." f<br > 7:00:I2 A.M. 1<br > Our other stage manager， Sandy， points her finger at us， the<br > red light on Camera 2 goes on， and we re on the air. I<br > "Good morning. I m David Hartman." !<br > "And I m Joan Lunden. It s Tuesday， the fifteenth of<br > March." t<br > b<br >