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Something You Should Know

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The Seth MacFarlane Story

Seth MacFarlane was a 27 year old executive producer and creator of Family Guy which at the time was not yet a hit. He missed his plane from Boston back to LA by about half an hour on September 10th 2001 because he had been out drinking with some old professors. Seth after he missed the plane just kind of went to sleep in the lounge waiting for the next flight when American flight 11 wound up hitting one of the towers in New York. "It puts in stark relief what a thin line there can be between you know life life and death a few minutes one way or another"

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