![]() Sarah Koenig Do you remember what you saw? Elliot Now that I'm thinking. Elliot Actually, I may have gone to the movies that night later. Actually, on second thought? I don't think I went to school that day. Actually, I think I worked that day.Yeah, I worked that day. Sarah Koenig Do you remember what you did on that Friday? Tyler No. Just for a lark, I asked some teenagers to try it. And it was 1999, so they had to do it without the benefit of texts or Facebook or Instagram. Because that's the situation in the story I'm working on in which a bunch of teenagers had to recall a day six weeks earlier. Now imagine you have to account for a day that happened six weeks back. How'd you get to work last Wednesday, for instance? Drive? Walk? Bike? Was it raining? Are you sure? Did you go to any stores that day? If so, what did you buy? Who did you talk to? The entire day, name every person you talked to. And that is, it's really hard to account for your time, in a detailed way, I mean. Before I get into why I've been doing this, I just want to point out something I'd never really thought about before I started working on this story. But, yes, every day this year, I've tried to figure out the alibi of a 17-year-old boy. And I'm not a detective or a private investigator. I've had to ask about teenagers' sex lives, where, how often, with whom, about notes they passed in class, about their drug habits, their relationships with their parents. This search sometimes feels undignified on my part. Sarah Koenig For the last year, I've spent every working day trying to figure out where a high school kid was for an hour after school one day in 1999- or if you want to get technical about it, and apparently I do, where a high school kid was for 21 minutes after school one day in 1999. If you'd like to add your own insights, comments, or questions to a specific line, highlight the relevant text and click on the button that pops up. This transcript is annotated! Click on the highlights to read what others are saying. ![]()
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