They have a viper, a snake that if you get bit, you're in trouble. If you get bit, you were dead. You were dead. And that got about. That wiped out about 5%. We lost 38,000 people building the Panama Canal. Our people, 38,000 people died building the Panama Canal. It opened and from day one, it was very successful. And we gave it away. We gave it away. (17:57–18:02)
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