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The REAL Sue Thomas F.B.Eye: Nothing But the Truth

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October 7, 2022 3:03 am

The REAL Sue Thomas F.B.Eye: Nothing But the Truth

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Sue Thomas became the first deaf person to work as an undercover specialist doing lip-reading of suspects for an elite FBI surveillance team. Her story became the basis for the TV series Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye. She's here to share her more unbelievable story, the one that Hollywood wouldn't touch!

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This is missing and how American stories we tell stories about everything here on the show from the sports and from business to history and everything in between including your story. Send them our American stories.com she Thomas became the first person to work as an undercover specialist doing lip reading assessments for elite surveillance team. 1990.

Thomas wrote her autobiography entitled Silent Night which became the basis for the TV series Sue Thomas FP I the white the continuing story of her life is chronicled in staying in the race were Thomas share stories about living with multiple sclerosis here. Sue Thomas shall call Thomas around the country speaking.

I keep getting three most popular questions. Question number one. I will say Thomas to get your work behind the TV show did you miss me back.

I know I look like I my life all the law and sleep though, so Thomas wouldn't even touch I'm going to share Hollywood wouldn't even touch that journey started out very early in my life at the age of one in the evening I went know what I just Like you in one moment in the next moment I was walking the path of slight yet what this speech in front of a mere one by making the same time watching the word for me by my the same way after you pay all five professionals only to get my boys fluctuate to go up and down and up and down. The boys came dramatic reading only for the elation and creation of so many, many years. Into this morning, and yet I know I don't talk funny people sell now you don't like what you know why tell any somebody will always come up to me and say where are you a little bit different, where I went to public school teacher put me in the first flow that I be able to read the look like I really didn't understand too much but I tried to follow what the class was doing that day as by watching the students by the death, I finally figured it out and reduce in themselves to their classmates and became my turn that day getting up and standing beside my dad and I probably looking out of my classmate something lying flat laughing so hard that day I turned around the plot in figure why everybody was laughing when I couldn't figure it out. I just let them but I came to realize that every time I was open my mouth to speak. Thanks fire, and I got the point, why, when the 12 year-and never one that I open my mouth in the school. The defining moment of having my teacher come up to me one day at my death shall not stop… And she right reached down on my hands in hers and she let me out the class that along one that was the day I handed another class I entered what was known as the Deming class and now all these kids have more ammunition to work with.

I just didn't talk about the dummy three things in my life as a child, the saved me from total one.

My parents went to church on and they tried them on me though was that God did not make any mistakes.

You're listening to the voice of Sue Thomas in my goodness what a child must be and I just didn't talk funny. I was the dummy. I know we can all conjure up what that must've been like for his money was made in those kids laughing really starting for not standing up when she hears about this God doesn't make mistakes. When we come back more of Sue Thomas's story unique and beautiful voice. On our American stories view of the great American stories we tell and love America like we do, were asking you to become a part of the all American stories family.

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And so Bob, what does that I can remember after a long lousy day of school, buying a home on the school bus.

Looking out the window, but I know all so nobody, the tears flow down much way down the same side okay. The only thing I ever wanted Was a fine. Let's be coming who was to be this company. I never knew what the word friendship, at least not by the time I went to high school I met up with those found tightly. This likely value and alcohol and everything don't mind me this at least getting the world.teacher in my junior year that believed in me and began to work with me one-on-one life. I went and even though I got a college took me eight years to leave the place half I thought the war couldn't wait to get a job, but I found out that one could write one person that was willing to give me a job because I understand that I went talking to Pete space pounded on the door is asking for a job sorry why even when they didn't have a job. I became like a go for a job I'll play whatever they wanted me to do.

I can remember some days taking paperclips Taliban Bob paperclips of another them and the constant I was only there for a few short cueing and who in turn Washington DC Department of State beyond following this Washington DC Ohio when the PI is looking for people if you don't think that I can talk to myself which we do calm me down that day. Basically, I didn't do anything. I just want to know you want a job job was finally going to hire me for who I was glad that I'm going to Washington for the more I realize that the more I knew PI get any better.

I go to Washington same week is like a dream come true.

I took me around like introduced me to all the Special Agent call the reductions with over the down to the firing range will all the agent shooting the very first mistake when they come 45 submachine gun shop there entire day without a long time before they let me go back downstairs and I started my training to become what was known as the fingerprint for the PI than the first five. I realized I had made the greatest mistake of my life sometime when you don't have anything to do. Take a look at any one of your fingers really really close all those lines, friends, it was my job to count every single one of those line 8 hours a day five lie, if you sing one fingerprint is seen them all. One day my supervisor comes running she's all she told me I have to get to the front office by the white there's only two reasons a person goes to the follow-up time to be terminated from their job but to begin curated by the FBI agent. I get to the front office I walked in they come down that day.

The fresh start and they went something like this Miss Thomas.

We understand that you read lips to communicate and you do a very good job but that's only one thing you want to know just one thing do you watch TV I watched TV I saw you guys want to know time to watch today I watched, you get anything out of yeah I do know I know I don't know if you know what I mean I cameras I could leave… I can read but something is not on the person that you're listening to Sue Thomas and the voice he owns it now you can hear his young person.

She opened her mouth to his last 12 years. She said she sat on the sideline in my goodness, then the FBI looking for deaf people and what a sense of humor. What a life story. When we come back more with Sue Thomas or story here on our American school you guys this is Tori, and Jenny with 90210 MG podcasts we have such a special episode brought to you by near attack ODT. We recorded it at iHeartRadio's Temple and Windows handout. Did you know that near attack ODT were magic pant 75 mg can help migraine sufferers still such an exciting event like window tango. I had one night I took minor attack ODT and I was present and had an amazing time. Here's a little glimpse of our conversation with some of our closest friends. This episode was brought to you by near attack ODT were magic pant 75 mg life with migraine attacks can be missing out on big moments with friends and family, but thankfully near attack ODT were magic pant 75 mg is the only medication that is proven to treat a migraine attack and prevent episodic migraines and adults sell lively events like window tango don't have to be next to millions will make Medicare coverage decisions for next year and United healthcare can help you feel confident about your choices for those eligible Medicare annual enrollment runs from October 15 through December 7. If you're working past age 65. You might be able to delay Medicare enrollment. Depending on your employer coverage. It can seem confusing, but it doesn't have to be UHC Medicare health plans.com to learn more United healthcare helping people live healthier lives. I know everything there is to know about running a coffee shop for small business insurance.

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Sure, no problem. From that day on I never went back to reading. From that day on I read lips time and my job about that. I went guys with the bad guys and overnight. I finally made it in the welcome sound good job. Some somewhat of an opinion. Washington began to be invited to congressional 3 1/2. I lived in the fast lane of Washington DC ready my son. I'm 35 years of age on flying the FBI for 35 years. I have hated stop light. What I vision my parent my that God never made a mistake in my eye and I help supposedly with each passing year. Getting older and supposedly wise. I began to doubt that by the time I'm beyond, I totally doubted God and I wanted to find him once and for all I wanted yeah he made.

I was so I from the time the Colombian international seminar say I you in South Carolina not to go there, come up which not to go there, mission, but with only one objective the confinement God the face that someone made a mistake.

The mistake was a minor, major would not all of them is what the duration of why he created me all the loves people. People creation issue. Even though he created that I want to be with people you dislike me that it was possible that somebody something about which one separates the person raise the person. People should I bring my plane high-rise building in New York City with a pair of glasses looking at by being one of two people like wanting to talk..com. Person deteriorating.

I cannot function in the room I my one leave some. I hardly love people, but I got some thought was waiting to see he didn't just give me one or two seminaries that I can relate 25 way 25 people, let alone 25 every day where you get. We were sure we was always in these people thought that we should all the party animal line because what they didn't know is when I left I went back to my story, the bitterness and resentment started during the first year reign is six years old. From the age of science to the age of 30 was well with each that I was the person I now 25 story folks, my goodness, we present here is I got older I began to doubt God doesn't make mistakes.

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I wanted to confront God once and for all. One thing yes you did make a mistake, my goodness, to hear her talk about her bitterness, the bitterness and resentment started in the first year of first grade 6. Write to the age of 35 that baggage was growing with each moment, there wasn't a shred of happiness in when we come back more. This remarkable confession. This beautiful confession. On our American stores. You guys, this is Tori, and Jenny with 90210 MG podcasts we have such a special episode brought to you by near attack ODT. We recorded it at iHeartRadio's Temple and Windows handout.

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We continue here with our American stories and with Sue Thomas's story no phone so I got side gone more when one line is that I was in my mind I thought she might she would wanted time with me one-on-one. Actually what happened. Well, I will outline the seven-month know why Obama lied to about 25 people. Shirley had no idea that I would leave me seven long time and I was wasting away in there came a time that I could not take it any longer and I went to that same night that call my advisor at school, but I need the possible remember what I met with two men tears streaming down my face I know that I would have to go to the 25 people but what I is I would have to stand before the entire committee of the school the night before I was to meet that commitment was a long dark this quiet night. I the shame and the guilt was someone that I got my suitcase and I begin to run away while unpacking my Bible problem.

Lauren and I looked down and shut and I shook my head because I could not believe the pages staring back at the Bible on the bed and I went down on the floor down my mercy. But 35. I went to church. I like to talk. The next morning for the entire academic tears streaming down my MySpace was so wrong with your motion to that one thing that I remember more than anything on that day of my old was one lone man setting in a check had within her shut As I watched him. Here's Bob man was Dr. Robinson look work the day before that meeting the emotions Randy Solheim.

What will I say to what they you went you know they sat right next to him at the dinner table. He looked at me in the first one spoke one so I'm so slow like chill down my nap was out. I kept thinking God. He remember he hit me, so I regained my composure and I went the meal document will I need you or me just. I looked down him Joe average the directors hustled me is that I don't think so, but I'm not sure. And then there was the grace and know certain and maybe use but as you love. You walk me through use.

I don't know why I and yet God, it was like this thing only when the TV show called queuing and that is 1 million people watched today show main thing is 65 nations around the world. Germany thought that Malaysia nation liked me thinking though. I have the opportunity to show celebrity no.greatness site that is the real story, the truth will hold nothing God and his daughter thing story line to which he was asserting that's what you told just looking for attention. What a cry for help.

That was lying about a terminal disease but never knew before your peers in an academic committee in will face the pain she was going to run away in the Bible fell out of the book. She threw herself on the threshing floor that she called out for forgiveness and grace that you don't shy away from these things. Sure was open to believers and unbelievers. Your stories over and we want you. My goodness is maybe one of the most profound great job as always like rectangle a great and beautiful story to Thomas a story here on our day. This is been bid and Ashley I almost famous podcast, my friends, I had an awesome time recording this episode for you guys before heading to the iHeartRadio music Festival in Vegas is a sneak peek thanks to Hon Dave for making this possible is one thing, yesterday, the road trip that really stood out to you about the drive.

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