I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT MIGHT

JUST BE THE MOST UNFORGETTABLE

CUP OF HOT CHOCOLATE THAT SOME

THIRD GRADERS IN WASHINGTON, DC

WILL EVER DRINK.

THE REASON THAT THE COCOA WAS SO

GOOD BEGINS WITH A RECESS FOR

THE RECORD BOOKS.

IT STARTED WITH A PROPOSAL MS.

FITZ PROMISED HER STUDENTS HOT

CHOCOLATE FOR EVERYONE IF SHE

MADE THE FULL COURT SHOT.

WATCH FOR YOURSELF.

[ CHEERING ]

MS. FITZ, AS SHE IS KNOWN, IS

KATHLEEN FITZPATRICK AND SHE

JOINS ME NOW.

MS. FITZ, 8 MILLION VIEWS, THE

LAST TIME I CHECKED.

I'M GOOD FOR A MILLION OF THEM

BECAUSE I CAN'T STOP WATCHING.

WHO'S MORE EXCITED, YOU OR THOSE

KIDS?

>> I THINK IT WAS A TIE BETWEEN

WHO WAS MORE EXCITED.

I THINK LIKE I WAS SHOCKED WHEN

IT WENT IN.

I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO GO IN BUT

AT THE SAME TIME I WAS HOPING,

BECAUSE I HAD PROMISED THEM HOT

CHOCOLATE.

SO IT HAD TO GO IN.

>> HEY, I KNOW YOU ARE THE PRIDE

OF

AM I RIGHT YOU'RE DOING A LITTLE

BIT OF A ROCKY DANCE THERE?

IS THAT A FILLY THING?

>> YOU KNOW, I GUESS YOU COULD

SAY IT'S A PHILLY THING.

I THINK IT'S JUST MY PURE

EXCITEMENT THAT I HAD MADE THE

SHOT.

>> YOU PLAYED BASKETBALL AT BOTH

ST. JOE'S AND RUTGERS.

DID YOU EVER HIT A BUZZER

BEATER?

>> I HAVE, YEAH.

>> WHICH WAS MORE EXCITING?

THIS ONE OR WHICHEVER ONE YOU'RE

THINKING OF?

>> I HAD -- I HAD A BUZZER

BUZZER BEATER AT RUTGERS, BUT I

THINK THIS WAS MORE EXCITING

THAN THE BUZZER BEATER AT

RUTGERS.

>> WHO IS REACHING OUT TO YOU?

I HAVE TO BELIEVE EVERYONE WHO

KNOWS YOU IS LIKE, OH, MY GOD, I

SAW THE VIDEO.

SO I ASSUME IT'S OLD FRIENDS AND

STUFF, BUT ANYBODY FAMOUS?

TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR

WORLD?

>> YOU KNOW, I AM NOT VERY GOOD

ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

I DON'T EVEN HAVE A TWITTER.

I HAVE AN INSTAGRAM, SO MY FEW

FRIENDS HAVE BEEN UPDATING ME

LIKE THESE PEOPLE ARE TWEETING

THIS, THESE PEOPLE ARE POSTING

IT.

SO I'VE BEEN HEARING IT FROM

LIKE MY CLOSEST FRIENDS AND

BROTHERS WHO ARE KEEPING ME

UPDATED ON EVERYTHING, BUT IT'S

JUST -- IT'S PRETTY CRAZY AND

SURREAL THAT IT'S GOTTEN TO THIS

POINT.

>> SO WHEN DID IT HIT YOU?

THIS WAS WHAT TWO DAYS AGO,

RIGHT?

I THINK YOU WERE ON BREAK TODAY.

TODAY'S THE FIRST DAY OF BREAK.

>> YEAH.

>> SO WHEN DID YOU REALIZE, OH,

MY GOD, THAT SHOT GNAT I MADE IS

NOW BEING VIEWED AROUND THE

PLANET?

>> THE SHOT HAPPENED ON FRIDAY,

AND I PROMISED THEM THE HOT

CHOCOLATE ON MONDAY.

AND THE VIDEO WAS POSTED ON OUR

SCHOOL'S ACCOUNT I THINK IT WAS

SUNDAY NIGHT.

SO IT REALLY LIKE MONDAY AND A

LITTLE TUESDAY IT WAS KIND OF

SLOW, AND THEN YESTERDAY IN

SCHOOL A LOT OF KIDS WERE SAYING

THINGS LIKE MS. FITZ, THIS VIDEO

HAS GONE VIRAL.

AND KIDS CAN EXAGGERATE LIKE NO

WAY, NO WAY, AND MY FRIENDS AND

FAMILY STARTED REACHING OUT LIKE

THIS THING IS VIRAL.

SO IT REALLY WAS YESTERDAY AND

THEN TODAY THAT IT REALLY HIT

ME, LIKE, OH, THIS THING HAS

GONE PRETTY VIRAL.

>> WELL, YOU PAID THE DEBT.

THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION.

I'M GLAD YOU'VE SETTLED IT.

AND ONE JUST TIME POINT, IF I

MIGHT.

YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN DIFFICULT

TIMES FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS

NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS THE

PANDEMIC, AND THIS GAVE ME SUCH

JOY AND HAS GIVEN SO MANY

PEOPLE -- IT'S THE CRAZIEST

THING LIKE YOU SUNK THIS LONG

SHOT ON A PLAYGROUND IN

WASHINGTON, AND IT JUST TAKES MY

MIND OFF EVERYTHING ELSE I'VE

BEEN DISCUSSING HERE TONIGHT.

SO THANKS