Antoinette Antonio

3 weeks ago | wcvb.com | Antoinette Antonio

Keith Joseph, 17, has been working at the McDonald’s in Franklin, Massachusetts, for three years, and he’s already thinking about his future with the company."I might even want to be a franchisee someday," Joseph said about his career aspirations. He certainly has a good start. Joseph, a junior this year, is part of King Phillip Regional High School’s DECA club, which helps prepare students for future careers in the marketing, finance, hospitality, and management fields.

1 month ago | wcvb.com | Antoinette Antonio

I’M KAREN HOLMES WARD. IT’S BEEN 50 YEARS SINCE THE FALL OF SAIGON, THE END OF THE VIETNAM WAR. FOR MANY VIETNAMESE AMERICANS, APRIL 30TH IS THE DAY TO HONOR THE LIVES LOST AND REFLECT ON THE LIVES FOREVER CHANGED BY THE WAR. ANTOINETTE ANTONIO HAS THE STORY OF A NEWTON MAN WHOSE BIRTH MOTHER THOUGHT HE DIED BEING AIRLIFTED OUT OF VIETNAM UNTIL HE TRACKED HER DOWN DECADES LATER. IT WAS CALLED OPERATION BABYLIFT.

1 month ago | wcvb.com | Antoinette Antonio

Decades after she thought her son died during the Fall of Saigon in 1975, a woman and a Newton, Massachusetts, man reunited. April 30 marks 50 years since the Fall of Saigon, a day for many Vietnamese Americans to honor lives lost and reflect on those forever changed by the Vietnam War, including David Nguyen, who reunited with his birth mother 40 years after she thought he died during Operation Babylift.

1 month ago | wcvb.com | Antoinette Antonio

AMONG THE CELEBRITIES RUNNING TODAY IS MATT JAMES, WHO STARRED IN THE 25TH SEASON OF THE ABC’S THE BACHELOR. AND BEFORE HE HITS THE MARATHON ROUTE, HE’S JOINING US HERE ON SET. AND MY GOODNESS, THIS GUY IS SO COOL. HE DOESN’T EVEN HAVE TO DRESS UP IN ANYTHING. WAREHAM. HE COMES IN HIS SHORTS AND HIS T SHIRT. WE’RE OVER HERE FREEZING. I’M READY TO GO. YOU ARE READY TO GO. THESE ARE OPTIMAL RACE CONDITIONS. THE BEST THEY REALLY ARE. OKAY, MATT. SO THIS IS NOT YOUR FIRST BOSTON MARATHON.

1 month ago | wcvb.com | Antoinette Antonio

BACK OVER TO YOU. IN 1897. HOW ABOUT THAT? ALL RIGHT. JOSH AND ALEXIS, GREAT WORK OUT THERE. WE ARE JOINED NOW BY A VERY, VERY SPECIAL GUEST, JEFF DENGATE. YOU ARE THE RUNNER IN CHIEF OF RUNNER’S WORLD MAGAZINE. YOU ARE RUNNING THE BOSTON MARATHON TODAY, AND YOU’RE ALSO GOING TO HELP US COMMENTATE WHEN YOU GET DOWN THERE. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU’RE NOT DOING TODAY? IT’S A FULL DAY TODAY. I’M LOOKING I’M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. I LOVE HOW HE SAID HE’S GOING TO USE IT TODAY AS JUST A TRAINING RUN.