"oh, sorry...SOB!!!...I was just about to say that I am taking my gas mask and leaving you for nine weeks to work on...oh, SOB, SOB, SOB...."
She was sharing with the rest of the country what the atmosphere was like in NYC after 9-11, how they were coping and dealing with it the way New Yorkers do.
Sounds like you just skimmed the article looking for fault.
You are so dim!! It's her actions after the fact in each example that make her original comments silly!!