He spent time in the Mets clubhouse before the meeting chatting and laughing with players, including third baseman David Wright and pitcher Johan Santana.
Middle-aged men and women that just two minutes before seemed like they lived boring daily grind lives were laughing in joy like small children on Christmas morning.
So if you watch one of those pre-game shows before the game start and they found basically six former players sitting at a table laughing at each other's jokes.
The apprentice plumber said the four girls had been "laughing and joking" in the back seat and singing along to music in the moments before the fatal crash.