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The Columbine tragedy - “Shots fired at Columbine High School” – (April 20, 1999)
Manage episode 312883311 series 3250645
It was the darkest nightmare of every parent come to life - and it happened in the land of “It can’t happen here.” The setting was Littleton, Colorado, a comfortably middle-class suburb of Denver, a place where people come to raise a family, and where the arch over a hallway at local Columbine High School is inscribed with the motto: “The finest kids in America pass through these halls.” But on April 20, 1997 - the halls of Columbine suddenly became the scene of a murderous reign of terror. Coverage of the shootings was intensified by the ubiquity of 24-hour cable news, and its constant need to come up with fresh information - often incorrect. The media quickly realized they simply had no protocols for a mass casualty incident of such dimensions.
Broadcast audio courtesy of KOA Radio, Denver, CO, ABC News Video Source, CBS News
Contributors:
- David Bernknopf, Former VP CNN, A founding employee of CNN
- Jayson Luber, Former KOA Radio and KUSA TV Traffic reporter
- Kathy Walker, News Director, KOA Radio, Denver
- Marcy McGinnis, Former Senior Vice President News Coverage, CBS News
- Jerry Bell, KOA NEWS Radio Managing Editor
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Manage episode 312883311 series 3250645
It was the darkest nightmare of every parent come to life - and it happened in the land of “It can’t happen here.” The setting was Littleton, Colorado, a comfortably middle-class suburb of Denver, a place where people come to raise a family, and where the arch over a hallway at local Columbine High School is inscribed with the motto: “The finest kids in America pass through these halls.” But on April 20, 1997 - the halls of Columbine suddenly became the scene of a murderous reign of terror. Coverage of the shootings was intensified by the ubiquity of 24-hour cable news, and its constant need to come up with fresh information - often incorrect. The media quickly realized they simply had no protocols for a mass casualty incident of such dimensions.
Broadcast audio courtesy of KOA Radio, Denver, CO, ABC News Video Source, CBS News
Contributors:
- David Bernknopf, Former VP CNN, A founding employee of CNN
- Jayson Luber, Former KOA Radio and KUSA TV Traffic reporter
- Kathy Walker, News Director, KOA Radio, Denver
- Marcy McGinnis, Former Senior Vice President News Coverage, CBS News
- Jerry Bell, KOA NEWS Radio Managing Editor
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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