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AUGUST IN TEXAS.
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MY MAMA USED TO SAY,
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"IT GOT SO HOT, THE HENS LAID
HARD-BOILED EGGS."
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THAT'S HOW IT WAS
THAT MORNING IN 1966.
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IT'S FUNNY WHAT YOU REMEMBER.
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I WAS ON MY WAY TO HAND IN
A PAPER ON "THE GREAT GATSBY."
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EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL,
JUST LIKE IT ALWAYS HAD BEEN.
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IT WAS
JUST REGULAR COLLEGE LIFE.
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DO YOU THINK
THAT'S HOW IT ALWAYS SEEMS
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IN THE MOMENTS
BEFORE THE WORLD EXPLODES?
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IT WAS HELTER-SKELTER.
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ONE SECOND,
I WAS WALKING TO CLASS,
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AND THE NEXT,
I WAS RUNNING FOR MY LIFE.
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I THOUGHT, "WHAT IS HAPPENING?
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THIS CAN'T BE REAL."
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GUNFIRE WAS
RAINING DOWN ON US...
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AAH!
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...FROM THE TOP
OF THE UNIVERSITY TOWER.
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AUSTIN IN 1966 --
SLEEPY LITTLE COLLEGE TOWN.
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THE BIGGEST EVENTS
WERE THE FOOTBALL GAMES.
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AND THEN, IT EXPLODED.
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30 MINUTES IN,
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OVER A DOZEN PEOPLE
HAD BEEN SHOT
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AND WERE LYING, BLEEDING TO
DEATH AND ROASTING IN THAT SUN.
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AND THE GUNFIRE CONTINUED.
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SIRENS SCREAMING,
PEOPLE SHOUTING,
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GUNSHOTS GOING OFF.
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IT WAS ONE GOD-AWFUL MESS
DOWN THERE,
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WITH BODIES ALL OVER THE PLACE.
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POLICE COMMUNICATIONS
WERE ALMOST NONEXISTENT.
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WE HAD RADIOS IN THE
CAR, SO IF YOU GOT OUT OF YOUR CAR,
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YOU WERE VIRTUALLY CUT OFF
FROM COMMUNICATIONS.
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THEY DIDN'T KNOW
IF THERE WAS ONE SNIPER OR 10.
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HEY, DO YOU GUYS HAVE
ANY ADDITIONAL SHOTGUNS?
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NO.
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WE HAD NO HIGH-POWERED WEAPONS
AT ALL.
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WE HAD A 12-GAUGE SHOTGUN
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AND WE HAD OUR SIDEARMS --
A .38 PISTOL --
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NEITHER OF WHICH WAS EFFECTIVE.
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I HAD A FRONT-ROW SEAT IN HELL.
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BLOOD AND BODIES ALL AROUND.
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THERE WERE POLICEMEN
EVERYWHERE.
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BUT BULLETS KEPT COMING,
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AND THERE WAS
NOTHING THEY COULD DO.
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AAH!
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THIS IS NEAL SPELCE ON
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS CAMPUS.
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IT'S LIKE A BATTLE SCENE.
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IT'S LIKE -- THERE'S
ANOTHER SHOT AND ANOTHER SHOT.
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THE SIGHT IS REMINISCENT
OF SOME SORT OF WAR.
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THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT KINDS
OF SHOTS.
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APPARENTLY, POLICE ARE
RETURNING THE FIRE NOW.
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I'M SEEING A SCENE THAT
YOU WOULD NEVER BE PREPARED FOR.
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WE'VE GOT TDBC REPORTERS
RINGING THE CAMPUS.
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THE STORY WENT OUT TO ALL
BROADCAST OUTLETS NATIONWIDE
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AND THEN, ULTIMATELY, WORLDWIDE.
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IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST
CRIMES TO BE BROADCAST LIVE.
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BOB!
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BOB,
YOU ALL RIGHT?
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YEAH, YEAH.
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THERE'S A GUY
OVER THERE.
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SITTING ACROSS THE STREET
FROM US
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WAS A STUDENT PROPPED UP
AGAINST A PARKING METER.
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AND HE'S A SITTING DUCK.
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ON THREE.ON THREE.
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TWO, ONE... TWO, ONE...
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GO! GO!
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THE BULLETS
WERE COMING IN AT OUR FEET.
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YOU TALK ABOUT FEAR --
THAT IS BEYOND FRIGHTENING.
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I REACHED OUT AND PULLED HIM IN.
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IS HE STILL ALIVE?
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AND...
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AND, AT THAT MOMENT, RECOGNIZED
THAT HE WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED.
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AMBULANCES ARE SCREAMING
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UP AND DOWN
THE UNIVERSITY DRAG.
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BRACKENRIDGE HOSPITAL
WAS CHAOS.
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IT WAS THE ONLY FACILITY WHERE
AN EMERGENCY ROOM WAS SET UP.
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HERE'S THE LIST,
MR. ABBOTT.
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THANK YOU, MISS.
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THIS IS
REPORTER JOE RAUDY?
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NORMALLY, THE MEDIA
DOES NOT WANT TO RELEASE
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THE NAMES OF THE DEAD
OR THE WOUNDED
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BEFORE
THE FAMILIES ARE CONTACTED.
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KAREN GRIFFITH,
IRMA GARCIA,
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HARRY WALSH, BILLY SPEED.
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BUT IN THIS CASE,
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BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE IN AUSTIN
HAD FAMILY AT THE UNIVERSITY...
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JOE RAUDY
AT BRACKENRIDGE HOSPITAL
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STARTED TICKING OFF THE NAMES.
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ROBERT HEARD, ALEX HERNANDEZ,
ROBERT BOYER, PAUL SONNTAG.
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THIS IS PAUL
OVER AT THE NEWSROOM.
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IN OUR NEWSROOM,
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THE VETERAN NEWS DIRECTOR
PAUL BOLTAN JUMPED IN.
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AND HIS VOICE WAS TREMBLING.
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HE SAID, "JOE..."
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"READ THAT LIST OF NAMES AGAIN.
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I THINK YOU HAVE MY GRANDSON
UP THERE."
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I'M SORRY.
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I DIDN'T KNOW THAT BOY
AT THE TIME.
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TURNS OUT
HE WAS PAUL BOLTAN'S GRANDSON.
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THERE'S NO REPORT
AS TO WHO THIS MAN MAY BE
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OR WHAT PROMPTED
THIS APPARENT MADNESS.
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OF COURSE, THE OFFICERS
WANT TO KNOW WHO'S DOING THIS,
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BUT AT THIS POINT,
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WHAT'S IMPORTANT
IS STOPPING THE GUNFIRE.
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AT THE SECURITY OFFICE,
A GUY WITH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
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THAT KNEW HOW
TO GET TO THE BASE OF THE TOWER
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THROUGH A TUNNEL SYSTEM.
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ALL RIGHT,
COME WITH US.
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A YOUNG POLICE OFFICER,
HOUSTON McCOY,
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LEADS A GROUP OF OFFICERS
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THROUGH THE UNDERGROUND
MAINTENANCE TUNNELS.
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AT THE SAME TIME,
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RAMIRO MARTINEZ RUNS
IN A ZIGZAG MOTION...
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...AND MAKES IT
TO THE BUILDING UNHARMED.
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OFFICER!
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HOLD THE DOORS.
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MARTINEZ MEETS UP
WITH ALLEN CRUM...
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LET'S GO.
LET'S GO.
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...WITH OFFICER JERRY DAY.
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THEY TAKE THE ELEVATOR
TO THE 27th FLOOR.
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THE ACTUAL OBSERVATION DECK
IS ONE FLOOR UP.
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YOU HAVE TO REACH THAT
BY A STAIRWELL.
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SO WHAT YOU HAVE
AT THIS POINT
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WAS TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS
OF POLICE OFFICERS
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ACTING ON THEIR OWN INITIATIVE,
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AND THEY JUST WERE NOT AWARE
OF THE OTHER.
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WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS.
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JERRY DAY
HEARD THE ELEVATOR COMING UP,
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SO HE GOES BACK DOWN.
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ON THOSE STAIRS,
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THEY DISCOVER A FAMILY
THAT HAD JUST BEEN MASSACRED.
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TWO OF THE PEOPLE
ARE OBVIOUSLY DEAD,
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AND THE OTHERS
ARE WOUNDED AND BLEEDING.
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I'M SO SCARED.
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THE GROUP OF US,
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INCLUDING MYSELF
AND HOUSTON McCOY,
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GOING UP THAT ELEVATOR
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WHERE WE HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT WE'RE GONNA FIND
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WHEN THAT DOOR OPENS UP THERE.
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JERRY DAY IS STANDING
ON THE 27th FLOOR.
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FOR ALL HE KNOWS,
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IT COULD BE OTHER PERPETRATORS
FROM ANOTHER FLOOR
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COMING UP TO JOIN THE SNIPERS.
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WE ALL HAVE OUR WEAPONS DRAWN.
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AND HOUSTON'S GOT THE SHOTGUN
AIMED POINT-BLANK.
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WE ALL HAVE OUR WEAPONS DRAWN.
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AND THEN,
EVERYBODY KIND OF HAS A SMILE.
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IT'S PROBABLY THE ONLY TIME
WE SMILED THE WHOLE DAY.
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IS ANYONE UP THERE?
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I GOT TWO
ALREADY ON THEIR WAY UP.
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ALL RIGHT,
I'M GOING WITH THEM.
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ALL RIGHT, YOU GUYS.
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WE NEED TO FIND EVERYBODY
ON THE FLOOR, ALL RIGHT?
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I'LL GO WITH YOU GUYS.
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SO MUCH PAIN. SO MUCH DEATH.
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FOR 90 MINUTES, I STAYED PUT,
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HELPLESS
AS THE BULLETS RAINED DOWN,
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TEARING FLESH,
SHATTERING LIVES.
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WAS ANYONE GONNA STOP THIS?
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RAY MARTINEZ AND CRUM
WENT UP THE TOP OF THE STAIRS.
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SO THEY MAKE THEIR WAY OUT
INTO THE RECEPTION AREA.
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THEY FIND THE BODY
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OF A MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN
WHOSE HEAD HAD BEEN CAVED IN,
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LYING BEHIND A COUCH.
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ARE WE DOING THIS?
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DAMN RIGHT WE ARE.
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WELL, THEN,
YOU'D BETTER DEPUTIZE ME.
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YOU'RE NOT A COP?
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I WAS A SERGEANT
IN THE AIR FORCE.
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SO, RAMIRO SAYS, "OKAY.
CONSIDER YOURSELF DEPUTIZED."
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THEY KNOW THAT THIS HAS
GOT TO COME TO AN END
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AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE
THE ONES TO DO IT.
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AND THEN,
AFTER WHAT SEEMED LIKE
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A LIFETIME OF GUNFIRE
AND SCREAMS AND TERROR,
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I COULDN'T BELIEVE
WHAT I HEARD NEXT --
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NOTHING.
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PURE SILENCE.
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GO RADIO THE ALL-CLEAR.
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THE FIRING HAS NOW STOPPED.
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IT NOW SEEMS TO BE OVER AS FAR
AS THE SHOOTING IS CONCERNED.
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THE SNIPER IS DEAD.
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AND HE IS A YOUNG MAN
WEARING A WHITE HEADBAND,
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AND HE'S DRESSED
IN WORKMAN OVERALLS.
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THERE WERE MULTIPLE RIFLES
LAID OUT.
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HE HAD CANNED FOOD.
HE HAD TOILET PAPER.
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HE WAS PREPARED TO BE UP THERE
A NUMBER OF DAYS.
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BUT HE CLEARLY DIDN'T INTEND
TO COME DOWN ALIVE.
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OFFICER McCOY FINDS
A UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS I.D. CARD
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IDENTIFYING THIS MAN
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AS AN ARCHITECTURAL-ENGINEERING
STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY
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WHO IS 25 YEARS OLD.
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CHARLES J. WHITMAN.
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CHARLES JOSEPH WHITMAN.
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THE SNIPER, APPARENTLY
TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED
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AS CHARLES J. WHITMAN,
25 YEARS OLD, IS DEAD.
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A SEA OF PEOPLE
CONVERGED ON THE SOUTH MALL.
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AND THEY LOOKED UP AT THE TOWER,
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AND THEY LOOKED AT EACH OTHER.
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BUT IT WAS JUST,
"WHAT HAS HAPPENED?"
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THE IDEA THAT SOMEONE
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WOULD BE SHOOTING PEOPLE
THEY DID NOT KNOW
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FOR NO OTHER REASON
THAN TO DO SO
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WAS JUST NOT IN
THEIR MENTAL LANDSCAPE IN 1966.
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THIS IS ALL WE HAVE
ON WHITMAN.
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THANKS.
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ALL THE AUTHORITIES
NEEDED TO TRY TO DETERMINE --
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"COULD WE HAVE PREVENTED THIS?
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IS THERE A WAY
WE COULD HAVE STOPPED THIS?"
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AT THAT TIME, THEY DIDN'T
KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT CHARLES WHITMAN,
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INCLUDING HIS ADDRESS.
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THE GUY HAD
NO CRIMINAL BACKGROUND.
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JUST DOESN'T MAKE
ANY SENSE.
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CHARLES WHITMAN'S FRIENDS
WERE JUST UTTERLY SHOCKED.
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TO THEM, HE WAS A NICE GUY.
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THEY ALL SAID
THAT HE WAS SMART,
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THAT HE HAD A BRIGHT FUTURE.
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THERE WAS
NOTHING WRONG.
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CHARLES WHITMAN
WAS FROM A SEASIDE TOWN
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CALLED LAKEWORTH, FLORIDA.
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HE WAS THE SON OF A VERY
SUCCESSFUL PLUMBING CONTRACTOR.
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HIS MOTHER
WAS A DEVOUT CATHOLIC
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WHO STAYED AT HOME
TO RAISE HER THREE BOYS.
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CHARLES WAS AN ACCOMPLISHED
PIANO PLAYER BY THE AGE OF 12.
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HE WAS, REPORTEDLY,
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THE YOUNGEST EAGLE SCOUT
IN HISTORY,
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00:16:18,500 --> 00:16:21,599
AND HE HAD AN I.Q.
AS HIGH AS 139.
227
00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:23,666
THE MARINE CORPS.
228
00:16:23,667 --> 00:16:25,099
I SEE.
229
00:16:25,100 --> 00:16:28,066
AND WHAT YEARS WERE THAT?
230
00:16:28,067 --> 00:16:31,132
CHARLES WHITMAN
JOINED THE MARINE CORPS.
231
00:16:31,133 --> 00:16:35,299
AND, AS HE HAD THROUGHOUT
HIS LIFE, HE EXCELLED.
232
00:16:35,300 --> 00:16:38,499
HE EARNED
A VERY HIGH SHARPSHOOTER RATING.
233
00:16:38,500 --> 00:16:39,799
HE WAS A DECORATED SOLDIER.
234
00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:41,732
HE EVEN SAVED
A FELLOW SOLDIER'S LIFE.
235
00:16:41,733 --> 00:16:44,932
THE MARINES HAD A SCHOLARSHIP.
236
00:16:44,933 --> 00:16:47,666
SO, CHARLES WHITMAN WAS
OFFERED THE SCHOLARSHIP IN ENGINEERING
237
00:16:47,667 --> 00:16:49,799
TO GO TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
238
00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:52,066
AND BECOME
A COMMISSIONED OFFICER.
239
00:16:52,067 --> 00:16:54,332
HAVE YOU GUYS
TALKED WITH KATHY?
240
00:16:54,333 --> 00:16:55,700
WHO'S KATHY?
IT'S HIS WIFE.
241
00:17:00,067 --> 00:17:01,966
THE POLICE QUICKLY FOUND OUT
242
00:17:01,967 --> 00:17:04,533
THAT THEY LIVED IN
A LITTLE HOUSE IN SOUTH AUSTIN.
243
00:17:08,300 --> 00:17:11,732
NO ONE ANSWERS THE DOOR.
244
00:17:11,733 --> 00:17:15,132
MRS. WHITMAN?
THIS IS THE POLICE.
245
00:17:15,133 --> 00:17:16,600
ARE YOU HOME?
246
00:17:27,433 --> 00:17:29,866
IN FEBRUARY OF 1962,
247
00:17:29,867 --> 00:17:33,299
CHARLES WHITMAN MET
KATHLEEN LEISSNER.
248
00:17:33,300 --> 00:17:36,366
SO, WHAT ARE --
WHAT ARE YOU READING?
249
00:17:36,367 --> 00:17:37,799
UM, JUST "ANTIGONE."
250
00:17:39,733 --> 00:17:42,099
I DON'T KNOW.
THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
251
00:17:42,100 --> 00:17:43,532
YOU KNOW IT?
YEAH.
252
00:17:43,533 --> 00:17:45,332
DO YOU LIKE IT?
I DO.
253
00:17:45,333 --> 00:17:46,899
YEAH?
I DO. YEAH.
254
00:17:46,900 --> 00:17:49,166
IT'S,
IT'S -- IT'S HEAVY.
255
00:17:49,167 --> 00:17:52,432
THAT'S TRUE.
I'VE BEEN NOTICING THAT.
256
00:17:52,433 --> 00:17:53,899
YEAH.
257
00:17:53,900 --> 00:17:56,699
AND HE WAS
IMMEDIATELY MESMERIZED BY HER.
258
00:17:56,700 --> 00:17:57,799
ARE YOU FROM AROUND HERE?
259
00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:00,066
UM, NO.
I JUST MOVED HERE, ACTUALLY.
260
00:18:00,067 --> 00:18:01,199
REALLY? WHERE YOU FROM?
261
00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:02,366
I'M FROM FLORIDA.
262
00:18:02,367 --> 00:18:04,566
WOW. SO THIS MUST BE
REALLY DIFFERENT FOR YOU.
263
00:18:04,567 --> 00:18:07,266
YOU KNOW.
THE HUMIDITY'S THE SAME.
264
00:18:07,267 --> 00:18:09,166
YEAH.
265
00:18:09,167 --> 00:18:11,199
WELL, I MEAN, DO YOU KNOW
ANYTHING AROUND HERE?
266
00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:12,732
I CAN SHOW YOU AROUND,
IF YOU WANT.
267
00:18:12,733 --> 00:18:13,866
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
268
00:18:13,867 --> 00:18:16,066
HAVE YOU EATEN LUNCH?
269
00:18:16,067 --> 00:18:17,966
NO. I HAVEN'T.
270
00:18:17,967 --> 00:18:25,566
SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL, SMALL-TOWN
TEXAS GIRL WHO EVERYBODY LOVED.
271
00:18:25,567 --> 00:18:27,466
SIX MONTHS LATER, THEY MARRY.
272
00:18:27,467 --> 00:18:30,699
IN AUGUST OF 1962,
273
00:18:30,700 --> 00:18:33,732
CHARLES WHITMAN SEEMS TO HAVE
EVERYTHING GOING FOR HIM.
274
00:18:33,733 --> 00:18:36,299
HE'S VERY HANDSOME.
275
00:18:36,300 --> 00:18:40,066
HE'S GOT
A BEAUTIFUL, ACCOMPLISHED WIFE,
276
00:18:40,067 --> 00:18:41,632
A FULL-RIDE SCHOLARSHIP.
277
00:18:41,633 --> 00:18:45,432
AND HE HAS VERY GOOD FRIENDS.
278
00:18:45,433 --> 00:18:48,932
HOW COULD A MAN LIKE THIS
DO WHAT HE DID?
279
00:18:48,933 --> 00:18:52,600
THIS IS NOT OUR UNDERSTANDING
OF A MONSTER.
280
00:18:57,600 --> 00:18:59,733
THEY ENTER THE BEDROOM...
281
00:19:02,233 --> 00:19:07,067
...AND THEY REALIZE THAT
THE BLOODBATH IS NOT YET OVER.
282
00:19:18,267 --> 00:19:21,199
WITH SO MANY
BODIES FALLEN ALL OVER CAMPUS,
283
00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:22,832
IT HADN'T OCCURRED TO POLICE
284
00:19:22,833 --> 00:19:25,366
THAT THE CRIME SCENE
COULD STRETCH WIDER.
285
00:19:25,367 --> 00:19:28,467
BUT AS IT TURNS OUT, IT COULD.
286
00:19:32,900 --> 00:19:36,766
IN THE BED IS HIS WIFE, KATHY.
287
00:19:36,767 --> 00:19:41,066
SHE HAD BEEN BRUTALLY
STABBED FIVE TIMES IN THE CHEST.
288
00:19:41,067 --> 00:19:43,866
IT WAS A VERY LARGE KNIFE --
289
00:19:43,867 --> 00:19:46,267
EITHER A BAYONET
OR A HUNTING KNIFE.
290
00:19:51,133 --> 00:19:55,599
IT APPEARED THAT SHE HAD
BEEN ASLEEP WHEN SHE WAS STABBED
291
00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:57,866
AND THEN COVERED UP
WITH A SHEET.
292
00:19:57,867 --> 00:20:02,699
THE POLICE FOUND A LONG NOTE
LEFT BY CHARLES WHITMAN.
293
00:20:02,700 --> 00:20:05,599
IT WAS A VERY CHILLING NOTE.
294
00:20:07,133 --> 00:20:10,099
"LATELY -- I CAN'T
RECALL WHEN IT STARTED --
295
00:20:10,100 --> 00:20:11,766
"I HAVE BEEN A VICTIM
296
00:20:11,767 --> 00:20:14,999
"OF MANY UNUSUAL
AND IRRATIONAL THOUGHTS.
297
00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,999
"IT WAS AFTER MUCH THOUGHT
298
00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:21,132
"THAT I DECIDED
TO KILL MY WIFE, KATHY, TONIGHT
299
00:20:21,133 --> 00:20:26,166
"AFTER I PICK HER UP FROM WORK
AT THE TELEPHONE COMPANY.
300
00:20:26,167 --> 00:20:29,032
"I DON'T KNOW
WHETHER IT IS SELFISHNESS
301
00:20:29,033 --> 00:20:33,699
"OR I DON'T WANT HER TO HAVE TO
FACE THE EMBARRASSMENT
302
00:20:33,700 --> 00:20:37,067
"MY ACTIONS
WOULD SURELY CAUSE HER."
303
00:20:39,667 --> 00:20:41,599
GET A LOAD OF THIS.
304
00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:44,666
THE NOTE WENT ON TO SAY,
305
00:20:44,667 --> 00:20:46,266
"FOR SIMILAR REASONS
306
00:20:46,267 --> 00:20:49,467
I HAVE DECIDED
TO TAKE MY MOTHER'S LIFE."
307
00:20:54,367 --> 00:20:58,599
HIS MOTHER
IS SEPARATED FROM HIS FATHER
308
00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:00,300
AND LIVING IN AUSTIN.
309
00:21:02,167 --> 00:21:04,532
CHARLES WHITMAN'S
MOTHER, MARGARET,
310
00:21:04,533 --> 00:21:07,266
HAD BEEN BEATEN
AND STABBED TO DEATH
311
00:21:07,267 --> 00:21:10,800
AND PLACED IN HER BED TO MAKE IT
LOOK LIKE SHE WAS ASLEEP.
312
00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:18,733
THE POLICE OFFICERS
FIND A SECOND NOTE.
313
00:21:20,333 --> 00:21:24,066
AND THIS IS WHERE THEY FIRST SEE
314
00:21:24,067 --> 00:21:26,567
WHAT WAS GOING ON
WITHIN HIS MIND.
315
00:21:29,267 --> 00:21:32,066
"THE INTENSE HATRED
I FEEL FOR MY FATHER
316
00:21:32,067 --> 00:21:34,766
"IS BEYOND DESCRIPTION.
317
00:21:34,767 --> 00:21:39,732
"MY MOTHER GAVE THAT MAN
THE BEST 25 YEARS OF HER LIFE.
318
00:21:39,733 --> 00:21:43,299
"I AM TRULY SORRY THAT THIS IS
THE ONLY WAY I COULD SEE
319
00:21:43,300 --> 00:21:45,066
"TO RELIEVE HER SUFFERING,
320
00:21:45,067 --> 00:21:47,233
BUT I THINK IT WAS BEST."
321
00:21:56,633 --> 00:21:59,066
CHARLES WHITMAN'S LIFE,
IT WAS NOT AS GOLDEN
322
00:21:59,067 --> 00:22:01,266
AS THEY ORIGINALLY
PERCEIVED IT TO BE.
323
00:22:01,267 --> 00:22:05,066
HIS FATHER AND HIS
MOTHER HAD A STORMY RELATIONSHIP.
324
00:22:05,067 --> 00:22:07,666
IN FACT,
HIS FATHER ABUSED HIS MOTHER.
325
00:22:07,667 --> 00:22:11,299
CHARLES WHITMAN SR.
WAS A VERY STERN,
326
00:22:11,300 --> 00:22:14,799
AND SOME PEOPLE
EVEN SAY A VERY CRUEL, FATHER.
327
00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:19,932
WHEN CHARLES WAS 17 YEARS OLD,
HE GOT A LITTLE DRUNK,
328
00:22:19,933 --> 00:22:21,632
AND HIS FATHER BEAT HIM UP
329
00:22:21,633 --> 00:22:24,266
AND THREW HIM
IN A SWIMMING POOL,
330
00:22:24,267 --> 00:22:27,199
AND CHARLES ALMOST DROWNED.
331
00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,332
THAT WAS THE EVENT
THAT PROVOKED HIM
332
00:22:29,333 --> 00:22:31,799
INTO JOINING THE MARINE CORPS.
333
00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:33,300
TO GET AWAY FROM HIS FATHER.
334
00:22:34,933 --> 00:22:39,200
DID YOU, SPEAK
WITH THE PROFESSOR IN 204?
335
00:22:41,133 --> 00:22:46,499
IN THE SPRING OF 1963,
THREE YEARS BEFORE THE SHOOTING,
336
00:22:46,500 --> 00:22:49,499
HE'S NOT REALLY FOCUSING
ON SCHOOL,
337
00:22:49,500 --> 00:22:50,867
AND HIS GRADES BEGIN TO SLIP.
338
00:22:54,067 --> 00:22:55,932
CHARLES WHITMAN
LOST HIS SCHOLARSHIP.
339
00:22:55,933 --> 00:23:01,866
AND THE MARINE CORPS
IS NOT GONNA COUNT HIS TIME
340
00:23:01,867 --> 00:23:03,633
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.
341
00:23:05,567 --> 00:23:09,232
SO HE'S FORCED
TO RETURN TO ACTIVE DUTY.
342
00:23:09,233 --> 00:23:10,932
AND AT THIS POINT,
343
00:23:10,933 --> 00:23:14,333
CHARLES WHITMAN'S LIFE
BEGINS TO FALL APART.
344
00:23:27,533 --> 00:23:29,332
WITH EVERY DAY THAT PASSED,
345
00:23:29,333 --> 00:23:31,332
WE LEARNED MORE
ABOUT CHARLES WHITMAN.
346
00:23:31,333 --> 00:23:32,866
A FEW YEARS
BEFORE THE SHOOTING,
347
00:23:32,867 --> 00:23:35,232
HE LOST THAT HARD-WON
MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP,
348
00:23:35,233 --> 00:23:38,699
WHICH MEANT HE HAD TO RETURN
TO ACTIVE DUTY.
349
00:23:38,700 --> 00:23:42,067
AND THAT'S WHEN A DARKNESS
INSIDE HIM BEGAN TO GROW.
350
00:23:44,067 --> 00:23:45,467
TWO.
351
00:23:46,700 --> 00:23:48,566
COME ON.
352
00:23:48,567 --> 00:23:50,632
YOU GOT TO BE QUICK
ON YOUR FEET.
353
00:23:50,633 --> 00:23:52,667
YOU PUT 'EM IN THE PILE?
COME ON, MAN.
354
00:23:54,067 --> 00:23:56,132
HE STARTED GAMBLING -- HEAVILY.
355
00:23:56,133 --> 00:23:57,466
THANK YOU.
356
00:23:57,467 --> 00:23:58,966
THAT'S IT, THAT'S IT.
357
00:23:58,967 --> 00:24:01,466
MARINES,
WHO WANTS TO DEAL ME IN?
358
00:24:01,467 --> 00:24:03,067
READ 'EM.
359
00:24:07,067 --> 00:24:08,799
WHERE'S THE $45
YOU OWE ME?
360
00:24:09,933 --> 00:24:12,532
I OWE YOU $30.
361
00:24:12,533 --> 00:24:14,832
I WANT $15 IN INTEREST,
AND YOU'RE GONNA PAY ME,
362
00:24:14,833 --> 00:24:16,567
OR I'M GONNA
KNOCK YOUR TEETH IN.
363
00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:18,967
HOW ABOUT
YOU GET NOTHING?
364
00:24:22,133 --> 00:24:23,366
KNOCK IT OFF!
COME ON, MAN!
365
00:24:23,367 --> 00:24:24,966
AND ACTUALLY, THIS CULMINATES
366
00:24:24,967 --> 00:24:27,932
IN THE FIRST DOCUMENTED ACT
OF VIOLENCE COMMITTED BY CHARLIE
367
00:24:27,933 --> 00:24:30,332
WHEN HE ASSAULTS A FELLOW MARINE
OVER A GAMBLING DEBT.
368
00:24:30,333 --> 00:24:33,966
HIS SECOND STINT
AS AN ENLISTED MAN
369
00:24:33,967 --> 00:24:36,099
IS THE OPPOSITE OF HIS FIRST.
370
00:24:36,100 --> 00:24:39,532
HE WAS A TROUBLEMAKER,
371
00:24:39,533 --> 00:24:43,532
AND HE DID HARD LABOR
IN NOVEMBER OF 1963.
372
00:24:43,533 --> 00:24:47,333
AND IS REDUCED
BACK IN RANK TO A BUCK PRIVATE.
373
00:24:50,100 --> 00:24:53,066
"I WISH SO MUCH
THAT THE MARINE CORPS
374
00:24:53,067 --> 00:24:56,332
"WOULD QUIT HINDERING MY LIFE
AND GIVE ME A DISCHARGE.
375
00:24:56,333 --> 00:25:00,132
I WONDER IF I WILL EVER AMOUNT
TO ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD."
376
00:25:00,133 --> 00:25:03,599
HE'S KEEPING A JOURNAL,
AND HE'S SEETHING WITH ANGER.
377
00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:06,499
"I HAVE GREAT PLANS AND DREAMS.
378
00:25:06,500 --> 00:25:09,199
"I HAVE SO MUCH
I WANT TO ACCOMPLISH.
379
00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:11,532
"SEEMS I'LL NEVER GET STARTED.
380
00:25:11,533 --> 00:25:14,333
GOD, I CAN'T STAND THE CORPS."
381
00:25:16,333 --> 00:25:20,266
HE GETS A DISCHARGE
FROM THE MARINES,
382
00:25:20,267 --> 00:25:23,866
AND CHARLES WHITMAN RETURNED
TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
383
00:25:23,867 --> 00:25:27,833
IN THE SPRING OF 1965,
ONE YEAR BEFORE THE SHOOTING.
384
00:25:30,433 --> 00:25:32,467
HEY.
385
00:25:34,067 --> 00:25:35,766
HOW WAS WORK?
386
00:25:35,767 --> 00:25:36,832
IT WAS FINE.
387
00:25:36,833 --> 00:25:38,967
JUST THE SAME AS ALWAYS.
388
00:25:40,467 --> 00:25:44,399
DID YOU...
MAKE ANYTHING FOR DINNER?
389
00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:48,599
NO, I --
I'VE BEEN... DOING HOMEWORK.
390
00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:50,899
WELL...
391
00:25:50,900 --> 00:25:52,732
I GOT PAID TODAY.
392
00:25:52,733 --> 00:25:55,167
WE CAN GO OUT
AND GRAB A BITE.
393
00:25:56,833 --> 00:25:59,866
BUT AT THIS POINT, HE NO LONGER
HAS THE SCHOLARSHIP.
394
00:25:59,867 --> 00:26:02,066
I'M NOT HUNGRY.
395
00:26:02,067 --> 00:26:04,066
THIS IS A YOUNG MAN
396
00:26:04,067 --> 00:26:07,666
WHO IS BEING SUPPORTED
BY HIS WIFE AND HIS FATHER,
397
00:26:07,667 --> 00:26:10,932
AND HE DOESN'T LIKE THAT.
398
00:26:10,933 --> 00:26:12,099
WHAT'S WRONG?
399
00:26:12,100 --> 00:26:14,133
NOTHING.
I JUST HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
400
00:26:16,467 --> 00:26:18,400
SO I'LL LEAVE YOU BE.
401
00:26:20,300 --> 00:26:22,566
IT'S AROUND THIS TIME
THAT CHARLES WHITMAN
402
00:26:22,567 --> 00:26:27,132
BECOMES AWARE THAT SOMETHING
IS CHANGING INSIDE HIM.
403
00:26:27,133 --> 00:26:29,899
CHARLES WHITMAN WROTE DOWN
404
00:26:29,900 --> 00:26:32,632
THAT HE HAD
SOME SEVERE HEADACHES
405
00:26:32,633 --> 00:26:34,400
THAT HE HAD NOT NOTICED
PREVIOUSLY.
406
00:26:36,867 --> 00:26:38,599
DON'T CHAR THEM, LARRY.
407
00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:40,899
COME ON, LARRY.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
408
00:26:40,900 --> 00:26:42,199
GIVE ME THE SPATULA.
409
00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:43,732
HERE, YOU WANT TO BE
GRILLMASTER?
410
00:26:43,733 --> 00:26:46,066
WHAT DO YOU THINK
OF THE GRILL?
411
00:26:46,067 --> 00:26:47,299
IT'S NICE.
YEAH.
412
00:26:47,300 --> 00:26:50,200
HE'S BECOMING QUIETER.
HE CAN'T FOCUS.
413
00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:56,066
"THERE IS SOMETHING UNUSUAL
IN MY MENTAL STATE.
414
00:26:56,067 --> 00:27:00,366
SEEMS AS IF
I AM GOING TO EXPLODE."
415
00:27:00,367 --> 00:27:03,066
* ...BUT MY BABY
CAN'T BE FOUND *
416
00:27:04,567 --> 00:27:11,466
* ...STARS ARE RISING *
417
00:27:11,467 --> 00:27:18,832
* BRIGHT MORNING STARS
ARE RISING *
418
00:27:18,833 --> 00:27:21,832
HE IS NOW PROJECTING AN IMAGE,
419
00:27:21,833 --> 00:27:23,732
AND CHARLES WHITMAN'S LIFE
420
00:27:23,733 --> 00:27:27,167
BECOMES MORE AND MORE
OF A FACADE.
421
00:27:33,533 --> 00:27:37,666
DO YOU KNOW IF HE HAD
ANY DRUG OR ALCOHOL PROBLEMS?
422
00:27:37,667 --> 00:27:40,100
CHARLIE, WAS TAKING
THIS AMPHETAMINE.
423
00:27:42,233 --> 00:27:49,332
ONE OF THE THINGS HE TRIED
TO DO IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH MORE
424
00:27:49,333 --> 00:27:52,099
WAS TO SLEEP LESS,
AND HE DID THAT
425
00:27:52,100 --> 00:27:55,666
BY TAKING A DEXTROAMPHETAMINE
CALLED DEXEDRINE.
426
00:27:55,667 --> 00:27:58,199
I KNOW IT DIDN'T HELP
HIS TEMPER.
427
00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:00,066
DID HE HAVE A BAD TEMPER?
428
00:28:00,067 --> 00:28:02,766
I MEAN, I-I DON'T --
I NEVER SAW IT PERSONALLY.
429
00:28:02,767 --> 00:28:07,199
I KNOW HE WASN'T...
PROUD ABOUT IT.
430
00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:10,532
INVESTIGATORS ALSO
LEARNED THAT HE HAD ADMITTED
431
00:28:10,533 --> 00:28:13,232
TO STRIKING HIS WIFE, KATHY,
ON TWO OCCASIONS
432
00:28:13,233 --> 00:28:15,532
AND THAT HE FELT HORRIBLE
ABOUT THIS.
433
00:28:15,533 --> 00:28:19,699
BECAUSE HE ASSOCIATED THAT
WITH HIS FATHER.
434
00:28:19,700 --> 00:28:23,266
HE WITNESSED
HIS FATHER BEAT HIS MOTHER,
435
00:28:23,267 --> 00:28:25,699
AND FOUR MONTHS
BEFORE THE SHOOTING,
436
00:28:25,700 --> 00:28:28,466
CHARLIE RECEIVED A PHONE CALL
FROM HER,
437
00:28:28,467 --> 00:28:32,099
AND SHE CLEARLY BELIEVED
THAT HER SAFETY WAS IMPERILED.
438
00:28:32,100 --> 00:28:37,266
HIS MOTHER FINALLY HAS
THE COURAGE TO LEAVE HIS FATHER,
439
00:28:37,267 --> 00:28:39,866
AND SO HE MOVES HER ACROSS
THE COUNTRY TO AUSTIN, TEXAS,
440
00:28:39,867 --> 00:28:41,699
WHERE HE SETS HER UP
IN AN APARTMENT.
441
00:28:41,700 --> 00:28:44,832
AND IT SEEMED
LIKE THAT GESTURE OF KINDNESS
442
00:28:44,833 --> 00:28:46,366
FROM A SON TO HIS MOTHER
443
00:28:46,367 --> 00:28:49,299
BROUGHT BACK
AN OLD FAMILIAR STRAIN.
444
00:29:00,633 --> 00:29:04,832
CHARLES WHITMAN SR.
WAS CONSTANTLY PHONING HIS SON.
445
00:29:04,833 --> 00:29:06,332
DAD...
446
00:29:06,333 --> 00:29:09,132
Your mother needs
to get her stuff packed up...
447
00:29:09,133 --> 00:29:10,932
I NEED YOU
TO LET ME TALK.
448
00:29:10,933 --> 00:29:11,933
...airplane...
449
00:29:11,934 --> 00:29:13,066
DAD!
Charles!
450
00:29:13,067 --> 00:29:14,632
"YOU'VE GOT TO HELP ME.
451
00:29:14,633 --> 00:29:16,432
"YOU'VE GOT TO TALK
TO YOUR MOTHER.
452
00:29:16,433 --> 00:29:18,599
HELP ME GET THIS FAMILY
BACK TOGETHER AGAIN."
453
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:20,299
I UNDERSTAND --
454
00:29:20,300 --> 00:29:22,966
We have certain obligations.
455
00:29:22,967 --> 00:29:25,066
You and me are gonna
figure this thing out right now.
456
00:29:25,067 --> 00:29:26,599
WILL YOU PLEASE
JUST LET ME TALK FOR A S--
457
00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:27,600
Understand something --
458
00:29:27,601 --> 00:29:29,332
She needs to come home
right now.
459
00:29:29,333 --> 00:29:31,466
STOP TALKING FOR A SECOND
AND LET ME TALK!
460
00:29:31,467 --> 00:29:33,299
I want you to listen
to me now...
461
00:29:41,500 --> 00:29:44,132
HE EXPERIENCES
EMOTIONAL DISTRESS
462
00:29:44,133 --> 00:29:47,199
TO THE POINT OF A BREAK.
463
00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:51,699
KATHY HERSELF SUGGESTED
THAT HE SEE A PSYCHIATRIST.
464
00:29:51,700 --> 00:29:54,932
ON MARCH 29, 1966,
465
00:29:54,933 --> 00:29:58,199
JUST THREE WEEKS
AFTER HIS PARENTS' SEPARATION,
466
00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:00,066
CHARLES IS REFERRED TO SEE
467
00:30:00,067 --> 00:30:02,932
STAFF PSYCHIATRIST
DR. MAURICE DEAN HEATLY.
468
00:30:02,933 --> 00:30:05,766
SO...
469
00:30:05,767 --> 00:30:10,099
WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME ABOUT
WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE TODAY?
470
00:30:10,100 --> 00:30:12,299
ALL RIGHT.
471
00:30:12,300 --> 00:30:14,232
I GET VERY UPSET,
472
00:30:14,233 --> 00:30:19,167
AND I CAN'T CONTROL
MY -- MY TEMPER.
473
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:23,200
DR. HEATLY!
DR. HEATLY!
474
00:30:23,201 --> 00:30:24,666
DR. HEATLY.
DR. HEATLY!
475
00:30:24,667 --> 00:30:27,166
DETAILS OF THAT MEETING
WERE MADE PUBLIC
476
00:30:27,167 --> 00:30:30,499
BY THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
A FEW DAYS AFTER THE SHOOTING.
477
00:30:30,500 --> 00:30:33,299
HE WAS
THIS MASSIVE, MUSCULAR YOUTH
478
00:30:33,300 --> 00:30:36,766
WHO SEEMED TO BE OOZING
WITH HOSTILITY.
479
00:30:36,767 --> 00:30:38,666
DR. MAURICE HEATLY
HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE,
480
00:30:38,667 --> 00:30:40,199
TRYING TO DESCRIBE
WHAT HAPPENED.
481
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,567
I'VE BEEN HAVING THESE HEADACHES
QUITE FREQUENTLY.
482
00:30:43,700 --> 00:30:45,199
MY FATHER WAS OUTRAGED.
483
00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:46,833
THREW ME IN THE POOL.
484
00:30:47,833 --> 00:30:48,933
VERY ANGRY.
485
00:30:53,867 --> 00:30:57,233
ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU MIGHT BE
WILLING TO TELL ME?
486
00:30:59,333 --> 00:31:02,767
WELL, I'VE HAD
SOME THOUGHTS...
487
00:31:04,633 --> 00:31:06,399
I'VE HAD A THOUGHT
488
00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:11,532
THAT I WOULD GO UP
TO THE TOWER AT THE UNIVERSITY
489
00:31:11,533 --> 00:31:14,300
AND I WOULD TAKE
MY DEER RIFLE...
490
00:31:16,267 --> 00:31:18,900
...AND I WOULD
SHOOT PEOPLE.
491
00:31:23,067 --> 00:31:25,832
DR. HEATLY!
DR. HEATLY!
492
00:31:25,833 --> 00:31:27,732
IF HE WAS CONTEMPLATING
SHOOTING PEOPLE,
493
00:31:27,733 --> 00:31:29,099
WHY DIDN'T YOU
REPORT HIM?
494
00:31:29,100 --> 00:31:31,799
THE PRESS WAS STUPEFIED.
495
00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:33,599
"WHAT? YOU KNEW THIS?
496
00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:35,432
WHY DIDN'T YOU DO SOMETHING?"
497
00:31:35,433 --> 00:31:37,066
DR. HEATLY!
DR. HEATLY!
498
00:31:37,067 --> 00:31:39,132
DR. HEATLY!
DR. HEATLY!
499
00:31:39,133 --> 00:31:42,199
HOWEVER,
GIVEN THE GUIDELINES OF 1966,
500
00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:44,366
DR. HEATLY HAD TO MAINTAIN
CONFIDENTIALITY.
501
00:31:44,367 --> 00:31:47,399
SO DR. HEATLY DID
THE ONLY THING
502
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:50,332
THAT WAS REALISTICALLY AVAILABLE
TO HIM,
503
00:31:50,333 --> 00:31:53,066
AND THAT'S ASK WHITMAN
TO COME BACK,
504
00:31:53,067 --> 00:31:55,500
AND WHITMAN CHOSE NOT TO RETURN.
505
00:32:03,500 --> 00:32:06,266
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE,
BUT AFTERWARD
506
00:32:06,267 --> 00:32:09,766
I BECAME CONVINCED THAT
I COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING,
507
00:32:09,767 --> 00:32:12,666
THAT IF I'D SEEN HIM
AROUND CAMPUS,
508
00:32:12,667 --> 00:32:14,066
I COULD HAVE WARNED SOMEONE
509
00:32:14,067 --> 00:32:16,099
THAT THAT QUIET-LOOKING MAN
SITTING ALONE
510
00:32:16,100 --> 00:32:18,199
WAS LIKE A STICK OF DYNAMITE,
511
00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:21,899
JUST WAITING FOR SOMETHING
TO LIGHT ITS FUSE.
512
00:32:21,900 --> 00:32:24,899
ACCORDING TO A FAMILY MEMBER,
513
00:32:24,900 --> 00:32:28,332
JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS
BEFORE THE SHOOTING ITSELF,
514
00:32:28,333 --> 00:32:31,066
HIS FATHER HAD THREATENED
TO CUT OFF MONEY
515
00:32:31,067 --> 00:32:32,667
BEING SENT TO THE FAMILY.
516
00:32:35,533 --> 00:32:38,332
THIS PUTS AN ENORMOUS
AMOUNT OF PRESSURE ON CHARLES.
517
00:32:38,333 --> 00:32:42,299
HE'S LEFT TO PROVIDE SUPPORT
FOR HIS MOTHER AND HIS WIFE.
518
00:32:42,300 --> 00:32:45,766
THE TIMING SUPPORTS THE IDEA
519
00:32:45,767 --> 00:32:48,966
THAT THIS WAS KIND OF A STRAW
THAT BROKE THE CAMEL'S BACK.
520
00:32:51,167 --> 00:32:54,266
WAS THAT THE PUSH
THAT CHARLES WHITMAN NEEDED?
521
00:32:54,267 --> 00:32:56,766
NO ONE CAN SAY FOR CERTAIN.
522
00:32:56,767 --> 00:33:01,066
BUT THAT'S WHEN HIS VIOLENT
FANTASIES BECAME OUR REALITY.
523
00:33:01,067 --> 00:33:02,399
THE NIGHT BEFORE THE SHOOTING,
524
00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:04,532
HE DROPPED OFF KATHY
AT THE PHONE COMPANY,
525
00:33:04,533 --> 00:33:07,532
AND HE RETURNS HOME
TO JEWELL STREET
526
00:33:07,533 --> 00:33:09,833
AND BEGINS TYPING
HIS INFAMOUS NOTE.
527
00:33:25,833 --> 00:33:27,066
HI, CHARLIE.
528
00:33:27,067 --> 00:33:28,132
HEY, GUYS.
HI.
529
00:33:28,133 --> 00:33:30,799
JUST COME ON IN.
530
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:32,266
HOW'S IT GOING?
HOW'S IT GOING?
531
00:33:32,267 --> 00:33:33,633
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
532
00:33:35,267 --> 00:33:36,832
WHAT YOU WORKING ON,
CHARLIE?
533
00:33:36,833 --> 00:33:39,632
NEXT GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL?
534
00:33:52,567 --> 00:33:55,299
WHAT YOU WORKING ON, CHARLIE?
535
00:33:55,300 --> 00:33:57,066
NEXT GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL?
536
00:33:58,667 --> 00:34:01,066
LARRY AND ELAINE FEASE
SEE A LETTER,
537
00:34:01,067 --> 00:34:03,099
AND THEY'RE SO CLOSE
TO UNCOVERING
538
00:34:03,100 --> 00:34:05,066
WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO.
539
00:34:06,500 --> 00:34:09,066
NO. I'M WRITING A FRIEND
IN WASHINGTON.
540
00:34:09,067 --> 00:34:11,432
I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM
IN FIVE YEARS.
541
00:34:11,433 --> 00:34:12,666
SIT DOWN.
542
00:34:12,667 --> 00:34:13,799
YEAH. THANK YOU.
543
00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:15,466
YOU GUYS,
WANT SOMETHING TO DRINK?
544
00:34:15,467 --> 00:34:19,266
INTERESTINGLY,
THEY REPORT TO THE POLICE
545
00:34:19,267 --> 00:34:23,866
THAT CHARLES APPEARED
MORE CALM AND RELAXED AND HAPPY
546
00:34:23,867 --> 00:34:25,866
THAN HE HAD APPEARED IN MONTHS.
547
00:34:25,867 --> 00:34:30,432
IT HAD BEEN BUILDING
FOR A LONG TIME IN SMALL WAYS,
548
00:34:30,433 --> 00:34:34,233
NOTICEABLE NOT EVEN
TO THOSE CLOSEST TO HIM.
549
00:34:36,433 --> 00:34:38,066
AND THEN...
550
00:34:38,067 --> 00:34:39,900
THE DAM BURST.
551
00:34:41,967 --> 00:34:45,266
THE FIRST TO GO
WERE THE PEOPLE HE LOVED --
552
00:34:45,267 --> 00:34:47,900
HIS MOTHER, HIS WIFE.
553
00:34:53,767 --> 00:34:56,532
AND THEN
HE TURNED HIS RAGE OUTWARD --
554
00:34:56,533 --> 00:34:58,233
ON US.
555
00:35:02,267 --> 00:35:04,632
THE MORNING OF THE SHOOTINGS,
556
00:35:04,633 --> 00:35:07,366
CHARLES WHITMAN
WENT TO SEVERAL GUN STORES,
557
00:35:07,367 --> 00:35:08,832
BUYING ADDITIONAL WEAPONS,
558
00:35:08,833 --> 00:35:12,832
BUYING HUNDREDS OF ROUNDS
OF AMMUNITION.
559
00:35:12,833 --> 00:35:18,066
AND THEN HE DRESSED
IN A WORKMAN'S OVERALLS
560
00:35:18,067 --> 00:35:20,766
AND BLUFFED HIS WAY
ONTO THE CAMPUS
561
00:35:20,767 --> 00:35:22,833
BY SAYING HE WAS THERE
TO DO SOME REPAIRS.
562
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:28,667
THE ELEVATOR DIDN'T WORK.
563
00:35:30,167 --> 00:35:31,933
IS IT STUCK?
564
00:35:33,867 --> 00:35:36,066
AND, IN A TRAGIC IRONY,
565
00:35:36,067 --> 00:35:39,066
ONE OF THE ELEVATOR OPERATORS
ACTUALLY HELPED HIM.
566
00:35:39,067 --> 00:35:41,132
AND SHE WAS ABLE
TO TURN THE POWER ON HIM.
567
00:35:41,133 --> 00:35:42,799
AND HE SAID, SO INFAMOUSLY...
568
00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:47,133
THANK YOU. YOU DON'T KNOW
HOW HAPPY THAT MAKES ME.
569
00:35:55,133 --> 00:35:58,832
EDNA TOWNSLEY WAS
A RECEPTIONIST UP THERE.
570
00:35:58,833 --> 00:36:00,899
SHE WASN'T EVEN
SUPPOSED TO BE THERE THAT DAY.
571
00:36:00,900 --> 00:36:03,233
SHE WAS TAKING SOMEBODY'S PLACE.
572
00:36:05,067 --> 00:36:06,167
MAY I HELP YOU?
573
00:36:08,967 --> 00:36:10,099
SIR?
574
00:36:10,100 --> 00:36:13,766
THIS IS THE WOMAN
THAT ALLEN CRUM AND RAMIRO
575
00:36:13,767 --> 00:36:16,967
STUMBLE ACROSS WHEN THEY FIRST
ENTER THE RECEPTION AREA.
576
00:36:20,533 --> 00:36:24,432
CHARLES WHITMAN TAKES
EDNA TOWNSLEY'S DESK,
577
00:36:24,433 --> 00:36:27,600
AND HE BEGINS TO BARRICADE
THE DOOR.
578
00:36:29,667 --> 00:36:32,932
BUT AT THAT MOMENT,
TWO SISTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES
579
00:36:32,933 --> 00:36:36,866
ARE COMING UP THE STAIRS TO LOOK
OUT AT THE OBSERVATION DECK.
580
00:36:43,933 --> 00:36:46,599
16-YEAR-OLD MARK GABOUR
IS KILLED INSTANTLY.
581
00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:50,766
HIS OLDER BROTHER, MICHAEL,
IS ALSO HIT.
582
00:36:50,767 --> 00:36:55,066
HE HIT THEIR MOTHER,
MARY GABOUR.
583
00:36:55,067 --> 00:37:01,433
AND MIKE AND MARK'S AUNT,
MARGUERITE LAMPORT, KILLING HER.
584
00:37:04,767 --> 00:37:07,399
WE'D LEARNED EVERYTHING
WE COULD LEARN
585
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:08,899
ABOUT CHARLES WHITMAN.
586
00:37:08,900 --> 00:37:11,599
BUT A PERSON'S BIOGRAPHY,
NO MATTER HOW DETAILED,
587
00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:12,932
ISN'T THE PERSON.
588
00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:17,666
WHY DID WHITMAN DO THIS?
589
00:37:17,667 --> 00:37:21,632
FROM HIS LETTERS, IT SEEMS LIKE
EVEN HE DIDN'T KNOW.
590
00:37:21,633 --> 00:37:26,332
HE REQUESTED
THAT SOMEONE AUTOPSY HIS BRAIN.
591
00:37:26,333 --> 00:37:28,966
DURING THE AUTOPSY
IT WAS DISCOVERED
592
00:37:28,967 --> 00:37:32,232
THAT CHARLES HAD A LARGE
TUMOR -- THE SIZE OF A WALNUT --
593
00:37:32,233 --> 00:37:33,866
IN AN AREA OF THE BRAIN
594
00:37:33,867 --> 00:37:36,732
ASSOCIATED
WITH EMOTION AND AGGRESSION,
595
00:37:36,733 --> 00:37:39,299
PERHAPS LEADING TO MORE VIOLENCE
596
00:37:39,300 --> 00:37:42,066
AND AGGRESSIVE IMPULSES
IN CHARLES.
597
00:37:42,067 --> 00:37:44,199
HOWEVER, WE KNOW
THAT THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS
598
00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:46,166
WHO HAVE SIMILAR TUMORS
IN THEIR BRAIN
599
00:37:46,167 --> 00:37:48,232
AND YET DO NOT GO UP
ON TOP OF CLOCK TOWERS
600
00:37:48,233 --> 00:37:50,100
AND START SHOOTING
INDISCRIMINATELY AT PEOPLE.
601
00:37:53,100 --> 00:37:54,299
MAYBE I'M SIMPLISTIC,
602
00:37:54,300 --> 00:37:56,766
BUT I STILL THINK
THERE'S GOOD AND THERE'S EVIL,
603
00:37:56,767 --> 00:37:59,366
AND THIS WAS JUST PURE EVIL.
604
00:37:59,367 --> 00:38:02,366
UNDERSTANDING CHARLES
WHITMAN IS UNDERSTANDING
605
00:38:02,367 --> 00:38:04,566
THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH
A YOUNG MAN
606
00:38:04,567 --> 00:38:09,066
WHO WANTS TO SET UP HIS DAD
FOR SOMETHING REALLY TERRIBLE.
607
00:38:09,067 --> 00:38:14,499
HE DOES THE ONE THING
HE DOES WELL -- SHOOTS.
608
00:38:14,500 --> 00:38:19,332
HE SHOOTS PEOPLE AND HE KILLS
THE TWO PEOPLE HE SAYS HE LOVES
609
00:38:19,333 --> 00:38:21,532
SO THAT HIS FATHER
IS LEFT BEHIND
610
00:38:21,533 --> 00:38:24,300
TO HAVE TO EXPLAIN
ALL OF WHAT HE HAS DONE.
611
00:38:58,500 --> 00:39:00,866
ARE WE DOING THIS?
612
00:39:00,867 --> 00:39:02,700
DAMN RIGHT WE ARE.
613
00:39:14,433 --> 00:39:16,866
RAMIRO GOES FIRST
TO THE OBSERVATION DECK,
614
00:39:16,867 --> 00:39:18,599
AND THERE'S NO ONE THERE.
615
00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:21,199
ALLEN CRUM AND JERRY DAY
GO ONE WAY,
616
00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:25,167
AND HOUSTON McCOY AND RAMIRO
GO THE OTHER.
617
00:39:27,067 --> 00:39:28,867
EVERYTHING STARTED HAPPENING
SO QUICKLY.
618
00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:34,799
THE ADRENALINE'S PUMPING.
619
00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:37,433
ALL OF THIS HAPPENS IN
A MATTER OF A COUPLE OF SECONDS.
620
00:39:40,067 --> 00:39:42,933
THE SNIPER
WASN'T POINTED TOWARDS HIM.
621
00:39:46,300 --> 00:39:48,132
RAY JUST
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM --
622
00:39:48,133 --> 00:39:50,766
SIX SHOTS AS FAST
AS HE CAN PULL THE TRIGGER.
623
00:39:50,767 --> 00:39:53,067
BUT HE'S NEVER HIT
BY THE REVOLVER.
624
00:39:54,133 --> 00:40:01,132
McCOY, BEHIND HIM,
FIRES HIS SHOTGUN TWO TIMES,
625
00:40:01,133 --> 00:40:03,566
HITTING THE YOUNG MAN
IN THE HEAD.
626
00:40:03,567 --> 00:40:07,899
AND THEN
MARTINEZ GRABS THAT SHOTGUN
627
00:40:07,900 --> 00:40:11,233
AND FIRES A THIRD SHOT
INTO HIS SHOULDER.
628
00:40:25,767 --> 00:40:28,466
WHAT'S THAT SAYING?
629
00:40:28,467 --> 00:40:30,532
"LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT"?
630
00:40:30,533 --> 00:40:32,599
AS TERRIBLE AS THIS WAS,
631
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:35,099
WE DID LEARN A FEW THINGS
FROM IT.
632
00:40:35,100 --> 00:40:37,099
A LOT OF PEOPLE CREDIT THAT
633
00:40:37,100 --> 00:40:39,599
WITH THE SUBSEQUENT CREATION
OF S.W.A.T. TEAMS.
634
00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:43,132
AMBULANCES,
THEY DEVELOPED E.M.T.s.
635
00:40:43,133 --> 00:40:46,099
AND TODAY, IN MANY STATES,
636
00:40:46,100 --> 00:40:50,132
IT IS LAW THAT PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
HAVE TO REPORT THREATS
637
00:40:50,133 --> 00:40:52,733
TOWARDS INDIVIDUALS
AND INSTITUTIONS.
638
00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:57,066
BUT I THINK THE BIGGEST CHANGE
THAT OCCURRED
639
00:40:57,067 --> 00:40:58,466
WAS THAT THIS HIDEOUS ACT
640
00:40:58,467 --> 00:41:01,099
WAS NOW IN
OUR COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS.
641
00:41:01,100 --> 00:41:03,799
THE SEAL HAD BEEN BROKEN.
642
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:05,132
IT'S LIKE A BATTLEFIELD.
643
00:41:05,133 --> 00:41:08,199
I REMEMBER MY DAD TELLING ME
THAT, "THIS IS NOT GOOD,
644
00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:13,332
"BECAUSE THAT GUY IS SHOWING US
WHAT IS POSSIBLE.
645
00:41:13,333 --> 00:41:16,499
WE'RE GONNA SEE
A LOT MORE OF THIS."
646
00:41:16,500 --> 00:41:18,066
COLUMBINE.
647
00:41:18,067 --> 00:41:20,066
VIRGINIA TECH.
648
00:41:20,067 --> 00:41:23,232
NEWTOWN.
649
00:41:23,233 --> 00:41:26,666
I THINK CHARLES WHITMAN
TOLD VERY, VERY TROUBLED PEOPLE
650
00:41:26,667 --> 00:41:28,532
WHO DON'T WANT TO LIVE ANYMORE
651
00:41:28,533 --> 00:41:31,466
WHAT THEY CAN DO
TO MAKE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES
652
00:41:31,467 --> 00:41:33,832
BEFORE THEY FORCE SOMEBODY ELSE
TO KILL THEM.
653
00:41:33,833 --> 00:41:35,766
AND THERE ARE SOME
654
00:41:35,767 --> 00:41:37,532
WHO FOUND A WAY
TO DENY WHITMAN --
655
00:41:37,533 --> 00:41:40,632
AND ANY OF HIS IMITATORS --
THAT NOTORIETY.
656
00:41:40,633 --> 00:41:45,366
HOUSTON McCOY NEVER
WOULD USE THE SNIPER'S NAME.
657
00:41:45,367 --> 00:41:47,466
AND I AGREE.
658
00:41:47,467 --> 00:41:50,899
AND BY NOT USING HIS NAME,
WE'RE NOT ELEVATING HIM
659
00:41:50,900 --> 00:41:54,167
TO THAT LEVEL THAT HE WANTED
TO BE ELEVATED TO.
660
00:41:56,067 --> 00:41:58,966
AND FOR ME,
ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES,
661
00:41:58,967 --> 00:42:03,399
THE WORST PART IS THAT I WILL
NEVER ENTIRELY FEEL SAFE AGAIN,
662
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:05,566
NO MATTER WHERE I GO.
663
00:42:05,567 --> 00:42:08,432
BEFORE THIS INCIDENT,
664
00:42:08,433 --> 00:42:13,199
MANY OF US ASSUMED THAT THERE
WAS SAFETY IN PUBLIC PLACES.
665
00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:17,066
CHARLES WHITMAN, IN SOME WAYS,
TOOK THAT AWAY FROM US.
666
00:42:17,067 --> 00:42:20,199
THE KEY IS TRYING
TO KEEP GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS
667
00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:22,332
OF PEOPLE
THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE THEM.
668
00:42:22,333 --> 00:42:25,466
BUT HOW DO YOU DO THAT
IN A FREE SOCIETY?
669
00:42:25,467 --> 00:42:28,299
THERE WILL BE PEOPLE
WHO ARE GOING TO DO
670
00:42:28,300 --> 00:42:30,332
WHAT CHARLES WHITMAN DID.
671
00:42:30,333 --> 00:42:34,800
IT'S JUST PART OF WHAT IT MEANS
TO LIVE IN AMERICA.
672
00:42:40,700 --> 00:42:49,932
* BRIGHT MORNING STARS
ARE RISING *
673
00:42:49,933 --> 00:42:58,932
* BRIGHT MORNING STARS
ARE RISING *
674
00:42:58,933 --> 00:43:07,966
* BRIGHT MORNING STARS
ARE RISING *
675
00:43:07,967 --> 00:43:18,966
* DAY IS BREAKING IN MY SOUL *
676
00:43:18,967 --> 00:43:28,533
* DAY IS BREAKING IN MY SOUL *
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