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regular programming to bring you this

special bulletin from RBS news good

morning this is susan miles in new york

there's a rapidly unfolding situation in

Charleston South Carolina this morning

where an unidentified group is holding

four hostages on board a ship apparently

they are demanding to make a statement

live over the RBS Network Meghan Barclay

is in Charleston and has more on that

story Susan the situation began

approximately one hour ago when the

Coast Guard attempted to board a vessel

that had birthed at the wrong dock the

footage you were about to see was taken

by a crew from the RBS affiliate in

Charleston WP IV this is unedited

material as you'll see events were

happening very rapidly Charleston docks

were quiet today as talks broke down

again between longshoremen and the Port

Authority the cut great very nice thank

you

all right dock strike take for

Charleston docks were quiet today

reporter Steven Levitan camera man

George takashima were covering a

dockworker strike instead they found

themselves in the midst of a gunfight

that was the last image from Steven

Levitz camera an hour ago however in a

bizarre turned to an already bizarre

situation Steven Levitt was not the only

person recording that gun fight tourists

Leonard Madeline of Wheeling West

Virginia was on a sightseeing boat

taking pictures of the aircraft carrier

Yorktown across the harbor he heard the

shots behind him and focused his super 8

on what was happening mr. Madeleine

caught on film what Steven Levitt

couldn't the appearance of two more

gunmen on the dock who took Levitt his

cameraman and the two remaining Coast

Guardsmen hostage

mr. Madeline was flabbergasted at what

he saw when I first saw what we look

like a kidnapping I took the pictures

with my camera and then I realized that

there was long shooting going on so I

just ducked down yes

within minutes police had closed

stove the area and the three wounded

Coast Guard personnel were taken to area

hospitals the ship a tugboat named

Liberty May was found to have been

leased out of Norfolk Virginia three

days ago by someone named James Lawson

for 30 tense minutes that's all that was

known then WP IV the RBS affiliate in

Charleston received a radio telephone

call from Stephen Susan that's where the

situation stands right now as I said the

call took place 30 minutes ago since

then there's been no further contact I

understand there have been discussions

with RBS in New York you'd know more

about that than I Thank You Meg we do

know more about that now as you can see

I've been joined by the Dean of RBS News

John Woodley John I understand you were

participant in those discussions yes

Thank You Susan I've just come from 25

minutes of meetings between the FBI and

representatives of RBS news just moments

ago

an agent from the FBI's New York bureau

had this to say do we have that yet now

this is right after the meetings no the

bureau can't take a position on what

they broadcast we're not sensors our

policy is the same lives were possible

this is not the time to go into the

ethical questions and many are raised

here involved in giving unrestricted

access to the airwaves the point right

now is that lives are being threatened

now this group whoever they are has

proved its seriousness by wounding three

Coast Guard personnel the FBI and RBS

management feel that literally when

someone

holding a gun to your head you do as

you're told and with that disclaimer

we're going back to Meg Berkeley with

the understanding that the preparations

for that live feed are underway Meg do

you see any sign of that Susan the WP IV

crew began stringing cable in the

direction of the ship a few moments ago

but they seem to have been stopped by

several of the police ringing the dock

Meg it's our understanding that the FBI

has spoken the cable toward the ship

meg do you have any information on Steve

Levitt I met Steve Levitt on several

occasions actually he's very well

thought of I understand he's 31 he's

single he's a graduate of the University

of North Carolina and he's been a

reporter at WPI V for three years I

don't know if you can see it but there's

somebody there there is what he's coming

I believe this is one of the terrorists

he's still holding an automatic weapon

he's taking the cable he's taking it

onto the she has the cable I think it'll

be a few moments now before the

connection is made John I have some

information about the cameraman George

takashima he's 39 years old is married

with four children has won several

awards for outstanding camera work and

was a combat photographer during the

Vietnam War

Susan we have some information about one

of the Coast Guardsmen he is at an area

hospital he is in critical condition so

far he's been under leg we seem to be

making contact with the ship on the dock

I believe that was Steven Levesque

border being held hostage on board the

ship in Charleston South Carolina

dr. Harvard sometimes these

disconnections are very difficult to

make mr. Levitin this is John Woodley in

New York can you hear me John Woodley

John yes yes I can hear you yes this is

Steven Levitt in Charleston but let me

start over if you make this morning

while covering a dock strike my

cameraman Joe

takashima and myself witnessed an

extraordinary fire fight that broke out

people to see that amazing footage

we were taken hostage and are now being

held along with two Coast Guardsmen who

I believe you can see the mine

Susan miles here yes are there any

injuries a boy no Susan no no there are

no injuries aboard the ship everybody

here is fine but can you tell us who

this group is and what their demands are

I can't tell you that the leader of the

group is dr. Bruce Lyman with him are a

dr. David McKean I believe that's good

okay all right mr. Woodleigh if you

don't mind

I'm Bruce Lyman this is dr. Dave McKean

and with us are Diane Silberman Jim

Seaver and freedom Barton would have

demanded a live feed over the RBF

Network as a condition yes we're going

to begin to release the hostages the

Coast Guardsmen and in a few moments as

soon as we haven't understood the Coast

Guard hostage just not what about mr.

Levin know we're talking I'm sorry we're

going to need mr. Levitin mr. takashima

for further communications sir the

agreement called for the release of all

the hostages mr. Leno John Woodley uh

Dave Maquis in here the agreement I

believe called for the release of V

hostages and so we will now I'll be

releasing the Coast Guard that's

outrageous are they around the front mr.

Woodleigh I believe that you're that

that meg Berkeley on the dock can verify

that the Coast Guardsmen are being

released right now mr. Woodleigh you

have that hey are you hearing this

Susan I don't see anyone right now oh

wait a minute there are some people

there I think there are it looks there

are two Coast Guard personnel coming

around the front of the tugboat now and

a van has driven up it's an emergency

response van a Coast Guard tomber

there's one of the terrorists I think

that was the same terrorist we saw

earlier you're being greeted the two

coasts are being released they are being

placed into the band now the crowd here

is cheering the van is driving away

Klieman I understand you have a

statement to make okay thank you mr.

Woodleigh MS miles we're a group we're a

group that believes in survival and I am

a former strategic weapons planner for

the Pentagon so I know where of I speak

there has been a serious change in the

strategic thinking of our leaders they

now believe that they can wage nuclear

war they believe that they will wage a

nuclear war and they believe that

they'll win it now if that frightens you

that's good we're here in Charleston

today because Charleston is a major

staging area for nuclear offense you

have Poseidon submarines you have Air

Force and naval weapons areas and we

think that this is a good place to start

what's happening

so Charleston is the place for us to

start we have a demand we want the

detonating modules from every single

nuclear warhead in the Charleston area

and there are nine hundred and sixty

eight of them we want them deliver to

this dock by 4:30 tomorrow afternoon so

that we can take them out to sea and

destroy them this is known as unilateral

disarmament the first step on a long

road with Charleston disarmed the Soviet

Union can take steps to do likewise with

their westernmost installations and we

believe that this action is radical as

it is can set in motion the most

dramatic movement for peace in the last

30 years good

but if our demands are not met it means

that our government is willing to throw

away the lives of the people of

Charleston it means that our leaders

have not yet awakened to the grave

dangers that are facing all of us listen

to me closely once again my colleagues

and I have constructed our own nuclear

device and placed it on board this ship

if the detonators are not delivered by

4:30 tomorrow afternoon or if our exit

from the harbor is blocked in any way

the device on board the ship will

explode at 6 p.m. tomorrow and believe

me it will illustrate what it is we all

have to fear I think we do this not in

anger but as a desperate plea and in

hope of lasting peace

and I believe that that's all there is

to say at this time Thank You mr. Levin

that's there's nothing more to say at

this time and I want you to cut back to

New York and the authorities are going

to have to think about what Charleston

is worth to them what you've just heard

is a statement by a group of well

terrorists I guess you'd have to call

them John who are holding four hostages

aboard a ship in the harbor in

Charleston South Carolina well Susan

nuclear terrorism is something that this

country has feared for a long time let's

make this clear we don't know anything

about this group we have no evidence

that their threat is real there have

been several hoaxes of this kind in

recent years nevertheless they claim to

have a nuclear bomb on board and they're

threatening to explode it by six o'clock

tomorrow evening if their demands are

not met

they have wounded three Coast Guardsmen

one critically and are holding two

newsmen hostage I think we'd have to say

at this point bomb or not that this

situation is a highly dangerous one

RBS News will stay with the story as it

develops

this is an RBS News special bulletin

John while we wait for this briefing

from the Department of Energy and let's

stress once more that there is no

indication so far that there is a bomb

on board that ship presumably the

briefing will address itself to that

question let's go back to Meg Berkeley

in Charleston where a group of

terrorists is holding two hostages Meg

have there been any further developments

excuse me Susan there are so many

walkie-talkies around here it's

difficult to hear Susan as you can see

the major change here is the number of

people surrounding the dock and the

snipers who have taken up positions in

the roof of the warehouse next to us

there has been no activity on the ship

no sign of life whatever but that has

not deterred these hundreds of onlookers

it's curious really John you mentioned

the proud nature of the city there's not

been a lot of panic here some people did

choose to leave but most simply do not

believe there is a threat local

historian dr. Charles Eastman well

Charles onehans I believe have a little

fear of disaster

we've been through many disasters in our

several centuries they've been dent the

Indian Wars

there was the invasion by the British

there was the late unpleasantness with

the north

you'll recall Fort Sumter walking into

Charleston is like walking into the 19th

century it has perhaps the most

aggressive exposing mesh you're going to

have to break away

Leon Patterson is at the Department of

Energy with a briefing about to begin

Susan Walter s luto is the spokesman for

the Department of Energy apparently this

briefing will set her on the

okay I believe we're about to begin

please I'm going to make a short

statement regarding the situation in

Charleston South Carolina the Department

of Energy has investigated 85 incidents

of this kind since 1974 in no case did

the threat turn out to be real no reason

to believe that this situation is any

different I repeat we have no evidence

that the group onboard that ship because

in the other incidents you did not have

a television network broadcasting to

threat into every living room in America

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we have no plans at this time for

evacuation it is not possible to

evacuate every city every time you have

a threat like this all right that was

Walter s littell spokesman for the

Department of Energy Wood we've had

another demand for a live feed from the

terrorists on board the ship in

Charleston now because of the danger to

the two hostages on board our BS is

being responsive to these further

demands for for air time Steven Levitt

are you there John I'm sorry to

interrupt you but dr. Lyman has a point

he wants to make and he wants to make it

right now Steve I just I don't get the

response here nobody seems to be taking

this seriously Walt littell with the

Energy Department and the FBI still

talking about negotiations all the I'm

known in the government we're not

crazies there are about six advanced

degrees among us Dave McKean is doing

does everybody think this is a hoax all

right all right listen to this the bomb

we have on board has one millionth of

the destructive power of the world's

Arsenal's excuse me

Russia in the United States can destroy

1 million

Charleston's where in God's name did

they get all of that destructive power

our aim is to stop it from being used

persuasion has failed guilt has failed

religion has failed what else is there

for us to do you've heard the facts I

spent years designing those weapons for

the Pentagon I had my counterparts in

the Soviet do you think we ever once

considered the reality of the situation

do you think the counter force

expandability they are not interested in

the planning department then waters

didn't bed watch Steve come with me

please bring your camera and let me show

you you want to do that now all right

I'm working up a computer program on

this pretty soon you can just run it on

the computer and it'll pretty well

predict what people will do so but there

right now let me just show you you have

enough light is there George

you got it just

alright go ahead okay this this this is

it now this is is an implosion device

for those of you are interested this is

what took on Nagasaki

it has fifth-generation mechanics it's

based on the classic Los Alamos design

it contains five point two kilos of

plutonium now I'm not gonna get into the

yield from 5.2 kilos you have people who

can do all that let me just say that the

plutonium was stolen from Hanford

Washington in in June and I don't know I

don't know could you speak up just what

we started I don't know we started in

March we started in March in June and

July and November of last year now for

those interested I have taken the

precaution of installing several

anti-tamper devices of my own design if

anybody touches this thing if anybody

moves this thing if any if the ship is

moved if the ship is is towed out to sea

or if it is exploded or if it is

breathed on in any way that I don't like

this bomb will go off now the only

person who can disarm the anti-tamper

devices is yours truly don't try bribing

me and you know offering me computers

and stuff I have a lot kind of stuff the

only way to get me to disarm this thing

is to bring me the the detonating

modules now there are nice guys out

there this all can be verified this is

not a problem and you can mr. Woodleigh

can just check it out we're not amateurs

I

well the agreement such as it was gave

the terrorists a live feed in exchange

for the release of the hostages enough

frankly I I don't think that that sort

of bargain includes this kind of

gratuitous indulgence if you will I

think I should reiterate we do not know

if their threat is real and until that's

determined I think we should reserve the

right to at least practice some

restraint Liz Richardson is at the White

House where I believe the president has

just arrived

that's right Susan the president was at

Camp David this morning when the crisis

began he was not scheduled to return

until tomorrow this is a shot taken a

few minutes ago we don't know if the

Charleston situation had anything to do

with this change in plans the feeling

here is that it did not acting press

secretary Bob Grafton made it clear that

at least with the information now at

hand

it's pretty much a local matter back to

you thank you Miss Ellen Stevens is at

the FBI and she's been able to compile

some information about these terrorists

onboard the ship

voted most likely to succeed at the

Dorsett schools class of 58

Bruce Lyman surprised everyone by

joining the Marines and became one of

the first Americans to serve in Vietnam

as an advisor in the early 60s later he

attended Dartmouth received a PhD from

Yale in political science in 1969 Lyman

became a consultant with a severn group

a controversial think tank in upstate

New York with strong ties to the

National Security Agency Lyman then

joined the Defense Department in 1975

becoming one of the top strategic

nuclear weapons planners in 1977 he

testified before the Senate I'm saying

the neutron weapon has a greater

short-term yield two distinct

is important now Lyman was instrumental

in the eventual decision to build the

neutron bomb then in 1978 for reasons

unknown he left the Pentagon soon after

he began to affiliate himself with I

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think you deal with these issues for so

long and then all of a sudden it just we

just lose it in 1980 Lyman with several

others broke into the Sand Island

nuclear power plant and poured human

blood into the main reactor cooling

vents in the resulting melee several

policemen were injured convicted of

incitement to riot and assaulting a

police officer in a controversial

decision Lyman was sentenced to four

years at Attica State Penitentiary a

maximum-security prison in upstate New

York

he served 14 months before an appeals

court overturned the conviction his

parents who still live in Mamaroneck New

York had no comments on today's strange

developments David McKean 36 years old a

nuclear physicist said to be brilliant a

top man in his field he was fired from

the Hanford Washington nuclear weapons

facility last year after taking part in

public demonstrations against the MX

missile I mean you're building weapons

that will kill 10 million people in 3

seconds you have to be really sure

you're doing the right thing

that that gods on your side I don't

think they was ever sure about that

Frieda Barton poet and political

activist in 1968 she received the

whitewood poetry prize for her

collection entitled

in the shadow of the dream a well-known

radical during the campus unrest in the

1960s in recent years she has moved into

more extreme forms of expression joining

the Communist Labor Party several years

ago she was implicated in the Garthwaite

bombing in New York City when a homemade

bomb exploded in a basement townhouse

and killed four people

she has been underground ever since

Dianne Silverman with no criminal record

at all she is the most unlikely member

of the group rbs has learned that she is

a married social worker from Penn Valley

a suburb of Philadelphia her husband met

with reporters earlier today

James Seaver the unknown variable the

FBI has been unable to locate any record

or history of this last member of the

group without further identifying

characteristics and maybe some time

before we know anything about him at all

what brought this group together is

there a threat real and if it is where

did they get the funds to build it the

FBI has no answers and no answers either

for the biggest question of all why why

would a respected planner and a

brilliant scientist threatened to blow

up an entire city mrs. Ellen Stevens RBS

news rbs news has just learned that one

of the Coast Guard's men wounded this

morning mark harris has died of his

wounds harris was hit twice once in the

shoulder and once in the head and never

regained consciousness of the other two

Coast Guard personnel William Joseph

Gregson is in stable condition and Lyle

Freeman has been released with minor

injuries

Susan it's it's very hard to escape the

feeling right now that the the ante has

been upped considerably by this tragedy

even if the situation is brought on to

control these people on board that ship

now will stand trial for murder I wonder

if this will have any impact on their

intentions maybe Steve Levitt can shed

some light on this

are we getting through the shake Steve

Levitt can you hear me yes we are here

we saw that report on the monitor as we

have seen everything that has come over

the monitor you would have to say that

the group is reacting very strongly to

this news perhaps perhaps we can talk to

Frieda miss miss Barton could you give

us some sort of statement concerning the

death of the Coast Guardsman well

there's a lot I could say but saying

never achieves the Dewey let us not

forget that one man is like all men and

all men dying is a succession of one man

dying and I agreed for this one I agreed

for his family and I say indeed and I

mean it I am sorry I deeply sorry but I

am concerned with all men and does this

distract me from my goal no not in the

least dr. Lyman

dr. McKeown david susan i would have to

say that the group is affected they're

just not talking excuse me Steven we're

going to have to break away

Morton Saunders is at the capital with

what I believe is something on the

stolen plutonium Bob Morton John the

tangled halls of the Capitol hardly

seemed the place to uncover stolen

radioactive material but we'll take our

leads where we find them I'm holding in

my hand a confidential memo written by a

Senate aide I can't say who a memo which

confirms that more than five kilograms

of plutonium were found missing from the

Hanford Washington facility in January

of this year

immortan if I understand you correctly

that's in keeping with dr. McKee scens

claims of when and where he obtained the

plutonium that's correct Susan this in

the face of several government denials

that any photo neom was now have you

gotten any response at all to the memo

you're holding we're expecting that

shortly

the off-the-record response has been

nothing short of a firestorm

everyone's been operating under the

assumption that this was a hoax now

they're not so Morton I'm being told

that the White House is going to make an

announcement in a very few minutes

perhaps the mystery will be cleared up

let's hope so

in the meantime we're going to speak to

two gentlemen who might be able to throw

some light on this situation

one is dr. niels Johansen of the

Institute for energy research at

Princeton in New Jersey and the other is

dr. Morris Mansfield of the Severin

group in upstate New York dr. Mansfield

what about this plutonium miss miles

there's a myth about atonium security

that the stuffs just lying there waiting

for somebody to put it in his pocket

it's just not true we have an efficiency

good god yes I believe Hanford lost the

stuff but I'll be damned if I believe

Bruce stole it dr. Johannsen yeah

and on the other hand David Murchison is

one of the five or so more intelligent

atomic scientists working today this I

would say cannot be a good sign yes

gentlemen we'll be going to the White

House in just a few moments this demand

for the detonating modules I don't

believe the bomb is real we're

witnessing an extraordinary kind of

bluff a poker move simple as that

Dave McKean discovers 5.2 kilos are

missing from Hanford and says he stole

them I'd hate to mobilize a retreat on

that basis dr. Johannsen a few seconds

more wishes to play card games with the

life of an entire city are you asking me

if I think the bomb is real I think

David McKean is capable of it yes thank

you gentlemen we're going to have to

break away

Robert Grafton the acting presidential

press secretary is about to make a

statement from the White House the

president has asked me to make an

announcement we're not going to take any

questions I want to make this clear to

our knowledge there is no evidence that

the threat in Charleston has any

substance whatsoever it is a cruel and

irresponsible affront to the citizens of

that great city and to everyone who

calls himself in America now in the

interest of public safety to ensure

order and calm the president is ordering

the limited evacuation of the challenged

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taking this stick

is taking this step to assure the people

of Charleston that everything possible

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because the situation resolved

that was acting presidential press

secretary Bob Grafton announcing a

limited evacuation of the Charleston

area Susan it's impossible for them not

to realize the effect this announcement

will have well he took great pains to

make it clear that there's no evidence

that the bomb is real it's also

significant what he didn't say he didn't

say there was no nuclear material on

that ship I presume that something that

can be determined nor did he mention the

missing plutonium whether to confirm it

or deny it I suppose if we if we need

evidence that their threat has substance

we'd have to go aboard that ship and

have a look for ourselves short of that

I think we have to ask ourselves what

does the government know that would

suddenly make it change its course and

order the unprecedented evacuation of an

entire city rbs news coverage of the

events of this extraordinary day will

continue

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well it's now past midnight if you've

been with us throughout the evening

you'll remember the announcement heard

earlier some of the most ominous words

in American history when nuclear

terrorism left from the pages of

literature into stark reality

Walter Ressler told the Department of

Energy that the nuclear emergency search

team has reason to believe there is

fissionable material on board in the

configuration of a bomb the pictures

that came in soon after the astounding

live coverage as a city was plunged into

chaos ma'am were evacuating this part of

the city if you get your valuables your

possession a nightmare come true

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Namid the panic there was violence one

man shot another motorist who had rear

entity meeting was widespread as the

city emptied out and many of those who

tried to leave found themselves blocked

at a return in a scene that reminded

many of the refugees from Poland in 1939

thousands of people were forced to carry

their belongings out of the city on foot

dragging wheelbarrows and carts it

continued throughout the night

Bernard Frost was there the federal

disaster Control Agency had a plan for

the evacuation of Charleston but it

proved to be totally inadequate the plan

copies of which have been obtained by

RBS News did not account for possible

interruptions of the traffic flow not

even stall cars or flat tires within a

half hour there were many of both

outside the city hospitals and high

schools will quickly convert it into

evacuation centers but shortages of

space and supplies soon became critical

National Guard troops were brought in to

keep order the sense of shock is

mounting and the hundreds of evacuation

centers around the area there is a mood

of helplessness and anger anger at

authorities who seem unable to cope with

a level of chaos but most of all anger

at a small group on a ship in Charleston

Harbor

Bernard frost rbs news outside of

Charleston as in Charleston the mood of

panic in Washington is matched by

feelings of anger when the announcement

came at 3:30 today the Senate adjourned

in chaos Burton lamb of Louisiana was

apparently so furious he didn't wait for

his limousine to show up fine anybody

wondering why aren't you thinking about

what the role is

the Communists in Charleston among the

voices of Rage few counseled moderation

earlier today I spoke with senator Ryan

of Pennsylvania

well Morton certainly we can compromise

the security of the United States but on

the other hand I can't count in saddest

ruction of an entire American city I

don't envy the President on this one a

lot of Georgia 290 miles from Charleston

presumably safe even if the bomb were to

explode but you wouldn't know it from

the citizens of Atlanta I heard there

was one close by here too by noon the

police department had bought 15 nuclear

extortion threat they're all hoaxes with

the government wants to check them out

anyway Lana's experience was repeated

around the country Washington eight

extortion calls st. Louis six New York

67 yeah it really makes him come out of

the woodwork doesn't it in Philadelphia

as in other cities churches and

synagogues were filled to capacity as

people try to find comfort observers say

nothing has touched the American nerve

like this since John Kennedy was

assassinated that feeling of

helplessness and dread to knowing that

it could happen anywhere it almost

happened here at the Washington Monument

not long ago when a man claiming to have

a thousand pounds of explosives

threatened to blow up the monument the

difference is Norman mayor had no

explosives

Bruce Lyman does of a much more

threatening kind that difference may yet

Rock the very foundations of our country

terrorism has reached the atomic age as

this difficult frightening day draws to

a close there is one subject we can't

avoid discussing and that is the

horrible consequences for Charleston if

in the worst of all situations the

device on board the ship should explode

rbs science correspondent Arlen Surrey

reports Charleston South Carolina one of

America's most beautiful cities with an

international arts festival as

strong preservation program in many ways

a secret city untouched by time while

the city guarded its past just up the

river developed one of the nation's

major nuclear weapons staging areas any

ironclads cruising past the Charleston

docks today are likely to be Poseidon

submarines this is the city that is

threatened today in many ways a study in

contrasts rbs news with the help of the

MIT physics department has prepared the

following computer simulation of what

might take place were the bomb to

explode less than 17 hours from now at

ground zero zero hour

the fireball would begin its projected

yield would be roughly equivalent to the

bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th

1945 initial temperatures reached 10

million degrees a heat pulse is

traveling at the speed of light in all

directions even a mile away someone

standing in direct line of the blast

would be instantly burned to death I was

coming around a corner there was this

beautiful light and the burning came my

sister was ahead of me I turned a corner

she wasn't there anymore at Ground Zero

a crater has formed 100 yards in

diameter and 50 yards deep a blast wave

is moving out more slowly than the heat

taking two seconds to travel the first

half mile destroying everything in its

path beyond the first half mile for

another mile and a half any building

short of reinforced concrete would be

severely damaged by the blast or

destroyed in the fire storms that

usually accompany nuclear detonations

national landmarks like Fort Sumter

would be almost completely destroyed in

this first 2 mile radius around ground

zero there would be very few survivors

and those who did survive would suffer

extreme radiation poisoning one of my

brothers died of leukemia in 1958

another in 64

I think we're paying the price every day

because this would be a ground blast a

phenomenon known as the nuclear

footprint would form a corridor five

miles wide and 50 miles long stretching

out from ground zero contaminated by

radiation uninhabitable for years in

short an atomic explosion in South

Carolina would be devastating beyond the

imagination than most people

a catastrophe such as the United States

has never seen Arlen yes John is it

possible to compare the weapons deployed

today the kind the Russians may have

aimed at Charleston with what the

terrorists have on that ship John

tonight people who are five miles from

the harbor would survive the blast at

least if a Soviet one Megaton bomb was

dropped in the harbor those people five

miles away would be vaporized in the

first three-fifths of a second thank you

Arlen situation in Charleston has many

facets Merritt Cunningham has a report

on one of them a gunfight in a harbor to

beyond the sea within hours the

situation escalates into a major crisis

the National Guard is mobilized a city

is evacuated and a small dock in

Charleston South Carolina become as the

media capital of the United States

anti-nuclear groups especially wanted to

get their point across that we're

appalled at this kind of tactic

we're outraged that that efforts of

millions of concerned citizens have now

been tainted by this abominable act

we're working for a real disarmament a

verifiable bilateral disarmament it's

sane and it's possible and there were

those who criticized the role of the

media why give them the feed fried wood

to save lives who says it doesn't cost

more lives this way as as things

escalate as people do more and more

outlandish outlandish things to gain the

public eye I'd take it out of the

network's hand if you ask me I don't

trust their priorities make it illegal

just make it illegal to hand over a

field but the feed was given and this is

the way the dark looks tonight the

spectators and demonstrators are still

here some it seems prepared to camp for

the night but they're camped in front of

the TV cameras as if lured by the light

and excitement as if the coverage of the

event were more important than the event

itself that's become a fact of life in

stories like this television is a

presence that no one can ignore not the

police nor the terrorists it has become

witness to the story yet part of the

story and it will probably remain that

way as long as people watch the news

Merritt Cunningham rbs News Charleston

you know John this live feed from the

ship it's a product of amazing

technological advances and we have to

wonder if it were not available would

the terrorists have been able to gain a

national forum as they have well Susan

I think that reporters always tend to be

blamed for the bad news they bring yes

but it's a question of complicity we

have to ask the question if the news

media actually contribute to the very

situation Susan oh we're going live but

we're being joined live by Steven Levitt

on board the ship in Charleston now go

ahead Steve

yes John the entire group has been

watching the broadcast and dr. David

McKean would like to make some kind of I

just wanted to say that I have been

listening to what you've been saying

about how the news media is taken

advantage of by people and I that's not

really a problem is that I mean the news

media is essentially show business isn't

it I mean you guys have agents just like

actors do isn't that right no dude dude

notice John Woodley have an age I would

like to make a statement I just want to

say how much I love RBS news and I

didn't believe any of those stories

about how John Woodley got mad when

Susan miles became a co-anchor person

those stories were circulating that's

not true John you didn't get mad did you

and one more thing I love this logo with

America under siege what what are you

with music in the background and it just

gives me chills makes me a real proud to

be a part of this whole thing I I am it

never ceases to amaze me the ability of

the news media to trivialize any event

of any significance any meaning it's

just I I don't know I just

it's what I'm whether people are talking

about us like we're doing some sort of

bad thing and a terrible thing and we

are we are trying to do something that's

we are true we are making a statement

we're trying to do a good thing just

like John Woodley is trying to do a good

thing and I think that we're do we're

together on this right well I think any

connection between what dr. McKeon is

doing and our BS is attempts to cover it

is highly remote you the news that you

guys eat us for you

eat us for breakfast and for lunch you

have like a an earthquake or a plane

crash or something

John John Woodley good anglo-saxon name

I hope it's his own John John are you

there yes doc Magoo's what is this the

system does this qualify as gratuitous

self-indulgence perhaps that's in the

mind of the beholder dr. McKeown if you

choose to think of it like that John mad

here no I mean don't don't mean to get

John mad see I'm just trying to to

improve your rating points you think

this is about ratings

John okay John you tell me look here's

what you do you just I want you to call

up I want you to call up NBC call up CBS

and get them on the line and you tell

them there's a story here that you don't

want to cover anymore this would this

this will show me then there's a story

you don't want to cover and take Steve

out of here as Steve has really doing a

great job and I know that if he stayed

here his career would be made with RBS

but if you if you if it doesn't mean

rating points don't mean anything to you

then then what I want you to do is just

is is it cut me off just pull the plug I

mean if you're so righteous if it

doesn't matter to you that the entire

country is tuned to RBS for exclusive

coverage just we'll just end it I mean

NBC would kill its mother for this

footage any any of them would so but if

it doesn't matter to you fine and cut it

off just I would like to see Joe I would

like to see RBS willingly give up

exclusive coverage this would be

interesting let's see it

I'm waiting

well I guess we all know where we stand

doing

that was dr. David McKean one of a group

of terrorists threatening to detonate a

nuclear bomb 17 hours from now he made

several points about the exploitation of

news events by the news media and as an

example he used RBS coverage of this

particular event it was a strong attack

I think I can say very strongly worded

and just to make sure that the factual

record is clear RBS news long ago made

Stephen Levites reports from that ship

available to all the other networks this

exclusive coverage that dr. McKeon

referred to simply does not exist and I

think that's all the Navy said on that

subject this is John Woodley and Susan

miles in New York RVs coverage of the

crisis in Charleston will continue

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good morning Susan miles and John

Woodley in New York on this the second

morning of a crisis that has riveted the

attention of the world in Charleston

South Carolina a group of terrorists are

demanding that unless the area's nuclear

weapons are disarmed they will explode

their own nuclear bomb president is

ordering the limited evacuation of the

challenged and now as the second day has

begun another frightening development in

Charleston earlier this morning it began

at 743 this morning a news helicopter

venturing too close to the ship

James Hebert asylum terrorists made

himself heard at last with a vengeance

after a tense and sleepless night Seiver

seemed all at once to succumb to the

pressure

Bruce Lyman the leader of the group was

unable to calm Caesar down Steven Levitt

attempted to help a scuffle broke out

Seifer demanded a microphone claiming he

had a statement to make some guy on

there he proceeded to issue a strange

and seemingly irrational string of

demands after half an hour

Seaver abruptly stopped talking and sat

down this doesn't mean anything

Jim is uh he's a sensitive guy and

nothing has changed but as the morning

wore on it became clear things had

changed

Diane Silverman one of the terrorists

requested a telephone hookup with her

husband they're watching now an FBI

negotiator was called in as it seemed

Diane Silverman was about to give

herself up by 9:00 a.m. the government

itself seemed uncertain faced as it was

by a group whose behavior was becoming

increasingly unpredictable this

morning's events in Charleston cast a

pall on an already gloomy morning in

Washington members of Congress are only

too aware that the authorities in

question have had nothing public to say

since the crisis was recognized at 3:00

p.m. yesterday John Morgan of Kentucky

apparently knew some of the answers but

wasn't hiding

there's going to be a settlement there's

going to be an accommodation now I think

what the accommodation is let's just

stay calm and have faith in our

president two words accommodation

settlement as near as can be seen they

indicate the government's direction in

the handling of the Charleston crisis

those arguing against such a course have

yet to come up with any other options

the President himself has apparently

decided that an armed attack on the ship

would be too risky this is Martin

Saunders RBS news the capital RBS News

has learned that at 8:10 this morning

the president ordered the nation's

nuclear forces on full alert

apparently the move was made as a signal

to the Soviets that the United States

defenses are still intact whether they

will remain intact or whether the rumors

of accommodation but the terrorists are

correct

no one can yet say Jonathan E Herman RBS

News the Pentagon the terrorists who

fired at the helicopter this morning

James Seaver has finally been identified

by the FBI

Ellen Stevens has that story James

Seaver until he showed his face this

morning and started speaking the FBI had

no leads in their efforts to identify

him at 6:00 then at nine o'clock this

morning the FBI received a phone call

from local authorities in Elmira New

York James Seaver was recognized as the

man convicted in 1971 of wounding bank

teller Martha Verona during a robbery

that was photographed by security

cameras under his real name James

Anthony strimer Seaver had been

sentenced to 25 years at Attica State

Penitentiary strimer was still at Attica

in 1979 when Bruce Lyman served 14

months for incitement to riot an assault

ex-cellmate Jimmy Lennox a guy is

that guy's a walking psycho word that's

about the best way I could put it it's a

nut

Ellen Stevens RBS news the J Edgar

Hoover Building there are about a

hundred and forty thousand people now in

evacuation centers and private homes

outside of Charleston

Bernard frost reports on the conditions

they're problems for those who have left

and staggering not enough food not

enough not enough medicine after 19

hours of evacuation the situation in

many centers is critical families are

still separated I tried to get in touch

with the stool to find out what happened

but they can't tell me anything that

they will put on buses and hauled away

but I don't know where how are we gonna

feed a hundred and fifty thousand people

but the federal government has been

bringing in supplies around the clock

from all across the country and they're

all the suffering and panic not all the

emotions have been negative

the evacuation centers have been

witnessed too sometimes amazing examples

of humanity and self-sacrifice people

giving up food for others people giving

up clothing so that others will not be

cold indeed

those who feared that this crisis would

bring about a general breakdown of

society have been proven resoundingly

incorrect if there's a message to be

found something about the resilience of

the human spirit this must be it

bernard frost rbs news at the cali

junior high school some residents of

Charleston have expressed a determine

excuse me at I'm being told that we're

going back to the ship now perhaps for

clarification as to whether Diane

Silverman is giving herself up to the

FBI I'm sorry it's very hard to hear you

right now what Diane Silverman still

speaking with the FBI no she's not she's

staying Washington hints that they may

be moving toward a concession to dr.

Liang government now that they are about

to give in to your demands it's lovely

the way the golden drops we've just

heard dr. McKee 'some apparently

threatening to detonate the nuclear

device I I don't think I'm exaggerating

when I say that the situation on board

that ship is deteriorating rapidly as

the time of their deadline runs out

whatever intention they may have had

whatever message they may have wanted to

get across at this point is totally lost

this is Susan miles with John Woodley

rbs news coverage of the crisis in

Charleston will continue it's now for

twenty ten minutes before the first

deadline and an hour and 40 minutes

before the bomb is set to explode there

is no word from the ship or the

government although there are some

changes around the dock as Meg Berkeley

reports the images you are seeing are

from unmanned cameras surrounding the

Liberty may within the last half hour

after the exchange of gunfire all the

demonstrators spectators media personnel

all mobile units were moved back a safe

distance from the ship the RBS control

position is now on the aircraft carrier

Yorktown which has a permanent birth as

a floating Museum across the harbor from

the tugboat Meg what is the distance how

far are you from the Liberty May about

two miles is that considered a safe

distance

no one will say actually it's the

furthest we could get and still cover

the story as time runs out the gentleman

sitting next to me may be able to

provide some insight into what's taking

place on the Liberty May dr. Abraham

shares MA is a psychoanalyst in New York

City a doctor the situation seems to

have deteriorated rapidly aboard the

ship we've heard nothing at all for

several hours well we have a very

volatile mix there

James severs outburst god forbid I

should be the one to disagree with the

FBI but in my opinion

James Seaver is not the most dangerous

member of that group that distinction

belongs I believe to David McKean

he is a man obviously he's been

hospitalized for paranoid type disorder

but I think what's more important than

that excuse me could you explain that in

a little more detail well a paranoid is

somebody who takes threats that

originate inside of his own mind and he

perceives them as coming from the

outside world so that an innocent

comment a chance coincidence of events

can be interpreted as dire threat but

what I was trying to say and I think

this is more important I understand that

you have those what did I bust my guts

for throwing up 17 days in a row hold it

again no I wasn't exactly sure what this

meant last night but with the other

exchange this morning and I've talked to

a number of physicists about this I'm

quite certain that David McKean

contaminated himself with plutonium

Molly was making the bomb it's an

unbelievably toxic substance that causes

radiation sickness at first that's what

he means by the vomiting and it's the

later stage as though that that are

really deadly usually leukemia within a

year to 18 months that's what he means

by the white count

Dana Murchison is a very dangerous man

because he knows that he's dying already

the bomb doesn't hold any danger excuse

me dr. sheers no we've just made contact

with the ship

we're going now to Steve Levitt live yes

Susan it looks like it's down to the

wire

Steve it's a it's quite a relief to

re-establish contact what was the

problem in the world dr. NIC Ethan had

decided that there was no more Steve we

were worried that something had happened

that something had happened on the ship

but it seems that things are actually

calmer now than before there's no more

shouting if that's what you mean but

considering that it is for 25 and there

has still been no response

I could hardly describe things here as

calm does anyone have anything they want

to say

Bruce dr. Lyman you know well your

psychoanalyzing it's kind of neat five

minutes to go and there psychoanalyzing

us I haven't lost control of anything I

never had it but this group knows

exactly what it came here to do and we

haven't wavered my god why don't you

analyze a government the most powerful

government on earth that sits and does

nothing for 24 hours and then ask

yourselves who the real terrorists are

well we're seeing exhaustion take its

toll John complicating a situation

that's already complicated enough yes

indeed it is and we have to wonder if

I've just been handed this I understand

theirs but we're going to Morton

Saunders at the capital right now

Morton I can now say with almost

complete assurance that the government

is going to accede to the terrorists

demands I've had this story confirmed by

the Department of Energy the Senate the

FBI and the White House just moments ago

senator Lachlan of Wyoming had this to

say the government never gives in the

government accommodates

this from a man who last month said that

execution was too mild a form of

punishment for terrorism John I think

we're gonna see events move very quickly

now Morton I'm being told that we have

Jonathan Herman at the Pentagon perhaps

he can substantiate it as well Jonathan

are you there

John reports that John I'm having

hearing you Jonathan be five minutes now

and hear us

Don reports the government is giving in

have been circulating the Pentagon for

about 25 minutes now and everyone I

talked to has denied it for the Defense

Department to accede to the terrorists

demands would entail large crews working

feverishly all around the Charleston

area I can tell you almost unequivocally

that no such large-scale activity has

been seen now I know that Morton has

confirmation from White House and BOE

but I must tell you there is none here

Thank You Jonathan Herman we have two

conflicting reports now and it's

anyone's guess at this point now less

than a minute before the deadline and an

hour and a half before the bomb is

actually set to go off John it would

seem likely that in spite of what

Jonathan Herman says that that the

government will accede to the demands

well Susan on the other hand it's it's

been the long-standing reasoning of the

Israelis never to negotiate with

terrorists and they've had a lot more

experience with this sort of thing than

we have time is running out 12 seconds 8

seconds

I don't see what could happen now

three seconds we have now passed the

terrorists first deadline possible

there'll be no response it's now 431 and

some seconds we don't know what may be

delaying the government's decision we

have now passed the terrorists first

deadline the one they felt would give

them enough time to take the detonators

out to sea and destroy them as for the

bomb exam Susan we're going to the White

House right now where a briefing is

about to begin

authorized the removal of 968

computerized detonating modules from the

strategic nuclear warheads based in the

Charleston South Carolina area have been

removed from their warheads and are now

on their way to the tugboat Liberty May

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to the ship when the loading is complete

the ship will be allowed to move out to

sea

neither the loading nor the exit from

the harbor will be impeded beside the

President of the United States thank you

we may at least be seeing the end of the

drama in Charleston we'll go now to the

to the ship for a reaction from the

terrorists dr. Lyman dr. Lyman it looks

as though you have succeeded it's hard

to tell

we may have won I don't know the signs

are auspicious but we're gonna have to

see those trucks coming here before we

start singing any hosannas Jim take a

look from the bridge whether the

detonators come or not we put our case

before the American people we won

John have we got any confirmation other

trucks coming down now

meg Barclay can she see the trucks can

we get some confirmation that the trucks

are indeed car I can't see anything

right now I'm going to look at their

monitors from the unmanned cameras I

should be able to see the trucks when

they get to be about a hundred yards of

maybe even 200 yards from your position

but I can't see anything right now while

we're waiting let's go back to the

capital and Morton Sanders after all he

was the one who went with this story

before anyone else

well Mort first the plutonium and now

this batting a thousand

thank you John I can now say now that

the announcement has been made that the

government returned I think I see the

trucks 45 minutes yes I definitely see

the trucks I'm seeing a convoy of trucks

they're beginning to arrive right now

we're going back inside the ship for

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this is it John they really seems to be

happening now let me see if I can Steve

I never wanted to explode that bomb de

world the world is too dangerous Steve

they'll accept that I know they will dr.

McKeown do you believe now that the

trucks really John as you can see Steve

the trucks are arriving at the dock

right now you could probably through the

window the trucks are parking now

they're unloading some masses can you

see any official personnel is there any

military presence there at all anything

like I can't see anybody right now on

I'm looking in the monitor and I can

only see what you can see but it does

appear that they are proceeding as

requested by the terrorists we have no

picture here on the monitor they've had

power failure in a transmitter at WPI V

Steve there's nothing intentional here

every telephone tell it to dr. Lyman

because he can't hear anything over the

monitor now dr. Lyman we understand

there's been a power failure in a

transmitter in North Charleston what it

has nothing to do whatsoever with what

you're seeing on the dock what every

television in Charleston is off the air

what

no no there's not a pound in having a

power failure right now okay go up there

and see what's going on in bridge what's

going on oh come on oh my god oh my god

those are truths

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George I'm reporter man but I'll tell

you what

don't think we've seen anything like

this since the the SLA shootout in 74

they yeah Patty Hearst I got it's a

miracle those two weren't killed his

Leavitt hurt did you hear he seems to

have a cut came out of it was a cutting

well what we've seen here is that the

the government clearly had this plan in

the works for some time put one over on

all of us the announcement the the

trucks bringing the detonators and

believe the word is a diversion and it

just went off like clockwork and an

amazing thing is that the the bomb

didn't explode well I suppose that could

still happen we have a 6 o'clock

deadline before we get carried away Meg

Barclay are you still there John we were

not able to see too much everyone here

is just astounded absolutely in the

state of shock

we have been moved to a safer area of

the Yorktown the fantail but we're just

so happy that Steve Levitt is safe what

a brave moment and that the bomb did not

go off

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you can second that over here Meg when

art Frost's in the Cali junior high gym

and sweet ride we have some pretty

excited people as you can see back to

you Meg they seem to be getting everyone

off the ship very quickly now and there

Steve Levitt he appears to be alright

and his cameraman George takashima who

took those incredible pictures

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we're seeing the picture from George

Tucker Sheila's camera Steve can you

hear me yes dad John steer all right uh

well John we were all a bit dazed right

now I I have a little cut it's nothing

serious

god I never thought I'd walk off that

ship

they're bringing them out now that's Jim

Seaver Steve Bruce Lyman that's Diane

Silverman I believe

I dance DMC were there he's coming out

now

Steve did Lyman say anything during that

that final firefight did he have

anything at all to say to you well no to

tell you the truth John we were all so

worried about being killed at that

moment that I wasn't able to hear

anything that dr. Lyman may have said if

he if he did say anything I I that

cheering that you hear is for the Delta

commando team I believe and not for free

to Barton Frieda Barton is now being

taken away by the Charleston Police

Thank You Jamie thank you thank you well

Steve loved it then George takashima are

safely off the ship the authorities have

taken over all that remains now is for

the nests team to begin disarming the

bomb Steve are John and the nest team is

now approaching the ship they're going

inside the ship now what we're seeing

now are members of the nuclear emergency

search team this is a highly classified

group they've been organized I think ten

years or so and they're in a constant

state of preparedness to deal with

anything concerning nuclear

contamination considering it's now just

before 5:00 and the bomb as far as we

know we're set to go off at 6:00 they

they certainly have their work cut out

for them we we try to avoid words like

courage and human spirit I think as we

watch these men board the ship knowing

the responsibility lies solely on their

shoulders those are the only words that

come to mind

RBS coverage of the crisis in Charleston

will continue from the beginning of the

crisis our intelligence showed

unmistakable signs of Soviet strategic

alert it was impossible to consider even

for one moment even for one moment the

weakening of defenses on the south

eastern seaboard of the United States

not when we had a feasible plan for

securing the ship it is now 20 minutes

before 6:00 as you know we've been

standing by for the past 45 minutes

watching members of the nuclear

emergency search team go onboard

stabilize the environment on board the

ship determined that the anti-tamper

devices were in effect and they've

decided to disarm the bomb where it sits

repeat the attack on the terrorists was

predicated on the total confidence that

the nuclear emergency search team would

be successful in disarming the

anti-tamper devices on the bomb the

image you see behind me is from the next

camera that they've brought on board the

ship dr. Neil Shaw Hanson physicist from

Princeton has been kind enough to rejoin

us to try and clarify some of what we're

seeing dr. Johannsen a few moments ago

on the dock Steven Levitt told us that

the technicians had actually left the

ship now it seems that that's not true

mr. Woodleigh disarming a bomb is the

easiest thing in the world it's

equivalent to pulling a plug the problem

here is getting to the planet dr.

McPherson has set up so many failsafe

devices so many anti-tamper devices

double-blind devices the experts have

spent the last 35 minutes just trying to

get through them on you a mistake in any

one of them could set off the bomb

be the double that's it okay all right

we're gonna separate disconnected the

state circuits that maintain John

something seems to be going wrong here

have you heard anything there in New

York dr. Johannsen there's a double

reverse situation and not what they

expected the danger is that having

connected to set it will set up a

feedback that dr. Johannsen please in

layman's terms there is about a hundred

pounds of explosives in there geared to

set off the chain reaction no John I'm

going to stay right here we still have

17 minutes left I'm not going to leave

the dock until these people leave they

are still

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something seems to be going wrong I

don't know what it is I'm sorry John I

couldn't hear your last question no

Clint seemed pretty calm here right now

there's not

oh so I'm gonna get me some information

down how is this a parent

apparently we have lost contact with

Steve Levitan Charleston

it is possible that there's been some

kind of detonation

we're waiting the detail throw the

details make uh Berkeley we we have Meg

Berkeley in Charleston can you Stuart

Nick somebody help

make its Susan miles in New York can you

hear me yes Nick Susan Susan miles in

New York can you hear me Meg Oh make

please tell us what happened

we saw it didn't you see it

look look Meg Meg come back everything's

on fire they told us they did tell us if

it happens you know nobody took it

seriously it happens don't look at it

somebody said that one so um I threw

myself Bobby didn't

Stewart something here's the camera okay

I'm alright I have this some it's the

radiation coming now

does anybody know that I mean oh we

heard we gonna die there's some glass

here

there's some glass here on Bobby's back

he says it has a tape of a tape of the

explosion tell him to run the tape Nick

run the tape hey Stuart

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John I John is there something we can do

is there anything we can do there's got

to be something we can do now someone

figure out what we're supposed to do is

this obvious news there has been an

atomic explosion in Charleston South

Carolina can we get somebody anybody

Herrmann at the Pentagon we have we have

Merritt Cunningham now in Charleston

fire

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I kept filming I can't describe some of

these people the birds

confusion panic is I can't go

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the city's on fire John this is beep a

standing watching the city burned the

injured are beginning to arrive

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it's incredible people are born beyond

recognition

but trying to help

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we're going to the White House now the

White House briefing room Grafton ladies

and gentlemen we have just received word

from Charleston South Carolina that a

nuclear detonation of undetermined

magnitude has just taking place in

Collins we don't know anything else

except the damage the injuries are

expected to be extensive the Army is

already airlifting support to the area

I'm not gonna say any more at this time

until we have a better idea of what

exactly has taken place there's just one

last thing those who survived are going

to need our prayers just as much as

those who didn't this is a very dark

very dark moment

good evening this is Newswatch

emergency efforts continue in Charleston

South Carolina where three days ago an

atomic explosion destroyed the heart of

the city estimated at a yield of 23,000

tons of TNT the blast was seen and heard

up to 400 miles away and created a

firestorm that is still burning in

several areas due to earlier evacuation

the number of dead is estimated at less

than 2,000 but at last count there were

more than 25,000 injured many of those

are burned and have been flown to

hospitals around the country for

treatment but altogether the burn care

centers in the United States have only

2,400 beds

less than half the number needed for the

victims of the Charleston blast because

of onshore winds spreading fallout west

of the city 250,000 more people have

been evacuated from outlying areas in

all half a million are homeless

scientists estimate that it may be years

before the region is safe to reoccupy

trauma care centers are being set up to

care for survivors many of whom are

physically uninjured but suffering from

shock and delayed stress authorities are

also caring for hundreds of children who

are either orphaned or cannot find their

parents counselors tell of recurring

nightmares and shock one child of nine

apparently committed suicide after three

days the shark seems to be just setting

in early talk of rebuilding has been

forgotten in the wake of radiation

estimates hundreds of thousands of

refugees face the prospect of starting

new lives elsewhere in an already

depressed economy as for Charleston

itself the city of gardens and narrow

streets and beautiful old houses that

city is gone forever a new city may

someday grow there years from now or it

may remain a desert whichever the

staggering loss of what once was can

never be eradicated in other news more

riots in Poland today as demonstrators

with police over working conditions at

the key dance cards reports indicate at

least 27 injured the World Bank met in

emergency session today

stirring fears of international panic in

the wake of yesterday's surprise default

by Peru on a 27 billion dollar loan

I'm Susan Miles more news later on most

of these RBS stations good night

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