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For the Austin Texas OT members
Posted on 2/14/17 at 8:56 pm
Posted on 2/14/17 at 8:56 pm
Tower on Independent Lens PBS is on at 9 about the 1966 UT Tower sniper.
I had family there in those days.
I had family there in those days.
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Posted on 2/14/17 at 9:00 pm to Martini
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Tower on Independent Lens PBS is on at 9 about the 1966 UT Tower sniper.
I had family there in those days.
Thanks. I can catch PBS on my rabbit ears.
Posted on 2/14/17 at 9:03 pm to RedFoxx
Austin was a pretty sleepy town back in those days.
Posted on 2/14/17 at 9:05 pm to Martini
quote:was still sleepy in the early 80's
Austin was a pretty sleepy town back in those days.
Posted on 2/14/17 at 9:07 pm to OWLFAN86
Yes it was. I had friends from UT that didn't even know this story. They never talked about it.
Posted on 2/14/17 at 9:11 pm to Martini
quote:hard to believe they didn't know about it, it seems to get talked about anytime Im in the sightline
I had friends from UT that didn't even know this story. They never talked about it.
but its not something that people in Austin LIKE to talk abou
Posted on 2/14/17 at 9:11 pm to Martini
quote:
Austin was a pretty sleepy town back in those days.
Yep. Unfortunately not the case anymore.
Posted on 2/14/17 at 9:18 pm to Martini
Friend of mine's mother saw Charles Whitman at the grocery store off North Burnet Road (the strip center on the east side of the road, up from HEB, across from the middle school).
Anyway...
Mrs. Friend's mother noticed a young woman and a little dog sitting in a brand-new Chevrolet sedan. Mom says hello to woman, asks dogs name and remarks on nice car. She said about that time Charles Whitman came back outside and was glaring at her, really chilling shite. Mrs. Mom says "I was just saying hello and remarking about your car" and she said Whitman snapped from scowl to beaming.
The man had some problems.
Mrs. Mom heard the dog's name mentioned on the news after the murders (Sochi) and remembered their faces.
Anyway...
Mrs. Friend's mother noticed a young woman and a little dog sitting in a brand-new Chevrolet sedan. Mom says hello to woman, asks dogs name and remarks on nice car. She said about that time Charles Whitman came back outside and was glaring at her, really chilling shite. Mrs. Mom says "I was just saying hello and remarking about your car" and she said Whitman snapped from scowl to beaming.
The man had some problems.
Mrs. Mom heard the dog's name mentioned on the news after the murders (Sochi) and remembered their faces.
This post was edited on 2/14/17 at 9:19 pm
Posted on 2/14/17 at 9:19 pm to OWLFAN86
They knew it was an incident. Not much more. Just wasn't really discussed. Now my family that was in school there at that time talked about it some.
Posted on 2/14/17 at 9:22 pm to texashorn
I've always heard a lot of men just showed up with rifles to help. No SWAT teams back then and no mass shootings like this.
Posted on 2/14/17 at 9:25 pm to Martini
Yes, that is true. Two lawmen deputized a citizen who worked at the Co-op bookstore to go up the Tower with them (that would never happen today).
They made an appeal for hunting rifles. Cops were woefully unprepared with 38s and shotguns.
They made an appeal for hunting rifles. Cops were woefully unprepared with 38s and shotguns.
Posted on 2/14/17 at 10:00 pm to Martini
Just finishing it. Mesmerizing the way it's presented with animation.
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