I first saw the alert on CNN (interrupting Hour 247 of Mystery Plane coverage), and when I saw the crash was at Seattle Center, I was 90% sure that's what it was, since both KOMO and KIRO have helicopter pads within a couple of blocks of there.
I was in and out of KOMO's coverage and it was hard to watch. Early on, you knew that they knew who was on the helicopter but they weren't willing to say it (likely because next-of-kin had yet to be notified). Later, once they did release the names, it seemed pretty clear they were having trouble keeping it together. I'm actually surprised they stayed with it until noon, since there wasn't much new to it once the names were released. John On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 1:42 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > Pilot and cameraman killed, and a man on the ground suffered major burns and > is in critical condition. > > I know people who work at KING and KIRO, but I don't believe I know anybody > at KOMO. I do know that area of Seattle well enough to know that pilot > probably got himself killed trying to crash in the one spot that wasn't > overpopulated with people. > > I've tried watching the live streams of all three Seattle affiliates, but I > had to stop. They were all quickly reduced to eyewitnesses who only happened > to see what happened as they stepped outside to spark up a joint -- to say > they were not eloquent is putting it mildly. > > At a lot of TV markets, the people who work in the news divisions are very > quick to jump away to bigger and better. I don't have hard data, but I'd > venture to say Seattle has one of the lowest turnover rates in the business. > I personally know people who have been there 20 years, and know of several > others who have been there even longer. All this is my way of saying this > will be a tough blow to the Seattle TV news community > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) -- John Edwards "You can insure against the weather, but you can't insure against incompetence, can you?" - Phil Tufnell -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
