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Episode 4: 'Time is ticking' | The UT Tower Sniper

This podcast contains strong language, references and descriptions of domestic abuse, violence

It also has graphic descriptions of gun violence in schools.

Mental health is an important part of this story, so please take care while listening.

All of a sudden, a high-powered rifle boy went past my right ear, and I know that's the

We're now stuck with a mortally-wounded Paul Sontag.

Something had knocked me down and paralyzed me.

On the morning of August 1st, 1966, Ranger Ray woke up in his Austin home.

His full name is Romero Ray Martinez, but he goes by Ranger Ray.

Ranger Ray had spent the weekend before celebrating his 5th wedding anniversary with his

The Martinez family had a lot to celebrate.

Just two weeks earlier, their twin daughters had turned 2 years old.

On the morning of August 1st, his wife headed to her job as a secretary at a publishing company.

Ranger Ray stayed home to look after their daughters, playing with them throughout the morning.

Around 11 a.m., he dropped his daughters off at daycare.

On August 1, 1966, a sniper climbed the steps of the University of Texas at Austin’s 27-story tower. Seventeen people were killed and more than 30 others were injured. Fifty-six years later, mass shootings make headlines nearly every week. And the University of Texas tower looms over campus, a reminder of one of the first mass school shootings in United States history that has long been forgotten.

In season four of “Darkness,” host Sara Kinney walks through the day of the University of Texas Tower shooting and outlines its legacy among the decades-long epidemic of gun violence in schools. Hear from survivors, heroes and family members about their day in 1966, their lives since then and the state of gun control today.

0:00.0	You're listening to The Drac.
0:08.6	This podcast contains strong language, references and descriptions of domestic abuse, violence
0:15.1	and suicide.
0:17.0	It also has graphic descriptions of gun violence in schools.
0:21.0	Mental health is an important part of this story, so please take care while listening.
0:29.9	Previously on, this season of darkness.
0:36.6	All of a sudden, a high-powered rifle boy went past my right ear, and I know that's the
0:40.8	one that hit Mr. Ballchuck.
0:43.3	We're now stuck with a mortally-wounded Paul Sontag.
0:50.4	Something had knocked me down and paralyzed me.
0:54.0	We came to put an end to this.
0:56.5	My word's not his.
0:59.1	Let's go up to the tower.
1:12.8	On the morning of August 1st, 1966, Ranger Ray woke up in his Austin home.
1:19.7	His full name is Romero Ray Martinez, but he goes by Ranger Ray.
1:24.7	Ranger Ray had spent the weekend before celebrating his 5th wedding anniversary with his
1:28.9	wife for now.
1:30.8	The Martinez family had a lot to celebrate.
1:34.0	Just two weeks earlier, their twin daughters had turned 2 years old.
1:41.3	On the morning of August 1st, his wife headed to her job as a secretary at a publishing company.
1:47.5	Ranger Ray stayed home to look after their daughters, playing with them throughout the morning.
1:53.2	Around 11 a.m., he dropped his daughters off at daycare.
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Episode 4: 'Time is ticking' | The UT Tower Sniper

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