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<p>The shooting becomes national news. Students return to classes a few days later. Law enforcement continues its investigation. An autopsy is performed on the sniper. A police officer is laid to rest. Victims start their road to recovery.\xa0</p>

Episode 7: 'A loss that cannot be measured' | 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, but hold up knowledge, stores, and all the drag which came running out

It was an eerie sight, and this sense, it was quiet.

So I went back in Breckenridge Hospital, and there were currenties and people everywhere.

What happened on August 1st dominated the news cycle in both Austin and the world for

Just streets away from the University of Texas, the sound of ringing phones filled the

As the shooting progressed on August 1st, more and more news stations across the US called

And they kept calling, long after the shooting ended.

Neil Spells remembers the chaos that followed at KTBC.

It just happened on a Monday, and we worked straight through every day, every day, every

Four hours of sleep at night, if that, a Friday, I was a basket case.

The adrenaline, I mean, there wasn't any left.

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.
0:22.0	Mental health is an important part of this story, so please take care while listening.
0:29.8	It's mostly on this season of darkness.
0:34.9	All of a sudden, but hold up knowledge, stores, and all the drag which came running out
0:38.1	towards the main mall.
0:40.2	It was an eerie sight, and this sense, it was quiet.
0:46.7	So I went back in Breckenridge Hospital, and there were currenties and people everywhere.
0:59.4	What happened on August 1st dominated the news cycle in both Austin and the world for
1:04.8	the next week.
1:07.4	Just streets away from the University of Texas, the sound of ringing phones filled the
1:12.5	KTBC newsroom.
1:15.1	As the shooting progressed on August 1st, more and more news stations across the US called
1:20.7	in for updates.
1:23.1	And they kept calling, long after the shooting ended.
1:27.5	Neil Spells remembers the chaos that followed at KTBC.
1:31.6	It just happened on a Monday, and we worked straight through every day, every day, every
1:36.4	day.
1:37.4	Four hours of sleep at night, if that, a Friday, I was a basket case.
1:45.4	The adrenaline, I mean, there wasn't any left.
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Episode 7: 'A loss that cannot be measured' | The UT Tower Sniper

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