Hey guys and welcome back to part two of our story on the tragic death of Helena Hutchins, who died on the set of the Rust movie.

In part one of our story, we introduced the tragic events surrounding her death, and in part two, we are going to be diving deeper into the failures that led to the fatal shooting.

Helena, who is a talented cinematographer, was struck by a live round that was fired from a revolver held by Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal.

Despite there being industry protocols for handling firearms on set, multiple safety violations did occur,

including an armorer who failed to conduct the necessary safety checks and a gun that should have been unloaded with no live ammunition on set.

These oversights combined with a rushed atmosphere after some

crew members walked out, all contributed to Helena's preventable death. As investigations continue,

the key question remains, and that is where did the live round come from? Of course, scrutiny has

fallen on Alec Baldwin, the assistant director,

and the armorer as the authorities are working to determine responsibility. The search for the

origin of the ammo continued, but investigators were also uncovering even more troubling

information about the overall safety culture, or lack thereof, on the set of rest. Through additional interviews and

search warrants, they found out that this wasn't just one mistake. Helena's death was a result of a series

of very bad decisions, many of which were tied directly to the production's low budget and

aggressive cost cutting. The findings were that the Rust team was

operating under an unreasonably rushed schedule, that they also hired unqualified or inexperienced

staff, even for critical safety roles, and the fact that they chose Hannah as the only

armorer, despite the fact that the film involved 13 different guns.

I was actually shocked whenever we learned that the film started in, was it August to September.

It was like a month.

That was it that they were filming this, like, movie movie.

It seems so quick.

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