The Rise & Fall of Oscar Pistorius

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🗓️ 15 September 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Oscar Pistorius, nicknamed “Blade Runner,” is an international celebrity when he shoots and kills his girlfriend just 8 months after competing in the London Olympics. Charged with murder, he tells police it was a tragic mistake and that he was acting in self-defense as he believed he was firing at an intruder. Keith Morrison reports on the aftermath of the judge’s verdict and the ensuing court battle.

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0:00.0	I thought that there was a burglar that was gaining entry into my home.
0:04.0	Before I knew it, I'd fired four shots at the door.
0:08.0	He is struggling a lot with what has happened.
0:12.0	He has to live with the weight of it.
0:14.0	I sat over Reva and I cried.
0:16.0	She wasn't breathing.
0:19.0	The story that stunned the world, murder and the Blade Runner.
0:26.3	Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius charged with the murder of his girlfriend.
0:31.1	You realize that she's not coming back and then it hits you and then...
0:35.9	He can't deny that Riva was killed by himself at his house
0:40.6	what everybody will be watching for is whether you can prove he intended to kill
0:45.1	absolutely I did not find a dreamer you want to believe him you really really really really really want to believe him.
0:55.8	You really, really, really, really want to believe him.
0:58.6	I'm Lester Holt, and this is Dateline.
1:04.2	Here's Keith Morrison with The Rise and Fall of Oscar Pistorius.
1:15.1	Music The Rise and Fall of Oscar Pistorius. Such a time it was, like a different world, looking back at this now.
1:21.7	This was London. The year was 2012, and Olympic history was about to be made.
1:29.5	The moment was electrifying.
1:32.0	In 45.44 seconds, a South African double amputee running on carbon fiber legs
1:38.0	was transformed from global nobody to international superstar, with a superhero nickname, the Blade Runner.
1:47.5	He was Oscar Pistorius.
1:50.4	He was just this amazing, amazing icon.
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