Wednesday Evening Headlines
Seattle Now
KUOW News and Information
4.7 • 670 Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2024
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Metro bus driver fatally stabbed by passenger, WA declares victory against the northern giant hornet, and Kaiser Permanente is sued over hearing aid coverage. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
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| 0:56.9 | Good afternoon from the KUOW Newsroom. This is Seattle now. I'm Paige Browning with a roundup of today's top stories. |
| 0:58.9 | It's Wednesday, December 18th. |
| 1:02.7 | In a shocking day in Seattle, |
| 1:07.2 | metro bus driver Sean Yim was fatally stabbed by a passenger. |
| 1:12.5 | It happened in the U district near University Way and 41st, around three in the morning. |
| 1:18.0 | Today, the transit operator's union is demanding safety improvements that they say they've sought for years. Union President Greg Woodfield spoke at a news conference at the unions |
| 1:23.7 | to Quilla headquarters surrounded by elected officials. |
| 1:30.6 | I've tried to work with the leaders of this area in Metro. |
| 1:35.1 | I've tried not to get on the media. I don't want to scare people away from public transit. |
| 1:40.0 | I could beat my chest up here and point fingers and call everybody out, rant and rave. |
| 1:43.9 | I'm more about let's work together and let's get this solved. We can never have this happen again. |
| 1:46.5 | The union's demands include adding secure, isolated compartments for bus drivers and a major |
| 1:51.8 | increase in the number of metro transit police. King County executive Dow Constantine called |
| 1:57.4 | Yim stabbing an outrageous act of violence against a frontline public servant. |
| 2:03.5 | He says the county has already vastly expanded its transit security program. |
| 2:08.8 | We are doing everything we can and we'll continue to ramp up our efforts to make sure the transit is safe for everyone, |
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