Virginia this morning. He talked with alisons boyfriend and her father earlier. Tell us more, chris. Carol in these situations the big question is always why. And maybe the best way to have something positive come out of this is to remind us of what is lost and the value of human life involved, that maybe it moved an unsettled soul to think before they commit violence. And we have beautiful opportunities to get to know who was lost and understand the value that these people held, even at this young age. 24yearold Alison Parker, 27yearold adam ward. The father wanted even in his pain to let people know what was missing now in his life and what the situation means to him. Heres some of what he had to say. Its sense less that her life and adams life were taken by a crazy person with a gun. And if i have to be the john walsh of gun control and look, im for the Second Amendment, but there has to be a way to force politicians that are cowards and in the pockets of the nra to come to grips an
massacre and we re investigating to see how we can hold any an all of them responsible, not just for the sake of trying to call them out but to try to prevent this from happening again if we don t do something to stop this radicalized radicalization of these young insecure people to go out and commit senseless acts of violence, how many more buffalo, new yorks? how many more parklands, how many more charleston church shootings, the jewish synagogues in new york, how much more innocent blood is going to be shed because they are indoctrinating these young white supremists with all this racist garbage? one might call it grooming. darnell whitfield, our deepest, deepest condolences to you in the loss of your beautiful mom. thank you. and thank you for taking time share more about her.
charleston church shootings. some media outlets published parts of dylann roof s so-called manifesto. and the 1977 son of sam shootings here in new york where the killer in the midst of his killing spree was correspondenting with a columnist. where do you draw the line on publishing and broadcasting them. they have guidelines for reports are covering this sort of thing. abc news, in my opinion, and in the dark center s opinion, i would imagine, was correct in what they did with vester flanagan s manifesto. they provided it to the police. they didn t really publish it in full. we ve seen the opposite with dylann roof s pseudomanifesto following the charleston shootings. mother jones and many publications did publish and continue to have that online, his 2,000 words, even when they don t appear on his own website
exclusive interview with two of the adult survivors of the charleston church shootings. because i try my best to save all them. you saved your granddaughter. you held her. i tried to hold her as tight as i could to me so she wouldn t make a sound. and i just heard i heard every shot. i heard every single shot. i was out for a bike ride. i didn t think i d have a heart attack. but i did. i m mike, and i m very much alive. now my doctor recommends a bayer aspirin regimen to help prevent another heart attack. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen.
manifesto and a suicide note into abc news. in it he blames today s violence on the charleston church shootings, praising the columbine and virginia tech shooters, claiming he was a victim of sexual harassment and bullying at work, picked on for being a gay black man. yes it will sound like i m angry. i am. and i have every right to be. but when i leave this earth, the only emotion i want to feel is peace. the church shooting was the tipping point. i ve been a human powder keg for a while just waiting to go boom. as you might imagine, the violence has left this town in shock. rick leventhal, thank you. joining us, alison parker s boyfriend and coworker chris