This is our western edition. Were beginning with an ending and were doing this to give you a better idea of whats been lost. There was a car wreck in manhattan last night nothing remarkable, except the one person killed was bob simon. Simon was in his 19th season on 60 minutes, and before that, hed spent nearly 30 years on this program. He was among the most courageous and gifted reporters of our time, and he reminded us just how Good Journalism can be. Reporter im from the bronx. And in fact, it took a long time before cbs would put me on the air because i had such a thick bronx accent. Were going to pick up an american. Pelley the voice would become unmistakable, the perspective indispensable. Reporter they dont know how many communists theyre up against. They do know the enemy bunkers are less than 30 feet away. Pelley bob simon hurried to Southeast Asia in 1971 because as he put it, history was being made. Reporter civilian casualties were not announced, but it was another case of
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