The accident occurred here at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant a dozen miles south of harrisburg. At about 4 am two water pumps that cooled reactor number two shut down. Officials say 50 to 60,000 gallons of radioactive water escaped into the reactor and that the radioactivity penetrated the walls. Steam escaped into the atmosphere and radiation was detected as far as one mile away. At least 50 workers and perhaps twice that number were at the plant when the accident occurred. A spokesman admitted that someone explode to radioactivity and may been contaminated, but he claimed no one was injured. All workers were given extensive checks with geiger counters. Reporters were not permitted in tight inside the facility, but this is what the control room looked like last september when was still undergoing testing. It went into commercial Service Three months ago. That was cbs News Coverage in 1979 and a live view of three mile island. And joining us here is samuel walker. Thank you
Axelrod again, im jim axelrod. He loved his family, baseball and the navy. Thats how his family described randall smith, a petty officer in the United States navy and the fifth Service Member to die from an attack on the Armed Forces Recruitment center in chattanooga, tennessee two days ago. Smith and his wife had three daughters under the age of seven he called his little present says. He managed to flash thumbs up after surgery and died at 2 17 this morning. Were learning about the shooter, Muhammad Youssef abdulazeez spent more than half of last year in the middle east and recently in shooting ranges here at home. Jericka duncan begins our coverage. Reporter a fifth cross was put in the ground today at this growing memorial site to mark the death of randall smith. Shot three times during thursdays rampage. Hundreds came to visit including the family of one of the victims. Staff surgery, david wyatt. His father allen told me his son died after helping others escape. Im told that my s
The entire block roped off, a bunch of investigators on the scene. This is video from earlier. Three people shot, all taken to the hospital. Folks who live here said that one of them appeared to be in critical condition, but no confirmation from the police of that. I spoke to remain off camera said he was walking home from work when he heard gunshots rang out. He said everybody around him, including himself, began running. They said they heard as many as 30 shots fired. One of the people which shot rain inside a nearby Apartment Building for cover. Folks who live here say there was another shooting a couple blocks from here last night at about the same time, starting a couple blocks from here, ending up at the apartment here on edgewood street. Right now the police say it is still early on the investigation and they do not have answers why. Right now we do not have a lookout as to who they are looking for, but a number of Police Investigators on the scene, trying to figure out what hap
Axelrod again, im jim axelrod. He loved his family, baseball and the navy. Thats how his family described randall smith, a petty officer in the United States navy and the fifth Service Member to die from an attack on the Armed Forces Recruitment center in chattanooga, tennessee two days ago. Smith and his wife had three daughters under the age of seven he called his little present says. He managed to flash thumbs up after surgery and died at 2 17 this morning. Were learning about the shooter, Muhammad Youssef abdulazeez spent more than half of last year in the middle east and recently in shooting ranges here at home. Jericka duncan begins our coverage. Reporter a fifth cross was put in the ground today at this growing memorial site to mark the death of randall smith. Shot three times during thursdays rampage. Hundreds came to visit including the family of one of the victims. Staff surgery, david wyatt. His father allen told me his son died after helping others escape. Im told that my s
Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. Breaking news tonight in modesto where five people are dead including three children. Police have just released a picture of a man they want to find. Good evening, im juliette goodrich. The neighborhood has been blocked off since this afternoon and police have been bringing in more and more equipment throughout the day for their investigation. The gruesome discovery was made at about 3 00 p. M. In the home at the 2600 block of Knob Hill Court. Kpix5s Christian Hartnett is there right now. He has more on the man police are looking for tonight. Christian . Reporter well police have been here since early afternoon. It was just in the past hour that police named a person of interest. Someone that they believe to be armed and dangerous. This is 30yearold Martin Martinez of modesto. Police did not say how martinez is connected to the murder of two adults an three children here on Knob Hill Court. But police are asking the public to kee