television employees. and so a lot of folks know firsthand what happens on film sets. and so many here are affected by this one death, because, again, this is a close-knit community, where people know one another. they re brothers and sisters, as one location manager told us, who was very much impacted by this tragic killing, even though she wasn t on set. she knew almost everyone in the room, she says. take a listen. i just hope all of this talking does something. i hope that my talking with you gets amplified and we get the changes that we need for a safe set. i m sure you know, we were about to strike this past monday for safer conditions and if the world didn t believe us about what s going on, maybe they believe us now. reporter: people should be able to go home after performing their job. yeah. a child should have a mother. reporter: again, a lot of unanswered questions.
this was organized by the union representing film and television employees. a lot of folks know firsthand what happens on film sets and so many here are affected by this one death, because, again, this is a close-knit community, where people one know another. they re brothers and sisters, as one location manager told us, who was very much impacted by this tragic killing, even though she wasn t on set, she knew almost everyone in the room, she says. take a listen. i just hope all of this talking does something. i hope that my talking you gets amplified and we get the changes that we need for a safe set. i m sure you know we were about to strike this past monday for safer conditions and if the world didn t believe us about what s going on, maybe they believe us now. reporter: people should be able to go home after performing their job. yeah. a child should have a mother. reporter: again, a lot of unanswered questions.
of helena hutchins, just 42 years old, a rising star in the film industry whose life was cut so tragically short. a lot of the people here are part of the industry. this vigil, in fact, was organized by the union representing film and television employees, and so a lot of folks know firsthand what happens on film sets. and so many here are affected by this one death because, again, this is a close knit community where people know one another. they re brothers and sisters as one location manager told us who was very much impacted by this tragic killing, even though she wasn t on set. she knew almost everyone in the room, she says. take a listen. i just hope all this talking does something. i hope my talking with you gets amplified and we get the changes that we need for a safe set. i m sure you know we were about to strike this past monday for safer conditions. and if the world didn t believe us about what s going on, maybe
situation each day. this is what the one source told cnn and another one, another crew member told cnn when halls did hold the safety meeting he was short and he was dismissive. this person also told cnn he would tell crew that guns used would be the same as the production always uses and would question why they had to have the safety meetings. now cnn did reach out to halls for comment. no response as of yet, fred and lucy, mourners of this, you know, shooting held a vigil for helena hutchins last night. you were there. what were people saying? yeah. this was in downtown, albuquerque. it was, you know, a very sad event. most of the folks who had gathered at this vigil were part of the film and television industry that was organized by a union that represents film and television employees so a lot of folks knew people on the set. this was a very close-knit community so the death of one member really affects them all.
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