we spoke to one woman. she s a production coordinator. she wasn t on this particular set, but she said that she, quote, knew everyone in the room and she was devastated by this loss. she also hopes that new safety measures will be taken more seriously. take a listen. i just hope all this talking does something. i hope that my talking with you gets amplified and we we get the changes that we need for a safe investment i m sure you know we re 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. people should be able to go home after performing their job. yeah. a child should have a mother. a child should have their mother. that, of course, was a reference to the surviving son of helena hutchins, a young boy who is now left without his mom. i should say that we spoke to several other people at that
vigil, fred, and one woman was actually hired as hair drers on the production of the film. she said that she backed out over the last month over contract negotiations but also concerns about safety. one of the biggest things for her, she said, was the fact that the crew production people were going to be housed in albuquerque 50 miles away from santa fe where this film was actually being shot, and that adds to long days and potentially safety concerns, so a lot of worry here, a lot of hope here that things will change for the industry, but also grief over the loss of a shining star in the industry. helena hutchins. but it also underscores, lucy, still so many unanswered questions. we still don t know, you know, all the details about all the roles played, all the protocols that may have been met or what things may have been dismissed. the investigation is still in its early stages. lucy kafanov, thank you so much for that. so let s talk more about some of what we do know. joining us r
back in 2019. also today, new photos just in to cnn showing baldwin meeting with helena hutchins husband and son in new mexico. in a statement the actor said his heart was broken for them and he s fully cooperating as police investigate. helena hutchins died there from the gunshot wound there on the set. cnn correspondent lucy kafanov is in santa fe, new mexico. lucy, what more are you learning about the safety issues and accusations? reporter: that s right, fred. we remember from the affidavit, the police affidavit, that david halls was listed as the assistant director who picked up one of the three prop weapons left outside of the structure where the team was filming that fateful thursday by the head arm oher. he picked up the gun. he walked it into the building. he handed it to alec baldwin shouting cold gun which should have meant that the we op or the prop weapon had no live rounds.
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.