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Then:
August 1, 1966 Austin TX
The Tower Tragedy - Esquire
"The Austin cops had little or no communication once they left their cars (the department had about twelve walkie-talkies with limited range) and, like the rest of the country, had no notion of the nature or function of SWAT teams. "
"When it was over, two men--Houston McCoy and Ramiro Martinez, both of west Texas, guys in their twenties--would be official heroes. Both would be awarded the Medal of Valor by the city of Austin."
August 1, 1966 Austin TX
The Tower Tragedy - Esquire
"The Austin cops had little or no communication once they left their cars (the department had about twelve walkie-talkies with limited range) and, like the rest of the country, had no notion of the nature or function of SWAT teams. "
"When it was over, two men--Houston McCoy and Ramiro Martinez, both of west Texas, guys in their twenties--would be official heroes. Both would be awarded the Medal of Valor by the city of Austin."
"After the first fifteen minutes, the sniper was pinned down by students and other civilians who'd spontaneously flocked to the university tower area with deer rifles"
Now:
"My son was at Marine Barracks -- at the Navy Yard yesterday - and they had weapons with them, but they didn't have ammunition. And they said, 'We were trained, and if we had the ammunition, we could've cleared that building.' Only three people had been shot at that time, and they could've stopped the rest of it."