Charging Into the Danger Zone
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English - August 21, 2020 11:00 - 36 minutes - 49.2 MBNews History boston broadcasting capitol connecticut covid19 bigotry breakingnews coronavirus education history Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Former radio reporter Robert Hurst joins David and Mike to share gripping accounts of how he covered two disasters that drew global attention, propelled his broadcast career and garnered awards. The 1987 Comfort, Texas flood trapped a school bus full of church campers, claiming 10 young lives as others sought refuge in trees, and the 1989 Phillips Petroleum plant explosion and fire outside Houston left 23 workers dead and more than 300 injured. Robert reveals how he gained access to the story scenes before other media did.
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