UT Tower shooting's somber anniversary

Beginning this past Monday, Texas state law requires all public universities to allow licensed concealed handguns owners to carry their firearms on campus. Ironically, the new "Campus Carry" law went into effect on the 50th anniversary of the infamous mass shooting at the University of Texas at Austin. Anna Werner talks to people who were there that fateful day in 1966, and to the creator of an acclaimed new documentary, "Tower."

[@stefansnellgrove]

So sad her baby would have been 53 years old had the baby survived. I feel bad for this woman having lost her baby in this unimaginable way.

[@thex2983]

@For Truth This is true, but kinda sad, cuz it could be the reverse

[@rogerfournier3284]

Me too, it's so sad that the baby didn't survive.

[@rottensquids]

"How could I not forgive him? The lord has forgiven me! He was just a really mixed up kid." Spoken like a woman who has truly found her peace. God Bless her.

[@joshuabrooks4907]

It's hard to believe that today marks the 55th anniversary of this terrible tragedy. I hope the families and surviving victims can get through this day without any grief.

[@buckshot6481]

I noticed Walter said a deranged student, he didn't say a republican, he didn't say a Democrat , he didn't blame the rifle, a deranged man.

[@kleeamd8274]

That's because newsmen had integrity then

[@floridapmi]

It occurred at his alma mater

[@kleeamd8274]

@Quaker 2019 no,.sorry they don't. CNN is full of lies. I can sit here all day and write all the 💩 they've lied about. You're very naive

[@kleeamd8274]

@Quaker 2019 oh, like I'm so offended by emojis. LOL. please bother someone who actually cares what u think because newsflash⚡: I don't care what your 🤏🧠 thinks. And once I hit send in this post, I will be muting u because that's how much I don't care what u think. Bye now 👋😘

[@KetoKrime]

I am stunned with the fact that, how he managed to carry around the gun so easily…

[@leanajo754]

He had a footlocker full of guns and ammunition. He hauled it up the tower with a dolly. He posed as a maintenance man to get up there. Security back then was pretty laxed. Nowadays, it's a tighter security system on the campus.

[@michaelmathis1961]

I remember this as a 15 year old kid and the details I remember was that Whitman left a note for someone to see why he was acting this way. Autopsy results showed he had a brain tumor. The Life article stated that Martinez shot Whitman first and McCoy shot him with a shotgun just about the same time and that ended the shooting. I also remember all the people getting their guns out of their trucks and returning fire. I can see these videos to this day and the pictures in Life magazine as if it was yesterday. We did not need rapid police forces back then, just good ole boys with their guns in their possession to try and stop this carnage!

[@TheHeavensFellen]

The message was we need less guns and more armed officers, they've been slapping us around with these lies for 50 years.

[@alexis9212]

Actually the shooter had a tumor in the impulse part of the brain that caused him to go crazy like that.

[@cheesychildhooddancescool3378]

Um actually people have proven that it had no effect on Whitman’s actions

[@G_PTYNicolasCMP]

​@@cheesychildhooddancescool3378 where info?

[@vivalajuicey]

Year of 2022 still going on when it shouldn't be.

[@tonym994]

they didn't 'climb' the tower either. they took an elevator. then took the stairs from the 27th flr. to the 28th flr .if they took the stairs all the way, the heat would've hit them awful hard.

[@ElfHostage]

Imagine waiting for an elevator and then armed cops approach and say “we gotta use this, you can’t come with us.” Did the elevator make any stops? Was There somebody else on one of the upper floors waiting for an elevator only for it to open and the armed cops say “sorry, use another elevator.” Must’ve been awkward inside the elevator too. Must’ve been awkward walking up those last two floors.

[@X1GenKaneShiroX]

Charles Whitman probably isn’t that cautious, he did not flee and didn’t see Martinez shooting shots so therefore he’s dead.

[@laticanthony1107]

You let the colors us my awards you let the colors us my awards

[@finnskates845]

My grandmas brother was one of the people that went up and shot him

[@stevendavis4189]

Who was your great uncle?

[@finnskates845]

@@stevendavis4189 milton shoquist

[@finnskates845]

@@stevendavis4189 look up on youtube (the rookie officer who ended up at the top of the tower-milton shoquist

[@danielshannon6027]

It was officers Martinez, McCoy, and campus book store owner Allen Crumb who went up the tower.

[@jackphillips3354]

The 54th🕯🙏🏻

[@airnicco3255]

Its cuz of does damn video games

[@jerosamurai7981]

really? 1966? lol

[@nono-fq3ys]

Lol

[@jeshkam]

@@jerosamurai7981 whoosh...

[@razzberry4756]

pong led to all of this, damnit pong, you seemed so innocent...

[@betonthis1]

The people that were present relive this moment everyday from an event over 54 years ago while we have current day people making fun of current day victims of mass shootings as paid actors and communists and still refuse to make any changes to try to stop these things from happening. How far our society has gone from being the kind and generous people who always looked out for our neighbors.

[@joeldriver5356]

Houston McCoy, who happens to be my grandmother's sister's kid, was the one who killed Whitman and it's a fairly distasteful for this guy Martinez to act as if he's the one who is getting all the credit. While he certainly deserves credit for teaming up with McCoy to confront the shooter let's get the facts straight if we're going to tell this story.

[@theeoarsman921]

Didn't Houston McCoy shoot Whitman in the face with a shot gun?

[@rosierose1917]

Thats so sad, her future with her boyfriend and baby stopped in one moment. Sounds like shemade her peace but regardless what could have been is so sad

[@1inch931]

What is wrong with people

[@nono-fq3ys]

Said by Dr Phil

[@stevendavis4189]

What people are you referring to?

[@waterwolves1025]

so did she have another kid

[@akm1967]

She adopted a young boy from Ethiopia.

[@stevendavis4189]

She couldn't bear anymore children

[@stevendavis4189]

@Quaker 2019 Where did you hear this from? Because Claire Wilson has publicly remarked that the shooting made her infertile. What makes you an expert on her condition? Why would she lie about that? Over and above that why does it even matter? I think Ms. Wilson has earned the liberty to live her life in peace. Thank heaven she survived the macabre wrath of Charles Whitman-that is truly what should take precedence over all else at this point

[@joelgalvan8358]

Whitman, shot one guy at over ,400 yards in the stomach. Had to be summing, more than 2 ft. Above his head.

[@pauldunn8874]

This is awful

[@ezequielsanchez-garcia8819]

You can watch Tower on KZbin

[@RiggsBF]

No trench coats 6/10

[@LittleGidget1]

The shooter was the first MK Ultra mind Controlled victim

[@khalilreid6741]

Powerwash and tear the whole tower wall to remodel it

[@aveave99]

Khalil Reid no it’s a historical monument! Leave it

[@lanag492]

So whitman got a military burial

[@cal4207]

Just because you take an elevator then a flight of stairs and start shooting people randomly does not take away from The valor of serving the country yes he was entitled to a military funeral

[@alphonsozorro7952]

@@cal4207 Sodomite jingoist Cal 420, he never fought in any of the US terror wars abroad. So, even by US standards, he didn't prove any "valor".

[@LittleGidget1]

Alphonso Zorro He was a victim himself. MK Ultra

[@schylarvelez46]

@@LittleGidget1 can you shut up about the MK ultra bullcrap, the program wasn't even started yet

[@Mina-te5qi]

Martinez never even hit Whitman. He shot him after he was already dead.

[@newvibes789]

He states his shots hit him besides does it really matter he had the courage to go after him which is more than most would have done probably more than you hater. A shotgun blast is more effective than a revolver.

[@brianhenry9799]

You were there?

[@SKaR64]

And before he was dead Mina.

[@ilovemickyandhelove1]

The autopsy report said all the shots came from the other officers revolver.

[@mattwilhelm7024]

He did it because he played violent video games and listened to rock music, right?

[@newt0830]

im surprised CBS didnt blame Trump

[@davidmaguire1308]

newt0830 trump was not president at the time 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨

[@antonioacevedo5200]

You're assuming. They are probably trying to create some fantastic case for it. Stay tuned for further developments.

[@RobertAdairWorkshop]

Tacky

[@jeshkam]

@@davidmaguire1308 whoosh...

[@jjames8256]

I get your sarcasm but be rational here...you just look stupid 💀

[@johnmoore7186]

Martinez has changed his story again! He left out a previous statement that Whitman sprang up like a cat and that was when he shot Whitman again. Martinez stole McCoy's valor in 1966, and every story since. The only reason he became a Texas Ranger, is because the Rangers, bought his story as well.

[@stevendavis4189]

Oh who gives a crap! As far as I'm concerned they both, Martinez and McCoy, were both heroes in my book.

[@SKaR64]

John Moore, what evidence do you have that Martinez "personally" stole McCoy's valor in 1966 and that the only reason he became a ranger was because he said that he shot Whitman?

[@SKaR64]

Silence.

[@idkanymore9869]

I’m not surprised it happened in Texas

[@TheHeavensFellen]

Yeah that LBJ Zionist controlled Austin with his wife's KTBC TV station bringing nationwide coverage, yeah no surprise. It was Frank Stanton of CBS who got KTBC the national affiliation, he took over the Amer Red Cross after ER Harriman, and Marjory Stoneman Douglas had joined the Red Cross , whose father Frank Stoneman ran the Miami Herald, yeah the CIA linked Herald. No surprises here just a Bolshevik cabal, do jot connect Texas with that lying Austin, that was LBJ all the way.

[@stevendavis4189]

All my exes live in Texas

[@Native722]

The OG of mass shootings

[@zervox136]

I don’t understand why America let’s people have their own guns. People are going to come in and say that they protect home robberies and stuff but if people weren’t allowed guns, then robbers wouldn’t also have guns and stuff. Guns should only be used and acquired for police forces and the military.

[@marshalldevinejr.8078]

If only it worked that way. You can get a gun if you know the right people or where to go, so it wouldn't matter if firearms were outlawed. It's just like buying dope.

[@9foxgrl15]

@@marshalldevinejr.8078 So true. Several people who are arrested for gun crimes never legally owed the gun. If they want a gun, they will get a gun.

[@cult6667]

A robber. Could use a knife or a hammer

[@Sativasoldier666v2]

Look up the history of the united states, it's not just because of home invasions, as much as guns help in scenarios like that its more a repellent to the government should they one day completely turn on the people and take your freedoms away, it's the real reason for why so many corrupt politicians in America want to rob them of gun rights, it's not to "protect" people, there will always be crazies that can make their own weaponry - it's why a strict country like Japan where a tiny minority have legal firearms just had an assassination with a HOME-MADE firearm. Not sure how old you are, but hopefully one day you'll figure out why self-defense matters, and not just against thieves in balaclavas, preferably before it becomes necessary to know.

[@Luizxsilva]

Forgive him? Ah....give me a break.

[@stevendavis4189]

What you expect her to do at this point? Urinate on his head stone? It's terrible that this transpired, but at least she found the strength to proceed forward as best as she could.

[@Luizxsilva]

@@stevendavis4189 'urinate on his head stone?' It's better than forgiving.

[@stevendavis4189]

I understand your sentiment. But the survivors can't let him consume their entire lives.

[@Luizxsilva]

@@stevendavis4189If I were a sick serial killer, all I would want most when I was arrested would be the compassion of society and justice. my life would be much easier, isn't it?!

[@stevendavis4189]

@@Luizxsilva I said nothing about it being an "easy" life. Don't put words in my mouth. If you perpetrate a crime you should be incarcerated. Its a prison, not a country club. I used to work with a victims right advocacy group and the people I worked with were relatives of women who died in 1966. Some of these relatives were afflicted with PTSD and there was no grief counseling in that day and age. Fortunately some learned in time to work through their trauma and you do that by forgiveness. Not for the benefit of the killer, but to free yourself from the past so you can live the life the deceased never could.

[@jazz3685]

She forgave him and we should forgive him because with all the years of abuse as a child his parents created this monster

[@stefansnellgrove]

So sad her baby would have been 53 years old had the baby survived. I feel bad for this woman having lost her baby in this unimaginable way.

[@nickschallick5259]

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[@yugadeepk5297]

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