STREET. AND I WAS BORN AND RAISED ON THE WESTSIDE WINTER
>> IT HAS BEEN NEARLY ONE YEAR
SINCE THE DEADLY SHOOTING AT
ROBB ELEMENTARY. AND ALTHOUGH
THE OF ALL DAY COMMUNITY IS
STILL HEALING FROM THAT LOSS,
THE COMMUNITY HAS COME A LONG
WAY. HE SAID CREWS HAVE BEEN ON
THE GROUND TRACKING THE STORIES
OF RESILIENCE, BUT
>> WE’RE NOT THE ONLY ONES.
ABC NEWS IS AIRING A SPECIAL
EDITION OF 2020 TONIGHT
FOCUSING ON YOUTH WE ARE JOINED
RIGHT NOW BY.
>> THE POINT, MAN FOR 2020
SPECIAL EDITION, JOHN QUINONES,
SAN ANTONIO’S OWN SON. THIS IS
SOMETHING WE’RE REALLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO BECAUSE I KNOW THIS
HAS BEEN A YEAR OF DEDICATION
BY YOU AND YOUR STAFFERS.
>> THANK YOU, RUSSELL. IT’S
BEEN AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE.
UNPRECEDENTED. YOU KNOW, IT’S
HARD TO BELIEVE THAT IT’S BEEN
ALMOST A YEAR NOW SINCE THE
MASS SHOOTING AT ROBB
ELEMENTARY. AND WHEN WE ARRIVED
THERE BACK IN MAY HAVE 24TH OF
2022, WE REALIZE THAT THIS
STORY WAS SO IMMENSE AND SO
HEARTBREAKING THAT WE WOULDN’T
DO IT WE COVERED IT JUST THE
WAY WE COVERED OTHER MASS
SHOOTINGS. SO OFTEN THE MEDIA
GOES INTO A TOWN, THE SCENE OF
THESE THINGS AND WE SPEND A FEW
WEEKS THERE AND THEN WE MOVE ON
TO THE NEXT ONE. RIGHT? BECAUSE
GOD KNOWS THERE’S ALWAYS A NEXT
ONE. WELL, ABC NEWS DECIDED
THIS WOULDN’T HAPPEN THIS TIME.
WE WOULD OPEN UP AN OFFICE
RIGHT THERE IN THE HEART OF
YOU’VE ALL DAY WITH PRODUCERS
AND CORRESPONDENTS. I’M NOT THE
ONLY WON 2 IN A MUDDY ALANA
SALINAS AND THE MEMORY OF THE
FBI AND AND CAMERA CREWS.
AND WE WOULD STAY. AND I THINK
WHAT YOU WILL SEE TONIGHT IS
THE FOOD OF ALL THAT. YOU KNOW,
YOU WILL SEE, YOU KNOW,
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO THAT’S NEVER
BEEN SEEN BEFORE. BODYCAM VIDEO
INTERVIEWS NOT ONLY WITH THE
FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS, BUT
ALSO WITH THE SURVIVORS,
TEACHERS AND STUDENTS. THIS
TRULY IS IN THE END, DESPITE
THE PAIN A STORY ABOUT COURAGE
AND STRENGTH AND TREMENDOUS
RESILIENCE AND ALSO OF
TREMENDOUS SPIRIT OF THESE
PEOPLE IN THE FACE OF THE
UNTHINKABLE.
>> LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE THOSE
PERSONAL STORIES THAT YOU’RE
GOING TO BE TELLING TONIGHT.
BUT HOW FAR HAS THIS COMMUNITY
COME? YOU’VE BEEN THERE SO MANY
TIMES HOW FAR THEY’VE COME
SINCE LAST YEAR.
>> YOU KNOW, THEY BECOME REAL
ACTIVISTS, MANY OF THE FOLKS
ARE IN PAIN AND TURNED THAT
PAIN INTO ACTIVISM PROTESTING,
YOU FOR GUN LAWS AND IN AUSTIN
AND COMING ALL THE WAY UP TO
WASHINGTON, D.C., THERE’S A
LITTLE GIRL. 10 YEAR-OLD
CAITLIN GONZALES HAS BECOME
TREMENDOUS ACTIVIST AND
OUTSPOKEN CRITIC OF GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS. AND SHE’S NOW ALWAYS
TALKING ALSO IN AUSTIN AND IN
WASHINGTON. AND AS WE APPROACH
THE ONE-YEAR MARK, THERE ARE
SOME FOLKS IN THE TOWN WHO
DON’T WANT THE MEDIA THERE
ANYMORE. THEY’RE LIKE ENOUGH
IS ENOUGH WELL, NOT THE
FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS.
THEY WANT US THERE. THEY WANT
TO ASKING QUESTIONS HOLDING
PEOPLE’S FEET TO THE FIRE.
THE AUTHORITIES FEET TO THE
FIRE ASKING NOW, WHY DID IT
TAKE 77 MINUTES FOR THESE
ALMOST 400 POLICE OFFICERS TO
TAKE DOWN THE SHOOTER HAD THEY
ACTED SOONER. MY LIVES OF
STUDENTS AND TEACHERS HAVE BEEN
SAVED AND THEY TELL US ONLY
WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR OUNCES AND
THEY DON’T HAVE HIM YET.
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY HAS NOT
GIVEN THIS CASE OVER TO A GRAND
JURY YET. THERE’S SO MANY
ANSWERS THAT THEY DON’T HAVE
YET, BUT UNTIL THEY DO SO THEY
TELL US, WILL THEY BE ABLE TO
AT LEAST TRY TO MOVE FORWARD?
>> YOU ALWAYS PUT SO MUCH
EMOTION INTO ALL OF YOUR
REPORTING. SOMETIMES IT’S FUN.
SOMETIMES IT’S VERY SAD AS THIS
>> HAS BEEN. HOW HAS THE LAST
YEAR, BILL, YOU PERSONALLY
RETURNING TO SAN ANTONIO LIVING
DURING THIS REAL STORY.
>> I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN A
HOME IN SAN ANTONIO RIGHT THERE
ON THE WEST SIDE. SO WHEN I
HEARD ABOUT IT, THESE PEOPLE,
THESE VICTIMS LOOK LIKE MY
FAMILY, YOU KNOW, THESE COVID
MY KIDS ARE MY NEPHEWS AND
NIECES. THE 2 TEACHERS COULD
HAVE BEEN MY SISTER’S THE
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT SURROUND ROBB
ELEMENTARY LOOKS LIKE THE
NEIGHBORHOOD. I GREW UP ON THE
WEST SIDE. THEY SPEAK SPANISH.
THEY’RE HUMBLE PEOPLE. THEY’RE
QUIET PEOPLE AND NOT USED TO
THE THE ATTENTION OF THE MASS
MEDIA COMING INTO TOWN WITH
HUNDREDS OF REPORTERS AND THE
GLARE OF NETWORK TELEVISION
CREWS. I KNEW THAT WE WERE
GOING TO HAVE TO BE GENTLE.
AND SO DID THE PRESIDENT OF
ABC NEWS WHO TOLD US LOOK,
WE’RE GOING TO SPEND SOME TIME
HERE AND RESOURCES AND WE’RE
GOING TO MOVE IN DO ALL DAY FOR
A YEAR. AND THAT’S WHAT IT TOOK
BECAUSE ONLY THEM WHEN THEY
TRUSTED US AND THEY KNEW THAT
THE FOLKS KNEW THAT WE WEREN’T
LEAVING AND I CAN ALSO SPEAK
THEIR LANGUAGE. THEY STARTED
OPENING UP THEIR HOMES AND
THEIR HEARTS TO US.
>> THAT YOU MOTION CAN
EMOTIONAL CONNECTION THAT YOU
HAVE WITH THAT COMMUNITY BEING
FROM SOUTH TEXAS. YOU CAN TELL
THEIR STORIES IN WAYS THAT
NOBODY ELSE REALLY CAN. SO WE
REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THIS
SPECIAL TONIGHT.
>> BE SICK. AND I THINK JOE’S
AND A BETTER PERSON TO COME
HERE AND TELL THAT STORY.
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY THE PERFECT
PERSON FOR THIS JOB AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO YOUR SPECIAL
TONIGHT.
>> THANK YOU. AND YOU’RE MY
FAVORITE ANCHOR IN SAN ANTONIO.