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Reaction to a Killer
Aired October 23, 2002 - 06:33 ET
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CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: Now we want to get some reaction to these three weeks of fear in the D.C. area.
Kevin Sites is in a diner in Silver Spring. He's talking to some customers there.
Good morning -- Kevin. I don't have to ask you what everyone...
(CROSSTALK)
KEVIN SITES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Catherine.
CALLAWAY: I'm sure what everyone is concerned about there.
SITES: Yes, we're in the Tasty Diner (ph), Catherine, and this is in Silver Spring, Maryland. Silver Spring is the heart of Montgomery County, where the sniper has attacked so many times before, including, as you may remember, the gunning down of Sarah Ramos within this city itself. Sarah was sitting on a park bench when she was shot down in cold blood on October 3, the day so many other people died.
We've come here basically just to take the pulse of the people, to find out what it's like to actually live here within the heart of all of this terror.
If we can come over here and talk to a couple of these doctors. They're from the Walter Reed Hospital.
Sir, how has your routine changed actually since the sniper shootings?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I have two children, 16 and 10, and the 10- year-old no longer does his soccer matches practices. And I worry about my daughter being at the bus stop in the morning, waiting for her school bus to come.
SITES: What was your feeling when you heard that the sniper had written in a note recently that he had said, "Your children are not safe anytime, anywhere?" Did that frighten you even more?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think it confirmed that we had already felt, and once the 13-year-old boy was shot, most parents understood that their children were potentially at risk. And so, I think it confirmed things, but for me, personally, it didn't change anything, because we had been taking precautions ever since that event.
SITES: But what kind of precautions can you actually take that give you a sense of security here?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The main precaution is talking to your children, and every night at dinner, I talk to mine, and we talk about it. The 10-year-old boy certainly sees the news and knows what's going on, and we just talk about trying to live your life and not succumb to terrorism and fear, but recognize that the world can be an unsafe place sometimes and we can only do so much and trust in God beyond that.
SITES: Do you think at this point, Colonel Shriver (ph), that the police are doing all that they can?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think the police and all of the authorities are doing the best that they feel that they can do and all they can do, and we feel very confident in them, certainly in our household.
SITES: OK. Again, this is Colonel Shriver (ph) from the Walter Reed Hospital. We're here in the Tasty Diner talking to people, trying to get an idea of what it's like to actually live here in the midst of all of this terror, what they're doing to change their lives, how they've been able to process this, and live here with this ongoing threat.
Back to you -- Catherine.
CALLAWAY: All right, Kevin, I bet business has really been down at that diner as well. That's Kevin Sites. Thank you.
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Aired October 23, 2002 - 06:33 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: Now we want to get some reaction to these three weeks of fear in the D.C. area.
Kevin Sites is in a diner in Silver Spring. He's talking to some customers there.
Good morning -- Kevin. I don't have to ask you what everyone...
(CROSSTALK)
KEVIN SITES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Catherine.
CALLAWAY: I'm sure what everyone is concerned about there.
SITES: Yes, we're in the Tasty Diner (ph), Catherine, and this is in Silver Spring, Maryland. Silver Spring is the heart of Montgomery County, where the sniper has attacked so many times before, including, as you may remember, the gunning down of Sarah Ramos within this city itself. Sarah was sitting on a park bench when she was shot down in cold blood on October 3, the day so many other people died.
We've come here basically just to take the pulse of the people, to find out what it's like to actually live here within the heart of all of this terror.
If we can come over here and talk to a couple of these doctors. They're from the Walter Reed Hospital.
Sir, how has your routine changed actually since the sniper shootings?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I have two children, 16 and 10, and the 10- year-old no longer does his soccer matches practices. And I worry about my daughter being at the bus stop in the morning, waiting for her school bus to come.
SITES: What was your feeling when you heard that the sniper had written in a note recently that he had said, "Your children are not safe anytime, anywhere?" Did that frighten you even more?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think it confirmed that we had already felt, and once the 13-year-old boy was shot, most parents understood that their children were potentially at risk. And so, I think it confirmed things, but for me, personally, it didn't change anything, because we had been taking precautions ever since that event.
SITES: But what kind of precautions can you actually take that give you a sense of security here?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The main precaution is talking to your children, and every night at dinner, I talk to mine, and we talk about it. The 10-year-old boy certainly sees the news and knows what's going on, and we just talk about trying to live your life and not succumb to terrorism and fear, but recognize that the world can be an unsafe place sometimes and we can only do so much and trust in God beyond that.
SITES: Do you think at this point, Colonel Shriver (ph), that the police are doing all that they can?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think the police and all of the authorities are doing the best that they feel that they can do and all they can do, and we feel very confident in them, certainly in our household.
SITES: OK. Again, this is Colonel Shriver (ph) from the Walter Reed Hospital. We're here in the Tasty Diner talking to people, trying to get an idea of what it's like to actually live here in the midst of all of this terror, what they're doing to change their lives, how they've been able to process this, and live here with this ongoing threat.
Back to you -- Catherine.
CALLAWAY: All right, Kevin, I bet business has really been down at that diner as well. That's Kevin Sites. Thank you.
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