Audio of the event is included, but not initiation. John Chow operated the camera, according to Hoffer in the broadcast excerpt (link 2 above at 5:24 – download avi). The clip aired nationwide at 11:45 am, for example. The horrible action is obscured by the pedestrian bridge crossing West Street to the high school. See the Jim Hoffer report on abclocal.go.com.
One of few moments to turn a smile that day occured during Jim’s escape from the destruction, when a civilian youth “flipped off” the camera! (i.e. held up his middle finger)
Raw NIST Cumulus file: ABC Dub3 41
ABC7 (WABC) Reporter Jim Hoffer (partial)
YouTube 1 & 2
