Last week, a man rammed a stolen landscaping truck into the headquarters of WMAR, the ABC affiliate in Baltimore, barricading himself inside the building for several hours. Nearly all of the employees were ushered out of the station after the truck smashed through the front entrance, investigators said. The station could not broadcast during the […]
Last week, a man rammed a stolen landscaping truck into the headquarters of WMAR, the ABC affiliate in Baltimore, barricading himself inside the building for several hours.
Nearly all of the employees were ushered out of the station after the truck smashed through the front entrance, investigators said. The station could not broadcast during the standoff. Though the station’s reporters posted regularly to social media and updated a story online, viewers trying to watch the channel saw a black screen at times.
Alex Shaw, WMAR’s creative services director, says he was lucky enough to miss the whole incident.
“Call it a blessing in disguise maybe, but my two-year-old daughter was very sick that very morning and I needed to stay home. I watched the whole thing unfold online and on the air, while talking with my team on the phone and texting etc. to make sure they were safe.”
Shaw said that since “this was an extremely unusual situation, where we, the news station, became the story … we did a ‘thank you’ to all the first responders who helped everyone make it out safely.”
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