Tag Archives: UT Tower Shootings

Jeff Shero Nightbyrd :
METRO | Deep in the heart of Texas: The guns
of August

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Thorne Dreyer

Mass shootings of the innocent are commonplace now. But Charles Whitman, the Texas Tower sniper, shocked the nation’s psyche. By Jeff Shero Nightbyrd | The Rag Blog | March 29, 2016 With introduction by Thorne Dreyer On August 1, 1966, … Continue reading →

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METRO | Alice Embree : A moving memorial for the victims of the UT Tower shootings

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Thorne Dreyer

Whitman survivor Claire Wilson James said, ‘It was so important to me that a student group organized this event, and that a younger generation is carrying these stories forward.’ By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | August 4, 2014 … Continue reading →

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