CBS Evening News - 1994-09-29
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[0:03] This is the CBS Evening News
[0:07] with Dan Rather and Connie Chum.
[0:11] >> Good evening. In Haiti today, one of the
[0:13] military leaders asked out and a
[0:15] celebration of democracy was shattered
[0:17] by an explosion.
[0:19] >> US troops were guarding the peaceful
[0:21] demonstration in the streets of Porta
[0:22] Prince. But the Americans couldn't be
[0:24] everywhere. Someone tossed a grenade
[0:26] into a crowd of people. At least five
[0:28] Haitians were reported killed and many
[0:31] more wounded. And tonight, CBS News has
[0:33] learned that one of the Haitian hunter
[0:35] leaders, police chief Michelle Francois,
[0:37] has asked to go into exile in the
[0:39] Dominican Republic. Correspondent Bob
[0:41] Simon is in Porter Prince.
[0:45] >> It started out festive today's
[0:47] demonstration. Thousands marched and
[0:49] danced with branches and pictures of
[0:51] their leader, Arist. American choppers
[0:54] watched from the skies. American troops
[0:56] controlled traffic on the ground.
[0:58] Entirely welcome amidst the happy crowd.
[1:01] People handed out leaflets calling for
[1:03] calm. But someone didn't want to get the
[1:06] message.
[1:07] Go.
[1:08] >> A grenade exploded in the middle of the
[1:10] march. Instance later, the street was
[1:13] littered with the dead, the dying, and
[1:15] the wounded. The demonstration was
[1:17] drenched in blood and tears.
[1:23] >> "What are we going to do?" He shouted,
[1:25] "This man is dying. We need arised. What
[1:28] are we going to do?"
[1:30] The helicopter flew overhead. A man
[1:32] gestured, "Come help." But there was no
[1:34] help. The only semblance of safety, the
[1:37] little cover offered by an American
[1:39] Humvey. People carried the wounded, but
[1:41] no one knew where to