World News Tonight (ABC) - 1995-10-27
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[0:01] panic. A sniper hits 19 soldiers before
[0:04] he's finished. The federal government
[0:06] warns that airbags can kill if children
[0:08] are not wearing seat belts. [music] And
[0:11] a haunted house with a frightening
[0:12] message. Is it educational or
[0:15] mean-spirited and outrageous
[0:18] [music]
[0:19] >> from ABC? This is World News Tonight
[0:22] with Peter Jennings. [music]
[0:24] >> Good evening. We begin tonight at the
[0:25] nation's largest military base. Early
[0:27] this morning in the darkness and the fog
[0:29] at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, more than
[0:31] a thousand soldiers were assembled for
[0:33] morning exercise when a sniper opened
[0:35] fire. In seconds, one serviceman, a
[0:38] major, was killed, 18 others shot and
[0:41] wounded in Fort Bragg. Tonight, ABC's
[0:43] Mike Vonfren.
[0:45] The gunman was hiding in these woods
[0:47] with an M16, a 22 caliber rifle, and a
[0:51] 9mm pistol. It was 6:30 this morning
[0:54] when he opened fire.
[0:59] 1,300 elite members of the 82nd Airborne
[1:02] were lined up in the middle of a
[1:04] football field, ready to begin a
[1:06] four-mile run.
[1:09] A soldier who heard the shots in his
[1:11] barracks began videotaping the scene
[1:13] from his window.
[1:15] >> Don't ask me what the hell is going on.
[1:17] >> The soldiers on the field could not see
[1:19] into the woods because it was dark and
[1:22] the stadium lights were blinding them.
[1:24] They were in their exercise uniforms and
[1:26] none had weapons. Three other
[1:28] paratroopers who were not part of the
[1:30] brigade happened to be passing by the
[1:32] stadium. It was a desperate fight, but
[1:35] the unarmed paratroopers captured the
[1:37] gunman.
[1:38] >> He was shooting into the track and then
[1:39] started shooting up t