Well-reported in the news media here, yesterday marked the naming of a Travis County Precinct Three Building the 'Tower Heroes Building' to honor the peace officers and civilians who acted heroically to cut short the spree of a sniper from the UT Tower on August 1, 1966. A wreath was placed along the dais and it honored the victims of the shooting whose names appear in no permanent place at this time. This wreath was placed later at the Memorial Turtle Pond. Claire Wilson James was here yesterday to honor her friend Tom Eckman and her unborn child who died and to honor the people who braved the sniper fire to save her after scores of minutes bleeding on the concrete, shot in the first volley from the tower.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Forty Two Years After A Tragedy
Well-reported in the news media here, yesterday marked the naming of a Travis County Precinct Three Building the 'Tower Heroes Building' to honor the peace officers and civilians who acted heroically to cut short the spree of a sniper from the UT Tower on August 1, 1966. A wreath was placed along the dais and it honored the victims of the shooting whose names appear in no permanent place at this time. This wreath was placed later at the Memorial Turtle Pond. Claire Wilson James was here yesterday to honor her friend Tom Eckman and her unborn child who died and to honor the people who braved the sniper fire to save her after scores of minutes bleeding on the concrete, shot in the first volley from the tower.
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