| Collection |
Oklahoma City National Memorial--Hillmann & Carr |
| Date |
11/17/1999 |
| Description |
This is a videotaped interview with Bill Citty, Public Information Officer for the Oklahoma City Police Department at the time of the bombing. He discusses his role as Public Information Officer for the Oklahoma City Police Department at the time of the bombing; feeling the blast; going outside and finding debris floating down; going to the site, setting up a command post for mobile command and communication; dealing with the media; communication with the Medical Examiner; relationship with the media, cooperation and sympathy; setting up a site for the news media; Satellite City, importance of a centralized location for the media; media response to the story; maintaining a presence with the news media (OCPD, Governor, families, survivors, etc.); positive experience from the media; John Avera's breakdown at seeing the Baylee Almon photo; respectful nature of the news media; victims he knew (no names); seeing the news coverage 16 hours later; First Anniversary; ending the recovery operation; dealing with conspiracy theories and Internet communication, "propaganda" and misinformation from militia groups; being careful with information. |
| Object ID |
3844.128 |
| Object Name |
Cassette, Videotape |
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