Austin (KXAN) – Friday, 59 years old, has coincided with the tragic tower of Texas.
On August 1, 1966, a man bearing the name Charles Wittman denounced Kabbab and carrying bags of weapons to the top of the Uti tower.
Whitman stayed on the surface surface of the tower where he opened fire on people below.
“At approximately 11:53 am on August 1, 1966, I came 4 feet from the shooting by the tower snipers,” said Austnit Forrest Press, who was a student during the shooting. “A noble man stands to this right on my right. He has already killed. He took a fatal tour.”
Preece said he was eating on clouds and when they heard that something was happening outside, they went out. After they heard the shots that fired in their direction, they ran inside to cover.
“There was no day in 59 years I did not think,” Press said. “On the first of August, everything will be re -disrupted.”
The video that was taken during that fateful day appears students who run in each direction of the cover, and many of them have been killed.
In all, 17 people were killed – more than 30 wounded by Whitman – who used many weapons and fired about 150 rounds.
On Friday, PRECE and his wife Linda today spent their respect for those who were killed by stopping some locations of the grave and memorial on the UT campus.
“It had an impact on my life, and it is one of the reasons that made a civil active and contributed everything I am in good reasons throughout the city. That’s because I felt that I had a second chance in life on that day,” said Press.
The shooting ended at 1:24 pm when Whitman was ambushed and shot police officers Ramiro Martinez and Houston McCoy.