Survivor of Kent State shootings sees echoes in today's campus movement

(3 May 2024)
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Kent, Ohio - 1 May 2024
1. Wide of a signage on May 4th incident
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Canton, Ohio - 2 May 2024
2. Close up of a photograph Dean Kahler, a survivor of Kent State shootings, took in 1970 of a member of the National Guard
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dean Kahler, a survivor of Kent State shootings:
“There were National Guard’s men around there. And they're all in full gear basically. And heard the, the, the bullets coming. And, and then I heard rounds hitting the ground around me, and then I got hit and it felt like a bee sting. And then after getting over my initial shock.."
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Kent, Ohio - 4 May 1970
4. STILL A general view shows tear gas and students during an anti-Vietnam war protest at Kent State University
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Dean Kahler, survivor of Kent State shootings:
“I'm saying, oh my God. There's still bullets hit the ground. And I could hear them going into the ground right beside me. And then I started praying that I wouldn't get hit again. And thankfully the shooting stopped shortly after that, and I knew immediately that I had a spinal cord injury
6. Dean Kahler entering room in his wheelchair
7. Close up of photographs Kahler took in 1970
8. Kahler held up a photograph showing a member of the National Guard talking to students
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Dean Kahler, survivor of Kent State shootings:
“I went there to lend my voice to oppose what Richard Nixon had said on April the 30th, Thursday night, and remembering the fact that, in 1968, he said he had a secret plan to end the war. And you know, this didn't look like a secret plan to end the war. This looked like a secret plan to expand the war. Yeah. And that really upset me. So, I went to the to rally that day to, express my opinion on it and to do something constructive, if I could, to get the government's attention that what they were doing was wrong.”
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Kent, Ohio - 1 May 2024
9. Wide of a memorial underneath a tree
10. Close up of the memorial
11. Close up of displays of newspapers from 1970
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Canton, Ohio - 2 May 2024
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Dean Kahler, survivor of Kent State shootings:
“And, I question whether college administrators and, trustees of colleges have learned any lessons from the 70s. And I think they're being a little heavy handed, a little, over the top in relation to dealing with the concerns by the students.”
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Kent, Ohio - 1 May 2024
13. Wide of Adriana Gasiewski, Kent State University student who works for the school’s newspaper
14. Close up of the print paper
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15. SOUNDBITE (English) Adriana Gasiewski, Kent State University student:
“It's constantly, the back of my mind. Everyone's talking about it. I know everyone's posting about it. My biggest fear is because, like the history of May 4th, we know what happened with the National Guard, is that they bring the National Guard to Columbia and that it's like history repeating itself with May 4th. And I think it's because the history of Kent State, so, kind of fearful for what, this impending doom of student protesters pertaining to Columbia.”
16. Wide of people standing around markers around May4th site
17. Signage at May 4th site
STORYLINE:
Things have been much quieter at Kent State, a large public school in northeastern Ohio where officials say they have long strived to promote civil dialogue.
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