High Speed Chase!

Breaking news is always what makes our work worthwhile. It puts our skills to the test and allows us to be the best that we are. Last night I got my first high speed chase. It was a dangerous event that spanned all of 2 and a half hours through the highways and back roads of Abilene. We had Andrew or Chief photog, Tyler Edwards with KRBC Megan Dobbs with KTAB, and myself all out on the streets following the chase as it ran through the city. At times cops were flying past all of us. It was a difficult situation to stay safe while still trying to stay on top of what was playing out. The chase began just after the 6 o'clock news ended and the guy finally surrendered just before nine. Megan and Tyler ran back to the station to start writing and get info on the web as Andrew followed the chase as it went high speed out of town. I came back to edit and flew from the station to set up a live shot for the 10pm show. We were running out of time to set up so I had to just pull over in a large median on I-20. This was most definitely not the safest option but with time running out before the show we had to do what we had to do. Megan and Tyler showed up for the live shot as I was running about setting up lights, audio and video gear and getting everything connected to the station. Meanwhile, Andrew was in Eastland where the guy finally gave up. He got close ups of him detained in the cop car and some impressive video of the scene where it all ended. He rushed back toward Abilene and realizing he couldn't get back to the station in time for the shows with the video he had, he stopped in Clyde and set up a live feed to the station so we had the video on for the 10 show on KTAB. We did our live shots and broke everything down but what a crazy night.