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Homecoming ‘Spreads the Red’ FOX News airs live suicide Mark Podesta Assistant News Editor Nicole Gittleman, a sophomore at Sacred Heart University and Pres ident of the Class of 2015, turned on FOX News Friday morning as she got ready for her morning and witnessed something she will never forget: a suicide on live television. On Sept. 28, FOX News aired live footage of Joden Romero, who held someone at gunpoint, stole a car, shot at a police officer, and then incited a chase that concluded with him committing suicide on live tele vision. After realizing what Romero had just done, FOX cut away from the incident and directly went to a commercial break. After the break, news anchor, Shepard Smith gave a lengthy apology. “That didn’t belong on TV,” said Smith in his apology. “We took ev ery precaution we knew to keep that from being on TV, and I personally apologize to you that [it] happened.. .I’m sorry.” According to the Washington Post, the live stream of the broadcast had a five-second delay on the feed from the network’s helicopter, and that the inability to cut away from the incident was attributable to “severe Sophomore Erin Dugan and Earl Dugan ‘73 showing their Sacred Heart pride at the football- human error.” game. “The whole thing was absolutely horrifying to watch,” said Gittle man. “ I have always known that the news can be generally negative, but Amanda Bonny this is something else entirely.” Staff Reporter While many watchers were horrified at what they were watching, Romero’s sister.
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