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Climbing the Tower
On August 1, 1966 Charles Whitman climbed to the top of the clock tower at the University of Texas in Austin with a cache of rifles, handguns, shotguns and ammunition. In 96 minutes he shot 45 people and killed 16. It was the biggest mass-shooting in the U.S. at that time. At the age of [...]
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Tagged 1966, abuse, Austin, Boy Scouts, Charles Whitman, clock tower, Eagle Scout, mass murder, Texas, U.S. Marines, University of Texas
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