newcast; FORWARDDATED to 9:16 AM, 11/24
[The reporter standing in front of the camera--white, thirtyish, nondescript, and ashen-faced--is surrounded by a group of people who are very much freaking out; he's shouting into his mouthpiece to ensure that he's heard.]
--so far an estimated 63 dead and 147 injured, Katherine, and that isn't counting the people who have not yet been found. Reports that Mayoral candidate Geraldo Bendis is among the dead have not yet been substantiated, but he is currently still missing. His friends and family can only hope and pray for his well-being, as do all those whose loved ones were inside the plant at the time of the explosion.
Again, I am coming to you live from the wreckage of Gotham Chemical Refining Plant at 48th and Astoria, a site that has been near-razed by an explosion of horrific scope. The tragedy is currently suspected to have been caused by a deliberate attempt on Bendis' life, although no group has yet claimed responsibility--
[And bam this fractional newscast is over.]
--so far an estimated 63 dead and 147 injured, Katherine, and that isn't counting the people who have not yet been found. Reports that Mayoral candidate Geraldo Bendis is among the dead have not yet been substantiated, but he is currently still missing. His friends and family can only hope and pray for his well-being, as do all those whose loved ones were inside the plant at the time of the explosion.
Again, I am coming to you live from the wreckage of Gotham Chemical Refining Plant at 48th and Astoria, a site that has been near-razed by an explosion of horrific scope. The tragedy is currently suspected to have been caused by a deliberate attempt on Bendis' life, although no group has yet claimed responsibility--
[And bam this fractional newscast is over.]