I spent many years in journalism, and I can tell you that most of the stuff we produced was a daily grind. From the morning meetings, to meetings with producers, the assignment desk, the reporters throughout each day, we prepared them. But, there truly are not a lot of stories that made much of an impact.
We enjoyed doing them, don't get me wrong. It was our job in our chosen profession. And, for the most part, the stories were actually important. To someone, to everyone. But, as it is with the daily paper, the headlines quckly faded.
There have been a few stories, like the one in the attachment below, that I will remember, hopefully forever. The remarkable video of a firefighter doing mouth to mouth on a dead cat. Remarkable was the effort. Even more remarkable was when the cat came back to life. One of my videographers shot that.
Death is a part of daily news. It's unfortunate. But, it's a fact. I don't mean the natural act of dying. That starts happening the day we're born. Tragic deaths, untimely deaths, early deaths. You know, the ones you see on TV at night, and read about in the paper. Tragic, untimely, and early. Yep. They are. But, all too often, they're forgotten just as quickly. The stories we told about those deaths and the families they left behind don't stay around long.
But, watch and listen. This is a story that moved me. One that I won't forget.
http://www.militarytimes.com/hancock
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