>Say this for the
Discovery network.
Locked down for long hours
today, a gunman somewhere in the
guts of it headquarters, police
taking a position outside,
hostages grabbed in its lobby.
Everyone who could,
evacuating --
>> move away from the building
as you can.
>> Hundreds of
employees, plus the chirp in the
full-time day care.
Amid this confusion, amid this
uncertainty, say this for
Discovery, the channel never
blinked.
>> "American chopper."
>> This is what was on
its air through the entire
afternoon.
Uninterrupted.
"American chopper."
Even as news choppered
Overhead and details emerged
about the gunman, said to be
this man, James Lee.
A self-styled environmental
anarchist who had harassed
Discovery in the past.
Arrested in 2008 after hurling
thousands of dollars into the
air outside discovery, setting
off a frenzy.
His complaint being, apparently,
That discovery does not focus
enough programming on saving the
Planet, by not, and this is
something he wrote –
encouraging the birth of any more
parasitic human infants and
the false heroic behind those actions.’
Ervine remembers seeing Lee.
>> He believed that discovery
was propagating the exploitation
of the planet by promoting
procreation and also he referred
to them many times as committing
war crimes.
>> Lee's myspace page
cites as inspiration, a book
Called "my ishmael," a novel
about an intelligent gorilla who
shares wisdom of the human race.
It's earned its author of small
and devoted following.
>> I don't know why he happened
to latch onto my book in particular.
It's not easy to see how James
Lee did take away what he took
away from it.
It's such a distortion of the
book.
>> The thing is, while
outside, none of us could see
much of anything.
Inside, they had security
cameras going and David Levy,
a Discovery executive who stayed inside
after everyone out was left
could see that it was Lee and he
recognized him.
When you heard who it was, given
this guy's got a track record of
harassing, was your sense of,
oh, this guy again?
>> Yeah, it was.
We were able to identify him
right away. He was standing up
So, we had his picture on our
security bulletin board.
We knew who he was right away.
And we were very familiar with
him.
And I wasn't surprised but it
was still very scary situation.
>> There were three hostages.
Two discovery employees and one
who was security guard.
But the police were not sharing
any about the most basic details.
They knew that Lee seemed to be
carrying explosives, some boxes.
>> He was wearing what appeared
to be metallic canister devices
on his front and back.
We are in negotiations with him
currently.
The negotiations are ongoing.
>> We don't know what
they said in those conversations,
but the talking apparently went
on for hours.
And then after four hours,
something happened to end this.
We know that not because we
could see it but because we
could hear it.
Barely.
and when I say barely, we're
going to play you the tape now.
Listen, very closely.
Our camera was on the building
that beeping is a crosswalk
signal.
Those voices, the voices of reporter.
But then, this sound.
It's a single gunshot.
Listen again.
And not 15 minutes later, the
Police approached the media's
gathering point and said, quite
simply --
>> approximately ten minutes
ago, the suspect was shot by
Police Officers.
>> The hostages were not hurt.
They ran as the police burst in
and shot Lee, which they did,
They explained later, because he
had made a threatening move.
>> He pulled out the handgun
that he came in with and pointed
it at one of the hostages.
>> And that was it.
Crisis diffused.
>> Let me just say, on behalf of
the company, thank you very much
to law enforcement and
Montgomery county fire and
Rescue.
All of our employees are
accounted for.
>> Not that it's quite over yet.
Inside, still those boxes and
knapsacks, which this Fire
Department Official told me
could still be bombs.
So, they would need to be
checked out.
>> We may send the robot in to
disrupt the package or we may
send a bomb technician in flak,
to destabilize --
>> It's going to be dark –
this is going to take hours.
>> Yeah, there's no time frame
on something for this.
And there's certainly no rush.
>> So, that's where it
stands now.
Bomb experts working through the
night inside this building,
actually detonating some of the
devices Lee left behind.
But the programming still
uninterrupted.
I'm John Donvan for “Nightline"
In Silver Spring, Maryland.
>> The discovery channel's
horrific day.
A statement was released tonight
From one of the hostages, Jim
Mculty, a senior writer at TLC.
quote, I thank you all for your
concern during this horrific hours, he said.
Our thanks to John Donvan for
that report.
Discovery network.
Locked down for long hours
today, a gunman somewhere in the
guts of it headquarters, police
taking a position outside,
hostages grabbed in its lobby.
Everyone who could,
evacuating --
>> move away from the building
as you can.
>> Hundreds of
employees, plus the chirp in the
full-time day care.
Amid this confusion, amid this
uncertainty, say this for
Discovery, the channel never
blinked.
>> "American chopper."
>> This is what was on
its air through the entire
afternoon.
Uninterrupted.
"American chopper."
Even as news choppered
Overhead and details emerged
about the gunman, said to be
this man, James Lee.
A self-styled environmental
anarchist who had harassed
Discovery in the past.
Arrested in 2008 after hurling
thousands of dollars into the
air outside discovery, setting
off a frenzy.
His complaint being, apparently,
That discovery does not focus
enough programming on saving the
Planet, by not, and this is
something he wrote –
encouraging the birth of any more
parasitic human infants and
the false heroic behind those actions.’
Ervine remembers seeing Lee.
>> He believed that discovery
was propagating the exploitation
of the planet by promoting
procreation and also he referred
to them many times as committing
war crimes.
>> Lee's myspace page
cites as inspiration, a book
Called "my ishmael," a novel
about an intelligent gorilla who
shares wisdom of the human race.
It's earned its author of small
and devoted following.
>> I don't know why he happened
to latch onto my book in particular.
It's not easy to see how James
Lee did take away what he took
away from it.
It's such a distortion of the
book.
>> The thing is, while
outside, none of us could see
much of anything.
Inside, they had security
cameras going and David Levy,
a Discovery executive who stayed inside
after everyone out was left
could see that it was Lee and he
recognized him.
When you heard who it was, given
this guy's got a track record of
harassing, was your sense of,
oh, this guy again?
>> Yeah, it was.
We were able to identify him
right away. He was standing up
So, we had his picture on our
security bulletin board.
We knew who he was right away.
And we were very familiar with
him.
And I wasn't surprised but it
was still very scary situation.
>> There were three hostages.
Two discovery employees and one
who was security guard.
But the police were not sharing
any about the most basic details.
They knew that Lee seemed to be
carrying explosives, some boxes.
>> He was wearing what appeared
to be metallic canister devices
on his front and back.
We are in negotiations with him
currently.
The negotiations are ongoing.
>> We don't know what
they said in those conversations,
but the talking apparently went
on for hours.
And then after four hours,
something happened to end this.
We know that not because we
could see it but because we
could hear it.
Barely.
and when I say barely, we're
going to play you the tape now.
Listen, very closely.
Our camera was on the building
that beeping is a crosswalk
signal.
Those voices, the voices of reporter.
But then, this sound.
It's a single gunshot.
Listen again.
And not 15 minutes later, the
Police approached the media's
gathering point and said, quite
simply --
>> approximately ten minutes
ago, the suspect was shot by
Police Officers.
>> The hostages were not hurt.
They ran as the police burst in
and shot Lee, which they did,
They explained later, because he
had made a threatening move.
>> He pulled out the handgun
that he came in with and pointed
it at one of the hostages.
>> And that was it.
Crisis diffused.
>> Let me just say, on behalf of
the company, thank you very much
to law enforcement and
Montgomery county fire and
Rescue.
All of our employees are
accounted for.
>> Not that it's quite over yet.
Inside, still those boxes and
knapsacks, which this Fire
Department Official told me
could still be bombs.
So, they would need to be
checked out.
>> We may send the robot in to
disrupt the package or we may
send a bomb technician in flak,
to destabilize --
>> It's going to be dark –
this is going to take hours.
>> Yeah, there's no time frame
on something for this.
And there's certainly no rush.
>> So, that's where it
stands now.
Bomb experts working through the
night inside this building,
actually detonating some of the
devices Lee left behind.
But the programming still
uninterrupted.
I'm John Donvan for “Nightline"
In Silver Spring, Maryland.
>> The discovery channel's
horrific day.
A statement was released tonight
From one of the hostages, Jim
Mculty, a senior writer at TLC.
quote, I thank you all for your
concern during this horrific hours, he said.
Our thanks to John Donvan for
that report.
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