I've found over the years that the effect on [reporters] is a delayed one...But exhaustion, both mental and physical, does set in.

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I never anticipated covering a story in the continental United States like this, ... but it's certainly emerging as one.

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This is a huge story no matter what course it takes.

158

Every story and every shot is different. We all exercise both journalistic and good-taste judgment in situations like that, but it's a case-by-case basis.

146

For too many years, we only saw pictures like that in a Hollywood movie. Now it's harsh reality, and it's sobering.

137

The units they command are mini production centers, the communications centers both audio and visual. They provide power with their generators. They are the lifeblood of our medium, and that's the way that we communicate to our audience and back to our network.

136

I'm a supply officer now.

112

That's the uniqueness of this story. We're in the southeastern part of the U.S., but we might as well be in a Third World country.

80

I have come across stories like this, but they all had international datelines. I measure my words. This is unprecedented.

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