I've been doing this a long time, and Monday, one week ago, was one of those unforgettable days.
It's only happened a few times-- when the video coming in to the newsroom inspires a gasp.
One memorable time was the night Hugo Selenski escaped from the Luzerne County jail. October 2003. I looked at the video our crew was sending in to the newsroom. There was the audible gasp when we saw the bedsheet rope, leading from the broken window. It looked like a scene from a movie, except it was very real.
There was another when we got our first look at last week's Interstate 81 snow squall crash in Schuylkill county.
The legendary Jack Buck said it during a baseball game, but it applied here: "I don't believe what I just saw."
I'm sorry that it happened during a tragedy, but the old man can still be awed.