The good news: no one at
Discovery's Silver Springs HQ was physically hurt ... though police shot and killed suspect
James Jay (or
Jae)
Lee rescuing the 3 hostages held since just after 1 pm EDT. An explosive device was detonated and smoked as the suspect was shot, but there were no reports of damages or other devices at press time.
Kudos to the coverage by cable nets (
MSNBC-
FOX News-
CNN) and the local TV stations ... all were quickly on the scene. The suspect had a history of protesting and harassing at Discovery and had served 6-months of probation in '08
after he was arrested for littering (he threw money in the air but was acquitted of littering).
The building had been evacuated, including the Discovery Kids Place day care center.
Besides the mainstream coverage,
Twitter turned into a
constant stream of short stories as employees tweeted relatives and friends; watchers in adjacent or nearby offices and restaurants across from Discovery HQ also tweeted updates almost continuously. Internet news sites jumped into gear tracking down the suspect's
MySpace postings, old rantings at savetheplanetprotest.com, old booking photos,
YouTube video of the earlier protests at Discovery and more. The only trade bulletins were our
Morning
BRIDGE bulletins and
TV Newscheck.•