"7/7: The Heroes' Perspective"

INVESTIGATIVE CATEGORY

WFAA-TV
07/07/2021

The evening of July 7, 2016, in Dallas was the deadliest day for American first responders since 9/11. For five years, the full story of how five police officers died defending citizens' right to protest law enforcement couldn't be told because the city was unwilling to follow Texas open records laws. WFAA-TV embarked on a years-long battle on behalf of the public, and won. The result is we now have the video evidence showing heroism, danger and decision-making processes behind one of the worst tragedies in Texas history.

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Our story was one of several storytelling elements WFAA featured to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the shootings. Our dedicated digital landing page is at www.wfaa.com/July7.

It features:

• an interactive timeline of events

• a feature story about how one protestor shot in the melee made lifelong friends with the Dallas police officer who helped save her life

• and an interview with a Dallas transit officer who also survived being shot

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Submitted by Jason Trahan.