I'm in Awe

Here's the story.

Conflicting reports are coming in about this incident. Some media outlets, of course being vague, and safe, and just leaving it at an explosion. Some going so far as to call it a bomb. And even further still, saying a man walked into the washroom of the Tim Hortons with a bomb strapped to himself, and detonated it.

Whatever the report, I want to point out 680News. Why? Well, because it's almost second nature to me--find out something's happening in Toronto, Tune into 680.

Let me tell you, what I heard was absolutely stunning! I listened at 4:30 EST, and they started their lead story off with a "This is 680news in-depth team coverage" The anchor continues with the story "...One man is dead after an explosion in the washroom of a downtown Tim Hortons." Then she throws it to Kevin Meisner, who is at the scene.

Kevin starts his report--the who, what, when, where, why, how, which, if, and. After that he says "...And another Tim Hortons is now being evacuated..." This is the part I died over. "...We join 680's Carl Hanske live at the scene of that store for the latest. "

And Carl picks up from there.

Let me tell you why it amazed me.

• To throw from an anchor to a reporter who's in the newsroom is one thing.
• To throw from an anchor to a reporter who's in the field on a cell phone is another thing.
• To throw from a reporter in the field on a cell phone---to another reporter in the field on a cell phone...That's a whole new ball game!

Sigh!