tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604756439843084387.post2370285997083820367..comments2023-07-02T07:00:50.545-07:00Comments on The Ferry Diaries: As if crossing the crime scene tape makes me a criminalKristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02298637732325273200noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604756439843084387.post-68562996744559263902009-06-02T14:17:26.603-07:002009-06-02T14:17:26.603-07:00I feel the same way when I'm at "scenes." I feel o...I feel the same way when I'm at "scenes." I feel out of sorts and out of place. Trying to find the right spot to stand is scary!Colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14019600232378827754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604756439843084387.post-90128069480021725112009-06-02T08:52:49.265-07:002009-06-02T08:52:49.265-07:00Oh Kristin--sorry about your scarring experience. ...Oh Kristin--sorry about your scarring experience. But that was my secret to finding the 'right place' near yellow police tape too---look for the TV cameras! BTW, I didn't know you were freaked out by young men. Whenever I did MOS I just asked whoever came along to get it over with!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00276983605649747408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604756439843084387.post-54657577403934306502009-06-02T08:39:10.980-07:002009-06-02T08:39:10.980-07:00I will comment that this is an excellent descripti...I will comment that this is an excellent description of a slice of your job. I love your vivid writing style, which recreates the scene in our minds. Sounds like there is a lot of testosterone/aggression behind the yellow tape!Paulanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604756439843084387.post-62623723832824801652009-06-01T22:25:09.710-07:002009-06-01T22:25:09.710-07:00Oh wow; here's a link to part of that stand off T...Oh wow; here's a link to part of that stand off TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO! OMG! (actually the article references the Baldwin standoff to discuss another one)<br /><br />http://www.seattlepi.com/archives/1997/9704060064.aspLisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12853927219757731687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604756439843084387.post-23113411080463803672009-06-01T22:20:58.683-07:002009-06-01T22:20:58.683-07:00Oh, Kristin, I have so been there! I was covering...Oh, Kristin, I have so been there! I was covering a standoff at Seattle's then-scummy Yessler Terrace Apartments in, like 1984 and I walked right into the crime scene as the guy was holed up inside with a shotgun. <br /> <br />The cop reprimanded me so severely that I left the area and drove home. Where I cried. And cried.<br /><br />That stuff stays with you. But, I've also done exactly what you did, following other reporters into areas that appear to be off limits.<br /><br />Part of the job is taking chances, but not so many chances that you endanger yourself. It's a very fine line sometimes.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12853927219757731687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604756439843084387.post-41399791671265999532009-06-01T20:35:05.643-07:002009-06-01T20:35:05.643-07:00Oh gosh, how scary! I still find it amazing the th...Oh gosh, how scary! I still find it amazing the things you do each day. I'd collapse! Aaaaand that's why I'm stuck behind a desk for 8 hours a day, haa haa!andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04706058561414918096noreply@blogger.com