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CBS to retell heroic survivor’s story
Published July 22, 2009
The story of how an 11-year-old girl's extraordinary courage helped bring a killer to justice will be retold on a segment of a new CBS News docu-drama set to air later this year.
A CBS News/48 Hours film crew arrived at the Val Verde County Judicial Center Tuesday to film background interviews for the Crystal Surles segment to be featured as part of “Live To Tell,” a new docu-drama series.
Chris Young, field producer for CBS News/48 Hours said the new series will focus on the stories of survivors like Surles, now 20, who at 11 survived a brutal knife attack by Tommy Lynn Sells, a self-confessed serial killer who briefly called Del Rio home.
Sells killed 13-year-old Katie Harris, then slashed Surles' throat and left her for dead in the Guajia Bay mobile home owned by the Harris family.
After the attack, Surles staggered more than a quarter of a mile to the home of a stranger to report the attack and get help for the Harris family, whom she thought had all been murdered by Sells.
Young said the “Live To Tell” segment featuring Surles will include portions of interviews being conducted in and around Del Rio all week.
She said that among the interviews slated for inclusion in the program are talks with former Texas Ranger John Allen and with Val Verde County Sheriff's Office Lt. Roy Barrera, who served as a court bailiff during the Sells trail.
Young said the show also will feature an interview with Harold Dow, the 48 Hours correspondent who narrated the original 48 Hours piece on the Sells case.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government is calling for several thousand volunteers to roll up their sleeves for the first swine flu shots, in a race to test whether a new vaccine really will protect against the virus before its expected to rebound in the fall.
The National Institutes of Health's infectious disease chief, Dr. Anthony Fauci, (FOW'-chee) tells The Associated Press that scientists first will test different doses of the swine flu vaccine in healthy adults and, if there are no immediate safety concerns, quickly begin testing babies and children.
The studies will begin at eight medical centers around the country - in Baltimore; Iowa City, Iowa; St. Louis; Nashville; Seattle; Atlanta; Cincinnati and Houston.
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