This story is about a hostage wired to a shotgun, and a radio broadcaster trying to save him. Oh, and it all happened on live TV.
SOURCES:
https://indyencyclopedia.org/tony-kiritsis-case/
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/history/retroindy/2014/02/08/tony-kiritsis/5287963/
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