09/15/2026
Did you know that funeral homes created the original first responders? Nowadays, you hope to not have to call a funeral home when an accident happens, but as little as 50 years ago, we were the first to call in an emergency situation. Go to the link to see how an Austin funeral home assisted in helping those in the UT shooting in 1966.
“Out of the Blue: 50 Years After the UT Tower Shooting” is Texas Standard’s oral history on the anniversary of the first public mass shooting of its kind. This story is from partner organization K*T. Becky Villaseñor Burrisk had an unusual childhood. She was 15 years old when Charles Whitman ...