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Morning NewsCNN 20: Nancy Kerrigan Attack, January 6, 1994Aired January 6, 2000 - 9:19 a.m. ETTHIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: CNN is celebrating 20 years of bringing news to the world this year, and we're marking the occasion with a look back. Today, the big story on January 6, 1994. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) NICK CHARLES, CNN SR. SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: I remember coming in to the office and thinking this is one of the most ghastly things I'd ever seen in sports. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) NANCY KERRIGAN, FIGURE SKATER: When I went through the curtain for some reason I must have heard something behind me, I turned around, and when I was turning I saw -- just someone running by me and he just like whacked me with this long black stick. (END VIDEO CLIP) CHARLES: I just remember that cry "Why me," as soon as she was hit on the knee. It struck me. It was literally -- really was an emotional blow, I think, for everybody. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BRENDA KERRIGAN, MOTHER: I can't believe that one human being would deliberately hurt her. (END VIDEO CLIP) CHARLES: And as the tale began to unfold, it just got ghastlier by the minute. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BOBBIE BATTISTA, CNN ANCHOR: Harding bodyguard Shawn Eric Eckardt told investigators that he and Harding's husband setup last Thursday's attack on Kerrigan. (END VIDEO CLIP) (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) TONYA HARDING, FIGURE SKATER: I don't know for sure anything about what's going on at all, you know, of course I am going to cooperate. I mean, I don't have anything to hide. I want the person to be caught as much as anybody else does. (END VIDEO CLIP) CHARLES: I have to say this event was unprecedented in terms of shattering the ideal of sportsmanship. They went way off the deep-end in this one. (END VIDEOTAPE) TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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