She was an anchor for CNN. CNN is about as anti gun as can be, I wonder what they think about a firearm saving her life? A cross-country road trip got derailed for a former CNN anchor and her husband after a would-be robber forced his way into their motel room and a shootout ensued. Lynne Russell told reporters Wednesday that her husband, Chuck de Caro, decided to stop at a Motel 6 on Albuquerques western edge because they were tired after a long day of traveling. When she went out to the car to get something and returned to the room, a man was at the door with a handgun. He pushed me into the room and thats when my husband came out of the shower and saw what was happening, Russell told Albuquerque station KOB-TV. We tried to calm him, confuse him and do everything we could do to just come out of it in one piece. After grabbing her husbands briefcase, the man started shooting at de Caro. Russell ducked behind the furniture and de Caro fired back, hitting the man. The robber was killed and de Caro was wounded. It was a gun battle, and Chuck was bleeding heavily, but he didnt stop firing because the man was firing on him, Russell told The New York Post. In a telephone interview with The Associated Press, Russell said her husband was shot three times and was recovering at a hospital but she did not immediately know his condition. Hes in a lot of pain, she said. He took three shots, including a couple to the abdomen. But magically, his organs were not affected. "Hes my hero. He saved my life, Russell added.
I saw this on my phone yesterday as well. My best wishes to Chuck and Lynne on a speedy recovery. Unfortunately this will be chalked up to another gun related homicide, and used in the argument to ban guns. Go figure.
