This is the third in a 5-part series of KBOO evening news, on the murders that took place on May 26 at the Hollywood Metro Station.  We decided to review the events of that day and try to answer some questions that, in our view, have never been fully answered.

 Today we talk about the victims and their families:  what is and will be the impact of these murders on the lives of people directly involved in the event…. What were the results of the fund-raising efforts that followed the incident?  How about the children of the victims? And will there be justice in the courts, and how satisfactory can it be? Were the victims heroes? 

  C-3:  for the two women who were the object of the abuse, it was life-changing

 Micah Fletcher was one of those victims.  He almost died that day but here he is at KBOO:

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Asha Deliverance is the mother of Taliesin who died that day…Here we talk about her son and the impact of his murder:

 

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You just heard Asha Deliverance and Micah Fletcher, two people who were victims in very different ways, and two people with strong cores who have very different responses to what they experienced.

 MUSIC:  a little more somber

In our fourth episode, tomorrow,  we’ll try to put the event in a national perspective:  why has Congress failed to recognize what happened here?  What’s been the effect of this event on the national image of Portland ----Boston became “Boston Strong,” but what has Portland become?.  Is white racism somehow winning a fight with democratic pluralism?  Is racism becoming… respectable, main-stream?

 That’s it for Episode 3. Listen to the whole series at our website, K-B-O-O DOT F-M and call or e-mail us with your comments.