Collection:LPB

Genre: Interview

Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2012-09-14

Duration: 00:07:39

Subjects: Pourciau-Zoghbi, Bonnie Kate | Mass shootings | Victims of violent crimes

Contributors:

• Whinham, Charlie Host
• Sanford, Shauna Host
• Whinham, Charlie Producer
• Fortenberry, Rex Q. Photographer
• Pourciau, Bonnie Kate Interviewee
• Pourciau, Trace Interviewee
• Pourciau, Kathleen Interviewee

This segment from the September 14, 2012, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Charlie Whinham’s interview with Bonnie Kate Pourciau of Baton Rouge, one of the victims of the mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, on July 20, 2012. In all, twelve people were killed and fifty-eight people were wounded. Pourciau discusses: her family; her memories of the shooting; her hospital stay; meeting President Barack Obama at the hospital; her bad dreams; forgiving the shooter; and her ongoing recovery from a severe leg injury. Whinham also interviews Bonnie Kate’s parents, Kathleen Pourciau and Trace Pourciau. Hosts: Charlie Whinham and Shauna Sanford