When I got to work, I noticed in the rundown in the 12:30pm show that they were about to do breaking news. The slug said MINISTER OF DEFENSE. I opened it and say the Minister was announcing they had foiled a plot this morning to blow up a TV station and an Army barracks in Bogota.
Then I realized.... it was my TV station.
I looked around the newsroom and saw top executives on their cellphones. Next, I saw the President of the channel paying a visit to the newsroom. Then, I went to El Tiempo´s website and saw the story. The military stopped 5 members of the FARC in a truck loaded with 80 kilos of explosives. The story El Tiempo had made it sound like they stopped the truck just a few blocks from here.
Im on the set now putting together our afternoon newscast. Well have more updates when we get them.
Brian Andrews - International Journalist
