Episode 4
Around 11.05pm on 23 November 2013, on an echoey stairway in South Chicago, someone walked up to 18-year-old Tyshon Anderson, shot him in the head, and left.
On Saturday 23rd November 2013, ten children were shot dead in the US. The youngest was nine, the oldest was nineteen. They fell in suburbs, hamlets and ghettos. None made the national news. It was just another day in the death of America, where on average seven children and teens are killed by guns daily.
Gary Younge picked 23rd November at random, and set out to tell the stories of the lives lost during that single day.
At around 11.05pm, on the echoey, rank, first-floor stairway of a four-storey walk-up in South Chicago, just around the corner from his home, someone walked up to Tyshon Anderson, shot him in the head, and left. By 11.50pm he was dead. No one knows who killed him.
Abridged by Jo Coombs
Produced by Hannah Marshall
A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Author | Gary Younge |
| Abridger | Jo Coombs |
| Producer | Hannah Marshall |
Broadcasts
- Thu 29 Sep 201609:45BBC Radio 4 FM
- Fri 30 Sep 201600:30BBC Radio 4
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