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CBS News crew captured during Tiananmen Square massacre (1989)

First publishedJul 22, 23:38 UTC
Last updatedJul 23, 02:00 UTC · 14m ago
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CBS News correspondent Richard Roth and photographer Derek Williams were detained by Chinese authorities during the Tiananmen Square massacre in June 1989. They would eventually be released, relatively unharmed.

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CBS News correspondent Richard Roth and photographer Derek Williams were detained by Chinese authorities during the Tiananmen Square massacre in June 1989. They would eventually be released, relatively unharmed. These were the reports they filed through the chaos.

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CBS News correspondent Richard Roth and photographer Derek Williams were detained by Chinese authorities during the Tiananmen Square massacre in June 1989. They would eventually be released, relatively unharmed.
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