Hannah Gutierrez-Reed
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I see many similarities and parallels between Sarah and Helena.
Their deaths were so unnecessary.
It's a challenge of it, I think.
I think, for the most part, it's a man's world.
And I think that was a little bit of a challenge.
She had mentioned to me that it is a low budget film and she was a little bit surprised that some of the people did not seem to have the level of expertise that she expected.
I mean, it took the wind out of me.
Of course, our question was, did you have permission?
We got that, well, it's a complicated answer.
Randall Miller got an initial email through the location manager, Charlie Baxter, which said that it was the company policy of CSX not to allow people to film on their tracks.
To me, those emails were extremely clear that they did not have permission to be on the tracks.
In fact, Mr. Baxter was scheduled to be at the scene and would not come because of that email.
My investigation shows that Randall Miller gave that permission.
decision to tell everybody to move on to the tracks.
Randy Miller had no perception of danger and was relying on his team that had never failed him, that he was in a safe place.
He'd been told there were just two trains and those had gone.