Nobody wants to be among the group of Colorado drivers who've had their catalytic converter cut off and stolen. Just ask a CBS4 employee -- it happened to him.
Empathy is required of a journalist. It forces you feel the joy of a new parent, the fire of an athlete’s drive for success, the pain of an innocent’s injustice, or the wickedness of a criminal’s lack of compassion. The job requires seeing the story from all angles.
At the end of a long day of work last week, I turned the ignition to my Hyundai Santa Fe, eager to get going with the driving portion of my commute home. As soon as an ugly, unfamiliar sound hit my ears, I turned the key back and paused. But within seconds, I had other suspicions. I peered under the car and they were confirmed. There was an obvious gap in the exhaust system.
When I parked my car at sunrise that morning, I realized I was the first car in the third deck of the Broomfield Park-N-Ride garage. That fact didn’t cause me alarm.