(ABC) 7 According to Vulture, the number of persons believed to have seen Chubbuck’s live broadcast death is in the hundreds.
After 14 hours of waiting, specialists at the hospital declared her dead. However, by the time the station rushed to air a PSA, it had already happened.
Someone dialed 911 to report the death, while another contacted the station to find out whether it had been staged.
It is unknown what became of the one duplicate of the video that was believed to exist. There are conflicting accounts about the whereabouts of the only recording;