Unlike Peter Jennings, Stan Chambers actually was shot at while flying in a helicopter during the 1965 Watts Riots. The sporting goods stores were looted and the hunting rifles were fired at the KTLA newscopter. I remember watching live. Stan said something like, “Uh oh. Those flashes down there are muzzle flashes from high powered rifles. We had better get out of here. Reporting live, Stan Chambers.” He covered the the 1992 LA riots as well.
In 1963, when I was a wee lad, the Baldwin Hills dam in Los Angeles developed a crack and was leaking water. Stan Chambers was interviewing an expert from the LA water district. The man said “that dam will never break.” As soon as the words left his mouth the dam broke, live on TV.
I hope somebody puts together a documentary on the life and times of Stan Chambers.
I remember watching that as well, I was 13 at the time. Stan was great.