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Remembering Walter Cronkite
By Thomas J. Basile

     On a summer day in the late 1970's a family walked onto the studio floor at the CBS Evening News in New York, a few hours before the newscast. Two adults and a small boy with bushy brown hair made their way up to that famous desk where Walter Cronkite brought us the world every night. The boy's father was a veteran CBS technician. His mother was a housewife and more than a little nervous about what was about to happen.
     The father had brought his son to CBS that afternoon to meet his idol. It wasn't Reggie Jackson. When most young boys wanted to be baseball players or firemen, this youngster loved the news. More specifically, he was captivated by Cronkite. He dreamed of being able to reach people, inform people and speak to them the way Uncle Walter did. He was five.
     The father pointed out the famous world map on the wall, walked his son into the bustling newsroom and finally into an office just off the studio floor. Behind the desk sat the most trusted man in America. Click the Photo to READ THE REST

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