An hour after the shooting, another teletype operator, Alice Guenther, started a new shift at the UPI offices. Four minutes later, the White House sent out the feared message of President Kennedy’s death. The broadcast news editor asked Alice to key it into the teletype, but her reaction reminded us that despite all the mechanization and the rhythmic ticking of teletype machines, sitting behind keyboards were still people. Guenther could not make herself finish the task. She took her hands from the keyboard, covered her face, collapsed, and cried “Oh, my God.” The operator supervisor, Jimmy Darr, walked over to her, lifted her out of the chair, let her sit gently on the floor, and leaned over the keyboard.
Source: November 22, 1963 – Unsung