Katie Couric will interview Dallas widow of Mt. Hood climber
12/20/06 12:16 PM
CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric has landed an exclusive interview with Dallasite Karen James, widow of Mt. Hood climber Kelly James. His body was found in a snow cave earlier this week after an exhaustive search that drew widespread news coverage.
The interview, to be conducted in Dallas Thursday (Dec. 21), will air on that night's Evening News, says CBS. Excerpts also will be shown on Friday's The Early Show.
Kelly James, 48, had been climbing with Brian Hall, 37, also of Dallas, and Jerry "Nikko" Cooke, 36, of New York City. The other two climbers haven't yet been found.
Kelly had placed a distress call to his family on Dec. 10th. The cave where he died was traced via signals from his cell phone. Kelly and Karen James have four children, ages 20 to 25.
Ed Bark
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