by: Kevin Morris | The Daily Dot

A kid fresh out of high school, Morgan Jones began Friday, July 20, like any other, staying up late playing computer games. By the day’s end, he was one of the most important news voices of the year.

When Jones heard reports of a shooting at the Century 18 theater in Aurora, Colo., early that morning, he plugged in to a live of feed of police and fire scanners.