Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 28 ga Maris, 1979, mai ba da rahoto na zirga-zirga Dave Edwards ya lura da wani abu mai ban mamaki a tashar makamashin nukiliya ta Three Mile Island. Ginin ya bayyana ba ya aiki saboda babu tururi da ke fitowa daga hasumiyar sanyaya. Akwai kuma manyan motocin ceto a ciki da wajen masana'antar. Da ya ji wannan, darektan labarai na WKBO, Mike Pintek, ya kira shuka, an ce masa "Ba zan iya magana a yanzu ba, muna da matsala". Wannan ya sa Pintek ya yi kira da yawa ga mai shuka, Metropolitan Edison, yana haɓaka labarin labarai. WKBO ita ce kafar watsa labarai ta farko da ta ba da rahoton labarin a 8:25 na safe, kusan awanni huɗu da rabi bayan ɓarkewar ɓangarorin
ya fara. Da karfe 9 na safe, AP ta dauki labarin kuma an watsa shi a duk fadin kasar.