In the rapid news cycle of 2021, the shooting deaths of eight people including six Asian American women at three Atlanta-area spas on March 16 of that year stood a strong chance of being forgotten.
But ABC News anchors Juju Chang and Eva Pilgrim — both of whom were born in Korea — made sure that didn't happen when it was discussed at a network meeting the following day. "We made our case that this should not go ignored," Chang recalled in a recent interview.
The result of their efforts was "Murder in Atlanta," on a special edition of "20/20" — the only network program to devote a full prime time hour to the story.
