Here’s a timeline of the key moments in the Saturday, May 26,
Miami Herald security video of the flesh-eating attack on the MacArthur
Causeway.
The video is from a rooftop camera on the southwest
corner of the six-story Herald building. On the right center of the
screen is a Herald parking garage. Above it, right to left across the
screen, is North Bayshore Drive, running between the Herald parking lot
and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts.
Diagonally
across the bottom of the frame is the Metromover track. The roadway on
the left is the MacArthur Causeway offramp heading west, toward the top
of the screen, in the direction of the Arsht Center.
The scene of the attack, at the left bottom edge of the frame, is
separated from the roadway by a concrete barrier. The view of the attack
and the aftermath is blocked at times by palm trees and the Metromover
track.
The video timestamp begins at 13:54 — 1:54 p.m. It’s a
sunny day. Palm trees wave. Cars zip by on the causeway. The Herald
parking lot sits empty. There is a person sitting in the corner of the
video, near the walkway along the causeway.
13:54:49: The
attacker, later identified as Rudy Eugene, staggers up to the man on the
walkway, later identified as Ronald Poppo.
13:54:56: The encounter starts. A second later, a bicyclist rides by.
13:55:00:
The attacker bends down. Shadows bob and weave. The attacker leans over
the victim. Shadows and palm trees hide most of the view.
13:56:55: The Metromover goes by.
13:57:22:
The attacker gets up and moves. A few seconds later, he rolls the
victim down the walkway and continues pulling and kicking the him for
several seconds.
13:57:47: The attacker stands over him and gets
down on his knees, straddling the victim’s head. He seems to tug at the
victim. The attacker starts punching the victim.
13:58:23: The
attacker shifts the victim’s position, moving him over. He still
straddles the victim and leans into him with his face. For several
minutes, he comes up then leans forward and down into the victim.
13:59:37:
The attacker stands up, grabs the victim and drags him further down the
walkway. He drops the victim, walks around and tugs at the victim’s
legs, trying to pull at something. The movement is hidden behind shadows
and palm trees. But the two figures can be made out, one on the ground,
the other leaning over him.
14:03:19: A second bicyclist rides
by, slowing down as the bicycle nears where the attack is happening. A
white car passes by and slows down, crawling by the attack scene. The
bicyclist zips away, then turns around and comes back. The car moves on.
14:10:56: A third person with a bicycle walks by. A few seconds later, he gets on the bike and rides away.
14:11:28:
A police car between the Herald parking lot and the Arsht Center moves
toward the attack scene. It starts to get on the MacArthur Causeway but
in the wrong direction.
14:11:47: Another bicyclist goes by.
14:11:58: The police car makes a U-turn and moves toward the attack scene.
14:12:06: A fourth bicyclist stops, then keeps going.
14:13:13:
The police car arrives on the scene, driving the wrong way on the
offramp. The officer gets out of the vehicle and walks around on the
side of his car.
14:13:27: The officer draws his gun. The view of the shooting of the blocked by the Metromover track.
14:14:28: More police cars arrive.
14:15:20: The security camera zooms in on the attack scene.
14:16:16: The victim moves his legs
14:19:44:
The victim sits up. His hands and legs are covered in blood. He’s naked
from the waist down. The attacker’s legs are view on the ground, but
there is no movement.
14:22:50: Three paramedics appear and hop over the concrete barrier with a stretcher.
14:23:40: Paramedics drag the victim onto the stretcher.
14:24:07: The victim moves his arms and touches his head.
14:24:23: Paramedics unfold a neck brace and put it on Poppo.
