60 Minutes
High Velocity | The Last Slave Ship | Simone Biles
Season 53, Episode 36 · Aired 2021-06-13
Synopsis
High Velocity: Some of the worst massacres in recent memory have had something in common: the AR-15 style rifle. Scott Pelley reports on why the high-velocity rounds used in the gun make it so deadly. The Last Slave Ship: The Clotilda was burned and sunk in an Alabama River after bringing 110 imprisoned people across the Atlantic in 1860. Three years ago, its remains were found. Anderson Cooper reports on the discovery of the wreck and the nearby community with descendants of the enslaved aboard the ship. Simone Biles: Sharyn Alfonsi speaks with the gold medal-winning gymnast about the year-long delay before her final Olympic Games, USA Gymnastics' response to Larry Nassar and why she thinks the training she went through in previous years wasn't right.
In the series
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Key cast
- Mike Wallace as Correspondent
- Morley Safer as Correspondent
- Harry Reasoner as Correspondent
- Ed Bradley as Correspondent
- Diane Sawyer as Correspondent
Also in season 53
- S53E01 The Battle for the Ballot | H.R. McMaster | Coach O and the Sideways Season
- S53E02 Florida's Amendment 4 | The Wall | Sir David
- S53E03 Fire! | Talent on the Spectrum | Seinfeld in 2020
- S53E04 Treating COVID-19 Today | The Lincoln Project | Grizzlies
- S53E05 Putin's Public Enemy | Dr. Fauci | Hell Flight
- S53E06 Election Edition: The Candidates