Photo courtesy of Tracy Samantha Schmidt
From where I sat the inner pane looked sort of like the stuff we have around the front desk at our station. I told her it looked like it might be bullet-resistant.
Looks like I was wrong. Not only was the window not bullet-proof, it wasn't even brick-proof. A woman described (in classic police spokesperson-ese) as possibly being a "mental patient" or "a little sick", lobbed a brick through the window during the John Williams show.
Word of advice to future on-air talent. If you have one or more wacky stalkers, you might want to consider outfitting yourself in one of these ensembles before you go live:
WGN Radio has the story on their website, along with surveillance video. After completing her brick toss the woman sat down in the street, allowing the good citizens of Chicago to provide us with the first heartwarming news moment of the holiday season:
"People were giving her money [while she was] in the middle of the street..."