Gail was at the newsstand as the news came on the air. After Harvey made his introduction after being caught looking angrily at Richard Thornburg, Gail starts her news report. During the Nakatomi Plaza takeover, after the C4 explosions on the second floor caused by John McClane which killed James and Alexander who are attempting to destroy the SWAT armored RV with their rocket launcher, Gail reports on the update that they terrorist leader name Hans is maybe Hans Gruber, a former member of the radical West German Volksfrei movement until he was expelled from that organization.