police commissioner frank noonan. >> this is not a case about football.t's not a case about universities. it's a case about children who have had their innocence stolen from them in a culture that did nothing to stop it or prevent it from happening to others. >> attorney general linda philips calls sandusky a sexual predator who found his victims from the lasecond mile, a chari that he founded. at least one witness stepped forward in 2002. a graduate assistant testified he saw sandusky in a locker room shower having sex with a naked boy. he told head coach joe paterno the next day, who in turn notified curley. both curley and schultz met with the staffer but never followed up with police. >> your inaction allowed a child predator to victimize children for many, many years. >> reporter: joe paterno isn't facing charges because he quickly reported the allegations to his superiors. but in a news conference today, he's likely to face tough questions about what more he could have done. >> joining us now is pennsylvania state police commissioner frank noonan wh

pennsylvania state police commissioner frank noonan. >> it's a case about children who have had their innocence stolen from them and a culture that did nothing to stop it or prevent it from happening to others. >> reporter: today, his students worked to erase the memory of sandusky, paterno headed to the football facility to speak to his players. some told us he broke down. >> this is probably the first time i've ever seen him cry, and i actually almost got teary-eyed myself. >> crowd: we love joe! >> reporter: last night, paterno waded into a crowd of supporters outside his home. >> the kids that were victims, a tough life when people do certain things to you. but anyway, you've been great. >> reporter: since 1966, the now-84-year-old paterno has been a larger-than-life figure, winning more games than any major college football coach in history. but for a man revered as "jopa," winning always took a backseat to creating not just great athletes but great people, evidenced by a nearly 90% graduation rate and not a single major ncaa violation in nearly a half century of coaching. but no

state police commissioner frank noonan. >> this is not a case about football.t's not a case about the universities. it's a case about children who have had their innocence stolen from them. >> reporter: 67-year-old sandusky has been charged with the sexual assault of eight boys between 1994 and 2009. all the minors participated in sandusky's charity for troubled youth. but it was the 2002 shower incident that is called into question the reaction of penn state officials, including 84-year-old coach joe paterno. a graduate student alerted paterno the day after he witnessed the shower assault. paterno told a grand jury that he passed that information on to his boss, tim curley who in turn notified school vice president schultz. state attorney general linda kelly says no attempt was made to identify the victim or call police. >> and their inaction likely allowed a child predator to continue to victimize children for many, many years. >> reporter: a formal investigation of sandusky began almost three years ago when the mother of a teenager called her son's high scho

state police commissioner frank noonan. >> it's a case about children who have had their innocence stolenor prevent it from happening to others. >> reporter: within hours of collective cloud descended upon the cocoon known as happy valley, home for more than 60 years to the patriarch of penn state, 84-year-old joe paterno. the winningest coach in the history of major college football. t.j.bard is student body president at penn state. >> i think the first couple of days students were confused and angry. them didn't know what direction to go. >> reporter: confusion and anger that late wednesday night exploded into outrage. thousands of students pouring into the streets, overturning a television truck, battling police. after hearing the shocking news delivered by board of trustees vice chairman john surma. >> joe paterno is no longer the head football coach effective immediately. >> reporter: paterno was ousted at least in part by his decision to tell his superiors but not the police. of an alleged shower room rape of a young boy by sandusky in 2002. >> i would hope that everyone would agree

frank noonan is the police commissioner. he's leading this investigation.d you have never seen anything like the alleged sexual abuse allegation in this case and you want to know why the police were not called because there was a grad student who saw sandusky, he says, abusing a little boy in the shower in 2003 and he reported it to paterno. paterno sold school administrators, but no one called the cops. >> that's correct, megyn. no one did call police. what concerns me about this case that we can show it went on for apparently 15 years, there were certain points in this when it could have come to the police attention or did come to police attention. but nothing was able to be done. so the laws of the state of pennsylvania i believe by the grad student and joe paterno were followed. mr. curly and shultz were charged. but with not reporting to it law enforcement authorities. this went on for a long time. megyn: you you are a grad student who saw the incident in the shower. he's so disturbed he tells his far it. his far it says tell paterno. he goes to patern