Mark Junge: One of the things that Sue and I found out is that people don't regret doing this because they think it's important for history. You'd had experience? Because it was sittin' low enough and the kids were low enough that it would have done it. Rich? That's my lucky miracle. In addition, national reporters began arriving within hours of the explosion. I mean, not everybody would do this. Dr. Clark is the faculty advisor of the Sweet Memories: Research Group at Western. The Hartley story didn't come out publicly until my parents (who wrote the book in the year after the bombing) began asking questions about this kind of thing. Flames filled the room, with Doris on fire and several children burnt by the bomb. During my years here in Wyoming I have refereed both basketball and football on the high school and the junior high school level, and I was watching the ball game at that time. Rich Haskell: Yeah, I think I did. Based on TRUE events-On May 16, 1986, in the small ranching community of Cokeville, WY, David and Doris Young took an elementary school hostage for several h. When David emerged, he shot his nearly-dead wife before shooting wildly into the surrounding smoke. In the end, though, the only casualties were David and Doris Young. As reporters converged on Cokeville, another story emerged. David Young entered the school with his wife transporting a large gasoline-filled device that appeared to be a bomb. It was there for a long time, all that support. And my children. I didn't see angels in white, but I saw and listened to who I needed to. it is VERY LDS, and yet there are at least 3 other churches in town: Episcopal, Catholic, Baptist (and sometimes a non-denominational church). David Young entered the school with his wife transporting a large gasoline-filled device that appeared to be a bomb. She was there and saved me. Rich Haskell: I did not. I have triggers and I still struggle sometimes, though I will not let that day define who I become. Cokeville Children Held Hostage by Bomber., Cokeville Elementary School Bombing: 25-Years Later. Accessed May 17, 2013, at, Fagg, Ellen. When Columbine took place, it was such a big deal, and I mentioned to a couple people, "You know, Columbine wasn't the first school to have anything happen." I did open that briefcase remotely like I was taught in school to do. 154 of us were held hostage for almost 3 hours in a 30x32 room when the bomb actually detonated - all 154 hostages survived. I know the purpose I was saved and that purpose calls me MOM!". Sue Castaneda: Which is the son who is also running for sheriff? "I don't experience too many panic attacks anymore because I have learned to breathe through the anxiety and focus, but the thing that distinctively changed my PTSD is when my own children began elementary school as first graders. I contacted the dispatch up in Kemmerer to get firsthand information as to having second- and third-hand information and they informed me that the school indeed had been taken hostage. Do you think this is a historical event? Weredo you think it had something to do with angels? That dead-man switch is a piece of string that goes around your wrist and it's hooked into a clothespin, the other end of it. What had happenedI can't explain it. Rich Haskell: It's a combustible. CTRL + SPACE for auto-complete. Investigators found that the bomb had been perhaps miraculously broken. Cursed by Spirits: The Strange Tale of the Winchester Mystery House, Inferno: 7 People Who Claim Theyve Been to Hell and Back, Divine Suffering: 7 People Who Claimed to Have the Stigmata. Then he went to the restroom, which was attached to the classroom. "How we convert that experience into good and positive things matters," Kam said. He instructed Doris and Princess, by now a young adult, to handcuff them inside his van. Guys like you have to go and search every corner. Carbon County School District No. No, this is something that people need to know about. There was nobody killed but the perpetrators. I didn't look at the speedometer, I was just kind of watchin' for animals and everything else. I did see the lighting had changed in the room, and it was right in the same timeline as everyone else's witness. This week, Michael Marshall joins us for an atheist review of The Cokeville Miracle; a movie that will try to sell the bombing of an elementary school as a miracle, even though the only miraculous thing is that we managed to find jokes to tell about it. It was unexpected and they didn't recognize this woman, but who doesn't love a surprise? And if I had been a little less of a jokester I may have seen something in that strange light. The town has worked to be as respectful as possible to the multitude of experiences that day. Mark Junge: Yeah, my brother-in-law worked in the Navy as a chief petty officer and he worked with what they called EOD. They learned to trust in their God, the kids were healed for the most part, and they value life more now. All the hostages escaped, though 79 were hospitalized with burns and injuries. And knew what they could do? You know, the kids have forgot about it, let's let 'em move on. Mark Junge: Do you think he took up thatwanted to take that up because of you? You can see what's happening in the world today. ITT: people who want to pick a fight with someone who survived an incredible experience. I think I made it there in record timeI'm not sure. Davids writings reveal that he hoped life would be better for him and Cokevilles children in this imaginary place. The bombing of Cokeville Elementary shook the small community to its core and yet vibrated with the power of their Mormon faith. And that was their whole intent of coming to Cokeville. Whenever they would come to Wyoming I would be part of their security team. On May 16, 1986, an elementary school in the tiny town of Cokeville, Wyoming, was held hostage by a married couple with a bomb. Reporters from all the regional news outlets were on the scene by the time of the explosion or shortly thereafter. Can you describe this? They had a circle of tape around the device itself and they said, "Do not come inside of this circle. David was a diabetic. Chalkboards andwhat do they call those?whiteboards, I think they are, along the walls. Mark Junge: And that's the lesson we learn. Rich Haskell: Well, I did learn later that the kids saw the angels. Rich Haskell: I took pictures of it. Mark Junge: How many actual bombs have you had experience with? PG-13. So many of 'em thatI don't know. I believe that our loved ones love us and are aware of us.". Young, on the other hand, suddenly retreated into the bathroom and shot himself dead. And afteryou look in there and you could see little pockmarks all through on the walls, and after we finished with our investigationit took us three days to totally do the whole entire sceneyou could tell where those pockmarks were bullets from the heat had gone off. It was not a teacher, but her ancestor. Just like with a pair of pliers, pair of snips. how are the united states and spain similar. Blasting cap wires had been cut before detonation, a gasoline leak prevented explosive powder from setting the air on fire, and, despite a great deal of shrapnel, no one had been hit. President Hinkley, President Monson, and President Faust. I called back to my dispatcher and they did inform me that the school in Cokeville was being held hostage by two individuals and there was bombs involved. (Laughs) Yeah, I understand what you're saying, but it was. Okay? Christensen Hartt Wixom (based on the book: "The Cokeville Miracle) . Mark Junge: With bombs? I think it's because of the ages of the kids, to start with. You and I are only one-half inch from death." Rich Haskell: Well, I didn't know a lot about 'em and I still don't know a lot about 'em. She was on fire! Mark Junge: Do you think David or Doris would have cut it? His fever broke within minutes of getting it off his chest. How did it affect your family long-term? Cook, the school's secretary and the first person taken hostage, could tell Young's threats were serious. Rich Haskell: Yes, absolutely. One of 'em was in Cokeville and one was in the bus that he did the experiment with. Available on Prime Video, Tubi TV. Encircled it. Because they refused to participate, Princess, Deppe, and Mendenhall were never charged in relation to this crime. But shortly after entering the school, Princess decided to rebel. . Had a small pin-hole leak in it and it dripped into both containers and they both became paste. Survivors shared their stories with each other, investigators, family members, and hospital personnel. I know it is real. Of what you would picture an angel, with the wings and, Mark Junge: Well, if I'm a skeptic, I could say, "Well, that's just the way the flames shot up.". Rich Haskell: I don't know the birthdates but I know the names. If I cant get answers I'll probably leave the church. The Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis occurred on Friday, May 16, 1986 in Cokeville, Wyoming, United States, when former town marshal David Young, 43, and his wife Doris Young, 47, took 96 children and 18 adults hostage at Cokeville Elementary School. So I went to Huntsville, Ala., to Redstone Arsenal. I learned that angels are real and that they are very much involved in our lives when necessary. She was a divorce who earned money working as a waitress and singer in a local bar. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Stories and drawings emerged of a beautiful woman in white who told children to sit by the windows, and several children saw angels with the face of a loved one over each person just before the blast. I was up there as part of his protection team. Upon entering the classroom, children saw an arsenal of weapons, a grocery cart and an unfamiliar manDavid Young. Rich Haskell: You walk into the door, and I don't know if you got to go into the classroom, but you walk into that door and it opens up into the whole thing. It was cut. They forget about what happened in Cokeville with a lot more people and the potential of what was there. Mark Junge: Well, what do you think would cause two people like this to do this? Personally I gave him 17 pages of journal notes! I've spent many, many hours and many days with the leaders of the Mormon church, with the Prophet of the Mormon church. 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