Upon entering, though, Penny hesitated and dashed back to the van to report her fathers plans at Cokeville Town Hall. In 1986, 154 children and teachers survived the bombing of . Once all the hostages were contained in the first grade classroom, David Young informed them that they were leading a revolution and distributed copies of his philosophy Zero Equals Infinity to everyone present. Edit: Thank you so much for your questions! Mark Junge: Did you help bring the body out? Cokeville Bombing. Undated scrapbook. This sub is dedicated to faithful discourse on church topics. Recording and transcription by Wyoming State Archives. Mark Junge: What's been your experiences since then? Mark Junge: EOD. Following the explosion, 79 children were taken to area hospitals, most of which were located more than an hours drive from Cokeville, for treatment for burns and smoke inhalation. When David emerged, he shot his nearly-dead wife before shooting wildly into the surrounding smoke. As well as I can. Carbon County School District No. The Power of Faith: 25 Years After School Bombing, Town Remembers Story of Survival., Mitchell, Ruth Ann. Rich Haskell: No, it's not. Even though the majority of the townspeople are LDS, there are lots of people of a variety of faiths in the room that day. And screaming, I can't imagine the screams that she was making. By Liz Carlston, Contributor Author, Traveler and Culture Observer Rich Haskell: You know, with 33 years of law enforcement, I've seen a lot of things. For instance, The Cokeville Miracle Foundations 2005 book Witness to Miracles: Remembering the Cokeville Elementary School Bombing and the Wyoming State Archives oral history project called Survivor is My Name both focused on the reconstructing of this narrative as a miracle instead of a tragedy. Rich Haskell: Yes, absolutely. I have triggers and I still struggle sometimes, though I will not let that day define who I become. You went back home? He was so open to their input, and feelings. Located in Lincoln County and nestled between the towns of Star Valley and Kemmerer on the Wyoming-Idaho border, Cokeville, many residents believed, was a safe place to rear children. This post was published on the now-closed HuffPost Contributor platform. Also, how long was it before the kids started talking about seeing angels? And that's where the bomb sat and that's where they sat. The couple corralled a large group of students and teachers into a single classroom. In 1986 in a quiet, rural town, two people armed with a bomb entered the communitys elementary school. David was a diabetic. I saw an early screening of the film and absolutely loved it. Survivor relives the Cokeville hostage crisis - YouTube cokeville miracle debunked. No need to troll. Cokeville Elementary School is located at 205 N. Sage St. in Cokeville. Can you describe this? Im living proof.. Jessica Clark, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of history and political science at Western Wyoming Community College in Rock Springs, Wyo. Yeah, we didn't get a lot of sleep. Mark Junge: This bomb was designed to do what? Others experienced divine intervention more directly: Among these divine accounts, some even reported that the angels joined hands and forced the explosion upwards. She is a trained rural historian who specializes in oral history, childhood history and memory studies. Dr. Clark is the faculty advisor of the Sweet Memories: Research Group at Western. They believed in reincarnation, which probably led, in part, to the creation of Davids Brave New World idea. I felt compression and heat and I heard teachers screaming and yelling to get down.". After earning a degree in criminal justice at Chadron State College in Nebraska, he was hired as Cokevilles town marshal in the 1970s. Katie has always recognized the miracles of the day, but healing hasn't come easy. It's about the Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis, which occurred on May 16th, 1986, in Cokeville, Wyoming, where the former town marshal, David Young, and his wife, Doris Young, took 136 children and 18 adults hostage at the Cokeville Elementary School. It was cut. I think exploring this question can continue to offer healing to those pieces in us we don't fully recognize are hurt. I have guns and this is a bomb. Virginia Tech, it wasn't that way. Lori says that God truly is all-powerful, that "His ways are higher then our ways," and that He can and will intervene in behalf of His children. Because of the experience and the different classes that I've attended, I know what bombs do to people, to buildings and to all kinds of structures. They lived in a mobile home with Princess, Davids youngest daughter from his first marriage. How has that experience shaped your life? On May 9, 1986, in the small, ranching community of Cokeville, Wyoming, David and Doris Young took an elementary school hostage for several hours before detonating a bomb inside a classroom that held every teacher and student in the school. Little something my husband drew during church today. Rich Haskell: There was a reason I was there for some reason. In the West? By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. 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.". Mark Junge: And what happened? Used with thanks. David, Doris and Princess proceeded to the elementary school and entered the building shortly after 1 p.m. that Friday. Accessed May 17, 2013, at, Wyoming Horror: A Fiery Schoolhouse Bomb., A 1986 Hostage Event at a Cokeville, Wyoming Elementary School., Jarvik, Elaine. And they had practiced how to get out of that building. It said in there that they had brought blasting caps, ammunition, those types of things in and there was a sealed briefcase that was in the hallway. He listened so well, so patiently. This wasn't a simple bomb. They have a lot of first-person histories of the actual event, teachers, investigators and students. This did, in fact, happen in Wyoming! Katie has always . The tuna fish cans with the two floury would be spread out in the air likehave you ever seen a grain elevator explosion? Drama 2015 1 hr 33 min. 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. Is This The Most Sinister Ghost Picture Ever Taken? Do you ever think about them? It was in their Tucson home that David came up with what he considered the Biggie, a plan to get rich quick and create a Brave New World. This plan involved Davids longtime friends, Gerald Deppe and Doyle Mendenhall, who believed by investing in Davids scheme they would get rich. My name is Kamron Wixom, I was a 12 year old 6th grader in 1986 when a mad man took over my school (Cokeville Elementary) with a bomb and his guns. On May 16, 1986, he and his wife, Doris, invaded a classroom at Cokeville Elementary School and held 136 children and 17 teachers hostage with a crudely . May 16, 1986, will never be forgotten by the residents of Cokeville, Wyo. Because of the tiles and the window? He was in high fevers until the therapist allowed him to speak openly. So timelines and characters may be switched up, but the overall spirit of it and the facts are laid out true to witness testimonies. Cook, the school's secretary and the first person taken hostage, could tell Young's threats were serious. His latest, The Cokeville Miracle (read my review), portrays the events of a 1986 elementary school bombing, in which multiple children witnessed angels protecting them. See The Cokeville Miracle in select theater. On that Friday afternoon in their quiet, rural town, a deranged couple entered the communitys elementary school, took those inside hostage and detonated a bomb in a first grade classroom. Of course, I can imagine the noise that it made. It was a great movie, very well directed and acted. I cannot tell you what happened. I was still trying to make sense of it all! Healing will come Slowly From Within a Wounded Cokeville. This school is being taken hostage! But David refused to reveal his plans entirely until moments before they unfolded. The couple corralled a large group of students and teachers into a single classroom. I do think the key is talking about it often and early. The device was set up on afor lack of a better word, I call it a shopping cart. David planned to negotiate with then-President Ronald Reagan before setting off a bomb that would take them all to a new world where he would reign supreme. Young was a former Cokeville town marshal who had been living in Arizona for several years. I said, "What on earth happened there?" "If this story is going to continue to be told, we want that to be the message of hope. Mark Junge: Well, what do you think would cause two people like this to do this? Go to school and learn how to do it." Tensions were running high, and many in the tiny classroom began to pray. Is that morbid thinking on my part? A new movie is coming out on Friday called "The Cokeville Miracle" that depicts not just this terrible event, but the various miraculous stories that emerged afterward. over there. Mark Junge: They don't want it brought up again. He used to work in Cokeville. Cokeville Public Library. And I think it's made me a stronger person. Rich Haskell: If it would have went off like it was supposed to have gone off, it would have lifted the roof off of that school. Cokeville Elementary School is located at 205 N. Sage St. in Cokeville. 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. Rich Haskell: I don't think that they were planningor David was planning on the ceiling tiles in the school. Sue Castaneda: Where did you get your training for that? I did see the lighting had changed in the room, and it was right in the same timeline as everyone else's witness. I mean, we're talking about from kindergarten kids up to 10-, 11-, 12-years old. Why did Cokeville receive the miracle of innocent lives being saved and Columbine didn't? Did you see anything? "Seeing a woman's picture, I asked what grade she had taught and why she quit teaching after the bomb. There's a piece of wood in there that separates the jaws of a clothespin and in that clothespin there are two metal connections that the wires were hooked to which made the electrical connection with the bomb. Where's he running? SHARE Cokeville recollects 'miracle' of 1986. David Young entered the school with his wife transporting a large gasoline-filled device that appeared to be a bomb. I actually have a pretty clear memory of the events that day, being 12 years old. 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. Welcome to /r/latterdaysaints, a sub for members and friends of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (formerly known as Mormons). That's why I have a computer. 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. She acknowledges these students for assisting her in researching her contributions to the WyoHistory.org web site. I've been involved with law enforcement since 1977 in Sweetwater County. How could I say no even when my heart was beating out of my chest? They were sitting out across the fence with scopes on their rifles just ready to shoot until the sheriff went out and said, "No. They feel that it was a positive experience for them. Where you find brackets [ ] I have added words for explanation or to complete an awkward sentence. No, this is something that people need to know about. She was a divorce who earned money working as a waitress and singer in a local bar. She fled the building and drove the Youngs vanwith Deppe and Mendenhall still insideto the town hall, where she reported her fathers plan. No, we can't do this. Because it was sittin' low enough and the kids were low enough that it would have done it. This can, the aluminum powder, never went off. Kind of a synopsis of what they were going to do and what their plans were and the whole thing. The Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis occurred on May 16, 1986, in Cokeville, Wyoming, United States, when former town marshal David Young 44, and his wife Doris Young 47, took 136 children and 18 adults hostage at Cokeville Elementary School. I just stayed right there and we processed the scene and did the scene. Rich Haskell: Well, run fordo another term as sheriff and then retire, and my wife and I are going to doshe loves genealogy. He had tried this deviceand they were designed tothat it would be a delayed explosion. Those closest to the bomb emerged with severe burns, and 79 total were taken to area hospitals. Rich Haskell: Were above the level of the kids, yeah. Investigators found that the bomb had been perhaps miraculously broken. Midnight Hour: 7 Paranormal Games to Play in the Dark Tonight, 30 Scary Two Sentence Horror Stories To Read In The Dark, True Crime: The 10 Most Infamous American Murder Mysteries, Urban Legend: 25 People Share the Scariest Stories from their Hometowns, The Haunting Stories Behind Six Strange and Unusual Graves, Campfire Stories: 13 Terrifying Accounts of Paranormal Encounters in the Wilderness. I've got a couple of questions. I think it was still in his body. At the same time, parents and authorities gathered on the opposite side of the school. It was suggested we say a group prayer and I thought it was a great idea, so I helped gather a group of us together. I'd like to think so. T.C. We had people from ATFAlcohol, Tobacco and Firearmsand there was another bomb technician that came up from Evanstonhe was studying to be a bomb technicianand we all looked at that and said, "That wire's been cut." The Cokeville hostage crisis began the afternoon of May 16, 1986, when David and Doris Young took 154 children and adults hostage at the Cokeville Elementary School in tiny Cokeville, Wyo. As long as that piece of wood was in there to keep those separated, it would not detonate. They increasingly spoke about their memories in public with professional psychologists, church officials and community counselors. There are some survivors that couldn't believe how accurate much of it was. Mark Junge: What were they designed to do? He knew what the community was all about. There were plenty who opposed this from Cokeville, not a majority, maybe, but they were vocal and raw with feelings. I can't explain it. Rich Haskell: I sometimes do, but you can't let yourself think about it. The connection that my brain was making with my kids being in first grade and what happened to me in first grade was hard to control. She has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals on the history and heritage of Germans from Russia on the Northern Plains. Many recalled praying silently, forming prayer circles and seeing angels during the crisis. 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That's my lucky miracle. Rather than driving this community apart, the Youngs attack had only brought them closer together. I absolutely have. Now you've got problems. He was the father of two, but was estranged from his elder daughter. "We all remembered exactly where we were when we heard the news. Well, he had put wooden shelves for layers. I know the purpose I was saved and that purpose calls me MOM!". Write CSS OR LESS and hit save. 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Young, on the other hand, suddenly retreated into the bathroom and shot himself dead. He then went to tell his friends and the bomb detonated. I mean, not everybody would do this. Just before implementing the Biggie, David Young had also sent a copy of the document to President Ronald Reagan, the president of Chadron State College and numerous media outlets. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. If you need to flag this entry as abusive. This all happened about 8 months after the bombing. I've spent many, many hours and many days with the leaders of the Mormon church, with the Prophet of the Mormon church. I mean, Columbine, it wasn't that way. I later learned he'd been shot in the back. No, not at all. So he did try that device. Have you had anything like this, anything close to this happen? Rich Haskell: Approximately an hour and ten, hour and fifteen minutes. I think he went in the Marine Corps because of me and served 25 years and retired. Mark Junge: Well, yes. I remember watching that when I was a younger kid, and when they were interviewing the witnesses, I remember several of them referencing "Heavenly Father " instead of "God," and I knew immediately they were LDS. Investigators found that the bomb had been - perhaps miraculously - broken. Reporters from all the regional news outlets were on the scene by the time of the explosion or shortly thereafter. Have there been any lingering psychological effects from going through something so traumatic while so young? Rich Haskell: Not really that often, but every time I think about it I get very emotional. One student was celebrating their birthday, so everyone sang Happy Birthday, but it did not lift the mood. The Cokeville Town Hall is located at 110 Pine St. For more information, visit the website of the Cokeville Chamber of Commerce at http://www.cokevillewy.com or call (307) 459-4195. One thing to mention is that the tension in real life seemed much more present at first, and then once prayers were said the mood really lifted. To my right is Sue Castaneda who is the Wyoming Oral History Project Director, and across the table from me is Rich Haskell, who is a certified bomb technician. When the thing went off, when the bomb exploded, they just started chuckin' people out the windows. It depends on your focus. And that's what we in this country have that these other fanatics or whatever is the family is the import factor. David saw John Miller, the music teacher, trying to escape and shot him in the back. I contacted my sheriff, and that was Jim Stark at the time, and he said, "Definitely! WyoHistory.org welcomes the support of the following sponsors. Used with permission and thanks. Mark Junge: And when you went into the classroom you saw holes in the walls? Rich Haskell: I did not. Wheeling in a high-powered shrapnel bomb and a full arsenal of guns, they terrorized a school of 154 kids and their teachers, demanding a $300 million ransom. David Young entered the school with his wife transporting a large gasoline-filled device that appeared to be a bomb. Rich Haskell: I took pictures of it. Family is the most important thing in a Mormon family. "Cokeville didn't ask for this - we have never, ever said that we are special because we were saved, but we do say that prayer is special," says Kam Wixom, who was a 12-year-old at Cokeville Elementary in 1986. They had a circle of tape around the device itself and they said, "Do not come inside of this circle. Mark Junge: Yeah, my brother-in-law worked in the Navy as a chief petty officer and he worked with what they called EOD. She had a "teacher" help her out of the burning classroom who she did not recognize at the time. Kameron Wixom, son of Hartt and Judene Wixom, writes a childlike faith saved us. In his contribution to the Witness to Miracles book, Kameron writes: I didnt have to see angels, hear them, or even think that their presence might be required that day. Rich Haskell: Yes, there was a briefcase in the hallway, and we were toldbefore I had gotten there they had gotten papers from his daughter. . He did it right. results in the deaths of perpetrators David and Doris Young; 154 hostages survive. One example of such a miracle is the exodus from Egypt. Well, after interviewing some of the people, what had happened, the bombDavid Young had set the bomb to have what they call a dead-man switch. I'm currently the Sheriff of Sweetwater County. They had written the manuscript, ready for publication, when the Walkers contacted them as family friends and said you may want to come ask our daughters some questions. After a stand-off lasting two and a half hours, the gasoline bomb the couple had brought into the school went off prematurely, badly burning Doris Young while David Young was out of the room. Mark Junge: Which means you had to be doing over a hundred miles an hour! Cokeville Elementary School teachers and staff tried to keep kindergarteners through sixth graders calm and entertained. We didn't know if the blasting caps were in therejust exactly what was in there. Nobody come inside this circle." Weredo you think it had something to do with angels? To go off to the side? They just didn't let it die out. Returning to the Church, but a bit confused. And what happens if they trigger something accidently?" Blu-Ray. The preservation of 154 lives; the wires on the bomb being cut clean to cripple the blast; the windows being open for ventilation carried the smoke out; the shrapnel and bullets exploding from the bomb not touching or injuring a single person; the bomb blasting upwards instead of outwards; the right people being in the right place at the right time to provide Immediate help after the bomb exploded and students being prepared because of an increase of fire drills in the preceding weeks. When the bomb was triggered a miracle took place guardian angels saving the lives of the innocent. The Wyoming History one may be the best. There are parallels and significant differences worth taking a look at, guided by accounts from four survivors who graciously shared their stories with me. FYI, World Religion Day is today (purpose: to highlight What is the intended purpose of these gym rings on the On the fence about inviting MIL to our family sealing. . With the explosionwhat occurred? How much interaction did you have with the director/producers of the movie? That's what David Young forgot to realize just how important families were. ", "I have learned that each healing journey is different and that I can't heal for someone else or take their pain as they walk their own individual healing journey," Katie observes. Young met his second wife, Doris Waters, while in Cokeville. Rich Haskell: Oh my goodness! Lori recounted several miracles from that day. You see the bag ladies pullin' them around behind them when they go to the store and they can put their groceries in or whatever else. I know there's angels. David attached the bomb trigger to hi What is sacred to some, is smeared by others - even after we hear eye-witness accounts of miracles. Mark Junge: And the explosion went straight up? "My brother came over and told my sister and me to go sit by the window. Had a small pin-hole leak in it and it dripped into both containers and they both became paste. A compilation project by the Cokeville Miracle Foundation, a 501(c) (3) charity. The first chapter is titled A Town of Trust.. Mark Junge: You'd been tested, though. Doris accidently triggered the bomb by motioning to her hostages with her arms. Rich Haskell: Yes. it is VERY LDS, and yet there are at least 3 other churches in town: Episcopal, Catholic, Baptist (and sometimes a non-denominational church). I wondered what that was, but then immediately noticed my friends over by the door talking to Doris. Then, several years later, Jennie Sorensen identified what she thought was a teacher who led her out of the building after the blast. The Cokeville Miracle is a 2015 drama film written & directed by T. C. Christensen and starring Jasen Wade, Sarah Kent and Kimball Stinger. Mark Junge: Where at? In mid-April, I spoke to a peer group about my experiences at Columbine. "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. And you could see that she had been burning by just looking at her out on the front lawn. We're in a conference room here on the main floor. Here is a local story from the 20 year anniversary (we are at the 29th year now), What's your side of the story? This wasn't a pipe bomb. You can also read about it on [Wikipedia] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cokeville_Elementary_School_hostage_crisis). In Davids writings, he explained that the imaginary world of Zero Equals Infinity felt like his and the Cokeville childrens last resort. What stands out in your mind the most, looking back? Several other survivors were there. Mark Junge: to go through all this? The faith-based film was released in select theaters across the United States in the summer of 2015, and was distributed by Deseret Book Company and affiliated retailers. On May the 16th , 1986, 1 was in Rock Springs at a basketball game. All the hostages escaped, though 79 were hospitalized with burns and injuries. Rich Haskell: Approximately three and a half days. Shortly after David went to the adjoining bathroom, Doris attempted to direct a student and set off the bomb in the process. In that moment, the Mormon community of Cokevilles trust was broken, but something far more extraordinary was about to happen. Rich Haskell: I'm Rich Haskell. And I didn't know about the angel thing comin' to the kids until many days later. On a sunny Friday afternoon in 1986, the unthinkable happened in the small town of Cokeville, Wyoming. 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