Rich Haskell: Absolutely. . Have you seen the Unsolved Mysteries episode that had a segment on this? At the same time, adults and children alike reported feeling embraced by a warm blanket while waiting in the classroom. 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They increasingly spoke about their memories in public with professional psychologists, church officials and community counselors. What is your assessment of these two people who did this? In the end, though, the only casualties were David and Doris Young. On May 16, 1986, an elementary school in the tiny town of Cokeville, Wyoming, was held hostage by a married couple with a bomb. Gratitude is a great healer. With Columbine, one clear pattern I noticed in the tragedy's aftermath is that half the community turned to God, choosing to learn from the incident while others buried their hurt, embittered by the pain and senselessness. My name is Mark Junge and I'm here at the Hiltonis it the Hilton Hotel? Contributors control their own work and posted freely to our site. They believed in reincarnation, which probably led, in part, to the creation of Davids Brave New World idea. I've spent many, many hours and many days with the leaders of the Mormon church, with the Prophet of the Mormon church. It's just something that you just have to stay on top of. Cokeville Miracle Marking 25 Years.. Cokeville officially has only536 people in it and two LDS wards that meet in the same chapel. Christensen Writers T.C. But it didn't. Flames filled the room, with Doris on fire and several children burnt by the bomb. Well, he had put wooden shelves for layers. David returned to the restroom and killed himself, ending the hostage crisis. . The film was based on the Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis in 1986 and the book The Cokeville Miracle: When Angels Intervene by Hartt Wixom and Judene Wixom. It would have killed them. (Laughs) But as I was passing through Kemmerer I stayed in radio contact. He targeted the tight-knit community, noting in his journals: Threaten one, and all are at your mercy. However, what he took as a weakness would be Cokevilles true strength. Rich Haskell: Yes. Mark Junge: So it would have gone upward, but would it have killed the kids? You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. 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. Whether or not you believe in God or miracles, show some respect. I don't know. Either way, right after my joke is about when David excused himself from the room. Mark Junge: And when you went into the classroom you saw holes in the walls? It's made me, I think, more open-minded to things and don't take so much for granted anymore. Mark Junge: Well, you've been blessed in a lot of ways. And my children. Sep 29, 2015. The bomb went off and no one died, except the perpetrators. Rich Haskell: I was cookin' right along, yes I was! She has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals on the history and heritage of Germans from Russia on the Northern Plains. But we knew what our story was, and that it could help offer hope. Family is the most important thing in a Mormon family. She's an avid genealogist, so maybe get involved with that, and maybe go on a mission for the church. And screaming, I can't imagine the screams that she was making. From film and book adaptations to the Wyoming State Archives oral history project, Survivor Is My Name, what is clear is that this reprehensible attack only made the community all the stronger. 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. WyoHistory.org welcomes the support of the following sponsors. Rich? You could walk across the street and get run over as far as that's concerned, but I don't know if my wife has any more gray hairs because I've chosen this profession. One example of such a miracle is the exodus from Egypt. Doris accidently triggered the bomb by motioning to her hostages with her arms. Mark Junge: Okay. The bombing of Cokeville Elementary shook the small community to its core and yet vibrated with the power of their Mormon faith. This can, the aluminum powder, never went off. Interesting stuff to me! In the wisdom of Kabbalah, miracles are defined in terms of a person's spiritual progress. 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 I looked at everyone looking at me (as if I should call on someone to say it) I realized I should call on Allyson Cornia - literally because she was the smartest kid in the class! That's what it was designed to do was to go out and be particles and that gasoline was gonna ignite it and blow it up. Now you've got problems. Dozens. Mark Junge: Which means you had to be doing over a hundred miles an hour! But it still sent flames all over in the room and you can see where all the flames were in that room. Rich Haskell: Because of the response and because of the emails and everything that took place. "There was an ultra bright light and then total blackness. He did it right. When the bomb was triggered a miracle took place guardian angels saving the lives of the innocent. Rich Haskell: No. By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. 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. And that's exactly what took place in Cokeville. This did, in fact, happen in Wyoming! He instructed Doris and Princess, by now a young adult, to handcuff them inside his van. Large fires, smells of gasoline, loud explosions, unknown bearded men, white vans and the actual sight of the Cokeville Elementary School. Mark Junge: Well, what do you think would cause two people like this to do this? This all happened about 8 months after the bombing. Katie has always recognized the miracles of the day, but healing hasn't come easy. Cokeville Elementary School teachers and staff tried to keep kindergarteners through sixth graders calm and entertained. Mark Junge: No? She acknowledges these students for assisting her in researching her contributions to the WyoHistory.org web site. seal island shark attack sinking boat; rancho cucamonga low income housing This is actually the first time I have heard of this. 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. How did you determine how everything looked when this went up in smoke itself. Rich Haskell: I don't know the birthdates but I know the names. The gasoline bottle was leaking. Rich Haskell: Well, by none of the kids bein' hurt that was supposed to be hurt. The Power of Faith: 25 Years After School Bombing, Town Remembers Story of Survival., Mitchell, Ruth Ann. We'd all do well learning to see God's hand in our lives. The only thing I bristle at is that TC has me suggesting that we say a prayer. So if the state didn't pay him, he figured the Mormon church would pay him because the Mormon church has money also. They had a circle of tape around the device itself and they said, "Do not come inside of this circle. 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. where there's only a limited population, that's going to throw the fear of God into everybody. Those closest to the bomb emerged with severe burns, and 79 total were taken to area hospitals. She is a trained rural historian who specializes in oral history, childhood history and memory studies. The tuna fish cans with the two floury would be spread out in the air likehave you ever seen a grain elevator explosion? Mark Junge: They weren't big enough, in a way. May 16, 1986, will never be forgotten by the residents of Cokeville, Wyo. All the hostages escaped, though 79 were hospitalized with burns and injuries. The Wyoming History one may be the best. Rich Haskell: Approximately an hour and ten, hour and fifteen minutes. 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 . Rich Haskell: No. He used to work in Cokeville. Rich Haskell: Absolutely! Wake up to the day's most important news. By Liz Carlston, Contributor Author, Traveler and Culture Observer Go to their hands and knees and crawl out. I said, "What on earth happened there?" Blu-Ray. David Young was mentally troubled throughout his life, but, for a time, he was able to focus on his career. While he was writing his philosophy, Zero Equals Infinity, Doris took part-time jobs including housekeeping and waitressing to support their meager lifestyle. These are the true stories behind the hit film The Cokeville Miracle. I was still trying to make sense of it all! Unexplained Mysteries: Angel Files. Season 1, Episode 20. Mark Junge: Well, I want you to know that we think you're courageous for doing this with us. It was cut. As a result, the blast, which should have leveled the entire wing, had gone straight up and so minimized human harm. He did deliver our salvation that day. So we took the tiles off and went up into the ceiling and crawled up into the upper space up there and found a .45 slug up embedded into the iron girders up in the wall, and thought, okay, where did that come from? Because they weren't in a gun, the pressure wasn't chambered enough to where you could direct it. Mark Junge: Where at? Students, teachers, visitors, staff who survived the ordeal and bystanders began recounting their memories of this event as it was still unfolding. Mark Junge: Today is the 23rd of September, 2010. 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. ", Fresh off this experience and sensitive to the impact of talking about heavy topics, a friend looped me into a Facebook thread about a new movie coming out in June called "The Cokeville Miracle.". At that time, about 500 people lived in Cokeville, and there were slightly more than 100 students attending the elementary school. The knowledge that God lives, and is still a God of miracles in this modern day has molded much of my thinking.". I felt compression and heat and I heard teachers screaming and yelling to get down.". Have there been any lingering psychological effects from going through something so traumatic while so young? I don't know what. Even though the majority of the townspeople are LDS, there are lots of people of a variety of faiths in the room that day. Then, several years later, Jennie Sorensen identified what she thought was a teacher who led her out of the building after the blast. Available on Prime Video, Tubi TV. I think exploring this question can continue to offer healing to those pieces in us we don't fully recognize are hurt. In the movie, it shows the tension building towards the prayer and then shortly after the bomb went off. That's a true line in the movie. I think that day broke something in all of us to some small degree. Had a gallon milk jug full of gasoline on one level, had aluminum powder, flour and those two components was in tuna fish cans directly under the gasoline bomb. Mark Junge: Curious, Rich. Have you had anything like this, anything close to this happen? Anything? 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. 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. He came out of the bathroom, is what we figured. Jessica Clark, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of history and political science at Western Wyoming Community College in Rock Springs, Wyo. What should people know going into the film? Cokeville Bombing. Undated scrapbook. Rich Haskell: I sometimes do, but you can't let yourself think about it. It was there for a long time, all that support. I know that for a fact! What is sacred to some, is smeared by others - even after we hear eye-witness accounts of miracles. It was just shootin' everywhere. Lori recounted several miracles from that day. I'd like to think so. David had the makeshift bomb attached to his body and housed inside a grocery cart, while Doris and Princess carried an arsenal of rifles, handguns and ammunition, as well as the Zero Equals Infinity handouts. Used with permission and thanks. Rich Haskell: Well, I did learn later that the kids saw the angels. Well, when I arrived and saw that body layin' on the front lawn, I was told that was Doris. This anxiety continued until all my children reached second grade and then a weight lifted. This is not a Mormon film it is more of an inspirational film. The windows had been knocked outhad been blown out. Survivors began to tell their stories through a spiritual lens. David was a diabetic. Shortly after their wedding, David and Doris left Cokeville and headed to Tucson, Ariz. During their time in Tucson, according to Doris daughter Bernie Petersen, David became increasingly reclusive, focusing on his philosophical readings and writings. I saw an early screening of the film and absolutely loved it. 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. By the people that was the bad folks, they're the only ones that got really hurt. And that's what we in this country have that these other fanatics or whatever is the family is the import factor. NOTE: Witness to Miracles was published in 2006 by Pronghorn Press, www.pronghornpress.org . Upon entering, many realized something was amiss, especially as David began distributing and reading from his manifesto. I mean, okay, you lose the Twin Towers, you might get the Pentagon damaged, but if somebody's town hall or school is blown up in Star Valley [Wyo.] She had a "teacher" help her out of the burning classroom who she did not recognize at the time. Well, with the window being open, with the ceiling tiles being able to lift up and down, I think that absorbed a lot of the explosion of the gasoline bottle. This post was published on the now-closed HuffPost Contributor platform. Whenever they would come to Wyoming I would be part of their security team. We figured that he had dropped down on his knee, took his pistol and shot her to put her out of her misery, because when we went out and looked at her, there was a hole up through the bottom of her chin, and it came out the top of her head. I never did get to see that untilI think it was two days lateractually what they had taken as far as the paperwork was concerned. Everything was blackened. Totally destroyed it! 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. Sue Castaneda: Did you look at (unintelligible). Young was a former Cokeville town marshal who had been living in Arizona for several years. "How we convert that experience into good and positive things matters," Kam said. I wondered for a moment if I was dead or alive, and I realized I needed to get out. The wire was cut. Speaking about PTSD, Jennie knows what her triggers are. Then when I became a deputy, Sheriff Stark says, "You know, we're going to start finding a bunch of old explosives, dynamite and things. Write CSS OR LESS and hit save. Chalkboards andwhat do they call those?whiteboards, I think they are, along the walls. That's my lucky miracle. To keep the kids safe, the adults had a few windows opened and made an off-limits masking tape square around the bomb. I wondered what that was, but then immediately noticed my friends over by the door talking to Doris. We didn't know if the blasting caps were in therejust exactly what was in there. In Cokeville, Nowhere, Wyo. Rich Haskell: Approximately three and a half days. Tensions were running high, and many in the tiny classroom began to pray. "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. My parents were so thankful we survived that we didn't spend time EVER talking about David and Doris Young or why they would do this horrible act. They had to come and get my car and get me another one. May 16, 1986, will never be forgotten by the residents of Cokeville, Wyo. I think he went in the Marine Corps because of me and served 25 years and retired. I explained that she was the teacher that led me out when the bomb went off. When they refused to participate, David held them at gunpoint while his daughter and wife handcuffed them inside their van. How has that experience shaped your life? She is a trained rural historian who specializes in oral history, childhood history and memory studies. Why did Cokeville receive the miracle of innocent lives being saved and Columbine didn't? I was literally blown out the door when the bomb went off , and i remember how time slowed down in those seconds. Rich Haskell: I am. mayo 29, 2022 . The Cokeville Miracle is a 2015 drama film written & directed by T. C. Christensen and starring Jasen Wade, Sarah Kent and Kimball Stinger. Parentheses ( ) are used for incidental non-verbal sounds, like laughter. I've got to get back to work now! We're in a conference room here on the main floor. While David and Doris Young were not involved in an organized religion, both were deeply spiritual. . Mark Junge: This was a life-changing event. In the meantime, David and Doris Young gathered children, teachers, staff and visitors in the elementary school into one central location. David, Doris and Princess proceeded to the elementary school and entered the building shortly after 1 p.m. that Friday. You know something about bombs. As Davids youngest child, Penny, still lived with them, they quickly sought a new home in a trailer park. T.C. If I cant get answers I'll probably leave the church. Rich Haskell: Yeah. "That day was terrifying, but so was learning how to live with the aftermath in my life. They forget about what happened in Cokeville with a lot more people and the potential of what was there. ", "When my last son reached the end of first grade, I had the opportunity to tell them about the traumatic event in my life. Of course, I can imagine the noise that it made. But shortly after entering the school, Princess decided to rebel. 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. Rich Haskell: I'm Rich Haskell. The innocent and pure, often children, have an inside track to being honored in their prayers. Rather than driving this community apart, the Youngs attack had only brought them closer together. Soon enough, though, he was dismissed from the position after a 6-month probationary period. There are some survivors that couldn't believe how accurate much of it was. On one hand people didn't want money to be made off of suffering, but on the other hand it felt ungrateful to not share it in the way that TC would or could. Rich Haskell: You know, with 33 years of law enforcement, I've seen a lot of things. A compilation project by the Cokeville Miracle Foundation, a 501(c) (3) charity. This narrative was perpetuated in many publications and productions. Just like with a pair of pliers, pair of snips. As the dire nature of their situation became apparent, children began sobbing and complaining of headaches or wanting to go home. Mark Junge: Why do you think that God chose Cokeville to save? 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. Rich Haskell: Well, I like to think I'm a better person because of it. So you got that and you got the flour and the gasoline and that's what it was all designed to do in millisecond delays. Being kids, they were curious. ", Kam's lessons from Cokeville are profound:1.Bad things can happen anywhere, anytime.2.Not all men in beards are bad, but the eyes can tell you.3.God does intervene when men use their freedom to ask for His help.4.I need to pray.5.Miracles are real.6.Angels are real, and evidently our relatives are among them.7.Being super intellectual is not necessarily an advantage, but children praying with childlike faith is a super power.8.God lives. Mark Junge: Oh, really! I can't explain it. Then he went to the restroom, which was attached to the classroom. As a society we tend to talk around or mock prayer and having faith in God. It was within the first few weeks that the Hartley boy was explaining his witness. And he didn't even ask me if I wanted to do that. Rich Haskell: Uh, I can understand that. You know their names but not their birthdays. 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