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[7] Geography [ edit] I'm portrayed as the little red haired kid with glasses that asks about the AK-47. I know that for a fact! In the tiny classroom, they watched movies, played games, prayed. Only the man and his wife, who accidentally detonated the bomb, died that day in 1986. ", All told, 79 of the hostages suffered injuries, mostly second-degree burns, smoke inhalation, and other injuries from the exploding bomb. When the children became increasingly loud, Doris Young began begging the teachers to settle the group down. Yeah. That's what David Young forgot to realize just how important families were. David had also sent a copy of the manifesto to Reagan. Words emphasized by the speaker are italicized.~Transcribed by Russ Sherwin, Feb. 27, 2011. 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. Rich Haskell: Well, I didn't know a lot about 'em and I still don't know a lot about 'em. Mark Junge: Well, you've been blessed in a lot of ways. [5] The leaking gasoline's fumes prompted teachers to open the classroom windows, unknowingly creating vents for the impending explosion. Twenty-five years ago on Monday, a man and his wife pushed a homemade gasoline bomb into Cokeville's sole elementary school and demanded $300 million in ransom. Mark Junge: This bomb was designed to do what? A Project of the Wyoming Historical Society. Survivors began to tell their stories through a spiritual lens. You went back home? By the people that was the bad folks, they're the only ones that got really hurt. Did this shake the faith of some people, or would you say it strengthened it in most? May 16, 1986, will never be forgotten by the residents of Cokeville, Wyo. The basket, the shelves. Rich Haskell: No, it's not. Mark Junge: You'd been tested, though. Kind of a synopsis of what they were going to do and what their plans were and the whole thing. The man and woman who took an elementary school here hostage Friday, injuring 70 children when their homemade gasoline bomb exploded, had ties to the Posse Comitatus and other white supremacist. For more information about our sponsors and the people behind WyoHistory.org, visit our About Us page: Hostage crisis at the elementary school in Cokeville, Wyo. Mark Junge: Okay. Mark Junge: No? I don't know how many people under the age of 35 know about the Chicago Tylenol murders, but for a few weeks in 1982, it was a national news sensation. [7] The mechanism was triggered by a dead man's switch, consisting of a wooden piece separating two metal connectors within the jaws of a clothespin, forming an incomplete circuit. Seven people in the Chicago area died after ingesting Tylenol capsules laced with potassium cyanide. 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've spent many, many hours and many days with the leaders of the Mormon church, with the Prophet of the Mormon church. 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. 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. David Young entered the school with his wife transporting a large gasoline-filled device that appeared to be a bomb. I'd like to think so. They're the ones that died from the whole thing. Cokeville Recollects Miracle of 1986: Hostage Survivors, Town Residents Compile Book, ________. I got a chance to talk to Jennie Sorensen Johnson, who was seven when David Young rolled a bomb into her first grade classroom. 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. Mark Junge: Oh, really! Used with thanks. She was on fire! She fled the building and drove the Youngs vanwith Deppe and Mendenhall still insideto the town hall, where she reported her fathers plan. 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. That's my lucky miracle. Mark Junge: In fact, didn't you say you burned up your engine? The windows had been knocked outhad been blown out. I wondered what that was, but then immediately noticed my friends over by the door talking to Doris. He was so open to their input, and feelings. Many recalled praying silently, forming prayer circles and seeing angels during the crisis. And they had trouble keeping people away from the building. Rich Haskell: There was also ayou look through the ceiling and there was a bigger hole up there. He demanded a ransom of two million dollars per hostage ($308 million, $720 million adjusted for inflation), and an audience with President Ronald Reagan. 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, [1] took 136 children and 18 adults hostage at Cokeville Elementary School. This wasn't a simple bomb. No, we can't do this. I don't think that they were planningor David was planning on the ceiling tiles in the school. Virginia Tech, it wasn't that way. Sue Castaneda: Did you look at (unintelligible). Mark Junge: Did you find the bullet that killed him, too? Anything? She's an avid genealogist, so maybe get involved with that, and maybe go on a mission for the church. I actually created a website knowing that people would wonder what was real and what wasn't. You can check out [CokevilleMiracle.com] (http://www.cokevillemiracle.com/movie.html). We're in a conference room here on the main floor. Rich Haskell: Absolutely. There was nobody killed but the perpetrators. Have you seen the Unsolved Mysteries episode that had a segment on this? 1 of 7. results in the deaths of perpetrators David and Doris Young; 154 hostages survive. This is not a Mormon film it is more of an inspirational film. Everyone else survived, and many who did recalled the tragedy with memories of the presence of angels. 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. And you could see that she had been burning by just looking at her out on the front lawn. President Hinkley, President Monson, and President Faust. The circuit was powered by a 9-volt lantern battery. 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. 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. It would have killed them. The detonation didn't do it, it was cut. She lifted her hand up to rub her forehead and when she did that pulled the pin out and detonated the bomb. 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. Returning, David Young shot his wife, then himself. The bomb was an improvised explosive device constructed in a small two-wheeled shopping cart with two baskets, one on top of the other. It was cut. COKEVILLE, Wyo. Mark Junge: They don't want it brought up again. It brings back lots of memories but it doesn't hurt because actually it was a positive experience. Rich Haskell: I took pictures of it. Rich Haskell: No, I don't think it exited. On May 16, 1986, when former town marshal David Gary Young and his wife Doris Young took 154 children and 13 teachers hostage at Cokeville Elementary school in Wyoming, and kept them at bay with a shopping-cart sized bomb attached to five hairpin-trigger blast caps, it should have ended in great tragedy - one of the worst in American history. Chalkboards andwhat do they call those?whiteboards, I think they are, along the walls. I mean, not everybody would do this. Mark Junge: Do you still think about this? They increasingly spoke about their memories in public with professional psychologists, church officials and community counselors. I was a little bit nervous, of course. 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. David and Doris both returned to Cokeville on May 16, 1986. Excerpt from the book "On This Day In Wyoming History": David young and detonated a bomb inside. This wasn't a pipe bomb. Ahntastic Adventures in Silicon Valley I absolutely have. Eventually Doris lifted her arm sharply and the bomb went off prematurely, injuring Doris while David was out of the room. And that's exactly what took place in Cokeville. On May 16, 1986, when former town marshal David Gary Young and his wife Doris Young took 154 children and thirteen teachers hostage at Cokeville Elementary school in Wyoming and kept them at bay with a shopping-cart sized bomb attached to five hairpin-trigger blast caps, it should have ended in great tragedy - one of the worst in American history. One of 'em was in Cokeville and one was in the bus that he did the experiment with. When Deppe and Mendenhall finally got wind of his plans moments before the hostage crisis unfolded, they refused to participate. David, Doris and Princess proceeded to the elementary school and entered the building shortly after 1 p.m. that Friday. One teacher was shot when he tried to flee,. On May 16, 1986, David and Doris Young entered Cokeville Elementary School with a gasoline bomb, a variety of rifles and handguns, David's philosophical writings and demands for $300 million This significantly mitigated the explosive power of the bomb. He listened so well, so patiently. That's why I have a computer. Guys like you have to go and search every corner. Of course, I can imagine the noise that it made. There are some survivors that couldn't believe how accurate much of it was. As I come to the junctionI'm sorry, I don't know what the road is that goes over to Bear Lakebut as I was passing that intersection, they did inform me that the bomb had exploded. Is there a news article that I could read to get a better idea of what happened? By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Box 37, Cokeville, Wyoming 83114. Returning, David Young shot his wife, then himself. Lota, Louinn. NOTE: Witness to Miracles was published in 2006 by Pronghorn Press, www.pronghornpress.org . Mark Junge: What do you want to do with the rest of your life? I have given that some thought. She has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals on the history and heritage of Germans from Russia on the Northern Plains. But he knew the culture, he knew the type of people, and I'm not sayin' that Mormon people are better than anybody else, but their way of life is family is first. Because of the tiles and the window? Mark Junge: Well, I want you to know that we think you're courageous for doing this with us. Interesting stuff to me! Cokeville Public Library. And he had to defuse bombs. 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Rich Haskell: There was a reason I was there for some reason. 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. 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. He did deliver our salvation that day. Rich Haskell: Pretty sophisticated guy is what he was. I do think the key is talking about it often and early. 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. 2 Recreation Board, Indigenous People in Wyoming and the West, http://news.google.com/newspapers/p/deseret_news?id=nz1TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BYQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4165,3587249&dq=cokeville+bombing&hl=en, http://archive.org/details/SurvivorIsMyName-VoicesOfTheCokevilleElementarySchoolBombing, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udNB_xdPiYE, http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mz1TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BYQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6656,2193766&dq=cokeville+trying+to+rebuild&hl=en, http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oD1TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BYQDAAAAIBAJ&dq=cokeville&pg=7027%2C3851642, http://wyospcr.state.wy.us/MultiMedia/Display.aspx?ID=86&icon=1, http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1928&dat=19870529&id=-AogAAAAIBAJ&sjid=c2UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1067,6238243, http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19870521&id=w4sfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zH4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4596,6209063, https://www.deseret.com/2006/5/15/19953524/cokeville-recollects-miracle-of-1986, http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_18072820, http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/article%E2%80%943077bf4a-a45e-5dad-ae3a-a99aa8fcf3aa.html, http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19960515&id=Ke5LAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fuwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5227,9406392, http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19940404&id=GoQwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iuwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2778,1992787, http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705372484/Cokeville-miracle-marking-25-years.html, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe_ZX4Qbsi4, Emergency Management Coordinator Kathy Davison on the 1986 Bombing of Cokeville Elementary School, EMT Glenna Walker, Mother of Three Young Children, on the 1986 Bombing of Cokeville Elementary School, Public Works Director and Fireman Kevin Walker, Father of Three Young Children, on the 1986 bombing of Cokeville Elementary School, Lead Investigator Ron Hartley, Father of Four Student Survivors, on the 1986 Bombing of Cokeville Elementary School, Certified Bomb Technician Rich Haskell on the 1986 Bombing of Cokeville Elementary School, Secretary Tina Cook on the 1986 Bombing of Cokeville Elementary School, First grade teacher Janel Dayton on the 1986 bombing of Cokeville Elementary School, Second grade teacher Carol Petersen on the 1986 bombing of Cokeville Elementary School, Third grade student Rachel Walker Hollibaugh on the 1986 Bombing of Cokeville Elementary School, Third grade student Jamie Buckley King on the 1986 Bombing of Cokeville Elementary School, Fourth grade teacher Kliss Sparks on the 1986 bombing of Cokeville Elementary School, Fourth grade student LeaKae Roberts on the 1986 Bombing of Cokeville Elementary School, Law and Order in Cokeville: A Woman Mayor and Prohibition, Green River Historic Preservation Commission, Natrona County Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Natrona County Recreation Joint Powers Board, Sublette County Historical Preservation Board, University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources, A Projectile Killed Doris Young, Not Bomb Blast, Police in Cokeville Say., Castaneda, Sue and Mark Junge. On May 16, 1986, . Sue Castaneda: Carla said that some people were mad that we were there. Mark Junge: What's been your experiences since then? While he was writing his philosophy, Zero Equals Infinity, Doris took part-time jobs including housekeeping and waitressing to support their meager lifestyle. Mark Junge: Do you think David or Doris would have cut it? 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. They had to come and get my car and get me another one. I had the chance to watch the pre-screening of the film and it was very emotional. Audio/Video Recording. When they asked pointed questions like "what did the angels look like?" He had tried this deviceand they were designed tothat it would be a delayed explosion. But it didn't. Maybe writing that up 2 years ago when this came along was more healing for me than for him, but I gave it all to him! On May 16, 1986, David Young, Cokeville's former town marshal, and his wife, Doris, carried five rifles, five handguns and a "dead man's bomb" into the elementary school. And, then, shortly after 4 p.m., the bomb exploded. May 12, 2011, 2:30am PDT. Cokeville Elementary School is located at 205 N. Sage St. in Cokeville. I remember seeing the wide eyes on my band teacher as he collapsed with the EMTs afterward. . Mark Junge: to go through all this? I think I made it there in record timeI'm not sure. I'm not saying all of 'em were bombs, but why did God cut out Cokeville and say nobody's going to get hurt in this? [5][10][8], When the bomb detonated, the majority of the explosive force was channeled through loose ceiling tiles into the roof, and open windows acting as vents. 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. 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. #TodayInHistory: Today in 1986, The Cokeville Elementary School crises happened. Mark Junge: And the explosion went straight up? I've been involved with law enforcement since 1977 in Sweetwater County. Mark Junge: You had some bullets in the ceiling that you had to investigate, too. The only thing I bristle at is that TC has me suggesting that we say a prayer. 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. COKEVILLE, Wyo. Young met his second wife, Doris Waters, while in Cokeville. In 1986 , 154 children and teachers survived the bombing of Cokeville Elementary School. At least 74 people, most of them children, suffered second-degree burns when the bomb went off at about 4 P.M. at the Cokeville Elementary School. Hey, I am not the survivor, but I spent my summers in Cokeville, my family is from there, and I have been helping on publicity for the film. Well, when I arrived and saw that body layin' on the front lawn, I was told that was Doris. 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. The kids couldn't have cut it. 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.". For me, what has impressed me about the film is not necessarily the story of Angels (which are remarkable), but that the majority of the 154 hostages chose to see God's hand in their lives that day. 2 Recreation Board, Indigenous People in Wyoming and the West, Emergency Management Coordinator Kathy Davison on the 1986 Bombing of Cokeville Elementary School, EMT Glenna Walker, Mother of Three Young Children, on the 1986 Bombing of Cokeville Elementary School, Lead Investigator Ron Hartley, Father of Four Student Survivors, on the 1986 Bombing of Cokeville Elementary School, Public Works Director and Fireman Kevin Walker, Father of Three Young Children, on the 1986 bombing of Cokeville Elementary School, Secretary Tina Cook on the 1986 Bombing of Cokeville Elementary School, First grade teacher Janel Dayton on the 1986 bombing of Cokeville Elementary School, Second grade teacher Carol Petersen on the 1986 bombing of Cokeville Elementary School, Third grade student Rachel Walker Hollibaugh on the 1986 Bombing of Cokeville Elementary School, Third grade student Jamie Buckley King on the 1986 Bombing of Cokeville Elementary School, Fourth grade teacher Kliss Sparks on the 1986 bombing of Cokeville Elementary School, Fourth grade student LeaKae Roberts on the 1986 Bombing of Cokeville Elementary School, Green River Historic Preservation Commission, Natrona County Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Natrona County Recreation Joint Powers Board, Sublette County Historical Preservation Board, University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources, Casper Chapter, Wyoming Archaeological Society, June Frison chapter, Wyoming Archeological Society. My name is Mark Junge and I'm here at the Hiltonis it the Hilton Hotel? Cokeville Children Held Hostage by Bomber., Cokeville Elementary School Bombing: 25-Years Later. Accessed May 17, 2013, at, Fagg, Ellen. Mark Junge: Are you one of the most experienced people in the area? Below the jug in the bottom basket were two tuna fish cans filled with a mixture of aluminum powder and flour meant to aerosolize and deflagrate following detonation, each with its own blasting cap. We know for a fact that he had tried that device because he did it in Arizona and totally destroyed a school bus. They have a lot of first-person histories of the actual event, teachers, investigators and students. David was a diabetic. Rich Haskell: I don't think that they were planningor David was planning on the ceiling tiles in the school. How much interaction did you have with the director/producers of the movie? Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. [5] The wooden piece was tied to Doris' wrist by a string. Dozens. Im living proof.. He was asking large amounts of money. "[6] The two men eventually refused to participate in the event. Mark Junge: Had you seen anything like what took place in this classroom before? Everything was blackened. You have to think about what you're doing right at that particular time so you can stay focused on what you have to deal with. Although many were burned, some severely, only the perpetrators of this horrible incident died. Windows were opened to rid the room of gasoline fumes, and prayers were offered in small groups among the children. Rich Haskell: Were above the level of the kids, yeah. And the bathroom was off to the side of it because it was the kindergarten class. David and Doris Young took 167 hostages (150 children, 17 adults and one unlucky UPS driver) at the elementary school. Mark Junge: Curious, Rich. They did a good job telling this story. 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. She was a total torch! He used to work in Cokeville. 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. I didn't look at the speedometer, I was just kind of watchin' for animals and everything else. I think it's because of the ages of the kids, to start with. "If you can see the bomb, the bomb can see you," an officer shouted. The kids couldn't have done it. Mark Junge: Today is the 23rd of September, 2010. Amy Bagaso Williams with her husband and four children. Rich Haskell: Approximately three and a half days. On that Friday afternoon in their quiet, rural town, a deranged couple entered the community's elementary school, took those inside hostage and detonated a bomb in a first grade classroom. ITT: people who want to pick a fight with someone who survived an incredible experience. She acknowledges these students for assisting her in researching her contributions to the WyoHistory.org web site. Where you find brackets [ ] I have added words for explanation or to complete an awkward sentence. Accessed May 28, 2013 at. But David refused to reveal his plans entirely until moments before they unfolded. Carbon County School District No. Rich Haskell: Well, I did learn later that the kids saw the angels. And that's what we in this country have that these other fanatics or whatever is the family is the import factor. It's a little basket that has different layers on it. (Laughs) But as I was passing through Kemmerer I stayed in radio contact. Many children showed signs of distress with sobs, complaining of headaches from the smell of gasoline from the bomb, or simply wanting to go home. She is a trained rural historian who specializes in oral history, childhood history and memory studies.

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