After a two-and-a-half hour standoff, the children were becoming restless, so the teachers preoccupied the kids in the form of movies, games, prayer, and books. 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. Mark Junge: Curious, Rich. [5], "You could see that the roof tiles had been lifted out of their brackets. But I know that, well, I'll just be quite frank. Because in the bus, everything was solid in the school bus. I was up there as part of his protection team. Young was a former Cokeville town marshal who had been living in Arizona for several years. Accessed May 17, 2013, at, Wyoming Horror: A Fiery Schoolhouse Bomb., A 1986 Hostage Event at a Cokeville, Wyoming Elementary School., Jarvik, Elaine. And if I had been a little less of a jokester I may have seen something in that strange light. It just embedded into the walls from the ammunition from the heat. Parentheses ( ) are used for incidental non-verbal sounds, like laughter. The timelines of some events are fuzzy Its hard to nail down what stands out the most, there were a LOT of crazy things I'd never seen before then, or since really. Yeah, we didn't get a lot of sleep. 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. I was still trying to make sense of it all! Read more I have no doubt about my friends witness testimonies - even though I saw or heard nothing such as they did. Cokeville Elementary School teachers and staff tried to keep kindergarteners through sixth graders calm and entertained. Survivor is my Name: Voices of the Cokeville Elementary School Bombing. Produced by Wyoming State Archives for Wyoming State Parks and Cultural Resources, the package includes interviews with 14 people about the events of May 16, 1986. This narrative was perpetuated in many publications and productions. They forget about what happened in Cokeville with a lot more people and the potential of what was there. It has shaped me to know that God is real. I mean, not everybody would do this. She's an avid genealogist, so maybe get involved with that, and maybe go on a mission for the church. On May 16, 1986, an elementary school in Cokeville, Wyoming, was held hostage by a couple with a bomb. Mark Junge: Do you still think about this? Everything was blackened. You just do whatever you have to do and get up there." 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. This wasn't a pipe bomb. When the children became increasingly loud, Doris Young began begging the teachers to settle the group down. Now you've got problems. Jessica Clark, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of history and political science at Western Wyoming Community College in Rock Springs, Wyo. Doris had a migraine headache that day, in talking with the other folks, and she was complaining about that, and asked David if she could open the windows because the gas fumesevidently the gas was leaking from the incendiary and he finally consented to let 'em open the window. 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. She acknowledges these students for assisting her in researching her contributions to the WyoHistory.org web site. Davids friends did not know that the Biggie was a plan to take over Cokeville Elementary School, hold each of the children hostage for $2 million dollars apiece and then detonate the bomb, transporting the money and children to his Brave New World, where he would be God. The device was set up on afor lack of a better word, I call it a shopping cart. And then he shot himself. Lenita's father Rocky was a fifth grade teacher at Cokeville Elementary School at the time of the bombing, Lenita was a seventh grader. But it didn't. Rich Haskell: I sometimes do, but you can't let yourself think about it. 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. By Jamie Armstrong May 22, 2015 09:35 AM MDT. Number one, that's where he worked. Which is hard to believe, but a positive experience in that they learned something. 154 of us were held hostage for almost 3 hours in a 30x32 room when the bomb actually detonated - all 154 hostages survived. Hi MadreDeUnMono! Anything? Mark Junge: Well, what do you think would cause two people like this to do this? Immediately following the detonation, the teachers started to shove children into the hallway, and through two open windows onto the grass outside the school, causing chaos as panicked parents tried to break through police lines. He had just big rings of perspiration. Mark Junge: Do you think you've taken more joy out of life because of it? During the Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis. On May 16, 1986, an elementary school in the tiny town of Cokeville, Wyoming, was held hostage by a married couple with a bomb. They had a circle of tape around the device itself and they said, "Do not come inside of this circle. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret Morning News. Go to school and learn how to do it." The first chapter is titled A Town of Trust.. Cokeville Elementary School is located at 205 N. Sage St. in Cokeville. He had tried this deviceand they were designed tothat it would be a delayed explosion. Mark Junge: And your great-grandkids? Rich Haskell: Absolutely! I was literally blown out the door when the bomb went off , and i remember how time slowed down in those seconds. Only the man and his wife, who accidentally detonated the bomb, died that day in 1986. I don't know ifI just felt an emptyactually I could just see a hundred-sixty people dead! Mark Junge: That's a mighty powerful gun! Survivors shared their stories with each other, investigators, family members, and hospital personnel. Either way, right after my joke is about when David excused himself from the room. 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. results in the deaths of perpetrators David and Doris Young; 154 hostages survive. I wondered what that was, but then immediately noticed my friends over by the door talking to Doris. But we knew what our story was, and that it could help offer hope. On May 16, 1986, David and Doris Young took 154 people hostage at the Cokeville Elementary School in tiny Cokeville www.wyohistory.org 25 years after school bombing, Wyoming town remembers the . May 16, 1986, will never be forgotten by the residents of Cokeville, Wyo. SHARE Cokeville miracle marking 25 years. Kind of a synopsis of what they were going to do and what their plans were and the whole thing. She is a trained rural historian who specializes in oral history, childhood history and memory studies. 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. This did, in fact, happen in Wyoming! On May 16, 1986, David and Doris Young took 154 people hostage at the Cokeville Elementary School in tiny Cokeville, Wyo. 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. Wyoming State Parks and Cultural Resources, Repanshek, Kurt J. I mean, we're talking about from kindergarten kids up to 10-, 11-, 12-years old. Have you had anything like this, anything close to this happen? When Deppe and Mendenhall finally got wind of his plans moments before the hostage crisis unfolded, they refused to participate. I'm portrayed as the little red haired kid with glasses that asks about the AK-47. Virginia Tech, it wasn't that way. Mark Junge: EOD. She was totally burned. It was within the first few weeks that the Hartley boy was explaining his witness. The detonation didn't do it, it was cut. "We could tell that he was becoming very nervous. People who had guns! Also, what do you want us to know about it that isn't covered in the film? That's a true line in the movie. TC (the director) also worked incredibly hard to make this a story that can be widely appreciated by members of all faiths. To go off to the side? I know that for a fact! 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. The miraculous events that followed transformed the lives of hundreds of people, including many who witnessed angels or received heavenly help from deceased ancestors. Once the wooden piece was removed, the two metal connectors completed the circuit, detonating the bomb. Mark Junge: Did you help bring the body out? WyoHistory.org welcomes the support of the following sponsors. I got a chance to talk to Jennie Sorensen Johnson, who was seven when David Young rolled a bomb into her first grade classroom. Trauma is trauma and everyone deals with it differently. So if it can happen there it can happen anywhere in the United States. May 16, 1986, will never be forgotten by the residents of Cokeville, Wyo. In their minds they could start another world. Mark Junge: How many actual bombs have you had experience with? (Laughs) Yeah, I understand what you're saying, but it was. Seven people in the Chicago area died after ingesting Tylenol capsules laced with potassium cyanide. Mark Junge: In fact, didn't you say you burned up your engine? Did this shake the faith of some people, or would you say it strengthened it in most? I believe a presence was entering the room at about that time. Where you find brackets [ ] I have added words for explanation or to complete an awkward sentence. Rich Haskell: Absolutely. It'sI'm still doing that kind of thing because whenever they hold General Conference in Salt Lake City I go to Salt Lake City to be part of the bomb team for the church while they have General Conference. Family is the most important thing in a Mormon family. He knew it was a predominantly Mormon [The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] community. I mean, Columbine, it wasn't that way. And I didn't know about the angel thing comin' to the kids until many days later. Mark Junge: Where at? The only thing I bristle at is that TC has me suggesting that we say a prayer. David had also sent a copy of the manifesto to Reagan. [13], Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}420457N 1105719W / 42.08250N 110.95528W / 42.08250; -110.95528. Everyone else survived, and many who did recalled the tragedy with memories of the presence of angels. I did not have to imagine how God would move that day when I said my little prayer just hours before, I simply knew he would. 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 in ransom. As time progressed, however, a different story emerged in this highly religious and largely Mormon community. I mean, what it was supposed to do? I actually created a website knowing that people would wonder what was real and what wasn't. Mark Junge: Do you think you were cut out to do this job? I said, "What on earth happened there?" Edit: Also, were you at that early screening? In addition, national reporters began arriving within hours of the explosion. It was a great movie, very well directed and acted. Everyone else survived, including the injured John Miller. 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. Amy Bagaso Williams with her husband and four children. Cokeville had so little crime that many folks didn't bother to lock their doors. Mark Junge: Do you think he took up thatwanted to take that up because of you? The woman who died with her husband as they held an elementary school hostage with a gasoline bomb last week was not killed by the . Personally I gave him 17 pages of journal notes! Go to their hands and knees and crawl out. I remember seeing the wide eyes on my band teacher as he collapsed with the EMTs afterward. In the meantime, David and Doris Young gathered children, teachers, staff and visitors in the elementary school into one central location. And we allthere was three of us there. I had the chance to watch the pre-screening of the film and it was very emotional. Ronald DeFeo Jr., the convicted killer whose 1974 murders spawned the "Amityville Horror" franchise, died last week while serving a 25 years-to-life prison term, officials said Monday . I was a little bit nervous, of course. They just didn't let it die out. He knew what the community was all about. 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. David went to the school office, handing out a manifesto titled "ZERO EQUALS INFINITY" and announcing "This is a revolution!" Also, how long was it before the kids started talking about seeing angels? Although many were burned, some severely, only the perpetrators of this horrible incident died. I've got a couple of questions. where there's only a limited population, that's going to throw the fear of God into everybody. He listened so well, so patiently. There are some survivors that couldn't believe how accurate much of it was. My husband and I are looking forward to seeing the movie, as we weren't around when it happened and have just recently learned about it. Both hostage takers died, while 79 hostages were wounded. Princess, Deppe, and Mendenhall were never charged in relation to this crime because of their refusal to participate.[6]. Mark Junge: And you're sheriff in Sweetwater? Used with thanks. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. And that's what we in this country have that these other fanatics or whatever is the family is the import factor. Mark Junge: No? 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. They have a lot of first-person histories of the actual event, teachers, investigators and students. Thus, when David and Doris Young entered the towns only elementary school with an arsenal of weapons and a gasoline bomb in a grocery cart, no one saw it coming. Dozens. I walked into the bathroom and there was the suspect that had started this whole mess, layin' there on the floor with ahe had a pistol in his hand and you could tell he had shot himself in the head. The tuna fish cans, if you can imagine, here's two tuna fish cans sittin' here like this, and a gallon jug of gasoline sittin' above it. Cokeville Children Held Hostage by Bomber., Cokeville Elementary School Bombing: 25-Years Later. Accessed May 17, 2013, at, Fagg, Ellen. We're in a conference room here on the main floor. How has that experience shaped your life? Mark Junge: Okay. Box 37, Cokeville, Wyoming 83114. And that's where the bomb sat and that's where they sat. Mark Junge: They weren't big enough, in a way. 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. It's just something that you just have to stay on top of. Is that morbid thinking on my part? Ahntastic Adventures in Silicon Valley I really did not even want to walk inside that building because I was just afraid that I'd see kids all over the place. He shot and killed her. He hadn't had anything to eat and she finally convinced him to get something to eat, and he let her be in charge of that bomb. Mark Junge: Well, and it burned some of the kids. Well, he had put wooden shelves for layers. . According to survivor accounts, Doris enticed many into the first grade room by announcing that their presence was required for a school assembly. Cokeville Public Library. 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. They learned to trust in their God, the kids were healed for the most part, and they value life more now. I later learned he'd been shot in the back. And screaming, I can't imagine the screams that she was making. David, Doris and Princess proceeded to the elementary school and entered the building shortly after 1 p.m. that Friday. Mark Junge: Today is the 23rd of September, 2010. They did a good job telling this story. And it burned some children. It's a little basket that has different layers on it. In the tiny classroom, they watched movies, played games, prayed. It was perfect! The miraculous events that followed have changed many people foreverespecially survivor Amy Bagaso Williams. May 12, 2011, 2:30am PDT. He just said just go do it. Mark Junge: This bomb was designed to do what? They do now - ever since the Youngs barged in on the Cokeville Elementary School with guns and a bomb to demand . AP file. 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 When were you satisfied that there were no more bombs? Rich Haskell: I think it could be a spiritual experience that I have with church, or being around the kids, I don't know. In 1986, 154 children and teachers survived the bombing of Cokeville Elementary School. Rich Haskell: Because of the response and because of the emails and everything that took place. Where's he running? 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. Is there a news article that I could read to get a better idea of what happened? She fled the building and drove the Youngs vanwith Deppe and Mendenhall still insideto the town hall, where she reported her fathers plan. I didn't touch the body at all. Sue Castaneda: Which is the son who is also running for sheriff? Rich Haskell: No, it's not. And, then, shortly after 4 p.m., the bomb exploded. 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! I think it's because of the ages of the kids, to start with. Cokeville officially has only536 people in it and two LDS wards that meet in the same chapel. 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. Rich Haskell: Well, run fordo another term as sheriff and then retire, and my wife and I are going to doshe loves genealogy. ", All told, 79 of the hostages suffered injuries, mostly second-degree burns, smoke inhalation, and other injuries from the exploding bomb. When they asked pointed questions like "what did the angels look like?" There was no give in the school bus. They messed with the kids and that brought a whole communityin fact, it brought the whole western half of the state all together. 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. Mark Junge: Well, I want you to know that we think you're courageous for doing this with us. Mark Junge: Did you find the bullet that killed him, too? This all happened about 8 months after the bombing. 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. I did open that briefcase remotely like I was taught in school to do. Trent Toone, Mormon Times. All the kids were saved. David's youngest daughter from his first marriage, Princess, entered the elementary school with David and Doris, but refused to carry out the plan, leaving to report the incident at the town hall. That your life could change just at a blink of an eye. http://www.cokevillemiracle.com/movie.html, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cokeville_Elementary_School_hostage_crisis. 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. First grade teacher Janel Dayton on the 1986 bombing of Cokeville Elementary School Published: November 8, 2014 Janel Dayton, Wyoming State Archives photo. I absolutely have. And he had to defuse bombs. Chaos ensued. He was the father of two, but was estranged from his elder daughter. This sub is dedicated to faithful discourse on church topics. 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. We know he built two of 'em. In 1986 , 154 children and teachers survived the bombing of Cokeville Elementary School. I think I made it there in record timeI'm not sure. The blasting cap in the gasoline jug functioned properly, initiating the explosion. She is a trained rural historian who specializes in oral history, childhood history and memory studies. I was frightened and felt that we needed to do something to try to calm down or to be careful, because he was so agitated. 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. Recording and transcription by Wyoming State Archives. Now you are a bomb technician. Just like with a pair of pliers, pair of snips. and detonated a bomb inside. The jug of gasoline had a pinhole-sized leak on its bottom. Mark Junge: Do you know the names and birthdates of all your grandchildren? Some of them believed the assembly was about weapons; others began realizing something was seriously wrong. When the thing went off, when the bomb exploded, they just started chuckin' people out the windows. 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. She lured them by telling them there was either an emergency, a surprise, or an assembly there. While David and Doris Young were not involved in an organized religion, both were deeply spiritual. He did deliver our salvation that day. "[6] The two men eventually refused to participate in the event. Mark Junge: That's a record of all the people we've talked to! I immediately went into rendering safehe had brought in several devices with him to place in different places in the room, and there was a lot of ammunition, a lot of guns out in the hallway, and I immediately started rendering all those safe, making sure that those were safe and they could move them out of the building. But everything was black, like you had gone in there with a flamethrower and just torched everything inside there. Peterson, Carol. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. No, this is something that people need to know about. The tuna fish cans with the two floury would be spread out in the air likehave you ever seen a grain elevator explosion? One of the unique things that I noticed when I went into that room and I don't know if any of the other people have told you about it or whatever else, but when I walked into that room you could see the outline on the whiteboard of an angel. Oral histories, memoirs and drawings began to reveal a narrative of fortune rather than misfortune. David saw John Miller, the music teacher, trying to escape and shot him in the back. We didn't know if the blasting caps were in therejust exactly what was in there. Certified Bomb Technician. 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. Rich Haskell: Yes. The Hilton Garden Suites in Laramie, Wyo. Meanwhile, Doris went from classroom to classroom, luring 136 children, six faculty, nine teachers, and three other adults, including a job applicant and a UPS driver, into a first-grade classroom for a total of 154 hostages. David became increasingly agitated, and decided to leave the room. All the hostages escaped, though 79 were hospitalized with burns and injuries. [5] The wooden piece was tied to Doris' wrist by a string. Did you see anything? 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And they had trouble keeping people away from the building. TC, I think, saw it the same way. I'd like to think so. 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. 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