Liz Christensen as Pat Bennion, Verlene's daughter-in-law and one of the teachers at Cokeville Elementary. Chalkboards andwhat do they call those?whiteboards, I think they are, along the walls. Because in the bus, everything was solid in the school bus. They forget about what happened in Cokeville with a lot more people and the potential of what was there. Rich Haskell: Yeah, I think I did. Location: Cokeville, Wyoming Date: May 16, 1986 Case Details: At 1:20pm on Friday, May 16, 1986, forty-three-year-old David Young and his forty-seven-year-old wife, And that's where the bomb sat and that's where they sat. The Cokeville Miracle (Excel/Blu-ray/DVD, 2015, PG-13, audio commentary, featurettes). So if the state didn't pay him, he figured the Mormon church would pay him because the Mormon church has money also. WebKatie Walker tells the story of what she saw that day, and why it's important to have pictures of your ancestors. [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. WebRetrouvez nous sur nos rseaux. The film was subsequently released on DVD and Blu-ray for distribution by Excel Entertainment Group through Deseret Book and affiliated retailers. Over time, her skin healed completely, and today she carries no scars from the events of that day. David comes out of the bathroom to see Doris body completely engulfed in flames; he shoots her to put her out of her misery. Christensens powerful film relates the true story of how deluded, self-proclaimed genius David Young (Nathan Stevens) took guns and a gasoline bomb into a Cokeville, Wyoming, elementary school in 1986. The magic of T.C.s vision is that its a film for everyone, adds actor Shawn Stevens, who plays the character of ecclesiastical leader John Teichert in the film. There was no give in the school bus. Pickup your copy on DVD or Blu-ray at Deseret Book stores or at deseretbook.com. Rich Haskell: You walk into the door, and I don't know if you got to go into the classroom, but you walk into that door and it opens up into the whole thing. And it was a perfect trajectory up into the ceiling where that bullet was. A few years after the bombing, Williams began taking missionary discussions. Rich Haskell: I don't think that they were planningor David was planning on the ceiling tiles in the school. In their minds they could start another world. She's an avid genealogist, so maybe get involved with that, and maybe go on a mission for the church. Heres how a new speaker series can help you find it: A phenomenon highlighted in a recent Pew survey could be a sign that Latter-day Saints are trying to be kind and nonjudgmental to those around them. And I think that these people actually thought that they could start another world. I can't explain it. Rich Haskell: I sometimes do, but you can't let yourself think about it. All the hostages escaped, though 79 were hospitalized with burns and injuries. Ron Hartley, lead investigator for the Lincoln County Sheriffs Office, had four children who survived the bombing. Mark Junge: And what happened? These are designed to just spread out the particles all over the air. My Grandma Toomer looked at the picture of her aunt Ruth, whom I was referring to, and said she had never been a teacher that she knew of and that she was not from Cokeville. WebThis 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. Eventually, Young stepped away to the restroom, leaving the bomb detonator tied to Doriss wrist. Williams, who was severely burned in the explosion, did not see angels that day either, but she experienced a different kind of miracle after being rushed to the hospital. It was an explosion that I cant explaina total instant black, the kind of black that you cant see anything, remembers Katie Walker Payne, who was a first grade student at the time. That bomb should have leveled the wing of this school, but it looks like the bomb blast went straight up. Drama. The Voice for Real Estate in St. Charles County The miraculous events that followed transformed the lives of hundreds of people, including many who witnessed angels or received heavenly help from deceased ancestors. That's not uncommon in films of this nature, but Christensen is unable to make the movie feel like anything more than propaganda. This page was last edited on 12 April 2023, at 17:27. I continued to tearfully testify that she was there, and she saved me.. You need to listen to your brother and remember that I will always love you. I rememberjust nodding my head. WebOn May 16, 1986 in the sleepy town of Cokeville, Wyoming, a madman took an entire elementary school hostage. Sarah Kent as Claudia Hartley, Ron's wife, who is worried about his skepticism. Most of the kids in my class were LDS, but I wasnt, Williams says. 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. Okay? Doris developed a headache from the gasoline fumes, and raised her hand to her forehead. During the chaos, Doris' burnt body was expelled through a window, and left lying on the front lawn. WebThe Cokeville Miracle. Do you think this is a historical event? The photo of Rich Haskell is by Wyoming State Archives. Still, it's never overly dark or threatening, as writer-director T.C. I didn't look at the speedometer, I was just kind of watchin' for animals and everything else. Yeah, we didn't get a lot of sleep. There was nothing extraordinary about her, just something weird.. Soon two teachers ran to her aid and slapped the flames out with their bare hands. As I sat there and watched him, I could feel he was becoming agitated. As I got closer to it I could tell it was a body, and of course, you just start thinking about what took place. Mark Junge: This bomb was designed to do what? Rich Haskell: There was a reason I was there for some reason. Many of the extras in the film are children of those who were students at the time the bomb went off, Christensen explains. In Cokeville, Ron is playing with his two children; Cindy (Alexa Rae) and Jason (Kimball Stinger). I did open that briefcase remotely like I was taught in school to do. So if it can happen there it can happen anywhere in the United States. Kymberly Mellen as Doris Young, David's second wife, who accompanies him on his devious plan, but treats the children with much kindness. The feeling [after the prayer] was one of total confidence that we had just placed our lives in the hands of our loving Heavenly Father, he recalls. I looked down for a second, and when I looked back up, she was gone. I told her I didnt know how to pray, she shares. I'm currently the Sheriff of Sweetwater County. They wanted to do it for me, she says. 1 hr 33 min. Mark Junge: Curious, Rich. Drama Family History Children who were held hostage in their elementary school tell stories of miraculous things, but many adults are skeptical that the Cokeville David, Doris and Penny (Caitlin EJ Meyer), one of David's two daughters from his previous marriage, bring the bomb into the school, with Doris and Penny carrying firearms. That's what David Young forgot to realize just how important families were. Number one, that's where he worked. There are a select number of people that would do this, so thank you. In May 1986, cop Ron Hartley (Jasen Wade) is at a crime scene, during which two people were murdered. Rich Haskell: Pretty sophisticated guy is what he was. Rich Haskell: Well, I like to think I'm a better person because of it. After being fired for misconduct, he moved to Tucson, Arizona, where he married Doris Young. And he didn't even ask me if I wanted to do that. T.C. The film was based on the Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis in 1986[3] and the book The Cokeville Miracle: When Angels Intervene by Hartt Wixom and Judene Wixom. Transcriber's notes: I have added some reference footnotes to this transcript where I thought appropriate. I dont know why, but I am grateful.. You went back home? But everything was black, like you had gone in there with a flamethrower and just torched everything inside there. Whenever they would come to Wyoming I would be part of their security team. After Penny leaves, David and Doris take three people (two staff, one student) into Room 4, where David takes control of a class being held in the room. I think I made it there in record timeI'm not sure. 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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. Outside, the music teacher, John Miller, lay on the ground, his white shirt soaked in dark, red blood. None of the children were hit, but Miller was shot in the back as he helped others out of the burning school. Jillette Dayton as Christina "Tina" Cook, the Secretary of Cokeville Elementary. I knew in my heart that I would be okay no matter what happened.. I followed him and sat down, and he then went and got my sister Rachel. Now you've got problems. As I sat coloring, I looked up and saw a woman dressed in a long white dress. Well, when I arrived at Cokeville, of course they had the roads all blocked off and there was not a lot of people around the school at the time. Mark Junge: That's a mighty powerful gun! Everyone was just so black that you couldnt recognize anyone. Mark Junge: No? Go to their hands and knees and crawl out. You know their names but not their birthdays. David attached the bomb trigger to his wrist and threatened the group that he might, at any time, move his arm and ignite the bomb. In 1986, more than 150 schoolkids and adults were held hostage at an elementary school in tiny Cokeville, Wyo. Motivated to attend for Jason, Ron tries to make it through the meetings. Kind of a synopsis of what they were going to do and what their plans were and the whole thing. Mark Junge: But all of these holes were above the level of the children. Meyer) is more wary. Williams was baptized on August 16, 1989her 14th birthday. As long as that piece of wood was in there to keep those separated, it would not detonate. This significantly mitigated the explosive power of the bomb. The teacher said, You dont have to know how. So I crawled over and folded my arms and bowed my head. During the past few days at the school, the fire alarms have been going off without any smoke or any other trigger, baffling the staff. At approximately 1:30 p.m. on a sunny Friday afternoon, David Young and his wife, Doris, quietly and methodically took control of Cokeville Elementary. One of the teachers convinces David to let them open the doors and windows. I met the bomb tech right there at the door, and he said, Hartley, what you have here is a miracle. His dutiful wife, Doris (Kymberly Mellen), willingly participates, but his teen daughter (Caitlin E.J. I cannot explain it! She dropped to the floor and started rolling to put out the flames. Mark Junge: What were they designed to do? I certainly enjoy my grandkids a lot more. She was a total torch! [6] With permission, the teachers brought in books, art supplies and a television to help keep the children occupied. Rich Haskell: And fourteen and a half great-grandchildren. Mark Junge: Okay. The Astonishing True Stories Behind the Cokeville Miracle Movie A Day of Terror. I dont remember seeing any angels, but I definitely felt guided, she says. This wasn't a pipe bomb. 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. I dont know where to go. Do you ever think about that? It killed her instantly. When you do interrogations in law enforcement, you watch for body language. In other words, don't ask too many questions. Now this is just for my own information and it doesn't have anything to do with this case, but whenever I read about a bomb threat in the paper, I think to myself, "Oh, no! [5], "You could see that the roof tiles had been lifted out of their brackets. And that was their whole intent of coming to Cokeville. Mark Junge: Do you think he took up thatwanted to take that up because of you? Rich Haskell: Yes, absolutely. Rich Haskell: That's my oldest boy, Steven. When Columbine took place, it was such a big deal, and I mentioned to a couple people, "You know, Columbine wasn't the first school to have anything happen." I'd like to think so. She didnt tell me her name, but I think it was Grandma Meister. This was exactly what I was looking for. 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. David went to the school office, handing out a manifesto titled "ZERO EQUALS INFINITY" and announcing "This is a revolution!" Can you describe this? Two of the three blasting caps on the bomb failed to detonate; the wires to each tuna can had been reportedly cut. This can, the aluminum powder, never went off. I saw bodies all over the lawn, and I didnt know if they were dead or alive, recalls Conger. Hartleys son told him there were angels for everyone in the room that day, and just prior to detonation, the angels joined hands around the bomb and went up through the ceiling with the explosion. Words emphasized by the speaker are italicized.~Transcribed by Russ Sherwin, Feb. 27, 2011. In the days after the bombing, more astonishing evidence came to light. We just have to look deep enough to see them, because they are there.. Local moviemaker T.C. It was there for a long time, all that support. On Sunday, Jason refuses to attend church unless his dad does so as well. Rich Haskell: Well, by none of the kids bein' hurt that was supposed to be hurt. I felt deep peace. Rich Haskell: Yes, I did. Mark Junge: Yeah, my brother-in-law worked in the Navy as a chief petty officer and he worked with what they called EOD. Young grew increasingly agitated as the afternoon wore on. Teachers were confused and baffled by Young's nonsensical, strange writing. 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? In the school, gas from the bomb begins to leak and children are getting sick. Mark Junge: Where at? The windows had been knocked outhad been blown out. I cannot tell you what happened. I would have thought I would have had to have actors to portray that, but those people knew what it felt likethat trauma of family members being held captive orthemselves being held captive. 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. I took a few steps and started feeling heat on my skinI realized I was on fire.. I contacted my sheriff, and that was Jim Stark at the time, and he said, "Definitely! So I went to Huntsville, Ala., to Redstone Arsenal. They experienced something mind blowing. And I didn't know about the angel thing comin' to the kids until many days later. Throughout the standoff, David grew increasingly agitated and irritable. All the nurses cried as they cleaned my wounds, she says, and the doctor was talking to my parents about skin grafts and plastic surgery.. WebThe Cokeville Miracle hits theatres Friday June 5th. On May 16, 1986, an elementary school in the tiny town of Cokeville, Wyoming, was held hostage by a married couple with a bomb. Once all 136 students and 18 teachers are in the room, David establishes control by explaining his rules, then sitting next to the bomb; if he pulls the trigger, it will detonate. David became increasingly agitated, and decided to leave the room. Dr. Clark is the faculty advisor of the Sweet Memories: Research Group at Western. 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. Reach the reporter at randy.cordova@arizonarepublic.com or 602-444-8849. The kids couldn't have cut it. Mark Junge: Oh, really! Other children also gave accounts of heavenly intervention, and in the months after the bombing, more of them were able to identifyancestors who helped keep them safe on the day of the crisis. We pressed forward knowing that Heavenly Father wants this storytold, and that the benefits would far outweigh the hardships., I hope that people come away from the film impressed by the power of prayer, that if they have not been using prayer in their lives, they would start, says Christensen. Another teacher was trying to help me escape. As he read his nonsensical manifesto, Zero Equals Infinity, children began to cry, including Williams. Furthermore, the explosive powder that should have lit the air on fire had been miraculously hindered from its deadly purpose, thanks to the leaking gasoline. Mark Junge: Today is the 23rd of September, 2010. Everybody kept saying, Isnt this a miracle? But I took it as luck, says Hartley. Mark Junge: Do you still think about this? I think it's because of the ages of the kids, to start with. But it didn't. I mean, Columbine, it wasn't that way. There was no give in the school bus. Mark Junge: In fact, didn't you say you burned up your engine?
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