I said, I dont know where my children are! For the first time, I remember thinking, Im safe. Its something I will never forget., Despite the explosion, all students and staff made it out alive; only David Young and his wife perished. Janel Dayton: I didnt really notice the smoke so much. There was a lot of controversy over it. Liz Christensen as Pat Bennion, Verlene's daughter-in-law and one of the teachers at Cokeville Elementary. Journal entries also indicate that he saw opportunity in the close-knit community; he wrote, "Threaten one and all are at your mercy." Instead, the Cokeville Miracle had begun. Janel Dayton: No. 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. The kids were important to him but the teachers were not. Doris tried numerous times to calm the children by telling them to "think of it as an adventure movie," or that they "would have a great story to tell their grandchildren." 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. David had also sent a copy of the manifesto to Reagan. If I deleted an entire phrase, I have inserted ellipses Where you find brackets [ ] I have added words for explanation or to complete an awkward sentence. The answer to this concern regarding the nothingness of knowledge is rather yes and no. None of the children were hit, but Miller was shot in the back as he helped others out of the burning school. Current students at Cokeville Elementary School aren't taught about the '86 bombing, but most know the general story. And then another teacherId been over preparing a talk for church once, and he came in and I was talking to him a little bit about religion, and he said, Oh, Im waiting to see the burning bush. And so, after this happened, I said, Well, what did you think? He said, I dont know who saved us, but I sure like his style! (Laughs). Our job was to tell people about the church and. Mark Junge: Yeah, we always pick on the outstanding events that are murders and rapes and molestations and wars, and people dying in accidents, and its kinda like, well, you know, you get to thinking after a while, maybe people like reading about this stuff. I am so grateful I had the chance to work with Director, TC Christensen on this Official Music Video for his film, "The Cokeville Miracle", a true story abou. Shawn Stevens as John Teichert, the bishop of Cokeville's local congregation. At my left is Sue Castaneda. How we deal with our brothers and sisters questions and doubts in the Church today is one of the most pressing tests of our collective discipleship. Mark Junge: He said something about the potty? Janel Dayton: Hed come to town with his gun. Haskell related how he had been taught certain things but was not active in his faith. They came across a picture that she had never seen before. 'Miracles', I take it, require the direct intervention of a rational and benevolent deity in a situation about which he is fully informed. Some kids were badly burned, with skin hanging off their arms and necks. Janel Dayton: Mm-hm. She told the children: Some day youll be famous for this. Mark Junge: Did you see em dispose of the bodies? Mark Junge: Why didnt they want their names attached? Years later, when Johnson was about 12 years old, she finally learned the identity of the mysterious woman. That0=[infinity] is TRUE, REALITY, and a symbolic manner of prphrasing Socrates conclusion regarding the limits of knowledg is another matter. It was amazing to me.. That bomb should have leveled the wing of this school, but it looks like the bomb blast went straight up. [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. They were having mock drills at that time. But when they got us all in, he passed out something that hed written to the teachers and some of the students. When he arrived at the scene, he was immediately told that the physical evidence didnt add up. Over time, her skin healed completely, and today she carries no scars from the events of that day. I was told my scars would completely heal, and no one would look upon my face and know what had happened. Ron is informed of the bombing and he expresses that God isn't real. David Young entered the school with his wife transporting a large gasoline-filled device that appeared to be a bomb. one hostage asks Doris. Williams was baptized on August 16, 1989her 14th birthday. But that was when David Young came out and shot him. Immediately after the detonation, teachers began feeling their way around the room, groping for children, snuffing out the flames on their clothing when a burning child was found in the dark. The Cokeville Miracle: When Angels Intervene Hartt Wixom, Judene Wixom 3.83 254 ratings43 reviews "This is a revolution! And like a lot of inspirational films, the movie could use a little more subtlety and restraint. So anyway, I cleared out the debris and tried to go back in to see if anybody needed help, and it was just as black in there as could be. I didnt really think it was real until I saw the fireball go up. 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. Janel Dayton: A couple of little interesting incidents: We had a couple of men teachers who said that they didnt believe in God. These are the true stories behind the hit film The Cokeville Miracle. In 1986, more than 150 schoolkids and adults were held hostage at an elementary school in tiny Cokeville, Wyo. That looks like a deaths head with his arms spread out. And he says, No, thats where the Lord stood when he protected us.. 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. By that time I was hysterical, because what happened to these little children that I was responsible for? He was puzzled by the fact that he had seldom heard the story mentioned. As she was ready to take us into the second-grade room, this young woman, very pretty young woman, came flying through the door and she was just hysterical. With tears in her eyes, Grandma explained to me that there is no way she could have been there because she had died earlier in the 80s. It had worked perfectly. I have guns and this is a bomb. . One child, named Nathan, explained what happened to him at that precise moment: I was sitting in the classroom playing with a toy when something made me look up. The miraculous events that followed transformed the lives of hundreds of people, including many who witnessed angels or received heavenly help from deceased ancestors. But for Williams, her healing was not the greatest miracle she experienced. Inside the classroom, Doris Young attempted to twist thesituation to her advantage. Although the request seemed strange, the teachers complied and soon the 30 foot by 30 foot room was packed full of all 154 children and 13 teachers. I kept telling my parents about the lady who had talked to me and that I didnt know who she was, she recalls. I dont remember seeing any angels, but I definitely felt guided, she says. I was sitting at my desk and noticed a white van pull up to the back of the building. Forensic evidence aside, the town residents began to realize that a series of lucky events had preceded the bombing, events that ended up saving the lives of the children who had been injured. The prolific writer-director-cinematographer, whose credits include 17 Miracles and Ephraim's Rescue, has a passion for faith-promoting true stories that combine tragedy with divine intervention and heartbreak with hope.His latest, The Cokeville Miracle (read my review), portrays the events of a 1986 elementary school bombing, in which multiple children . The woman was Jennies Aunt Ruth, her fathers sister. As was suggested at the beginning of this writting, Man is an invention, he is lots of individuals. Drama 2015 1 hr 33 min. Ive commented to my husband, who was down at the City Hallbecause everybody had gotten word and had congregatedI said, I didnt hear any voices. He said, I could hear them down to the City Hall. So the concussioncause I was pretty close to the bombit had damaged my hearing. Experts still cannot explain how or why. The next day, the five set out for Cokeville Elementary School, where David reveals their real plan is to take the school hostage and blow it up with his bomb, which will then lead to David being the leader of a "brave new world". Because it was the only time weve ever done it from one room. As they waited, on their own, the children began to pray. I felt deep peace. Janel Dayton: No, and our kids are trained to be pretty obedient to authority. Young had tested an identical bomb inside an old school bus. They needed drinks and they needed to go to the bathroom and Doris decided that they shouldnt get drinks because then the traffic to the bathroom would be greater, so she discouraged them from getting drinks. I was a first grade teacher in 1986 at the Cokeville Elementary School. Mark Junge: Did this whole incident, Janel, strengthen you, or do you think it kind of shookyour trust in people? It took me a few years to connect the priesthood blessing with the LDS Church, but I knew something special happened that day, she says. DVD. But any rate this one teacher was on the floor and I pulled on her to get her up, and then when I got out, her husband said, Have you seen Jean? and I said, No. Because you know, he adrenalin had really kicked in and you werent sure what had happened. The events of May 16, 1986, left an indelible mark on the hearts of those who survived, helping them live their lives with a new perspective and deeper gratitude because of the Cokeville miracle. David Young entered the school with his wife transporting a large gasoline-filled device that appeared to be a bomb. Janel Dayton: Well, and then this other teacher, or one of us said, Youll just die when you go in there. And the other one said, Yeah, the pottys only a foot high. He didnt think we were a bit funny! Although not quite for the reasons the unstable Doris Youngbelieved, as it turned out, her proclamation would indeed ring true. As the hostage situation dragged on for several hours,teachers busied the children with videos, stories, and songs but of course, their little minds inevitably wandered back to the situation at hand. Ron begins to return to Cokeville, when he is informed of the hostage situation. As for the Cokeville not Coleville 'Miracle', the hostages were obviously extremely lucky, but that doesn't make it a miracle. Barta Heiner as Verlene Bennion, an elderly teacher at Cokeville Elementary who suffers from smoke inhalation after the bomb goes off. I took a few steps and started feeling heat on my skinI realized I was on fire.. History is the study of these combinations. I dont remember much of what she said, but I remember suddenly feeling like I had a warm blanket around my shouldersthis incredible amount of comfort and joy that I cant explain. So they moved furniture out of the middle of the room and taped off an area that he had the bomb in so that the kids werent with him. I looked down for a second, and when I looked back up, she was gone. My face was completely unrecognizable, she recalls. Mark Junge: So even he was affected by it. And they were all doing that. Windows were opened to rid the room of gasoline fumes, and prayers were offered in small groups among the children. Learn how and when to remove this template message, Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis, "Certified Bomb Technician Rich Haskell on the 1986 Bombing of Cokeville Elementary School", The Cokeville Miracle the American tragedy that never happened, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Cokeville_Miracle&oldid=1130782430, Articles to be expanded from November 2017, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles with plot summary needing attention from April 2022, All Wikipedia articles with plot summary needing attention, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. I was a boat on an ocean without a sailthere wasnt any anchor to tell me what life was about.. There are somany peopleabout 30 of themwho stand as witnesses to the spiritual blessings that happened that day.. Another teacher was trying to help me escape. As Johnson continued to attend Cokeville Elementary after the Cokeville miracle, she searched for the teacher who had helped her that day. I don't think that they were planningor David was planning on the ceiling tiles in the school. 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. Proof is a concept, it suggests something that is on account of itself it is proven. Which really, you know, with all the emotion of the rest of the daycause around here we treat each other niceI thought, how insensitive of you! Twitter.com/randy_cordova. Absolutely. My husbands grandfather, or great-grandfather was in the Nauvoo period when there was a tremendous amount of persecution. Janel Dayton: Mm-hm. Its not that we are better or more special than someone elseits not that God loved us more. But it was a very valuable experience. I asked him who he saw, and he said, I dont know. SHARE Cokeville recollects 'miracle' of 1986. I remember some of the little first graders sitting there trying to read that. Doris developed a headache from the gasoline fumes, and raised her hand to her forehead. 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. Words emphasized by the speaker are italicized. "We could tell that he was becoming very nervous. Id read an article that there was a group of dissidents coming up from the south. For instance, The Cokeville Miracle Foundation's 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. Nathan Stevens as David Young, the film's antagonist, the ex-town marshal who holds Cokeville Elementary hostage. Socrates, reputed to be the wisest man of his time, investigated the basis of knowledge in a manner still available (Plato wrote it down and it survives), still as viable, and still as conclusive as it was 2400+ years ago. But it gets brought up a lot. [4], Prior to the hostage crisis, David had tested a similar bomb in a sealed school bus in Arizona, destroying it.[5]. 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. Janel Dayton: I think it was getting close to being bus time. Mark Junge: You went out the south door, I assume. Do you have anyyoure a pretty perceptive person, so what do you think was goin on? Some children reported seeing an angel hovering over the heads of each child in the room while many of the children later told how their personal guardian had whispered in their ear, a disaster will happen but do not be afraid, your life will be spared. Other children started doing the same thing.. Angels camein fact, he cant ever tell anybody about it, and he tells a lot of peoplehe cant ever tell anyone about it without crying. When I find myself longing to feel comfortable in my own skin again, I have found a perhaps unusual source to be one of the best remedies: the Book of Mormon. Mark Junge: Today is Sept. 21, 2010, my name is Mark Junge and Im in the home of Janel Dayton. Some of the teachers said, Oh no, she was in on it! She wasnt. This included filming key scenes of The Cokeville Miracleon location in Cokeville, Wyoming, which created the unique opportunity of involving the actual survivors and people in the community. Christensen Writers T.C. I could see it through the window, and I didnt think much of it because it was the delivery area and often this type of vehicle drove up. I remember that same feeling I felt in the classroom when I prayed, she recalls. 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. Thats when Hartley asked his wife to get out the family photo album. Mark Junge: Theres a lot of different people there, in Temple Square, from all over the world. I didnt see when Doris was on fire and stumbling around asking for help. As a matter of record, therefore, some 2400+ years ago, Socrates, and individual, addressed himself to an evolving concept called knowledge. While he was gone, the unthinkable happenedDoris accidentally jerked the string and the bomb exploded. [The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormon Church.]. All the hostages escaped, though 79 were hospitalized with burns and injuries. Their only claim to fame is a boarded-up bank on main street that was once robbed by Butch Cassidy. Now people come and people go, but always as people, no longer as individuals from which people had risen (or succumb). The room was filling up. This creation was, and is, a concept; a thought or idea, neither right or wrong (left) but a way among ways. The film is essentially divided into two parts. Young was a former Cokeville town marshal who had been living in Arizona for several years. Janel Dayton: No, I learned how to deal with that. I took the opportunity to talk with T.C. But the kids kind of settled in, and then toward a little later in the afternoon, not sure exactly what time it was, David needed to come in the bathroom and this other teacher and I thought well, maybe we can lighten him up a little bit and hell think, well, lets just all just go home. I dont know where to go. Janel Dayton: Well, I fell off Mount Timpanogos [in Utah] once, and that was a little bit of a scare! Etched into the wall, just behind the blast area, was the burnt outline of a large, human-shaped figure with what looked to be wings extending from the sides of its body. My husband had had an association with him, but Id never seen him before. David comes out of the bathroom to see Doris body completely engulfed in flames; he shoots her to put her out of her misery. I went in and got my mail and as I was approaching my mailbox, I had my back to them, the secretary introduced me to them. When you do interrogations in law enforcement, you watch for body language. He has his two friends Gerald Deppe and Doyle Mendenhall (Channon Voyce and Paul Hunt) meet him in Cokeville. All the hostages escaped, though 79 were later hospitalized with burns and injuries, the majority of which were severe.[3][2]. In the school, gas from the bomb begins to leak and children are getting sick. They got to America, and that wasnt easy. These various combinations of Man with teir various concepts of themselves invented war in order that any singular combination might achieve dominance over other combinations. This came to pass as Man attempts to preempt those rights of the individual. He shows off his firearms and explains hell kill children with a .22 because theyre innocent, while his .45 is reserved for teachers. The diabolical trick weve otherwise learned (internalizesd) is realitivity; when in Rome do as the Romans, when doing math do as the mathematicians, when fighting a thermonuclear war, discard spears and arrows for the thermonuclear devises, etc. Some said a beautiful woman had advised them to go stand near the window. The movie's second half looks at the aftermath once the bomb goes off, as the town sheriff (Jasen Wade) interviews hostages and tries to grasp what happened. Youll write about it in your journals and youll have a great story for your grandchildren.. It was. I think theyd been burned. In what is called The Cokeville Miracle, the lives of the children and teachers were miraculously spared. ", About 2 1/2 hours into the standoff, David transferred the triggering mechanism of the bomb to Doris' wrist, and went to a small bathroom that connected the first and second grade rooms. They were shiny, with flowing white robes. Williams recalls, When I got to the hallway, I felt a tickling sensation on my shoulder and ear. You and I are only one-half inch from death." Instead, the scars I would have to heal from would be those of forgiveness and trust.. Ron Hartley, lead investigator for the Lincoln County Sheriffs Office, had four children who survived the bombing. . Still, in 2400 years, 24,000 years, or 240,000 eons, there is truth-relativity and TRUTH. WyoHistory.org welcomes the support of the following sponsors. And this teacher came in and I said, Look across there. It was the spring of the year. 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. Mostly, as in all these several thousands of years, we believe (another concept!) Janel Dayton: Well, everybody knows everybodys business. They are strong believers in a higher power and if you argue otherwise, they will throw down the gauntlet and tell the tale of the events that transpired on May 16, the day an army of mysterious ethereal entities were sent to protect their precious children. out of the street! The bomb exploded prematurely, sending her flying across the room like a flaming torch. You know, your information is no longer your information; its everybodys information! I didnt even know whereto go or what to do. Conger continues, I found my older brother pretty quickly, and we just started walking toward our home. Williamss skin began to heal at a rapid rate, and despite the severe burns, no scar tissue formed. I came in and there was a murder mystery on the TV. David Young entered the school with his wife transporting a large gasoline-filled device that appeared to be a bomb. About that time a lady that I didnt know came in, and she was applying for a job. Janel Dayton: My assignment was to stay at that bathroom door and make sure they came back. 5.Miracles are real. The bomb was an improvised explosive device constructed in a small two-wheeled shopping cart with two baskets, one on top of the other. In most cases I have deleted redundant ands, ers, uhs, buts, false starts, etc. I think they didnt understand what its like to be with children. He visits the investigating certified bomb expert, Rich Haskell (Rick Macy), from Sherrif's office in Rock Springs, who tells him that three of the five wires in the bomb were mysteriously cut; not broken, but cut clean. Janel Dayton: Well, the only thing that I noticedone thing I was worried was that somebodyd come back and try to finish the job. The day of the Cokeville Incident, as we refer to it, I was doing some teacher preparation work. Meanwhile, across town a teenage girl rushed into the Town Hall shouting that her father had taken a large bomb into the local elementary school. The subsequent police report states that David opened the door from the connecting bathroom, shot his injured wife in the head and killed her,[9] shot and wounded John Miller, a music teacher who was trying to flee, then closed the bathroom door and killed himself with a shot from a .45 pistol to the head. I believe what everybody else says and have faith that they saw what they saw. I turned around once to go back for a shoe that had come off when I was trying to escape, but she motioned for me to keep coming through the bathroom entryway, and I followed.. David Young had initially planned to involve longtime friends Gerald Deppe and Doyle Mendenhall, who had invested money with him in a get-rich-quick scheme that he had called "The Biggie. I think a layer of skin had gone. More David went to the school office, handing out a manifesto titled "ZERO EQUALS INFINITY" and announcing "This is a revolution!" It was almost as if she landed on my shoulder. 1986, in the small, ranching community of Cokeville, Wyoming, a deranged couple took an elementary school hostage for several hours before detonating a bomb inside a classroom that held every teacher and student in the school . Cokeville Elementary School is located at 205 N. Sage St. in Cokeville. As survivors would later attest, and against all rational explanations, a tragedy of immense proportions had not been set into motion. [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. She didnt tell me her name, but I think it was Grandma Meister. This was exactly what I was looking for. Remembering the Miracle at Cokeville. Mark Junge: Nor did Princess [David Youngs daughter by a previous marriage, the very pretty young woman mentioned earlier to whom he tossed the keys to the van]? Janel Dayton: Then I went home, because after everybodyd gone in ambulances. And part of its because were isolated. Ambulances, fire trucks, and news cameras lined the streets. We are all ONE and we came apart to do this for something to do in Nothing and Infinity., http://altereddimensions.net/2013/cokeville-elementary-school-bombing-protected-by-angels, Copyright 2023 Light Force Network - Creation Inspired By The Omnipresent. She tells him that he needs to control it or he could lose her and their children. It was like our part was completely done, and it was just a matter of time.. Janel Dayton: One thing, my husband thinks that it needs to be kept alive, because it was a miracle. But thats not what lifes about. Ill shoot everyone if I have to! Teachers called it the magic square and told the children to stay away from it. Around this time, David is getting more and more agitated especially when Jason Hartley taunts him. Janel Dayton: We were missionaries. Mark Junge: Do you speak any [other] language? There was no life in his eyesno spirit there, seemed like. Sue Castaneda: What do you thinkwhen we were little we did fire drills, but all it was, was line up, go outside. Joshua Cooper as John Miller, a music teacher who is shot by David Young after the bomb goes off. The three walk into the school undetected, and announce to their secretary, Christina Cook (Jillette Dayton), their plan. Our custodian, who was a very big man, was coming down the hall and I saw him and motioned to him to not come any further, and Doris said, Well have none of that! She was upset that I had indicated to him that he shouldnt come. (Laughing) Well, I dont mean to make light of it, but, I mean, I just wonder how you were affected? That's not uncommon in films of this nature, but Christensen is unable to make the movie feel like anything more than propaganda. 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