Historic Crimes

The so-called " Miracle of Cokeville " occurred on May 16, 1986 in Cokeville, Wyoming. It was a hostage situation, involving 160 people or more, most of them school-age children. In fact, there was an entire generation of Cokeville children inside the school that day. The events that occurred there have been attributed to several things, one of which is divine intervention. No matter what the cause of the outcome of this crisis, you will see that there is no denying that it was a very lucky day for a lot of people. On May 16, 1986 at around 1:00 p.m., a man and his wife walked into the Cokeville school with five rifles, five handguns and a homemade bomb, which was made with gasoline. They proceeded to take every individual in the school hostage. They rounded up all of the school employees and the children therein then placed them in a single classroom. Once inside the classroom, the man placed his explosive device in the center of the room and told the children that if t...