Listen to three survivors describe the horrors they endured as teenagers in the Bosnian War, including rape and torture. The war, which erupted in April of 1992, was the result of the dissolution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. By the end of the war in December of 1995, … Continue reading
Several Battle of Somme veterans relive their traumatic experiences as young soldiers in the 1916 Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme Offensive. With more than 1,000,000 men wounded or killed in combat, the Battle of the Somme is regarded as one of the bloodiest battles of World … Continue reading
A former follower of Charles Manson and participant in the Manson Family murders, Leslie Van Houten, is interviewed 23 years after she was found guilty and sentenced on March 29, 1971. Van Houten explains how she got wrapped up in the dangerous group, as well as how people could be … Continue reading
Susan Atkins, a follower of Charles Manson and participant in the Manson Family murders, is interviewed seven years since her life sentencing in prison, which began on March 29, 1971. Atkins explains that there was an evil force in fellow Manson Family member, Charles “Tex” Watson, on the night that … Continue reading
Rob Beemer and Paul Schrade were both injured during the fatal shooting of Robert F. Kennedy by Sirhan Sirhan in a Los Angeles hotel on June 5, 1968. Beemer, producer on the documentary, “Conspiracy Test: The RFK Assassination,” discusses the audio tape that has rekindled conspiracy theories on the presence of … Continue reading
“I will never be the same after yesterday, in ways that I cannot foresee…” THE HORROR, THE HORROR From: Neil deGrasse Tyson VIA E-MAIL WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2001, 10:00 AM Firsthand account of the WTC attacks and subsequent evacuation from Lower Manhattan residence. A heavily forwarded e-mail that became the subject … Continue reading
CNN reporter Sara Sidner reports live from Sri Lanka in ethnic Tamil areas ravaged by war. She walks through fields full of land mines and speaks with victims of the 26-year-long civil war that raged until May 17, 2009.
A pediatrician in Minamisoma, Japan who treats children living in the radiation zone 20-30 km from the damaged nuclear power plant in Fukushima talks about the aftermath of the nuclear meltdown. Continue reading
Connecticut residents are thrown into chaos and anxiety over the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school. Continue reading
VANDERBILT’S HEROIC END. [Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES.] LONDON, May 9.—Two survivors of the Lusitania disaster have given testimony that Alfred G. Vanderbilt died heroically; that he went to death to save the life of a woman. Thomas Slidell, a friend of Mr. Vanderbilt, who lives at the … Continue reading
