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Download full textLowe, J. Allen – 1987
Cokeville Elementary School in Afton, Wyoming, was taken hostage on May 16, 1986. Two self-styled "revolutionaries" held 135 children, 14 teachers, the principal, and 3 other adults confined in a classroom for just over 2 hours. The siege ended violently when one of the perpetrators accidentally killed herself by unintentionally…
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Elementary Education, Emotional Experience, Emotional Problems
