Word: carlsons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fathers and nuns had nothing to ransom their lives with." Of some 1,300 whites in Stanleyville, all but 60 were rescued. Of the dead, at least 29 were Belgian, one Canadian, two American-Carlson and another missionary, Phyllis Rine, 25, of Mount Vernon, Ohio...
...other whites who lived and worked in the Congo now shudder at the thought of returning. And yet, others-a surprisingly high number-have already said that after a while, they will go back, if asked. In all likelihood, they will not go in the spirit of a Paul Carlson, who once said, "In this century, more people have died for their witness for Christ than died in the early centuries, which we think of as the days of martyrs." They will be in the Congo for more mundane reasons. But if there is ever to be a normal, sane...
Paul Earle Carlson, 36, caught a slew of bullets through head and back as he tried to escape the slashing gunfire...
...Carlson was not singled out," says Mike Hoyt, who saw the surgeon...
Then he started over. He just didn't make it. It made me sick. He had been through so much, and to be killed at the very end." Lost Rites. Moments after Carlson died, the Belgian paratroopers arrived, ami at their approach the Simbas took to their heels. The troops secured the airport, quickly fought their way into town. Surprise, speed and Simba cowardice kept the slaughter near Lumumba Square from reaching major proportions. But across the Congo River, in Stanleyville's Rive Gauche section, the Simbas found 28 other victims. The hostages were hacked to pieces...