June 4, 1986 – NCAA Track and Field Championship – Indianapolis, Indiana: Kathy Ormsby, from North Carolina State, the heavy favorite to win the 10,000-meter race, was in 4th place with a third of the race remaining. Suddenly, she moved to the outside of the track,...
Monday, January 19, 2015 – St. Joseph Hospital, Lake St. Louis, Missouri: John Smith had been dead for more than 30 minutes when he arrived at the emergency room. The paramedics had done all they could do. Dr. Kent Stutterer and his emergency team worked on the...
March 12, 2005, 2 a.m. – Bridge Water Apartments, Duluth, Georgia: Ashley Smith made a quick trip to the 7-Eleven store to get a pack of cigarettes. When she pulled back into the apartment parking lot, she noticed the man sitting in the pickup. He made her uneasy. As...
1959 – Kuala Kangsar, Malaysia: The headaches and fatigue had persisted for several months. Anthony Burgess blew it off as a mysterious tropical illness, but he finally agreed to his wife Lynne’s request to see a doctor. Now the 42-year-old English teacher sat...
Sunday, February 24, 1991 – Saudi Arabia – Al Khanjar Military Base: As he did every morning, U.S. Marine General Charles Krulak knelt in the chapel to pray. He prayed for a miracle. In one of the driest deserts on earth, Krulak needed a well that would produce...
1878 – Loretto Chapel – Sante Fe, New Mexico: The nuns stared sadly at the choir loft, positioned 22 feet above the chapel floor. They were distraught. Desperate. After five long years, their chapel was complete except for one thing – there were no stairs to the loft....