Kusowa kwa ana a Sodder ndikopatsa chidwi komanso chododometsa chifukwa ndizomvetsa chisoni. Moto unabuka mnyumba ya banja la a Sodder ku West Virginia nthawi ya 1:30 m'mawa pa Tsiku la Khrisimasi, 1945. Panthaŵiyi munali anthu a George Sodder, akazi awo a Jennie, ndi ana asanu ndi anayi mwa ana 10 (mwana wamwamuna wamkulu anali akugwira ntchito Asitikali panthawiyo).
Onse makolo ndi anayi mwa ana asanu ndi anayi adapulumuka. Koma ana enawo asanu anali atasowa, sanapezekebe kuyambira pano. A Sodders adakhulupirira moyo wawo wonse kuti ana awo asanu omwe adasowa adapulumuka.
Kutha kwa Ana a Sodder
A Sodders adakondwerera tsiku la Khrisimasi 1945. Marion, mwana wamkazi wamkulu kwambiri, anali akugwira ntchito m'sitolo yogulitsira mitengo mumzinda wa Fayetteville, ndipo adadabwitsa azichemwali ake atatu - Martha, wazaka 12, Jennie, wazaka 8, ndi Betty, wazaka 5 - ndi zoseweretsa zatsopano anali atawagulira kumeneko ngati mphatso. Ana aang'ono anali okondwa kwambiri kotero kuti anapempha amayi awo ngati atha kugona kupitirira nthawi yomwe akanakhala akugona.
Nthawi ya 10:00 PM, a Jennie adawauza kuti atha kugona pang'ono, bola ngati anyamata awiri akale omwe akadali maso, a 14 a Maurice ndi mchimwene wawo wazaka 9 a Louis, akumbukira kuyika ng'ombezo mkati ndi kudyetsa nkhuku asanagone okha.
Mwamuna wa a Jennie ndi anyamata akulu akulu awiri, John, 23, ndi George Jr, wazaka 16, omwe adagwira ntchito tsiku limodzi ndi abambo awo, anali atagona kale. Atakumbutsa ana za ntchito zotsalazo, Jennie adatenga Sylvia, wazaka 2, kupita naye kuchipinda chapamwamba ndikukagona limodzi
Telefoni idalira 12:30 AM, Jennie adadzuka ndikupita kukayankha. Anali mzimayi yemwe mawu ake sanamuzindikire, kufunsa dzina lomwe sanalidziwe, ndikumveka kwa kuseka komanso magalasi akuthirira kumbuyo. Adauza woyimbayo kuti wafika nambala yolakwika, ndikumakumbukira za mayiyo “Kuseka kwachilendo”.
Kenako, adadula foni ndikubwerera kukagona. Atatero, adawona kuti magetsi adali akuyatsa komanso makatani sanatungidwe, zinthu ziwiri zomwe ana amakhala nazo nthawi zambiri akafika mochedwa kuposa makolo awo. Marion anali atagona pakama pabalaza, choncho Jennie anaganiza kuti ana ena omwe anali atagona pambuyo pake abwerera kuchipinda komwe amagona. Anatseka makatani, kuzimitsa magetsi, ndikubwerera kukagona.
Nthawi ya 1:00 AM, Jennie adadzutsidwanso ndikumva chinthu chikumenya padenga la nyumbayo ndi phokoso lalikulu, kenako phokoso lalikulu. Atapanda kumva zambiri, adagonanso. Patatha theka lina la ola, adadzukanso, akumva utsi.
Atadzukanso adapeza kuti chipinda chomwe George amagwiritsira ntchito chinali chowotcha, mozungulira telefoni ndi bokosi lama fuyusi. Anamudzutsa ndipo nayenso anaukitsa ana ake akuluakulu. Onse makolo ndi ana awo anayi - Marion, Sylvia, John ndi George Jr - adathawa mnyumbamo.
Ana asanu anasowa
Atathawathawa, George ndi Jennie anafuula mokweza kwa ana awo ena asanu koma sanamve yankho lililonse. Sakanatha kupita kumtunda popeza masitepe omwe anali kale ayaka kale. Poyamba, a Sodders amaganiza kuti ana awo mwanjira ina amatha kuthawa nyumba yoyaka, koma patapita kanthawi, adazindikira kuti ana awo akusowa.
Pomwe George amayesa kulowa mnyumba kuti apulumutse ana, makwerero omwe nthawi zonse amadalira nyumbayo adasowa. Adaganiza zoyendetsa imodzi yamagalimoto ake amakala malowa ndikunyamuka kuti alowe pazenera, koma palibe magalimoto omwe adayamba - ngakhale onse adagwira ntchito dzulo.
Anthu angapo adayimbira foni wothandizirayo, koma mayitanidwewo sanayankhidwe. Ndipo pomwe malo ozimitsira moto anali pamtunda wamakilomita awiri okha, magalimoto amoto sanafike mpaka 8:00 AM. Gawo lodabwitsa kwambiri la mwambowu linali loti palibe zotsalira zamunthu zomwe zidapezeka m'matsalira amoto. Ngakhale molingana ndi nkhani ina, adapeza zidutswa zochepa za mafupa ndi ziwalo zamkati, koma adasankha kuti asauze banja.
Sodders amakhulupirira kuti ana awo omwe akusowa ali amoyo
Pochirikiza chikhulupiriro chawo kuti ana adapulumuka, a Sodders adanenapo za zinthu zingapo zachilendo moto usanachitike komanso nthawi ya moto. George adatsutsa a dipatimenti yozimitsa moto kuti apeza kuti motowo unayambira magetsi, ponena kuti anali atangomanganso nyumbayo ndikuyendera.
George ndi mkazi wake amaganiza kuti awotcha, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti azikhulupirira kuti anawo agwidwa ndi Sicilian Mafia, mwina pobwezera George yemwe adanyoza Benito Mussolini komanso boma la Fascist ku Italy. Malingaliro ena amati mafia am'deralo adayesa kulemba a George Sodder, koma iye adakana kotero ana awo adatengedwa.
Pafupifupi zaka makumi awiri pambuyo pake, a Sodders adalandira makalata odabwitsa
Zaka makumi awiri atasowa, banjali lidalandira chithunzi cha wachinyamata m'makalata yemwe amafanana ndi mwana wawo wamwamuna yemwe wasowa. Kumbuyo kwa chithunzicho, kunali uthenga wolembedwa pamanja womwe umati: "Louis Sodder. Ndimkonda m'bale Frankie. Ilil Boys. A90132 kapena 35. ” Zip zip zonse zinali zochokera ku Palermo, mzinda wa Sicily, Italy.
Ngakhale anali otsimikiza kuti anali Louis, sanathe kuzindikira uthengawu kapena kudziwa yemwe watumiza chithunzicho. Kenako a Sodders adalemba ntchito anthu ena kuti awathandize kupeza ana awo omwe akusowa, koma awiri mwa iwo adasowa pomwepo.
Mlanduwu sunasankhidwe
A Sodders sanamangenso nyumbayo m'malo mwake adasandutsa malowo kukhala munda wokumbukira ana awo otayika. Pomwe amayamba kukayikira kuti ana amwalira, adayika chikwangwani panjira ya State Route 16 yokhala ndi zithunzi za asanu, ndikupereka mphotho yazidziwitso zomwe zingathetsere mlanduwo.
Zinali mpaka mpaka patadutsa nthawi yaitali atamwalira Jennie Sodder mu 1989. Sylvia Sodder, womaliza mwa ana a Sodder, amakhala ku St. Albans, West Virginia, wazaka za m'ma 70. Pamapeto pake, kusowa kwa ana a Sodder kumakhalabe chinsinsi chosasunthika mpaka lero.
