Gail Sheehy march and as British soldiers moved in when the boy was struck in the face by a bullet. That day, January 30, 1972, became known as Bloody Sunday or the Bogside Massacre. Sheehy was trapped inside a Catholic ghetto which was under the authority of the IRA. She made her escape in a car over pastureland to Dublin. There Sheehy traveled to several safe houses and interviewed Rita O'Hare. The whole experience affected Sheehy deeply and on her return to the States she had a difficult time writing the story and developed a fear of airplanes which she later described
Piazza Tasso massacre an oval cavity has been set up in the piazza Tasso, it is flanked by two plaques, and surrounded by fence. Toys and flowers are sometimes placed in the vacancy. Piazza Tasso massacre The Piazza Tasso massacre (Italian: "Eccidio in Piazza Tasso") was a massacre that occurred on July 17, 1944, at Piazza Tasso in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. On the above named date, Italian militias of the fascist Italian Social Republic allied with the German army, arrived to the piazza Tasso and opened fire, killing five persons. The goals of the shooting are still unclear; one hypothesis is that it