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
Massacre of Puerto Montt Massacre of Puerto Montt The massacre of Puerto Montt, or slaughter of Pampa Irigoin, which occurred on March 9, 1969, is an event in the history of Llanquihue, Chile. The massacre occurred under the Christian Democrat government of Eduardo Frei Montalva. During the massacre ten inhabitants of the province died at the hands of Chilean police officers – including a nine-month-old boy who died from tear gas – and another seventy people (between carabineros and occupants) were wounded to varying degrees. The political responsibilities for what happened have been the subject of long controversy in Chile, the main defendant was