Alta View Hospital hostage incident
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alta-view-hospital-hostage-incident-169-1654887
title:
Alta View Hospital hostage incident
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The Alta View Hospital hostage incident began September 20, 1991, when Richard Worthington, armed with a shotgun, a.357 Magnum revolver, and sticks of dynamite arrived at Alta View Hospital in Sandy, Utah, in an attempt to kill Dr. Glade Curtis, who had performed a tubal ligation requested by his wife, Karen Worthington. Worthington entered the Hospital's Women's Center and took as hostages two nurses, a patient giving birth, her sister, the father, and two newborn babies. Curtis saw what was ha
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1991 attack in Sandy, Utah, US
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alta_View_Hospital_hostage_incident
date created:
2007-08-30T12:34:06Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T07:04:10Z
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