© Jean-luc Torchon
It happened at Washington and Prospect Streets, near the exit ramp to Tillary Street and Cadman Plaza. The Daily News reports:
"Jerome Dilligard, 52, said his wife noticed water seeping from between the heavy stones of the facade as they took shelter under the Brooklyn Bridge. The retired correction officer decided to run for their car.
As soon as Dilligard left, the wall collapsed - burying his wife, Teresa, and their 8-year-old daughter, Kaylah, as well as his 30-year-old daughter, LaToya Jackson, her son, Khmani, 10, and little Kiarra in debris. The baby was knocked to the street, her grandfather said.
"A stranger picked her up," Dilligard said. "They were right under the wall when it came down.
"My wife had to dig them all out. It's a miracle they got out with their lives.""
Comment: And so we being to see real live examples of how history can so easily be manipulated - if you have access to and influence over the 'scribes' of the day.
Consider the same problem in the context of much older historical records and we see there is a huge problem with what has been passed on and taken now as historical 'fact' without a second thought. All it takes is influence and power over the scribes and history tells any story you want it to. Who owned what land, what tribe went from where to where, how and why wars were started and fought and so on and so on.
One of the lessons of history, is that much of it is founded on lies and manipulation of the facts.