Andrew Sage

They start firing into the crowd.

People running all over the place.

Hoban people died.

Hoban people scattered.

This event is a trauma for Grenadians, even to this day, by the way.

So the court loyalists pull up and line up Bishop, Unison Whiteman, who was the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norris Bain, who was the Minister of Health and was actually not part of the neutral movement, and Jacqueline Kreft, who was the Minister of Education.

They line them up against the wall.

and shot them.

Summary execution.

Others, including trade unionists, businessmen, and high schoolers, were also killed at Fort Rupert.

Right after this, the military curfew was announced on radio.

Canadians were told to lock their doors.

Violators of curfew were to be shot on sight.

A couple of days later, as people mourned their dead,

The news came that the United States will invade Grenada.

If this was a HBO series, I feel like that would be the end of the penultimate episode.

So just to give you a bit of context on the US's position,

The United States did not like the way that Cuba and the Soviets and Grenada were becoming close, even though Grenada was technically non-aligned, like much of the world was trying to stay out of the hairs of the US and the USSR in their Cold War.

Yeah.

But Grenada and the Grenadians represented a serious risk.