In the tumultuous days of September 1971, Elmer Hardie, a 57-year-old man, found his life tragically cut short within the walls of the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York. He was an Industrial Training Supervisor, a civilian employee caught in the crossfire of one of the most infamous prison riots in American history. The uprising began on September 9, 1971, when inmates, protesting inhumane conditions, seized control of the prison and took several employees, including Hardie, hosta
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