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Mack Wesley Cantrell, a 46-year-old male security guard, found himself in the midst of a terrifying ordeal on March 9, 1977, when a group of Hanafi Muslims initiated a violent siege on three buildings in Washington, D.C. Cantrell was on duty at the District Building, one of the locations targeted in the coordinated attack. The brazen daytime takeover was led by Hamaas Abdul Khaalis, who sought to avenge the 1973 murder of his family by members of the Nation of Islam. The assailants were armed an ...Read More
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Mack Wesley Cantrell
Male
Black / African American
Washington
DC
1977-03-09
46
Mack
Wesley Cantrell
11/15/2025
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It's still so hard to wrap my head around the impact of the violence at the District Building in 197... ...Read More
10/06/2024
10/06/2024
I've been thinking about the hostages and what they must have gone through during those 39 terrifyin... ...Read More
09/19/2023
09/19/2023
