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in May of 1995 a deranged local named
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Sean Nelson ripped through the city of
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San Diego leaving chaos and destruction
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in his wake and the way he executed this
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was truly unique flattening the city
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with an m60a3 tank San Diego was at the
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mercy of his Firepower and how he
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managed to even find such a thing in the
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first place is nothing short of
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remarkable the surveillance footage
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caught during his Escapade makes for
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some truly unbelievable viewing with
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hundreds of thousands tuning in to watch
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the Rampage unfold but who exactly was
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Sean Nelson why was he hell-bent on
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destroying San Diego and how would this
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chaos finally be stopped
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welcome or welcome back to Coffee House
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bizarre it'll leave me thinking about it
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for days so does anyone here remember
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case around two years ago I've had so
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Nelson
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[Music]
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welcome to the golden state folks also
Old San Diego
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known as California home to both Silicon
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Valley and Hollywood there truly is
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something for everyone here the Golden
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Gate Bridge will surely be at the top of
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anyone's visit list and if you're a true
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crime buff then how could you not check
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out the famous Island prison of Alcatraz
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for those budding sommeliers out there
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it is a must to wander around the Napa
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Valley an absolute hotbed for wine
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production and its history even those
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who have never set foot on American soil
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will have heard of California's most
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popular cities massive icons like Los
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Angeles San Francisco and Sacramento for
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today's video we're heading down to San
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Diego in 1995 with a population of
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around 1.1 million people at the time of
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this case its location on the Pacific
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coast makes it a hot spot destination
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for many Surfers and sea Sports
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enthusiasts life back then was totally
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different to what we are used to
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nowadays Bill Clinton was President the
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case of O.J Simpson gripped the nation
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Brad Pitt was new to the Show Business
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scene and there was no such thing as so
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social media imagine a time where people
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just had to speak to each other to hang
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out 1995 was the year that many internet
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Titans were founded including Yahoo and
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eBay and although an early Bunch highly
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anticipated the release of Windows 95
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the world hadn't yet realized just how
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enormous the internet would become
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America saw several big stories during
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this time frame Kevin mitnick was
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arrested backing into the country's most
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secure internet systems and famous
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singer Selena Quintanilla was murdered
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by her number one fan Yolanda Saldivar
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Yolanda was the president of her fan
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club and was recently fired after being
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caught embezzling money from the club
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yes 1995 really was filled with many
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dramatic events one of which we'll be
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getting into in just a few moments but
Shawn Nelson's downfall...
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first allow me to introduce you to the
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main man of our video today and his name
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was Sean Timothy Nelson
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born on August 21st 1959 to Bessie and
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Fred Nelson Sean was raised in the
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Claremont area of San Diego alongside
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his two brothers he attended James
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Madison High School before graduating in
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1978. with no real plan on what to do
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but wanting some sort of Reliant
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structure to his life Sean enlisted in
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the U.S army he underwent training at
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Fort Knox in Kentucky before eventually
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being stationed in Western Germany in a
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tank division but Sean's time here was
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not actually too peachy after serving
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only two years in the military and what
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they described as multifaceted
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disciplinary problems he was honorably
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discharged in the year 1980. now
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technically he separated from the Army
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which is a term used to describe leaving
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active duty but not the militariness
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entirety he returned to Claremont in
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1980 and when he finally did he found
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love in a familiar face Susie Hellman
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was a friend he had known from high
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school and when the two did eventually
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hit it off they married four years later
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in 1984. the couple would have a
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comfortable life together for six long
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years where Susie was a legal secretary
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Sean had now become a plumber the two
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bought their own house and basically had
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life made the house they shared was on
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William at Avenue in the neighborhood of
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Claremont San Diego however by the early
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90s things were starting to go wrong for
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Sean and a number of separate ways sadly
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his mother passed away in 1988 and four
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years later in 1992 his father also died
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in between these two traumatic events
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other issues became more prominent in
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1990 Sean was involved in a motorbike
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accident as a result he suffered serious
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injuries to his neck and back that
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required Care at the Sharp Memorial
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Hospital sadly even his procedure didn't
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seem to be something straightforward
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during his time here he attempted to
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discharge himself from the hospital
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which actually resulted in him getting
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into a physical fight with one of the
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security guards Sean would later go on
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to separate two separate lawsuits
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against the hospital the first being a
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whopping 1.6 million on the grounds of
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negligence assault battery and false
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imprisonment and the second well just
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for Mount practice though rightfully so
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both lawsuits were dismissed in 1993. to
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rub salt and the wound the judge granted
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the hospital's Council lawsuit in 1994
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which therefore ordered Sean to pay 6
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600 in legal costs and medical expenses
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somewhat explanatory to his behavior but
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Sean had slept into an erratic world of
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drug and alcohol abuse the man was
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spiraling out of control with
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methamphetamine and booze becoming more
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disheveled week by week Susie would
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ultimately have enough and late that
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year filed for divorce there was no
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denying that Sean's Behavior was
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becoming Stranger by the day and while
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most neighbors never actually spoke to
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him they were all aware of him and his
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odd activities to begin with seanwood
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Moe's lawn in the middle of the nights
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and his backyard was littered with
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pieces of Machinery in various states of
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disrepair in fact the police were called
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to his property more than nine times
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over the course of two years due to
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dozens of noise complaints this would
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lead him to file even more lawsuits not
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just against the police but even the
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city council South to add to this he was
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kind of obsessed about minerals in his
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backyards I mean he would always say to
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neighbors that he was planning on
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selling his property for millions of
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dollars because apparently he had oil
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and gold underneath his property this
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wasn't just theoretical by the way I
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mean he would literally begin to dig a
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mine more than 20 feet deep it is
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unknown where he got this idea from but
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it is worth noting here that during this
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time frame he was becoming more and more
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addicted to both alcohol and
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methamphetamine
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Sean proceeded to dig a mine into his
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backyard descending more than 20 feet to
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further facilitate his operation he
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converted his perfectly usable jacuzzi
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into a sluice box which for those who
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don't know is a Contraption used to
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separate gold in any mining operation
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while his friends and acquaintances
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confirmed that he talked about gold a
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lot and spent countless hours digging it
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seems as though his Ventures always came
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back fruit loose and due to his tendency
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to work in the mine during night time
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hours another factor that was possibly
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methrelated he received numerous noise
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complaints by neighbors and these were
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not the only complaints lodged either
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others included intense arguments with
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his roommates or girlfriends and police
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attended his property in the summer of
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1994 when his work van was robbed of all
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his Plumbing tools and sides everything
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seemed to be getting worse for Sean
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without his tools he couldn't do his job
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or earn a living and by all accounts he
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was increasingly strung out on
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substances by the time 1995 rolled
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around he was really suffering for it
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the backyard mining operation was
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unsurprisingly bringing in no money and
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surprise surprise his addictions had
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burned through all of his savings his
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house was being foreclosed due to
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falling behind on payments and an
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eviction notice had finally been served
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his utilities had been shut off due to
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non-payment and to top it all off his
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girlfriend had split up with him and
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moved out of the house everything was
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boiling up for Sean and tragically all
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of this pressure would erupt in the most
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destructive way possible
May 17th 1995
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May the 17th 1995 found five miles south
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of Sean's home and behind an eight-foot
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chain-link fence lay the California
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National Guard Armory found behind this
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chain-link fence was an extensive range
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of equipment not currently used by the
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military the staff usually finished work
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at around 6PM but on this night they
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were asked to work later than usual
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unknown to them at the time a neighbor
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saw Sean leave us home several miles
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away in the evening with Sean being
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described as shirtless and disheveled
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jumping into a Chevrolet truck he left
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his home towards the National Guard
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Armory his custom number plate a tribute
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to his General handiness reading can fix
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arriving at the Armory Sean drove inside
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and then approached a series of Tanks
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since the gates were left open for the
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overtime staff he actually managed to
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enter without raising any suspicions
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which is very worrying because even
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after doing so his presence remained
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unchallenged Sean then stepped out of
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his truck approached some of the tanks
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sitting nearby and then tried to break
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into the them now each tank was secured
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with a single padlock on the access
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hatch and after breaking the padlock on
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two separate tanks he entered each one
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to find they couldn't be started it was
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at that moment that at 6 30 PM Sean
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spotted a pattern m60a3 tank the m60a3
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is widely used in various places across
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the globe and is an extremely effective
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War Machine when fully loaded up and
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armed it can weigh more than 57 tons
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with a full tank of diesel the m60a3 can
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cover almost 300 miles or 480 kilometers
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achieving speeds in excess of 40 miles
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per hour or 64 kilometers per hour and
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although this is low by any domestic
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vehicle driving standards it feels a lot
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more intimidating thanks to its size
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developed in the mid to late 70s the A3
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made some technical improvements to the
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weapon systems seen in the A2 however as
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a general model the M60 tank and all of
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its previous versions are one of the
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most widely used tanks in history over
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15 000 units have been built since 9
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1859 serving 26 other countries over the
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course of its use either in war or Aid
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and although it was retired from
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Frontline Duty by the US in 1991. many
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were still held by the National Guard
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across the country when Sean broke the
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padlock and then accessed them 60a3 two
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things happened the first is that Sean
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was now finally spotted by one of the
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Guardsmen at the Armory but the second
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and far more significant thing is that
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the tank actually started while the
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Guardsmen knew that these tanks were
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stored without ammunition he also knew
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that once the hatch was closed and the
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tank had started there was no way of
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getting shorn out with that said as the
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tank slammed out of the gate and into
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the neighborhoods military staff did the
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one thing they could do get the hell
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away and call the police and just like
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that the Streets of San Diego were
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plunged into an immediate state of chaos
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at 6 30 PM Sean and his tank rolled out
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onto Misa College Drive reports from
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Witnesses seemed to indicate that the
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path of Destruction was not entirely
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random as Sean seemed to make all
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efforts and avoiding civilian casualties
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the tank rumbled on while targeting City
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assets taking out utility poles traffic
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signs and even a bus stop during this
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time frame an estimated 40 Vehicles were
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crushed in the process civilians were
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absolutely stunned to see the tank rip
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through the city with one or two unlucky
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enough to record the whole thing on
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camera Sirens bled as civilians dubbed
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behind cars unsure if the turret was
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loaded or not the tank then made its way
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onto the freeway traveling on Interstate
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805. while there it made a sustained and
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deliberate attempt to knock down a
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concrete pedestrian bridge and when this
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failed the tank turned around and then
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continued to move by this point the
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chase was garnering Nationwide coverage
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TV channels across the US were tuning in
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to the chaos interrupting regular shows
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regardless of their status no surprise
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but the general public were extremely
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alarmed to see military-grade vehicles
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on the highway destroying absolutely
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everything in its path fire hydrants
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were decimated spurting gallons of water
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into the streets and utility poles were
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crushed knocking out power to more than
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5 000 homes in the local area after
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failing to destroy the bridge and now
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continuing down the freeway Sean was
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being tailed by numerous police vehicles
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and helicopters and by now a very
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unsettling truth was becoming obvious to
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all not a single thing was readily
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available to the police force that could
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even begin to penetrate the Tank's armor
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the machine in which Sean had entombed
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himself in was designed to withstand
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this sort of Confrontation and Beyond
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and so there was simply nothing anyone
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could do now there were two options
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available but neither of them were good
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for PR or safety the first thing they
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could use were breaker bars
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self-explanatory but a pair of bars
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designed to jam the cogs that ran the
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Tank's tracks but even finding a pair
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would take several hours
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the second even more worrying option was
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to Fight Fire with Fire a civilian had
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just captured a military-grade vehicle
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and the only way to penetrate its armor
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is by using one back either that or an
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airstrike from a military aircraft which
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would be absolutely Bonkers and probably
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end in casualty now neither of these
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options sounded practical and were
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swiftly dismissed by the military and so
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they were still left with this Mammoth
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task of how to shut Sean ander's Rampage
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down speaking of which Sean had now
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traveled both southbound and Northbound
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and in state 805 destroying various
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utilities along the way in a situation
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where there seems to be no hope other
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than to tail the tank law enforcement
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was about to catch their one and only
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lucky break while traveling on
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California State Route 163 Sean
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attempted to cross the divider near
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Genesee Straits for safety reasons the
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two sides of a freeway are divided by
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continuous and fairly solid concrete
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barriers Sean moved the tank to cross
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these barriers but unfortunately for him
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ended up getting his tank stuck in
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stands the impact had completely removed
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one side of the Tank's tracks meaning it
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was now largely immobilized officers on
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the scene took this opportunity to jump
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onto the tank and then climb up towards
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the access hatch one of those officers
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was named Paul Paxton an army reservist
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with tank experience and given his
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previous knowledge he knew how to open
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the access hatch that being said if the
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hatch's combat locks had been secured
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from the inside he would have never been
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able to gain entry but surprisingly Sean
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had actually forgotten to do this the
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four officers revealed direct sight of
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Sean in the tank and after yelling at
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him to stop Sean tried to shift the
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machine backwards and forwards to
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wriggle it off the divider in direct
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response a single shot was fired by
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Richard Piner hitting Sean between his
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neck and shoulder with the bullet
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entering his torso he immediately became
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incapacitated and with that one single
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gunshot Sean's Rampage against San Diego
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was finally over Sean was immediately
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dragged out of the tank to receive
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medical treatment but despite their best
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efforts his proved to be fatal and he
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died in hospital later that evening
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ironically it was the very one that he
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had filed two lawsuits against
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Aftermath
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foreign
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's aftermath would bring more than 150
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000 in Damages 40 private Vehicles were
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damaged with some of them crushed Beyond
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Salvage and this was alongside the
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countless utilities destroyed in his
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Rampage the California guard was found
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to be negligent with its security
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measures and bore the responsibility for
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the damage that was caused the Telecom
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company Pacific Bell were paid ten
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thousand dollars for their service being
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disturbed the city of San Diego was
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awarded twelve thousand five hundred
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dollars which mainly went to the repair
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and replacement of destroyed
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infrastructure and more than forty
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thousand dollars was awarded to the
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local power supplier San Diego Gas and
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Electric the state would also go on to
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reimburse people who had their own
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personal property destroyed by the tank
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which included crushed cars and damaged
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isoms additionally repairs were made to
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the bridge and concrete divider that
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Sean damaged not to mention the numerous
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hydrants utility poles and bus stops
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that he took out local residents were
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both amazed and terrified from the event
16:29
one saying the guy was just going crazy
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he was mowing cars over it seemed he
16:35
just wanted to get the utilities and
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cause us much damage without hurting
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people after Sean's death questions were
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raised asking if the use of deadly force
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was necessary and some of his friends
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and relatives strongly believed he could
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have been stopped without being fatally
16:48
shot police Justified this by claiming
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they did not know if Sean was armed or
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not and once they popped the hatch he
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repeatedly ignored requests to surrender
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and continued to put officers lives at
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risk in addition to this the threat to
17:02
the public was so enormous that it was
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not worth a risk his brother even agreed
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saying I don't want to say anything bad
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about the police they were just doing
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their job we are very sorry for all the
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damage done and very thankful that no
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one was hurt this incident
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understandably raised multiple concerns
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the series in acquiring the tank was an
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ugly warning over security and as you
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can imagine the military were very
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worried of seeing repeat Rampages would
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the National Guard Armory housing
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arsenals of military hardware and
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Equipment robbery of these items could
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prove to be disastrous when in the wrong
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hands and it's clear to see that the
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security measures that were in place at
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the time were clearly unacceptable in
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response new measures are put in place
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in addition to heightened security
17:44
measures batteries inside dormant tanks
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are now removed and destroyed this means
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even if someone broke the padlocks and
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then accessed the tanks they would be
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incapable of starting them
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foreign
Motive
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mysteries of this Rampage is the motive
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itself and I'm sure you're thinking that
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too but the frustrating thing is nobody
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is quite sure there was no note left
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behind no emotional events prior could
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be determined and no warnings or threats
18:15
were realized it was mentioned in the
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aftermath that he had actually joked
18:19
about ending his life with close friends
18:20
but this was not in a substantial or
18:22
repeated manner with this occurring in
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May of 1995 the Oklahoma bomb tragedy
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happened just one month prior apparently
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he said to a neighbor that it was quote
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good stuff so there are questions if
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Sean actually supported domestic
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terrorism or not or if he was just being
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edgy now there are several theories as
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to why Sean may have taken on San Diego
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in a tank and of course I've compiled
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all theories in this video some believe
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that Sean's injury sustained from the
18:48
motorbike accident may have triggered a
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concussion which as we know can be
18:52
responsible for changing Behavior it is
18:54
confirmed he had severe spinal and neck
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injuries and this could have
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psychologically impaired or altered his
18:59
behavior saying that there is no solid
19:01
evidence that this happened and without
19:03
any repetitive injuries to his head we
19:05
can rule out chronic conditions such as
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CTE Sean also felt like a scorned man he
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had multiple arguments with the police
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lost two lawsuits against the hospital
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argued with neighbors all the time lost
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his job and divorced his wife there is
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the possibility that he simply had
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enough and wanted to go out in the most
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violent and destructive way possible and
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with alcohol and meth constantly in his
19:27
system both of those things would have
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contributed to his impaired and flawed
19:31
way of thinking there is an agreed
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reality of his known substance abuse
19:34
issues along with the understanding of
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how these drugs can affect a person it
19:39
is well known that alcohol can make
19:40
people erratic and violent at times as
19:43
can the use of methamphetamine when
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combined they are well known to erode
19:47
the mental stability of a person over
19:48
time and it seems as though this was
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likely a huge factor in the decisions
19:52
that Sean made on that day I mean golden
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oil in the backyard he was clearly going
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through some for a while already
19:58
there have also been more generic and
20:01
less specific theories floating around
20:02
perhaps Sean felt betrayed by the US
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Army and wanted to seek revenge or maybe
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he simply had enough for the council the
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main theme that was present during
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Strong's Rampage was one of Revenge much
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like the case of kildozo he made
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deliberate efforts to go after every
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institution that he felt wronged him the
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US military the council the police and
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even the city itself in addition to this
20:26
he had also voiced thoughts of ending
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his life due to the mood of issues that
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he had so the reality is likely a
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combination of all of these issues
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mentioned and as a result he simply
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snapped
Shawn Nelson vs Killdozer?
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so the big question is if Sean would put
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against kildozer who would win now on
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one hand we have Sean Nelson and his
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m60a3 in terms of Hardware it should be
20:51
noted that he had a literal tank a
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military spec war machine with a man who
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knew how to operate it the big caveat
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here is he had no ammunition but due to
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its sheer size weight and scale you'd
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have thought he had several advantages
21:04
Marvin's killdozer was simply a
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bulldozer rather than a tank but it did
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have more than one foot of armor
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protecting itself and was equipped with
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several rifles on top of this kildozer
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was actually heavier than the m60a3
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weighing in at 61 tons instead of 50.
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and so who would win in a fight Marvin's
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killdozer or Sean's tank you tell me
Shawn's Psychology and Mental Health
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theories aside the story of Sean Nelson
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is one that is littered with tragedy and
21:30
although it was extremely fortunate that
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no innocence was seriously hurt or
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killed a man still lost his life I mean
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sure people's properties were destroyed
21:39
roads were closed and families were left
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without power but nothing of significant
21:43
value was lost Sean's brother summed it
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up quite well the man who died was only
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a shell of the person we loved the real
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Sean died two years ago at the hands of
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drugs and alcohol the reality is that
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this is probably the fairest assessments
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of all Sean Nelson may have had his life
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ended by a bullet in 1995 but his
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addictions could arguably be viewed as a
22:04
slow end to one's life a man driven to
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desperation by some circumstances out of
22:09
his control as well as indulging in
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highly unhealthy behaviors and in the
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end he lost his reason and sense of self
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to the insatiable monster that is
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addiction there is no doubt that Sean
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felt he was failed many times in his
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mind the Army failed him by discharging
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him the hospital failed him by providing
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inadequate care the judicial system
22:29
failed him by ruling against his
22:30
lawsuits the city failed him by cutting
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off his utilities and the police
22:34
harassed him by often coming to his
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house his wife abandoned him by
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divorcing him thieves robbed him of his
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livelihoods the bank was taking back his
22:42
home his latest girlfriend had just
22:44
walked out and fate illness or time had
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taken both of his parents from him now
22:49
there may or may not be married to some
22:51
or all of these statements but at least
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Sean himself would have felt they were
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true addiction itself is a terrible
22:57
thing to see or experience and his
22:59
struggles with these substances would
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have exacerbated a lot of these issues
23:03
the problems began to snowball as his
23:06
intake increased the more he took the
23:08
worse his life became and the worse his
23:10
life became the more he took to cope a
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vicious cycle was in motion and spiraled
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ever downwards until his untimely sad
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demise
23:18
normally it's quite easy to look at a
23:21
victim of a crime and see them with
23:22
fondness and equally it's quite easy to
23:24
look at a perpetrator and see them for
23:26
all the terrible things that they are
23:28
Sean though is a rather unique case
23:30
although he did commit multiple crimes
23:32
he saw himself as a victim although it
23:35
wouldn't be right to absolve Sean of all
23:37
of his wrongdoings I don't think it's
23:38
right to paint him as an outright
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villain the truth is that sometimes
23:42
things aren't black and white and much
23:44
like the case of kildoza and even Sky
23:46
King opinions can be divided more than
23:48
you'd expect one thing is for sure
23:50
though Sean's sad ending can serve as a
23:52
reminder to the fragility of our own
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happiness and that's why I always say to
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you look after each other and look after
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yourself anyway folks that's the end of
Outro
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this story thank you so much for being
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here for another video by Coffee House
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here so what are your thoughts on this
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case of course this is a little
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different to the usual did you enjoy it
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and also who would win killdozer or Sean
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Nelson as mentioned before big things
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I'll see you again very soon for another
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each other again remember to look after
24:38
yourself look after each other and of
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course stay safe thank you and goodbye
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thank you