he would execute Carlson, prompting the U.S. government to begin negotiations for his release. In Stanleyville, Carlson joined the American consul as a captive of the rebels. Upon a breakdown in negotiations, paratroopers were flown in and the rebels panicked. On November 24, 1964, some Simbas soldiers opened fire into a crowd, and Carlson and several others ran to a wall in hopes of escaping. Before Carlson scaled the wall, he urged a clergyman to go first, and as he was climbing the wall after the clergyman, he was shot and killed by rebel gun fire. Legacy Carlson became known as the "Congo Martyr" and was featured on the covers of both Time and Life magazines. His tombstone, at Karawa, bears the inscription "Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."— John 15:13 Shortly after Carlson's death, Lois and others formed the Paul Carlson Medical Program with the goal of raising money to support the Loko hospital. They expanded with agricultural programs to teach nutrition, agronomy, and microenterprise. In 2000, the Paul Carlson Medical Program was revitalized and now operates under the name the Paul Carlson Partnership. The Paul Carlson Partnership is a Chicago-based nonprofit organization with a mission that focuses on investing in health care, economic development, and education in Central Africa. After her husband's death, wife Lois penned the biography "Monganga Paul" in 1965. Carlson Park within the neighborhood of Carlson Park, Culver City, California are both named in honor of him. (The Twilight Zone television episode entitled "You Drive" was filmed in this neighborhood one year before Carlson's death.) The Evangelical Covenant Church has produced a documentary entitled "Monganga" References Bibliography External links Dr. Paul Carlson, Life (magazine cover), December 4, 1964. Dr. Paul Carlson, Time (magazine cover), December 4, 1964. 1928 births 1964 deaths People from Culver City, California American people of Swedish descent American leprologists Protestant missionaries in the Democratic Republic of the Congo George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences alumni American evangelicals American people murdered abroad 20th-century Protestant martyrs People murdered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Deaths by firearm in the Democratic Republic of the Congo American Protestant missionaries Christian medical missionaries American expatriates in the Democratic Republic of the Congo People of the Congo Crisis 1964 murders in Africa North Park University alumni Stanford University alumni