Wixom co-authored the book '' When Angels Intervene to Save the Children '' ( originally entitled '' Trial by Terror '' and first published in 1987 ; revised and updated 1994 ) with his wife , Judene Wixom , on the Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis of 1986 in which their 12-year-old son Kamron was taken hostage ; CBS made the television movie '' To Save the Children '' in 1994 , based on that book . In 2015 the book was retitled '' The Cokeville Miracle : When Angels Intervene '' and made into the feature film '' The Cokeville Miracle '' by filmmaker T.C. Christensen . Wixom also published a work of fiction in 1998 , '' Benjamin Lowery '' and authored the written portion of the graphic arts book '' Utah '' , published in 1974
Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis
Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis
Hartt Wixom