On May 16 , 1986 , former town marshal David Young and his wife Doris Young took 167 children and adults hostage at Cokeville Elementary School . During the Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis . The children and adults escaped after the bomb exploded . Both hostage takers died , while 79 hostages were wounded
Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis
Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis
Cokeville, Wyoming