“…On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie and several other activists prepared to act as “human shields” in front of homes at risk of demolition in Rafah. Their task was especially personal: That day, they would be protecting the Nasrallah home, where Corrie had been staying.
When the bulldozers arrived, Corrie took up position in front of the Nasrallahs’ house. Standing on a mound of earth with her bullhorn, Corrie fully expected the bulldozer to stop. Instead, it plowed forward.
Her fellow activists insist that Corrie was clearly visible to the bulldozer but that she slid down as the dirt and debris began to move beneath her feet.
“As the ground continued to move Rachel went down on her knees,” one activist, Greg Schnabel, recalled, according to the Independent. “The bulldozer continued to move forward. Rachel began to become buried beneath the dirt. Still it did not stop.”
Another activist, Tom Dale, claimed, “The bulldozer went towards her very slowly. She was fully in clear view, straight in front of them… All the activists there were screaming, running towards the bulldozer, trying to get them to stop. But they just kept on going.”
And another witness, Richard Purssell, said: “The driver didn’t slow down; he just ran over her. Then he reversed the bulldozer back over her again.”…”
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