William Mabry's Sacrifice Case

It was February 2006 in Phoenix. That day people experienced many different things, but William Mabry encountered a gunman in his law firm. The day started normal. It was close to the end of the month thus this meant that everyone was busy with litigations; and in order to provide maximum focus upon the cases, many office doors were shut. As morning became noon, the catastrophic day started to developed. As time slowly ticked ten o-clock came, and William was working on his cases with a full throttle attitude, which meant no effort wasted. This was William’s attitude the whole day. As his co-worker walked down the hall, the tension shifted. Great wise men say that it’s calm before the storm and that’s how it was until a knock at his door resounded at 12:00P.M …show more content…
Slowly the door opened and his co-worker stepped through the door. At that moment the day went from outstanding to catastrophic.
“We have a hostage situation.” his co-worker said in a calm, quiet manner. Something like this was unheard of, or at least nothing like it had happened before in the law firm. In addition to this, William discovered the hostage situation was in a room within only ten feet from his office. One could only imagine, what exactly was happening in that room? It took place in a series of events. For prior to this day, a man the age of 42 by the name of George L. Curran had gone to court for a complaint he had made against the national labor board, but had lost the case. However, it wasn’t just his case; it was also his wife’s case. Thus, in the name of love, George entered the firm the next day and began to take hostages in the courtroom, all the while spewing threats. Although the threats were more “you folks will get yours,” (Alfano) instead of “I’ll shoot