Imagine if: San Francisco Genocide
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IMAGINE IF:San Francisco Massacre, Over 8,000 DeadFifteen years after 9/11, te !ast attac" on A#erican soi!, tra$edy as str%c" te A#erican &eo&!e a$ain' (e)ans ave entered te desi$nated safe city of San Francisco and s!a%$tered an esti#ated8,000 *a!ifornian #en and +oys' (e sie$e on te city +e$an ,%!y 11t -en (e)an forces ca#e across te Go!den Gate .rid$e fro# Marin *o%nty into te city of San Francisco and overran federa! troo&s assi$ned to &rotect te city' /na+!e to fi$t +ac", te federa! troo&s co%!d on!y -atc as te #en and +oys -ere se&arated fro# te -o#en' As #en -ere !ed to +e e!d in -areo%ses, -o#en -ere &ac"ed onto +%ses and de&orted fro# te city' 0a#&ant cases of ra&e and se)%a! assa%!t ave +een confir#ed' Once confident tat tey ad co#&!ete contro! of te city, (e)an forces +e$an to co##it a #ass #assacre, te !i"es of -ic ave not +een seen since te 1o!oca%st' So#e #en, sensin$ te i#&endin$ doo#, tried to f!ee into te .ay Area and te East .ay' For days tey id a#on$ te trees and tried to #a"e it Nort to-ards Na&a 2a!!ey'1o-ever, #any -ere %nted do-n and eiter "i!!ed on te s&ot or reca&t%red' Mass evac%ations of #ost!y +!indfo!ded *a!ifornian #a!es to e)ec%tion sites +e$an on te evenin$ of ,%!y 13t' Mass e)ec%tions too" &!ace for a+o%t tree days, "i!!in$ off a #a4ority of te #a!e ref%$ees in San Francisco' (e deat to!!s ran$e fro# aro%nd 5,000 to #ore tan 8,000'(ensions +et-een (e)as and *a!ifornia ave +een si##erin$ for years' /na+!e to acce&t te $ro-in$ econo#ic &o-er of te *a!ifornia tec ind%stry riva!in$ teir (e)as6s ea!ty oi! ric econo#y, (e)ans initiated a &o-er $ra+ +y attac"in$ *a!ifornia ear!ier tis s%##er'After -ee"s of attac"s on te entire state, te federa! $overn#ent intervened and anno%nced te cities of 7os An$e!es, Santa *r%8 and San Francisco as &rotected areas for te citi8ens of *a!ifornia'Federa! troo&s assi$ned to &rotect San Francisco, o-ever, -ere i!! e9%i&&ed and %nderstaffed des&ite $%arantees tat te area -as eavi!y &rotected' Des&ite des&erate ca!!s fro# federa! troo&s for #ore assistance, e!& -as eiter delayed or denied' 1ard to +e!ieve tat tis -o%!d a&&en in A#erica' 1ard to +e!ieve it -o%!d a&&en in $enera!' .%t it did' In 199:, after te fa!! of ;%$os!avia,*ristian Ser+ian troo&s invaded te .osnian to-n of Sre+renica, te /N desi$nated safe 8one, and #assacred 8,300 .osnian M%s!i#