Today's episode looks back at the Beslan school siege, which took place 15 years ago this month, and claimed the lives of 334 innocent people, including 186 children. Journalist Mike Eckel, now with Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, then a correspondent with The Associated Press, reported from on the ground in Beslan during the school siege. He kindly came on this show to talk about the experience, and look back at perhaps the worst terrorist attack in Russian history.Follow Mike on Twitter:https://twitter.com/mike_eckelRead his work at RFE/RL:www.rferl.org/author/96267.htmlRead some of his reports from September 2004 for AP:https://products.kitsapsun.com/archive/2004/09-03/132_militants_may_be_holding_1_000_hos.htmlhttps://www.spokesman.com/stories/2004/sep/02/militants-hold-hundreds-at-russian-school-hostage/https://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/militants-at-school-release-at-least-31-hostages/Other journalists remember Beslan:https://meduza.io/en/feature/2019/09/04/the-siege-through-journalists-eyesSupport this very podcast here:www.patreon.com/kevinrothrockMusic:Ну погоди, episode 14, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncHd3sxpEbo&t=7sОлег Анофриев, Бременские музыканты, “Говорят, мы бяки-буки,” www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-3wC7gkMDQHenrik Lundkvist, “Kalinka on a Balalaika,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH5znHQ9QRYSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/kevinrothrock)