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Broeckel helped inside the vault to bust open safe deposit boxes. Christopher played a key role in disarming the alarm. The total stolen was estimated at nearly $9 million. The gang gained entry to the vault by using dynamite to blast a hole in its reinforced concrete roof.
This year is the 52nd anniversary of that robbery (1972 + 52 = 2024).
Sylmar took on massive damage from the San Fernando earthquake - February 9, 1971. This robbery occurred a span of 52 days from the anniversary of the earthquake.
Sylmar is a suburban neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley and is the northernmost neighborhood within the city of Los Angeles. Historically known for its profusion of sylvan olive orchards, Sylmar can trace its past to the 18th century and the founding of the San Fernando Mission. In 1890, olive production was begun systematically. The Sylmar climate was also considered healthy, and so a sanitarium was established, the first in a series of hospitals in the neighborhood.
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The event affected a number of health-care facilities in Sylmar, San Fernando, and other densely populated areas north of central Los Angeles. The Olive View Medical Center and Veterans Hospital both experienced very heavy damage, and buildings collapsed at both sites, causing the majority of deaths that occurred.
An event taking place on Easter Sunday, the day commemorating Jesus' resurrection - in a town “Historically known for its profusion of sylvan olive orchards;” reminiscent of the biblical Mount of Olives, of Jesus - and the time of his betrayal, crucifixion, resurrection and ascension.
Several key events in the life of Jesus, as related in the Gospels, took place on the Mount of Olives, and in the Acts of the Apostles it is described as the place from which Jesus ascended to heaven. Because of its association with both Jesus and Mary, the mount has been a site of Christian worship since ancient times and is today a major site of pilgrimage for Catholics, the Eastern Orthodox, and Protestants.
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