The Move Bombing in 1985

On May 13, 1985, the Philadelphia Police Department dropped a bomb containing C-4 explosives on the home of the Black liberation group MOVE. The bombing was the result of a long standoff between the police and MOVE, an African-American radical group. 

What happened?

• The bomb was dropped from a state police helicopter on the MOVE headquarters at 6221 Osage Avenue in West Philadelphia 
• The bomb caused a fire that reached temperatures of 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit 
• The fire destroyed 61 homes and killed 11 people, including five children 
• The bombing was the first time a U.S. city bombed itself 

Aftermath

• The city settled wrongful-death lawsuits for $2.5 million on behalf of the children who were killed 
• Ramona Africa and the relatives of two victims received $1.5 million in damages from a federal jury 
• The families of the victims have fought for the release of Mumia Abu-Jamal, an activist and journalist who they say was wrongfully convicted of murder 

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 By Alexandra Koch , Lorraine Taylor , Alexis McAdams Fox News

A medical ambulance plane transporting a young girl who had just received life-saving treatment crashed on a street Friday night near the Roosevelt Mall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, the global ambulance flight company operating the plane, said it's Learjet 55 crashed while departing from Northeast Philadelphia Airport at about 6:30 p.m.

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