Zimene mumadziŵa tsopano, nthawi zina zimakhala zovuta kuposa chigawo cha mndandanda wakuti "Kuthawa m'ndende." Musandikhulupirire? Ndipo mumakonda bwanji kuti zina mwa nkhanizi zikhale maziko a zochitika zambiri za Hollywood blockbusters?
Gulu la Gasr, Tehran, Iran
Ndi imodzi mwa ndende zakale kwambiri ku Tehran. Tsopano iye alibebenso akaidi. Ndipo pa December 28, 1978, boma la Iran linamanga Paulo Chiaapparone ndi Bill Gaylord, atsogoleri a Texas Electronic Data Systems Corp, omwe akhala akugwira ntchito kunja kwina. Kuthawa kwawo kunakhala maziko a chigawo cha "On the Wings Wings" ndi wolemba Ken Follett. Kubwerera kwa anyamata awiriwa, ndikuyenera kuzindikira kuti iwo amangidwa chifukwa chokayikira zachinyengo. Zotsatira zake, zokambirana za mtendere sizinabweretse zotsatira. Kenaka anzanga ndi abwenzi a akaidi anakhazikitsa njira yopulumutsa. Wolankhosa wa ku America wotchedwa Arthur Simiz ndi asilikali 14 anasiya kumasula anzawo. Zoona, iwo sanapulumutse izi ziwiri zokha, komanso akaidi 11,000. Izi zinachitika mu February 1979. Ndipo kusintha kwachisilamu kunathandizira izi. Akaidiwo anatha kuthawa nthawi yomweyo pamene azondiwo adasokoneza ndendeyo.
2. Sukulu yachitsanzo chabwino, Pretoria, South Africa
Zimenezi zimatha kusintha kwambiri moyo wa mbiri yakale. Apa mu 1899, munthu uyu adakondwerera tsiku lake la 25 la kubadwa ndi masiku 25 kenako adagwidwa - adathawa. Poyamba adatha kudumpha osadziwika podutsa mpanda. Kenako anapita ku sitima yapafupi, kumene anakwera sitima yonyamula katundu. Madzulo anadumpha pansi ndipo sanali patali ndi mudzi. Atawotchedwa ndi njala ndi ludzu, mnyamatayo anagogoda pakhomo la nyumba yoyamba yomwe inagwa. Kumeneko iye anali atetezedwa ndi mwini nyumba wa Chingerezi, woyang'anira mgodi. Mwa njira, iye anabisa munthu wothawirako masiku atatu mu mine. Pamene mphotho inaperekedwa kwa mtsogoleri wa yemwe kale anali woweruza, adamuthandiza pa sitima kuti adutse malire kupita ku Mozambique. Ndipo kodi mumadziwa yemwe wathawa? Young Winston Churchill.
3. Yakutsk, Siberia
Mu 1939, msilikali wa asilikali a ku Poland Slawomir Ravich, pamodzi ndi anzake ena, anatengedwa kupita ku Gulag. Patatha miyezi ingapo atakhala mumsasa, anyamatawo adaganiza zithawa. Okonza chiwembu anaganiza kuti adikire usiku wina wa chisanu, kuti apange msewu pansi pa mpanda ndi waya wong'ambika, athamanga kudutsa mzere umene woyendetsa galu ndi agalu anapita, ndi kuwoloka chitsime chakuya. Pa April 10, 1940, akaidiwo adathawa kuchoka kunja kwa msasa osati kwinakwake, koma ku Himalaya, ndipo kuchokera kumeneko kupita ku India. Zotsatira zake, adadutsa Mongolia, Dera la Gobi, Himalaya ndipo, potsiriza, adapezeka ku British India. Ulendowu unali wautali. Pafupifupi, Ravich ndi anzake adagonjetsa makilomita oposa 6,000.
4. Ndende ya Libby, Richmond, Virginia
Mu 1864, pa Nkhondo Yachikhalidwe, Colonel Thomas Rose ndi kumpoto kwa 1,000 adalandidwa. Mwamuna uyu sanatuluke m'ndende mwachangu mothandizidwa ndi mpeni wa mthumba ndi zowonongeka kwa matabwa, ngalande yopita patsogolo ili ndi mamita 15 kutalika, komanso kubwerera ku ndende kachiwiri. Mukudziwa chiyani? Kuti amasulire akaidi onse. Panthawiyi anaganiza zopereka ufulu kwa akaidi ena 15. Kawirikawiri, mabungwewa anagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi apolisi 93, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti membala wa Confederation wa Richmond athamangitse "kutengeka kwakukulu".
5. Alcatraz, San Francisco, California
June 11, 1962 Frank Morris, pamodzi ndi abale Clarence anapambana kwambiri m'mbiri ya ndende yotchuka imeneyi. Ndi chitsulo chachitsulo iwo adatulutsa zidutswa za konkire, akuyendetsa njira yopita kumsewu wautumiki. Akaidiwo anadutsa mumng'oma imeneyi ndipo anaphwanyidwa pamphepete mwachitsulo chokonzedwa kale. Ndizodabwitsa kuti tsogolo la othawa awa silinadziwike: kaya adatha kusambira kumphepete, kapena amafa ndi njala ndi kuzizira. Chinthu chodabwitsa ndi chakuti ngakhale zaka 50 chichitikero ichi akadali kufufuza.