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Nogales: My Story
1,852,706 views By James Bert's History Channel Published 15 October 2143 Last edited 29 November 2143 DESCRIPTION Nine years ago today, everything changed forever. Our lives were all shattered, and we all lost people that day. This is my story. VIDEO TRANSCRIPT Hey, everyone... it's James. Nine years ago today, our lives all changed forever. This is a break from my other educational historical stuff. If you can't handle hearing about Nogales, that is okay; feel free to skip this one if you need to. This is my story... of that horrible day. We all have stories, and I feel that I am ready to finally share mine.

So... let's um, start at the beginning.

(long pause, sigh)

Um, so... on October 15th, 2134, I was a junior in high school at Central Milwaukee High. As most of you either know or could, well, y'know... easily guess, Milwaukee was... hit by one of the missiles, um, launched by um, Donaldo Luna, that day. The... um... the most painful part to think about... is how I'm still here. I'm still here, living, but almost all my friends and family died that day. The only reason I am here making this video today is 'cause... just a week or two before... my family decided to go on a weekend trip up to the Upper Peninsula.

(sigh)

So... we left our house in Milwaukee for the fi-final time on Thursday night, October 14th. I had Friday off of school because of this, but... most of my friends were in class that day.

(long pause)

So... on Thursday night, we... um, we left Milwaukee for the last time. We, uh... we went north up to, um, Green Bay. We stayed in a... small motel room up there that night. Of course, back then... we thought everything would be fine! We thought this would just be a, maybe... fond memory or something. From, um, my childhood... teenage years... whatever. Just a... forgettable, weekend trip.

I still remember... um, before going to sleep... that night, I, um, saw this... thing. On my headline feed... that fucking headline still haunts my memories. It read, um, word for word... "Luna threatens..." fuck. "Luna threatens," um, "Luna threatens retaliation," um, "against the U.S." I don't really know... fuck, I don't really know why... or, uh, how, or... um, what this was related to... but... it fucking haunts me. To this day.