Unlikely Survivors: White Sands National Park

National Park After Dark

Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian

True Crime, Places & Travel, History, Society & Culture

4.6 • 5.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2023

⏱️ 79 minutes

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For generations, wild horses have lived within the fences of White Sands Missile Range, surviving an atomic bomb and other military testing. When the nation finally takes notice of the unlivable conditions they have been struggling in, an experienced veterinarian is brought in to lead their rescue mission.For the latest NPAD updates, group travel details, merch and more, follow us on npadpodcast.com and our socials:Instagram: @‌nationalparkafterdarkTikTok: @‌nationalparkafterdarkSupport the show by becoming an Outsider and receive ad free listening, bonus content and more on Patreon or Apple Podcasts. Want to see our faces? Catch full episodes on our YouTube Page!Thank you to this week’s partners!Storyworth: Use our link and get $10 off your first purchaseZocdoc: Use our link to download the Zocdoc app for free.BetterHelp: National Park After Dark is sponsored by BetterHelp. Get 10% off.For a full list of our sources, visit http://npadpodcast.com/episodes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	In the early hours of July 16, 1945, families sleeping soundly in their beds were jolted
0:12.0	awake when a force so strong hit their house that it smashed all of their windows.
0:20.0	A forest ranger 200 miles away from white sands looked up to see a flash of fire followed
0:27.3	by an explosion that filled the air with black smoke.
0:31.4	A US Navy pilot flying at 10,000 feet near Albuquerque, New Mexico squinted his eyes from
0:38.4	the cockpit as he witnessed what looked like the sun but was rising from the south.
0:45.1	Onlookers watched as a mushroom cloud filled with vivid colors of violet, orange and red
0:51.0	slowly rise off the earth before exploding and rising 38,000 feet above the ground.
0:58.4	When the dust settled, it dropped radioactive debris farther than the eye could see.
1:04.8	Ground zero was white sands' missile range.
1:08.9	The white sands of the desert surrounding the blast zone were melted by 9,000 degree
1:14.0	temperatures into a half mile long 8 foot crater of green substance.
1:20.3	The blast decimated everything in its path.
1:24.7	Unbeknownst to civilians, the military had just successfully set off the first ever atomic
1:31.6	bomb.
1:32.6	A weapon of mass destruction built to destroy everything it touched, but it didn't destroy everything.
1:40.3	Not here at ground zero.
1:42.8	White sands has been the home of some unlikely survivors for many years.
1:48.3	It wasn't the first attack the wild mustangs of white sands' missile range had ever encountered
1:54.4	and it certainly wasn't the last.
1:57.6	These horses that carry generations of American history and have served as a symbol of freedom
2:03.3	and resilience have survived atomic bombs, missiles, chemical warfare and top secret weapons
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