The story of Marvin Chemeyer. The War of Marvin Himieira

The tragic story of Marvin Himeyer, a fifty-two-year-old welder who lived in the town of Granby for only a few years, stirred not only the US, but the whole world. Now this act is regarded as a spontaneous action of the antiglobalist. Marvin Himeyer is the last hero of America. This is how his journalists dubbed him for his intransigence and uncompromising struggle against the corrupt state system.

Biography

Marvin Himeier was born on October 28, 1951. He graduated from the school in 1968. A year later he went to serve in the US Air Force. March 17, 1971 he was sent to fight in Vietnam. There he served at the airbase as a senior aviator. After 4 years, he was demobilized, and he returned to his homeland, South Dakota. Marvin's acquaintances describe his character in different ways. Some speak of him as a good and friendly guy, while others consider him unreliable, too suspicious and dangerous.

Gambling adherent

Despite the fact that Himeyer lived in the town of Granby for a short while, he managed to make friends both for himself and for the enemies. His character was very controversial. Take, for example, the case when he, as the owner of a repair shop for mufflers, once threatened his client to kill her husband if she did not pay him for repairs.

His acquaintances said that if you have a friend, then it's better not to find Marvin, but if he decides that you are an enemy, then it's hard to imagine a more dangerous opponent than him.

Conflict situation

The life story of Marvin Chemieira in the town of Granby at first did not foretell anything tragic. While the cement plant, at the walls of which was his workshop, did not decide to expand. The fact is that not far from Gramby was located the winter resort of Aspen. Millionaires like to come there, and each of them wants to have his own home there. Fashion for winter cottages provoked a construction boom, resulting in increased demand for cement.

In 2001, the city authorities and a special commission approved the construction of a new cement plant at Mountain Park. After that, the owners of the enterprise began to buy up nearby land plots. Their methods, to put it mildly, were not always legal.

The cement company paid $ 50,000 on average for each of the sites, but Himyer refused to sell his land at that price and requested 270,000. When the buyers agreed, he raised the price to 500,000, and then to 1 million. Here the owners Decided to find a council for him.

Last straw

That's where the scandalous story of Marvin Chemieira begins with the owners of the cement plant. According to the territorial plan approved by the city authorities, the enterprise cut off the only road leading to the welder's workshop. Marvin filed an application with the court to appeal this decision, but lost. He wanted permission to install sewage, but the owner of the land refused him.

Seeing such a disrespectful attitude to himself on the part of official authorities, he buys himself a written-off killer. Marvin Himeyer himself repaired the engine and decided to independently build another road to his workshop, to bypass the factory territories. But here he was disappointed, as the city administration and this banned doing, and even fined him for the lack of sanitation for 2,5 thousand dollars. He paid a fine, and attached to the receipt a note with only one word - "cowards".

It seems that the story of Marvin Chemeyer would not be so sad if the city authorities did not add the last drop to the cup of his patience. When his father died, he went to the funeral, and when he returned a few days later, he discovered that they had turned off the water, light and sealed the workshop. In addition, the local bank threatened to take away his house, as allegedly revealed an error in the design of a mortgage.

Preparing for war

As already mentioned, in the spring of 2004, Marvin's father died. The wife of his younger brother later recalled that Himeyer behaved at a funeral a bit strange, as if he came to say goodbye to all his relatives. In addition, she thought that he did not want to leave.

Marvin began to work on improving his bulldozer almost immediately, as soon as he was refused permission to build an access road to his workshop. He drove his tractor, which he planned to use to build the road, into the garage and proceeded to modify it.

Modernization

At first Chemiere decided to strengthen the cabin with the engine. To do this, he installed a homemade composite armor, which he made of sheets of steel and cement poured between them. After that, he equipped several embrasures around the control center, and also installed one camera in front and behind, and then brought them to the monitors in the cabin.

Hemeyer Marvin John prepared very carefully, so moved into the tractor cabin a small supply of food and a few bottles of water. He did not forget about the balloon with air, gas mask and weapons. He had a rifle, a rifle and a revolver.

As expected, he upgraded his bulldozer from three months to a year and a half. Probably Himieira was struck by the fact that none of the casual visitors of the workshop was surprised and did not worry when he saw such a powerful armored car.

Before the war of Marvin Himeyer, he deliberately recorded his message on several cassettes. On them he left an explanation of his deed.

The War of Marvin Himieira

On Friday, June 4, he sent all recorded tapes to his younger brother, and then closed in the cab of the bulldozer. With the help of a self-made crane with remote control, the man lowered an armored box on the chassis. As mentioned earlier, he equipped his tractor with several video cameras and monitors. In addition, in case of contamination with debris or dust, the craftsman brought air compressors to them.

At 3 o'clock on the same day the bulldozer of Marvin Himeyer easily broke through the wall of the workshop and slammed forcefully into the building of the concrete plant of Mountain Park. After these actions, the "911" service already called, without ceasing.

Cody Dochev, who witnessed how a huge and unusual armored tractor literally destroys the plant, wanted to intervene. He tried to get into the cab of the bulldozer, but he was fired from the embrasure.

After about 10-15 minutes the buildings of the enterprise were completely destroyed, and several cars that were standing on its territory were destroyed. After that, Himeyer's car drove out onto the highway and rushed towards the city.

At this time on the road one could observe an unusual sight: behind a slowly moving bulldozer a whole string of police cars lined up , and all with sirens turned on. One of the police cars tried to block his way, but was crushed as a can. Glen Traynor, the acting sheriff's assistant, managed to climb the cab of the riding bulldozer and release 37 bullets from his service pistol, but it was impossible to break through such armor.

Granby City

I must say that Himeyer had a whole list of objects that he planned to destroy. When his car reached the final destination, it was met by the city police. Of course, against such a hulk, law enforcement officers did not have any weapons. Since it was impossible to pierce such armor with conventional ammunition, special forces were summoned to help, who tried to destroy the bulldozer. But all attempts to destroy the car and those who sit in it, failed.

All that the police could do in this situation is to warn local residents about the danger that threatens them. And at this time, from the side of a helicopter flying over the city, on a live broadcast on all news channels broadcast this tragic event.

Despite the fact that it was quite difficult for Marvin to manage such a cumbersome and slow-moving vehicle, he managed to find and destroy his intended goals. And they were the buildings of the town hall and the editorial office of the local newspaper, the house of the former mayor and other buildings. On the way to his goals, the bulldozer tore down the cars left on the road. Although the damage was significant, none of the people were seriously injured.

Death of the Last Hero

Soon the police obtained an industrial bulldozer, but armored Komatsu easily overturned him to the sidelines. Within an hour, Marvin Himieer demolished 13 buildings and drove to the next intended goal - "Gamble Equipment." The considerable weight of the armor and the damage caused by the small arms began to gradually affect the maneuverability of the tractor. In addition, the radiator was punctured and a cooling liquid flowed out of it. As a result, the machine began to lose power and, breaking through the wall of the supermarket, fell under a force of its own gravity into a small cellar. The overheated engine could no longer pull the tractor out of the trap.

After that, a group of special forces surrounded the vehicle, and someone said that he heard a lone gunshot from the cab. The car stalled forever, finally ending its destructive march, which lasted only 2 hours and 7 minutes, causing damage of $ 7 million. Thus ended the story of Marvin John Chimera.

Effects

To get inside the cab, the special forces used explosives. The armor was broken only by using a gas cutter. After his 12-hour work, Marvin Chemeyer's body was removed to the surface. As the police established, he shot himself with his 375 caliber pistol. Later on repeatedly in all media it was stressed that Chemieer Marvin John was the only victim. It seems that journalists tried to cite this fact as evidence of his rare ingenuity and heroism.

But, as is known, in the buildings before the very destruction were people. In addition, he fired at fuel tanks, which could lead to large explosions and numerous victims. Also, Himeyer made an attempt to fill the wall in one of the buildings, near which stood two policemen.

After the lifeless body was pulled out of the cabin, several rifles and a list of addresses of enterprises and buildings with the names of their owners were found in it. By the way, all the destroyed property was insured, and then restored in the shortest possible time. But the cement plant never recovered from the destruction, the owners considered that it was necessary to get rid of it and sold it.

Marvin Himeyer is the last hero of America. This is how the journalists dubbed him. Today in the United States there is a group of people who literally idolize him for his courage, irreconcilability and uncompromising struggle against the corrupt state system.