[ feb 2005 ]
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"Thirteen seconds of gunfire ( by the US National Guard ) at a relatively unknown campus in northeastern Ohio ( in May 1970 ) ended the lives of four young people, and permanently altered the lives of countless others. The victims' families, injured survivors, guardsmen, eyewitnesses, and politicians were immediately and directly affected. Many Americans who were shocked by the shootings began to see domestic turmoil in a different light. Our society, deeply divided before the Kent State incident, was in its aftermath completely polarized."