IMadonna ivela kwisakhiwo kwaye ikhala kummangaliso (ifoto yasekuqaleni)

I-Clearwater-Abanye bayibize ngokuba ngummangaliso weKrisimesi. Ngokuqinisekileyo yayingumboniso weKrisimesi.

Nge-17 kaDisemba ngo-1996, i-swirls yomnyama yakha imilo eqhelekileyo kwiglasi engaphandle kweSeminole Finance Corp. Yayikhona, yayolula imigangatho emibini inyuka ngesakhiwo kwikona ye-US 19 naseDrew Street:

Umthengi obizwa ngokuba yi-WTSP-Ch. 10, kwaye into engaqondakaliyo ichazwe kwingxelo yasemini. Kwisithuba seeyure, abantu abaninzi babethontelana kwindawo yokupaka iTampa Bay. Ezinzulwini zobusuku, ubuncinci amapolisa ayengama-500 kwisihlwele.

Intombikazi enguMariya - okanye ubuncinci oko uninzi lukholelwa ukuba ngumfanekiso ongcwele kanina kaYesu Krestu.

Kwafika iindwendwe, zivala izitrato ezikufuphi nendawo yokupaka. Kwiiveki ezilandelayo, bangaphezu kwama-600.000 abantu ababeza kuhamba kufutshane nakude ukuze bayibone.

Beza neentyatyambo namakhandlela. Bathandazile Bakhala. Isibini sade satshata apho.

"Kwiintsuku nje ezimbalwa, abantu abathe baqala ukumbiza baqala ukumbiza ngokuba liNenekazi lethu lase-Clearwater," utshilo umfoti we-Times uScott Keeler, owayegquma inkangeleko nangemva kweminyaka engama-23 eyadlulayo.

Isixeko kuye kwafuneka sifake izindlu zangasese eziphathwayo kunye neendlela, ngelixa amapolisa eqhekeza abathengisi ngokungekho mthethweni bezama ukuthengisela iindwendwe iimpahla. Emva kwexesha, ukuhlanjwa kwemoto okufutshane kuya kuthengisa i-T-shirts enefestile yefestile ngeedola ezisi-9,99 (eya kuba yi- $ 16,38 kwiidola ezingama-2019).

“Sele ilolu hlobo lwamacala… phantse njengayo nayiphi na enye indawo enomtsalane kubakhenkethi ecaleni kwendlela yaseFlorida,” utshilo uWilma Norton, owabalisa ibali leSt.Petersburg Times ngelo xesha. "Kodwa abo bantu babekhona, ngakumbi kwakusasa ngentsasa yokuqala, uninzi lwabo lwalulapho kuba babeluthatha njengoluhlobo oluthile lweKrisimesi."

Kwiminyaka edlulileyo, iimilo ezikhumbuza abantu ngeNtombi Enyulu uMariya ziye zavela kuyo yonke into ukusuka kwisandwich eshiziweyo yaya kwiapile yeetapile. Ngo-1996, umthengi kwivenkile yekofu yaseNashville wathi umqulu wesinamoni ubukeka njengoMama uTeresa.

“Umnini-ndlu uvale isandwich. Amawakawaka abantu eza kule bar ukuza kuyibona. Bambiza ngokuba nguNun Bun, utshilo uKeeler. Ndikhumbula abantu abakwi-Clearwater besithi, "Haha, iyafana nje noMama Teresa kwisandwich." "

Ngelixa la manqaku ekwenza iindaba eziphambili kwilizwe liphela, kukho into eyahlukileyo kwiFestwater window, utshilo uNorton.

"Abantu baphakamise ezinye zezi zinto, kodwa ngenxa yokuba wayekho ngokwasemzimbeni kwaye esisigxina, ndicinga ukuba kwakulula kuye ukuba abe luhlobo lwengcwele kwaye le ndawo apho abantu banokwenza uhambo lokundwendwela," utshilo.

Uninzi lweentatheli zeTV ezisasaza kwindawo yokupaka njengoko iindaba zirhoqoelikopta zigcwala. UMichael Krizmanich, ongumnini weSeminole Finance Corp, uxelele Iphephandaba ukuba Iintatheli ezivela kwihlabathi liphela bazama ukunxibelelana naye.

Iindwendwe zakhumbula ukuzama into ekhethekileyo.

"Ndiphume emotweni yam kwaye ubukho bukaThixo buphantse bundibuyisa emadolweni," utshilo uMary Stewart, umfundisi we-Campaigning for Jesus Christian Centre eTampa ngo-1996. siphila kwimihla yokugqibela. . . ukulungiselela ukudibana nokumkani ozayo. "

"Andikwazi ukuyeka ukulila," utshilo uMary Sullivan kwiphephandaba laseSt.

Asinguye wonke umntu okholwayo. Isebe lezoThutho laseFlorida lakhupha ifoto yesakhiwo esivela kuvavanyo lwearhente yokuthengiswa kwezindlu ngo-1994 eyabonakala ibonisa ukuba umfanekiso womnyama wawusele ubonakala. Eminye imibutho yezenkolo yayilumke ngakumbi kuneminye.

"Abantu kufuneka basebenzise ukuthandabuza okukhulu," utshilo uJoe Mannion, isithethi se-Archdiocese yase-St. Petersburg.

Ukugcwala kwabantu e-US 19 kwakukubi kakhulu kangangokuba isixeko saphinda sathumela abasebenzi abangama-30 ukuba bancede amapolisa ekuqhubeni izihlwele kunyaka omtsha. Ukuxinana kukothuse abathengi beenkampani ezingabamelwane.

Iingcamango ezingaphantsi zokomoya malunga nento eyadala umfanekiso weMadonna ukusuka ekuphambukeni okubangelwa ngamanzi okutshiza ukuya kugwenxa kweglasi.

"Andizange ndiphumelele ngaphambili okanye emva." UFrank Mudano, uyilo kwinkampani eyile isakhiwo, uxelele iThe Times. Kuyamangalisa. Kudala ndiyila izakhiwo iminyaka engama-40. "

"Ndiyakholelwa ukuba kukho ungenelelo olungcwele," utshilo u-Warren Weishaar.

Amaxesha ade angenisa usosayensi ukuba ahlole iglasi. U-Chemist uCharles Roberts wavavanya imikhondo kubandakanya iintloko zokuchela ezaphukileyo. Uye wanikezela ngengqikelelo yakhe: "indibaniselwano yedipozithi yamanzi kunye neearhente zemozulu, impendulo yamachiza phakathi kweglasi neziqalelo".

Ugly Duckling Corp., enye yeenkampani ezinkulu zeemoto ezisetyenziswa kweli lizwe, yathenga le ndawo kwaSeminole Finance Corp. Yathengiswa kamva kubalusi bakaChristian ubulungiseleli ngonyaka ka-2000. Kuyabonakala ukuba lo mboniso mkhulu wawungalunganga ngenxa yeshishini. .

Ngomhla ka-Meyi 1997, abatshabalalisi baphosa ulwelo ebusweni beMadonna, begqwetha umfanekiso. Umfanekiso ubuyele kubuqaqawuli bawo bangaphambili emva kweentsuku ezimbalwa zesaqhwithi.

Ngo-2004, inkwenkwana eneminyaka eli-18 ubudala eyayineengxaki yasebenzisa isixhobo sokutywina kunye neebheringi ukukroba ngefestile ephezulu.

Ngokuka-Atlas Obscura, kusenokwenzeka ukubona iipaneli ezisezantsi zisale ngaphandle kwesakhiwo, ngoku esineenkonzo zabelusi bakaKristu.