"Town Wiped Out After Nuclear Bombing"

     Around 4:45am, July 19th, 1965, the township of Weehawken, New Jersey, received some disturbing news. The town awoke to an ear-piercing sound of sirens. The few survivors explained that they did not know what the sound meant; they had never heard it before. Soon they learned from one functioning radio station that the sirens were of an air-raid warning. War had been declared on them. Nuclear weapons were about to end people's lives forever.

    How does one cope with such dreadful news? In an interview with one of the surviving families a woman says, "We woke to the sirens, at first we thought it was a dream but we woke to find the sound very real. We had never heard any sound like it before; it frightened me out of my wits! My first thought was that it might be an air-raid warning, although, my husband thought this to be unlikely. I told him to check the radio, so he did but I could not hear the voice of the announcer from our baby's room."

    "The announcer was saying, 'This is not an exercise. This is an air-raid warning. We will be attacked in fifteen minutes.' I remember myself immediately running to our baby's room, preparing my wife and child for the blast," says the woman's husband. "I knew exactly what to do and what our steps for survival would be. I told my family to dress in as many layers of clothing as possible. I then grabbed all the food I could get my hands on and directed my wife and baby to the cellar. I knew that room would be our only chance of survival. At that time, only two minutes remained till impact but we were ready to face the blast."

    "I remember that horrifying sound as people cried out their last breath, as bricks crashed down and structures collapsed! I had my eyes closed but I could still see a bright green glow as the bomb hit us. It was the most petrifying experience," says the woman.

    Finally, after three and a half hours of terror, the aftermath of the blast was over. Urgently, Army Survival Units were sent out to find any of the living. So far only nine people have been found to have survived. Based on the severity of the blast, this number may never increase. We have learned from our sources that a truce has been declared; the war is over.