During the siege of Sarajevo,
(1992-1996) the Serbian army surrounded the city almost 360 degrees
from the mountains that were used during the 1984 Olympics. They
continued shelling the city for nearly four years and killing an
estimated one-third of the population. This is the longest period of
time in recorded history that any city has been under siege, yet
somehow they survived.
In order to stay alive the people of
Sarajevo had only one option; to dig. The UN controlled the airport
at that time, being the only part of the circumference of the city
the Serbians didn't control, people thought it would be safe. The UN
refused to allow refugees to pass through and reach free
Bosnian Territory and Serbian snipers killed anyone who tried.
Rather than give up, Sarajevo's
resistance fighters dug a 1 kilometer secret tunnel under the airport
in order to get people out, food and munitions in and keep the city
alive. This tunnel was the only thing that kept the hope alive for
the people of Sarajevo in the four years of hell that plagued them.
Unfortunately this tragedy is just another one to add to the list of
UN and mankind's failures.
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