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Show 13 Three men's bodies were found that evening, two of them the FBI officers who had gone to serve the warrant, the third an 18-year-old Indian youth. With darkness, an uneasy quiet fell over the reservation, but during the early morning hours of June 27, a blast ripped the visitors' center at Mount Rushmore National Memorial 35 miles from Pine Ridge. No one vias hurt - the explosives had gone off at h AM on the vieviing terrace. Two glass walls in a building vihich faced the four stone heads had shattered, dashing glass fragments over the terrace and the building. That day a call vient out to supervisors of all national parks in the Rocky Mountain region asking for rangers trained in lavi enforcement to patrol Mount Rushmore. Three years earlier a group of Indians, who believed that the Rushmore area rightfully belonged to native Americans, had taken over the mountain for a short time. They established an encampment just behind the giant heads. The bombing of the visitors' center might signal another attempted takeover, or it might have been connected to the shootout at Pine Ridge - no one vias certain. With the Fourth of July vieekend coming, thousands of visitors would arrive at the Memorial to view the four carved faces. The National Parks staff vias responsible for the safety of those visitors. Janey vias called to her superintendent's office, where he explained the situation to her. "I'd like to send you as one of the two volunteers from Mesa Verde, if you're willing," he told her. "That would be great," she replied. Flying to Mount Rushmore, Janey was tense and excited about her first law enforcement assignment. When she reached the Memorial she met |