Martin Luther King stands on the balcony of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. We write the 4. In April 1968, it is at 18:01, as the citizens of bends right fighter over the balcony railings on the first floor, to go with its ground-floor staff, a few words.
There’s a shot that was fired from the opposite building. The missile pierces through the face and the neck of the 39-year-old preacher. King will be brought to the nearest hospital, on the operating table, he dies, at 18:18.
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