The Fifth Little Girl

On Sept. 15, 1963, four young girls lost their lives when a bomb exploded at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. But there was a fifth little girl who survived the Sunday School blast - Sarah Collins Rudolph. Only 12 at the time of the bombing, Collins Rudolph is the lone survivor of the Ku Klux Klan attack that killed her sister, Addie Mae, and three other girls.

[@gregd4633]

This has to be one of the saddest things I’ve ever heard, especially as a father. Rest in paradise to all those beautiful little babies who lost their lives

[@deloreswillis9224]

Amen sooo sad… bless their souls🙏🏿

[@alexaavery8574]

This STILL HURTS even after all these years. I STILL FEEL IT 😢😢😢😢😢

[@MyMindOverTheMatrix]

It's heart-wrenching to hear the pain in her voice. She's an incredibly strong woman who has lived through a harrowing experience. Listening to her story broke my heart. It's truly heartbreaking to think that those men went free for 39 years, and justice turned a blind eye.

[@mys3682]

Such a courageous girl turned woman. I know she went through so much.

[@mys3682]

She needs a documentary about her life alone. Even as she speaks, it seems as if her family mourned Addie and ignored Sarah 😢

[@roseneal2392]

My gracious, you are sooo brave and compassionate with the horrible experience of witnessing the massacre of your sister and playmates. "Right hand held high" in your behalf. We know your dues are "paid in full"👑 precious.

[@peppipea104]

On this day, 60 years ago at 1024am in Alabama,........... the rest is history.

[@mommak10]

Gives me chills 💔 even the exact time was remembered. Rip to those four beautiful babies

[@markherron1407]

Happy 60th Anniversary! My Condolences to her family Blessings and Hugs 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@pechenoir9780]

"Happy" anniversary?

[@OSTARAEB4]

What a horror. This is so sad this woman and the other girls suffered and the parents for several more decades to be haunted by this terrorism. How sad this woman has been forever traumatized. What a beautiful soul on this woman. How tragic her friends were taken.

[@melodiesherred9894]

This is very sad and unbelievable to be treated like this just terrible

[@PreciousFrazier-n8q]

You were left alive to tell the story, left alive to continue the Story, and this Story will turn into a New Heaven and a New Earth, Free at Last ....... Thanks To The Most HIGH.......seeds 🌴.

[@oliviachicoas2554]

😔😔😔😔 I continue to pray for her strength

[@TerriHARRIGAN]

What a tragic story. Such a beautiful woman. May she be blessed and have some peace and happiness. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@ask_why000]

America's heartbreaking history of racism... and the generational impact on the lives of so many.

[@MaryjaneLove]

. &&&& This was so sad . . 💔💔💔

[@neishaamercado5754]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@brendagray9601]

And Whoever Is I guess Eating In The Background Should Be Ashamed.

[@thedarkcreole]

I dont think anyone is eating in the background. I think she might have dry mouth, and since she’s likely wearing a microphone, the sound is easily picked up.

[@brendagray9601]

@@thedarkcreole Thank You😊

[@jaggg.3821]

pre-Oklahoma City, Bombing, (April 19, 1995), pre-9/11, Pre-Afghanistan, Pre-Iraq WMD (Weapons of mass destruction 2003). There was Birmingham, Alabama, (Bombingham) for the amount of Bomb's that was planted in and around in Birmingham, Al. Which detonated.

[@justinmoore3217]

This is Sad but off topic a bit. The title says the 5th little girl. She was not a little girl. Yes she was a young girl or just girl bit she was not a little girl. She wasn't 4 years old🤦‍♂️

[@brendagray9601]

She Was 10 Years Old That's Considered A Little Girls. She Still Was A Child. And Even If She Were Older It Was Still Evil And Wrong, No Matter Who Or How Old They Is Or Were It Was Pure Evil

[@georgiagreene1638]

???? this is a crazy point. she was a child, not even a teenager yet, that’s a little girl.

[@t.r.k782]

@@georgiagreene1638 It is a mentally ill point to try and make. Absolutely insane.