The Fight

 

     

On April 20, 2001, the Bowers’ family; a missionary family stationed in Peru,     traveled on a Cessna plane. They had gone to get a visa for their 7- month old daughter, (Charity) and were returning from a routine trip to Brazil. They were flying around a stretch along the Amazon River, near Iquitos, Peru. Simply at the wrong place, at the wrong time, the CIA and Peruvian Air Force were in the same area

also, trying to intercept drug smugglers.  A CIA aircraft came up behind the Bowers' plane, piloted by Kevin Donaldson. Believing it was an aircraft used for drug

trafficking, the CIA alarmed

the Peruvian Air Force, which

hurried a fighter jet to the scene.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was a case of mistaken identity which made it hard for the CIA to choose if they should take them down or not. Although, the CIA expressed their many doubts and concerns as they argued with Peruvian Air Forces, they did not stop or try to prevent Peruvians from shooting down the missionaries. On footage, the conversation between the Peruvians, the CIA, and the missionaries' pilot's desperate last screams can clearly be heard. How could anyone find forgiveness for such disregard?