Pancho Villa raid on Columbus, 100 years later

100 years ago today a bloody raid led by mexican general pancho villa from palomas to the small bordertown of columbus, new mexico. 18 americans were killed. abc7s jamie warren spoke with families remembering the attack: she reports… … from our new mexico mobile newsroom. intro history doesnt say much about one woman by the name of susan parks, who used this phone to call for help the moment pancho villa raided the town. we spoke with one woman who shares her corageous story today pkg sot barbara parks, susan park’s daughter i heard the story all my life and i just know it so well and i just thought well she was a courageous woman barbara parks says she’s proud to be susan park’s daughter, the woman who dodged gun fire during the foreign invasion nats of trumpets during the commemoration ceremony, flags were lowered to half staff to rember the 18 murdered in the violent attack. while susan was a survivor, her daughter says it was a close call sot barbara the bullets were coming down and she didnt know what to do so she called my father and he said lay down on the floor she said she couldnt do it so she got back up and the bullets went right there on the floor where the bullets had been inside the columbus history museum, she saw for the first time the phone her mother used to call for help the commemoration was a reunion for many. sot i love history and i didnt know how much of my family was involved in this history until about 4 years ago like barbara, it was an opportunity to reflect on their family heros sot barbara no matter what was going on she always took action and thats what she did tag and it you didnt have the chance to come to todays commemoration your still in luck on saturday hundreds of horseman from us and mexico will ride all the way from palomas about 3 miles into town to once again rember this important day in history another live look at the city tonight she did tag and it you didnt have the chance to come to todays commemoration your still in luck on saturday hundreds of horseman from us and mexico will ride all the way from palomas about 3 miles into town to once again rember this important day in history another live look at the city tonight from the abc-seven mountain cam. if you’re