Bruce Mayrock is his name. Bruce Mayrock was a Columbia University Student, 20years of age from old westbury, New York.
Bruce Mayrock burnt himself to death on the lawn of the United Nation’s building Headquarters to protest during the Nigeria-Biafra war with a big sign that reads!

”YOU MUST STOP GENOCIDE! Please Save Nine Million Biafrans”.

Bruce Mayrock died about nine hours after he set himself ablaze.

Bruce Mayrock was born may6, 1949 and he took his own life for people whom he never met before in may 30, 1969.

Two United Nations guards spotted the flames and chased the youth across the lawn with fire extinguisher. But Mayrock eluded the guards, racing in front of the North Lounge of the building before several hundred horrified delegates and onlookers. The student finally fell to his knees beside a statue bearing the Biblical inscription “Let us beat our swords into plowshares * and the guards extinguished the flames. Mayrock was rushed to Bellevue Hospital where he was listed in critical condition with burns over most of his body and was pronounced dead shortly after midnight. At the U.N., guards found a large cardboard sign on the front lawn which said, “You must stop the genocide–please save 9 million Biafrans.” At the bottom of the sign, a quotation read, “Peace is where there is an absence of fear of any kind.” hero on fire.

There is no greater sacrifice than d one Jesus had done 4 all. Killing oneself is a sin.

Greatest sacrifice known to mankind.

This guy really sacrificed for Biafrans he never knew bringing the plight of Biafrans in the Eastern heartland to greater international recognition.

Your soul is blessed Mayrock.

We are supposed to immortalise him in all SEast states. There's no love greater than this

Chai, such a fine young man. He decided to die for the sake of millions being crudely anihilated by the barbarians led by Gowon & Awolowo, the latter later killed himself by drinking cheap rat poison!

revolution is the answer not secession

I will do same for Syrians. my heart goes out to those dudes.

Erudite202:
I will do same for Syrians. my heart goes out to those dudes.

I think people should not get it twisted why Bruce Mayrock set himself alight in front of the UN building. He didnt do it because of Biafra per se. He did it because he was angry that the murderous regime of Gowon and Awolowo were starving millions of children to death and world leaders look the other way.

Has anyone ever wondered why someone like GEJ is been honoured with multiple international awards and invited to speak at internstional engagements but someone like Gowon who was fighting for the unity of Nigeria is rarely ever invited to any international engagement?

It is because what Gowon did by using starvation as a deliberate weapon of war is regarded as a war crime abd Gowon is percieved to be a war criminal.

Never the less, Bruce Mayrock was a true Biafran hero

Ahmadgani:
revolution is the answer not secession

Secession is a type of revolution