Template:Featured Articles/30-2007

July 24, 2004. Mistra's quest to recapture its former operative Cable took a frightening new turn when a retrieval team attacked him at Columbia University. In an effort to force him to surrender himself, the team targeted innocent civilians, the very people Mistra had been created to protect. Thirty-six people - mostly students, plus a camera crew who had been filming on campus - were killed. Six Mistra agents also died. Many more were injured, despite the efforts of Nathan, Amanda and Dr. Stephen Strange to try and save them. Mistra left empty-handed, but only due to a desperate powers intervention by Manuel de la Rocha. A memorial was built on the site of the parking lot where the incident took place, and the Columbia Massacre is marked by a yearly commemorative service.