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4 unusual facts about Broken Arrow


Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

Jim Brewer, former Major League pitcher with Los Angeles Dodgers

Alvin Bailey, current offensive lineman for the Seattle Seahawks

Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush

Bob gets a letter from a kid from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, and Larry gets a letter from a kid from San Antonio, Texas about being bullied and what God says to do about it and start a couple of stories.

Reed Lessing

From March 1990 to August 1999 he was the pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.


Ain't It Cool News

Aint It Cool News was launched in 1996, and its name is attributed to a quote from John Travolta's character in the film Broken Arrow.

Damascus, Arkansas

Damascus was the site of a nuclear "Broken Arrow" incident on September 18–19, 1980.

KJRH-TV

KJRH maintains studios located in the Brookside district of midtown Tulsa (near East 37th Street and South Peoria Avenue), and its transmitter is located near South 273rd Avenue East and the Muskogee Turnpike (near Broken Arrow) in southeastern Tulsa County.

KMYT-TV

Both stations share studios on Memorial Drive and East 27th Street South (near Interstate 44) in the southeast section of Tulsa, and its transmitter located between East 93rd Street South and the Muskogee Turnpike in southeastern Tulsa County (near Broken Arrow).

Nuclear Emergency Support Team

NEST is mentioned in the motion pictures Broken Arrow, The Peacemaker, The Manhattan Project, Atomic Train and Vishwaroopam, as well as in the made-for-television film Special Bulletin and the television series 24.

Samantha Mathis

Mathis costarred with Christian Slater again, along with John Travolta, in John Woo's Broken Arrow (1996).

United States military nuclear incident terminology

The John Woo action film Broken Arrow initially involves an apparent "Pinnacle-Broken Arrow" event, as the nuclear weapons are supposedly jettisoned in an emergency, but as this is a ruse to steal the weapons, it actually depicts a "Pinnacle-Empty Quiver" event by the above definitions.

Vyto Ruginis

Vyto has appeared in such films as The Devil's Advocate with Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves, Cliffhanger with Sylvester Stallone, Broken Arrow with John Travolta and Christian Slater, Jumpin' Jack Flash with Whoopi Goldberg, The Fast and The Furious, Auto Focus, and many more.


see also

Muskogee Turnpike

Opened in 1969, the 53-mile (85.2 km) route begins at the Broken Arrow Expressway (SH-51) southeast of Tulsa, near an intersection with the Creek Turnpike.

United States military nuclear incident terminology

In the 1994 film True Lies, Arnold Schwarzenegger's character Harry Tasker calls a "Bright Boy Alert" for the impending detonation of a stolen Russian warhead on U.S. soil by terrorists, although this presumably should be termed a "Broken Arrow" event since it involves a nuclear incident unlikely to result in nuclear war.