Jackie speier they had identified people they wanted to kill. We were on top of a powder keg. Craig melvin its almost impossible to fathom even now more than 900 americans dead in the jungle at jonestown. It was something out of a horror movie. Don harris youre telling me this man said, drink this poison. Yeah. Don harris and they drank it . Thats right. Craig melvin we take you inside the mission that exposed the dangerous truth. Dont you touch my kids Jackie Speier im thinking, oh, my god. Its true. Everything we feared is true. Craig melvin the only Video Camera there to capture It All belonged to Nbc News. He said, i can never put this camera down. Craig melvin rare pictures and powerful details from those who survived. They were shooting Point Blank. My whole shirt was just dripping with red blood. Jackie speier all of a sudden, i was hit. I thought, oh, my god. This is it. Craig melvin a riveting look at the story that still haunts the world. The enormity of It All. And the insan
jungle. i could see bodies all over. when you re running, they re still shooting? i m still hearing shots. they had identified people they wanted to kill. we were on top of a powder keg. it s almost impossible to fathom, even now, more than 900 americans dead in the jungle at jonestown. it was something out of a horror movie. you re telling me this man said, drink this poison, and they drank it? that s right. we take you inside the mission that exposed the dangerous truth. don t you touch my kids! i m thinking, oh my god, it s true. everything we feared is true. the only video camera there to capture it all belonged to nbc news. he said, i could never put this camera down. rare pictures, powerful details from those who survived. they were shooting point blank my whole shirt was dripping with red blood. all of a sudden, i was hit. i thought, oh my god, this is it. a riveting look at the story that still haunts the world. the enormity of
jungle. while you are running they are still shooting? they had identified people they wanted to kill. it is almost impossible to fathom, even now, more than 900 americans dead in the jungle at jonestown. you are telling me this man says drink this poison and they drink it? that s right. we take you inside the mission that observed the dangerous truth. the only video camera there to capture it all belonged to nbc news. he said i can never put this camera down. rare pictures and powerful details. my whole shirt was dripping with red blood. all of a sudden i was hit. a riveting look at the story that still haunts the whole world. whole world. and welcome to dateline. jim jones led nearly 1,000 americans hello and jim jones led nearly 1000 americans to a remote area in south america, promising a religious paradise. what followed was more like hell on earth. the horror almost too horrible to believe. you are about to hear from some eyewitnesses who lived t
named julie reynolds that was being forced. she was about 13, i guess. the woman who supervised her and one of the nurses were forcing her to take it. she kept spitting it out. they were forcing her to take it. friend francis knew that he has to get to jonestown. nobody would fly me to georgetown. then i found the airplane with the bullet holes in it. i negotiated a price of $10,000 with the pilot to fly me out. part of the fee was to the ground staff of the airport that nobody else should fly out after us. so you are protecting your exclusive? $8000 for a pilot and $2000 to close the airport for any others. works for me. once he landed he says he and his crew hitched hour ride on an american army helicopter.