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
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Rep. Speier i was on an airstrip in the remote jungles of guyana having just concluded a congressional delegation tour with then congressman neal ryan and we were ambushed on that airstrip and shot. Congressman ryan was shot 45 times and died on that airstrip. There were members of the press that died. One defector of the peoples temple who died. I was shot five times on the right side of my body. A bone jetting out of my arm, a wound in my leg the size of a football. It was, oh my god, i am 28 years old, this is it. Im not going to live to be in my mid80s. I am not going to get married and have kids. Im not going to have any of those dreams fulfilled. Brian november, 1978. Why were you there . Rep. Speier i was the legislative counsel to congressman leo ryan. He had decided he wanted to take a codel down to jonestown, guyana. Brian congressional delegation. Rep. Speier congressional delegation because there were many constituents of his that had loved young Adult Children ones. Who ha
Rep. Speier i was on an airstrip in the remote jungles of guyana having just concluded a congressional delegation tour with then congressman leo ryan and we were ambushed on that airstrip and shot. Congressman ryan was shot 45 times and died on that airstrip. There were members of the press that died. One defector of the peoples temple who died. I was shot five times on the right side of my body. A bone jetting out of my arm, a wound in my leg the size of a football. It was, oh my god, i am 28 years old, this is it. Im not going to live to be in my mid80s. I am not going to get married and have kids. I am 28 years old. This is it. Im not going to have any of those dreams fulfilled. Brian november, 1978. Why were you there . Rep. Speier i was the legislative counsel to congressman leo ryan. He had decided he wanted to take a codel down to jonestown, guyana. Brian congressional delegation. Rep. Speier congressional delegation because there were many constituents of his that had loved one
Brian jackie speier, your book, undaunted, your first three words are, i was dying. Why did you start the book that way . Rep. Speier because i was. It was one of those moments in my life that were defining for me. Not many people have that experience where they are dying and survive. I had a lot to talk about. Brian why were you dying . Rep. Speier i was on an airstrip in the remote jungles of guyana having just concluded a congressional delegation tour with then congressman leo ryan , and we were ambushed on that airstrip and shot. Congressman ryan was shot 45 times and died on that airstrip. There were members of the press that died. One defector of the peoples temple who died. I was shot five times on the right side of my body. A bone jetting out of my arm, a wound in my leg the size of a football. It was, oh my god, i am 28 years old, this is it. Im not going to live to be in my mid80s. I am not going to get married and have kids. Im not going to have any of those dreams fulfilled