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
veteran built producer. he was a big strong man. he wore a t-shirt that said god ride fall rides a harley. we bonded right away. right awa . he said it looks like i am going to south america. i m going to do an assignment there. i said are you serious? we were both so excited. it took 26 hours for the ryan entourage to travel from san francisco to georgetown guyana. once there jim jones refused to let them visit his compound. i still hope we can work out something. for 3 days they waited while