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
just before the tape ran out jones can still be heard pleading for obedience, rationalizing madness. rationalizing madness. among mother, brother, and 3 sisters. today this mass grave in oakland is the final resting spot for more than 400 of jonestown s dead. for the survivors jonestown became a life defining event. after nearly dying on that airstrip jackie speier followed in congressman leo ryan s footsteps. if he was a great mentor. i learned a great deal from him. now i am serving in his seat. it is bittersweet obviously.