Waco Hearings - DAY 8
Waco Hearings - DAY 8
WACO HEARINGS: 8:00-9:02AM - Master Number 10980 - INTRODUCTION: The following footage of the Waco Hearings consists of the questioning of the seventeenth group of panelists. They are: Rick Sherrow; Army trained arisen investigator, Paul Gray; Arisen investigator for the Houston Fire Department and a member of the Justice Department's Waco Fire Review Team, James Quintiere; member of the Justice Department's Waco Fire Review Team and Professor of Fire Protection Engineering at the University of Maryland and Clyve Doil; Branch Davidian survivor. The old panelist to comment is Clyve Doil. 13:30:24 Old footage from Master Number 10988 shows the Congressional Sub-Committee Chamber in recess. 13:33:24 Fresh footage shows the Congressional Sub-Committee Chamber in recess. 13:50:14 Chairman McCollum calls the Chamber to order. 13:50:51 Chairman McCollum asks Mr. Doil to continue with his statement. Mr. Doil details the following: - how fellow Davidians were shot - how the ATF fired from the helicopters - how Wayne Martin called 911 not the ATF - how the Davidians first called for a cease-fire - how the Davidians acted in self-defense - how the Davidians feared ATF retaliation - how weapons had been stored in the vault - how the claim the compound was fortified was false - how the Davidians reacted to the introduction of the tanks - how Koresh cared for peoples' souls, was sincere and had developed a rapport with negotiators - how the Davidians believed they could not just walk out the compound - how people had planned to leave but were concerned out their fear and distrust by doing so - how the FBI kept intensifying the situation - how FBI Agents "mooned" the compound - how women and children did not have gas masks - how the location of the children was directly exposed to the CS-Gas - how the ferret rounds appeared like rockets - how the tanks destroyed the compound - how various Davidians were shot - how the Davidians had ample opportunities to shot the FBI Agents during the 51-days, but didn't - how traumatic the insertion of the CS-Gas was - how Davidians were screaming when the fire broke out Congressman Sonny Bono is shown listening in on the hearings. - how the FBI stated "Ill blow your head off" when he finally escaped the compound - AND - how an FBI Agent stated to another agent who was pulling at Ruth Ritter's hair "You better quit that they're taking pictures." 14:32:45 TIME OUT.