An Eyewitness Account from Waco

Midday on WNYC | Jan 22, 2018

David Thibodeau discusses the new six-part series Waco, which premieres on the new Paramount Network starting January 24 at 10 p.m. He’s the author of A Place Called Waco, on which the series is based. Thibodeau is one of nine survivors of the attack on the Branch Davidian compound in 1993. He describes how he came to join the religious community and offers an eyewitness account of the tragedy.

 

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