Remembering The 51 Day Standoff In Waco, Texas – 25 Years Later

Something Went Terribly Wrong

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Around noon, suddenly, three fires broke out almost simultaneously in different parts of the building and spread faster than they started. While the FBI believes that the Branch Davidians started the fires, the follower’s say otherwise. Only nine people managed to escape the building while everyone else in it died. The remaining Branch Davidians, including all of the children, were either buried by rubble, suffocated by the smoke from the fire, shot, or burned alive. It was reported by the FBI that Steve Schnider who was Koresh’s right hand mad had “probably realized that he was a fraud” and shot Koresh and then killed himself with the same gun. The devastating fire was broadcasted live by television crews.