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The firefight raged for a period of time variously estimated
at twenty or at forty minutes, then petered into occasional exchanges
of shots. At the end, the agents were running short of ammunition.
With a lake at their rear and flat ground to either side, there
was no possible retreat. They would survive only if the Davidians
allowed them to withdraw. The 9-1-1 operator called the building,
reached a skeptical David Koresh
(click here for audio) (who had been shot through the groin,
the bullet blasting an inch-wide hole through the bone of his
pelvis) and negotiated an agreement to send in a team to withdraw
the wounded. The first ceasefire broke down. New gunshots are
audible, and Wayne Martin (click
here for audio) reported that ATF had resumed firing; that
the helicopters were shooting as well. In the end, a new ceasefire
was arranged. The radio van used loudspeakers to tell the agents
that they could withdraw.Audiotrack
of withdrawal. ATF pulled back; their Deputy Director invited
FBI to take over the case.
This is an AVI of Agent ____ being shot from a
bullet that appears to be coming from an angle ABOVE him, through
the roof, and into his body. Take a look for yourself.
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