not many people have that experience where they are dying and survive. i had a lot to talk about. brian: why were you dying? rep. speier: i was on an airstrip in the remote jungles na having just concluded a congressional delegation tuner delegation tour and we were ambushed on that airstrip and shot. members of the press died. one defector of the people s temple died. i was shot five times on the right side of my body. out of my arm, a wound in my like the size of a football. leg the size of a football. it was, oh my god, i am 28 years old, this is it. i m not going to live to be in my mid-80 s. i am not going to get married and have kids. i m not going to have any of those dreams fulfilled. brian: november, 1978. why were you there? rep. speier: i was the legislative counsel to congressman leo ryan. he had decided he wanted to take , code l down to jonestown guyana. there were many constituents of adultat had young children who had gotten involved in this church in san
the prime minister holds a news conference in response to the resignation of several of her cabinet officers over the brexit deal. announcer: this week on q&a, democratic congresswoman jackie speier. she talked about her memoir. undaunted: surviving jonestown, summoning courage, and fighting back. brian: jackie speier, your book, undaunted, your first three words are, i was dying. why did you start the book that way? rep. speier: because i was. it was one of those moments in my life that were defining for me. not many people have that experience where they are dying and survive. i had a lot to talk about. brian: why were you dying? rep. speier: i was on an airstrip in the remote jungles of guyana having just concluded a congressional delegation tour with then congressman leo ryan, and we were ambushed on that airstrip and shot. members of the press died. one defector of the people s temple died. i was shot five times on the right side of my body. a bone jutting out of m
announcer: this week on q&a, representative jackie speier. she talked about her memoir. undaunted: surviving jonestown, summoning courage, and fighting back. brian: jackie speier, your book, undaunted, your first three words are, i was dying. why did you start the book that way? rep. speier: because i was. it was one of those moments in my life that were defining for me. not many people have that experience where they are dying and survive. i had a lot to talk about. brian: why were you dying? rep. speier: i was on an airstrip in the remote jungles of guyana having just concluded a congressional delegation tour and we were ambushed on that airstrip and shot. members of the press died. one defector of the people s temple died. i was shot five times on the right side of my body. a bone jutting out of my arm, a wound in my leg the size of a football. it was, oh my god, i am 28 years old, this is it. i m not going to live to be in my mid-80 s. i am not going to get married
and not many people have that experience where they are dying and then survive. so i had a lot to talk about. brian: why were you dying? rep. speier: i was on an airstrip in the remote jungles of guyana, having just concluded a congressional delegation tour then congressman leo ryan, and we were ambushed on that airstrip and shot. congressman ryan was shot 45 dimes times and died. members of the press died. one defector of the people s temple died. i was shot five times on the right side of my body. a bone jutting out of my arm, a wound in my leg the size of a football. and it was, oh, my god, i am 28 years old, this is it. i m not going to live to be in my mid-80 s. i am not going to get married and have kids. i m not going to have any of those dreams fulfilled. brian: november 1978. why were you there? rep. speier: i was the legislative counsel to congressman leo ryan. he had decided he wanted to take a codel down to jonestown, guyana. a congressional delegation. because
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