i seen him pick up the bag and start walking. first thing i thought, oh, no, someone has turned us in. so his 64-year-old mother, edith parks, sought out congressman ryan s aide jackie speier. tim carter seen here overheard the conversation. and edith parks walked up to jackie speier, and said, i m being held prisoner here. i want to go home. this is jackie speier walking back with edith parks to talk to the rest of the family. in this nbc video from that day. tim carter will never forget what a jones loyalist said to him. and she goes, well, it looks like we re all going to die. speier tape-recorded a statement by the oldest daughter, brenda parks. what is your wish today? to go back home. and where is home? the u.s.
and he said, is it supposed to be quick? and she said, yeah, it s supposed to be quick. please for god s sakes let s get on with it. we ve lived as no other people have lived and loved. we ve had as much of this world as we re going to get. let s be done with it. let s be done with the agony of it. when the children cried, a jones loyalist told parents it s just a little bitter tasting. they re not crying out of any pain. there are screams of agony. there are screams of terror. you can hear people crying. keep your emotions down. keep your emotions down. no, it will not hurt if you ll be quiet. if you ll be quiet.
jackie speier, and said, i m being held prisoner here. i want to go home. this is jackie speier walking back with edith parks to talk to the rest of the family. in this nbc video from that day. tim carter will never forget what a jones loyalist said to him. and she goes, well, it looks like we re all going to die. speier tape-recorded a statement by the oldest daughter, brenda park. what is your wish today? to go back home. and where is home? the u.s. jackie speier walked off to find jim jones. the woman she passed is patricia parks, jerry s wife, in the last hours of her life. speier confronted jones with the defectors. he became agitated, tried to talk with them.
when the children cried, a jones loyalist told parents it s just a little bitter tasting. they re not crying out of any pain. there are screams of agony. there are screams of terror. you can hear people crying. keep your emotions down. keep your emotions down. no, it will not hurt if you ll be quiet. if you ll be quiet. 303 children would die in jonestown that day from toddlers to teens. leslie wilson s nephew and her niece. vern gosney s son mark. a third of all the dead were
when the children cried, a jones loyalist told parents it s just a little bitter tasting. they re not crying out of any pain. there are screams of agony. there are screams of terror. you can hear people crying. keep your emotions down. keep your emotions down. children, it will not hurt. if you will be quiet. if you ll be quiet. 303 children would die in jonestown that day from toddlers to teens. leslie wilson s nephew and her niece. vern gosney s son mark. a third of all the dead were children murdered at jim jones