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Ditches. in jonestown, even his 11-year-old daughter tracy parks got up for work before dawn each day. >> i had to work in the rice fields. you had to use a big machete or the big rake that had the knife at the bottom and you had to cut the grass down. >> one day she went to the infirmary with an earache. >> and they looked in there and pulled out a cockroach the size of my -- half of my thumb, huge. >> tracy parks saw no future in jonestown. >> i knew that in the first month there that im stuck...

>> when the children cried, a jones loyalist told parents -- >> its just a little bitter tasting. theyre 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 youll be quiet. if youll be quiet. >> 303 children would die in jonestown that day from toddlers to teens. >> leslie wilsons nephew and her niece. vern gosneys son mark. a third of all the dead were

In jonestown, even his 11-year-old daughter, tracy parks, got up for work before dawn each day. >> i had to work in the rice fields. you had to use a big machete or the big rake that had the knife at the bottom, and you had to cut the grass down. >> one day she went to the infirmary with an earache. >> and they looked in there and pulled out a cockroach the size of my -- half of my thumb. huge. >> tracy parks saw no future in jonestown. >> i knew that in the first month there, that im stuck here...

Children, it will not hurt. if you would be quiet. if you would be quiet. >> 303 children would die in jonestown that day from toddlers to teens. >> leslie wilsons nephew and her niece. vern gosneys son mark. a third of all the dead were children murdered at jim jones command wracked with convulsions, a painful death. >> i tell you, i dont care how many screams you hear, i dont care how many anguished cries. death is a million times preferable to continue more days of this life. >> what i experi...

>> when the children cried, a jones loyalist told parents -- >> its just a little bitter tasting. theyre 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 youll be quiet. if youll be quiet. >> 303 children would die in jonestown that day from toddlers to teens. >> leslie wilsons nephew and her niece. vern gosneys son mark. a third of all the dead were chi...

Me pretty good. >> parks was put on a hard work crew out in the hot sun digging ditches. in jonestown, even his 11-year-old daughter tracy parks got up for work before dawn each day. >> i had to work in the rice fields. you had to use a big machete or the big rake that had the knife at the bottom and you had to cut the grass down. >> one day she went to the infirmary with an earache. >> and they looked in there and pulled out a cockroach the size of my -- half of my thumb, huge. >> tracy parks s...

Everybody looked up to my son. and there is just no other words i could say. >> another victim was jim gaines a 48-year-old father of two from new jersey. gaines was an associated press staffer who was returning home after meetings in washington. a third victim has been identified as abed gillani, a 55-year-old wells fargo executive. the four other victims have not yet been identified. one person missing tonight is gob gildersleeve seen on this flier held by his son mark. >> my name is mark gild...

>> welcome back to "outnumbered." mother of a fallen navy seal speaking out. shes furious that general dempsey downplayed recent losses in ramadi. the general saying that ramadi is not symbolic in any way. debbie lees son mark was the first navy seal killed there. shes written an open letter asking for an apology from the general. >> doesnt sound like theres going to be an apooming any time soon. i told them the right thing to do is to make a public apology. weve sacrificed greatly over there. w...

>> verne gosney came a month after the parks. he brought his 4-month-old son mark. his wife had fallen into a coma during childbirth and never came out. gosney sank into a haze of drugs. >> i did use heroin. i used amphetamines. i used cocaine, marijuana, lsd. >> he came to jonestown to get clean and did. >> their idea of a drug treatment was, you know, work you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and if you mess up, beat your ass. i mean, thats their drug treatment program. >> he soon found jim jone...

Jonestown that day from toddlers to teens. >> leslie wilsons nephew and her niece. vern gosneys son mark. a third of all the dead were children murdered at jim jones command. racked with convulsions, a painful death. >> i tell you, i dont care how many screams you hear, i dont care how many anguished cries. death is a million times preferable to ten more days of this life. >> what i experienced and saw was absolute chaos and insanity. >> die with a degree of dignity. lay down your life with dign...