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| The Waco Compound before the FBI and the ATF agents showed up to start the search the compound. |
The 51-day Waco Siege, also known as the Waco Massacre, began on February 28, 1993 and violently ended on April 19. A group of people called the Branch Davidians, which were led by a man named David Koresh (birth name, Vernon Howell) lived in a warehouse in Waco Texas. The FBI and ATF agents became suspicious of the group when a U.P.S. man was delivering a package to the compound and it came open to show a box full of illegal guns. The man reported what he found and the ATF went to the compound to conduct a search. When the FBI and the ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) went to search the building, the Davidians refused to exit, or let anyone enter the compound. This resulted in gunfire between the Davidians and the FBI and ATF. After 51 days of a standoff, the building suddenly caught fire and burned down. There were eighty-two deaths, twenty-three of them being children. Two that were unborn died due to the flames, smoke inhalation, and gunfire. David Koresh's followers were not discouraged and they did not mourn. The remaining Davidians argued that the other followers died because their god, David Koresh, wanted it that way.
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| This is a map of Texas showing how close Waco, Texas is to Dallas Houston. This also show that tragedy can happen anywhere anytime. |
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