Waco – Never Forget 02/28/93

A number of people, both witnesses and historians, have tried to accurately document the facts of what happened on February 28th, 1993 in Waco, Texas in the clash between law enforcement and a religious group known as the Branch Davidians. No one seems able to write about those events in an unbiased manner, since it seems that the whole thing was preventable. Even the academics appear to have a cause, so it’s difficult at times to piece together what actually happened and who was to blame. Was Koresh a manipulative psychopath who exploited an opportunity, as many FBI agents claim, or was he just a deluded religious leader whose private play was suddenly exposed on the world’s stage? Perhaps we’ll never know.The siege ended on April 19 when the complex was destroyed by fire and 76 people died (including 21 children and two pregnant women) plus Davidian leader David Koresh. Witnessing the event was Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh, who fatally struck on Waco’s second anniversary.