Estimated 89 Die in Flames:
                Branch Davidian Compound Burns

19 April, 9:30am, the phone rang - it was the Dallas/Forth Worth
NBC affiliate requesting a WF representative for their live news
broadcast. Five minutes later the  ABC affiliate called with the
same request.

On the day that WF was preparing to send the Watchman Expositor to
press, the FBI agents began "punching holes in the walls" of the
Branch Davidian compound. This caused the media to begin scrambling
for insights into the current events.

As Phillip Arnn was on his way to NBC and James Walker was on his
way to ABC, the Branch Davidian compound was set ablaze. The rest
of the staff placed the Expositor on hold and watched the scenes
unfold. At this time, WF has heard estimates of survivors that
range from eight to twenty-five people.

Regardless of the exact number, it is certain that most perished.
To make the situation even more tragic, no doubt many of those who
perished were children who had no ability to escape the hold of
David Koresh. 

These innocent children were victims of cultic mind-control þ a
type of religious abuse that is found in more subtle forms in far
to many extremist religions.