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Boisean Discusses Surviving Jonestown

Item: Boisean who survived Jonestown recalls the massacre: Clifford Gieg, who lost his brother at the cult's Guyana compound, talks about it publicly for the first time/Idaho Statesman

More Info: Clifford Gieg last saw his brother alive just hours before the shootings. Clifford would live through the day. Stanley would not. Now, in a bid to honor his brother, the Boise cabinet-maker is talking publicly about his experiences for the first time. "He died. He was murdered," Gieg said. "I know he was murdered. He was shot. And he was a victim. And I want him recognized as a victim and not as part of it." Gieg calls himself a true believer who was duped by Jones until the end.

Question: Do you recall what you were doing when you heard the news about Jonestown? Or how you reacted?



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