Louise Corderman

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On March 7, after we continued to press for more releases, Koresh had finally snapped at us, saying, “Hey! You don’t understand. The rest of the kids in here are my children—they’re not coming out!”
Louise Corderman
"Throughout these days, we kept pushing for the release of more kids. Of the twenty-one released so far, the last had come out on March 5. On March 7, after we continued to press for more releases, Koresh had finally snapped at us, saying, 'Hey! You don’t understand. The rest of the kids in here are my children—they’re not coming out!'" At this point I believe only relunctantly did Gary come to believe what the rest of suspected for a long time. David Koresh did not want to go to jail and solidfied his pact with the devil. He had the world's attention and was willing to sacrifice his children in the process of becoming a martyr. Gary and his team labored on, but it was with a degree of false hope, as some more Davidians came out, but none of them were his natural children. Like children, the adults who remained allowed Koresh to run their lives.
Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator
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