![]() ![]() ![]() Thibodeau's book is one of many new developments in the Branch Davidian story to come out in recent months. It's an intriguing book about Thibodeau's journey from underemployed drummer in Los Angeles to a world-wary survivor of the 1993 disaster that is now known simply as "Waco." ![]() Thibodeau's new book, A Place Called Waco: A Survivor's Story, published by Public Affairs, details the two years that he spent studying the Bible, living and working with David Koresh. Assuming he would be shot by federal agents as soon as he exited the building, Thibodeau clambered through the hole and into a different maelstrom, a maelstrom created by a massive police/military operation that has become perhaps the most controversial episode in the history of American law enforcement.ğor reasons that Thibodeau can't explain - maybe it's just dumb luck - he was one of only nine people to escape from the burning ruins of the Mt. "It was either burn to death or get a bullet in the head," Thibodeau recalls. As smoke filled the building and fire raced through the crowded chapel where he was huddled with several others, Thibodeau had a decision to make. Carmel compound in Waco after it was hit by a tank. On April 19, 1993, it came to him in the form of a small hole that suddenly appeared in the side of the Mt. ![]()
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