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Related: About this forumHow many of you know that Congresswoman Jackie Speier
was left for dead in that Jonestown Massacre in Guyana.
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How many of you know that Congresswoman Jackie Speier (Original Post)
malaise
Jun 2016
OP
I had her on my radio show a while back, we talked about that and other stuff. nt
stevenleser
Jun 2016
#14
liberal N proud
(60,332 posts)1. Thanks for sharing that.
malaise
(268,693 posts)2. I remember her story well
http://www.rollcall.com/news/home/jonestown-murders-jackie-speier-37-years
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Rep. Jackie Speier knows exactly how it feels to be left for dead.
On Nov. 18, 1978, she was shot five times on a remote airstrip in Guyana, South America. Her boss, Rep. Leo J. Ryan and four others lay dead nearby, killed by gunfire as they tried to escape Jonestown, the commune built by cult leader Jim Jones.
Nearly 40 years later, Speier still remembers why she decided to get on a plane to go down on the ill-fated congressional trip.
Back in 1978, there were not many women in high-ranking positions in Congress," said Speier, who was legislative counsel for Ryan at the time. "I felt if I didnt go, it would be a step back for women holding these high positions. I thought, 'I cant not go.'
So she went, accompanying Ryan and 23 other people to Guyana, on the northeastern coast of South America, attempting to visit Jim Jones and nearly 1,000 followers hed amassed.
<snip>
Rep. Jackie Speier knows exactly how it feels to be left for dead.
On Nov. 18, 1978, she was shot five times on a remote airstrip in Guyana, South America. Her boss, Rep. Leo J. Ryan and four others lay dead nearby, killed by gunfire as they tried to escape Jonestown, the commune built by cult leader Jim Jones.
Nearly 40 years later, Speier still remembers why she decided to get on a plane to go down on the ill-fated congressional trip.
Back in 1978, there were not many women in high-ranking positions in Congress," said Speier, who was legislative counsel for Ryan at the time. "I felt if I didnt go, it would be a step back for women holding these high positions. I thought, 'I cant not go.'
So she went, accompanying Ryan and 23 other people to Guyana, on the northeastern coast of South America, attempting to visit Jim Jones and nearly 1,000 followers hed amassed.
Her Sister
(6,444 posts)3. Wow!
Congresswoman Left for Dead at Jonestown Recalls the Massacre, 37 Years Later - See more at: http://www.rollcall.com/news/home/jonestown-murders-jackie-speier-37-years#sthash.jvpORQ4C.dpuf
Yet this info not on her Wiki Page!? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Speier
malaise
(268,693 posts)4. Yep - she was one of the few survivors
Brave woman
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)6. Wow,I did not know that. Last night one of the
congresswoman was telling her story of how she got involved with politics and gun control.She was a 911 operator who had to listen to a child beg her uncle not to shoot her and then heard the shots,it was a brutal story.
malaise
(268,693 posts)7. I watched that
bigtree
(85,975 posts)8. awesome
...thanks for posting! I had forgotten about survivors from the delegation.
gopiscrap
(23,726 posts)9. I knew that
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)10. I do. She's my rep.
Love her.
malaise
(268,693 posts)11. LOL
She was so young when Jim Jones' goons shot her
malaise
(268,693 posts)12. She was just on Chris Hayes
Good interview/discussion
BootinUp
(47,078 posts)13. I remember the incident
didn't know she was now a US House Rep.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)14. I had her on my radio show a while back, we talked about that and other stuff. nt
malaise
(268,693 posts)15. Nice
ronnykmarshall
(35,356 posts)16. Yup I knew that.
And in 2008 right here on DU when she endorsed Hillary she was attacked as "a nobody".