30 years ago today ... Jonestown

Well, they were alive for about 8 days after the full discovery.

Someone had to have asked them about it, right?

 

From what I've read, Moscone deflected the blame that was directed his way. I don't know if Milk publicly commented.

 

Actually, they just showed a feature on Rob Jones on OTL. And it was Chris Connelly. I just caught the tail end of it, but I think it was a feature taped a couple years ago.

And apparently, ESPN is making a movie about Jim Jones Jr. and Rob Jones.

 

This really brings back bad memories for me. I remember sitting on the floor watching Wide World of Sports on that Saturday afternoon when the crawl came on the bottom of the screen.
Turned out Greg Robinson, the SF Examiner photog who was killed at the airport, was my aunt and uncle's wedding photographer.
Then days later, I remember coming home from school and learning about the Milk-Moscone shootings. It was really a gloomy time in the Bay Area, which up to then for me was a place where everyone seemed to get along, it was the '70s.
Then the White verdict went down and there was rioting. Crazy and sad time.

 

White was the defendant for whom the Twinkies defense was used by Flea Bailey.

Didn't White close it all out with a bullet to his head?

 

That audio is available on YouTube and yes, it's grueling to listen to.
Man was insane.

 

I may be totally off on this but wasn't there a Monday night game at Candlestick like a night or two after the Moscone thing?

 

I suppose it's therapeutic on some level, and maybe they want people to know why and how this could happen, but I'm a bit surprised the survivors have been so open about their time there and their survival stories. Something that horrible has got to be gut-wrenching to bring up time and again.

 

Wow, good grab: On that night, the 1-11 Niners lost to the Steelers 24-7 en route to the Steelers' 3rd NFL title.

 

I would imagine the survivor guilt is significant.

 

I just found that pic.

 

I was still in radio news in those days. I remember having one of those WTF moments as I was listening to the "actuality feeds" about the story.