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Perry's findings were but one of the narratives springing from the central horror tale at Waco. Investigators put the body count for the April 19 inferno at 80. The Texas Rangers scavenged 200 whole guns after the fire. The Justice and Treasury departments began reviews of the roles played by the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. And cult member Stan Sylvia, whose wife and daughters died, brought the first lawsuit against the U.S. government, for $18 million...
...agents who watched the hideous finale from ground zero adamantly dismiss the notion that they somehow started the inferno. "I saw three fires almost simultaneously," insists Sage. "There's no question but that it was not started by the tanks in front of building. That's ridiculous. I saw the tanks at different points from where the fires were." He, like others, had no choice but to stand and watch. "I can't tell you what was going through my heart," he says. "A combination of anguish, reflection and absolute anger for David Koresh. Because the bottom line here...
Paths to the Inferno: How three fire victims got there...
Joanna Cassidy is perfect as Robinson's flack-from-the-inferno wife Linda. (It was her firm that cooked up the ingenious idea of sending its calaboose-bound client, Michael Milken, to Shea Stadium, chaperoning hundreds of poor black children, an incident that is still remembered as one of the most cynical, albeit futile, stunts in the sorry history of public relations.) Rita Wilson as Kravis' wife, the fashion designer Carolyne Roehm, is quite believable in the role of a woman whose single indulgence was a daily Oreo. Even the smaller parts work quite well, notably Leilani Ferrer as Johnson...
Past themes, Thornton says, have included "Seues is Loose: the Cat in the Hat/ Would you, Could you with a goat," "Dante's Inferno," "Co-eds in chains" and "The Trojan...