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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWatching CNN the Seventies. Had no idea Congresswoman Jackie Spiers
was an aid to Congressman Leo Ryan and survived after being shot 6 times at Jonestown. WOW!
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Watching CNN the Seventies. Had no idea Congresswoman Jackie Spiers (Original Post)
Chasstev365
Dec 2017
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roamer65
(36,745 posts)1. Yes, and shes still going strong!
I have a LOT of respect for her.
malaise
(269,057 posts)2. Yes indeed
She's one tough cookie. We've mentioned that a gazillion times on DU. Happy Holidays
Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)5. As I said, did not know! Merry Christmas!
oasis
(49,389 posts)3. Gasp!
scary stuff.
kimbutgar
(21,163 posts)4. She lost one of her to husbands to a fatal car crash.
The woman has more strength than I ever could.
babylonsister
(171,072 posts)6. This is a good program. I especially
loved the music part.
I've seen Ms. Spiers talking about Jonestown.
BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)7. I knew of both Spiers and Jonestown
but never made the connection until a few years ago after seeing the CNN series myself.
applegrove
(118,696 posts)8. I had no idea Yassir Arafat was behind the Munich Olympic attacks.
lostnfound
(16,184 posts)9. Yes, but Trump has his own personal Vietnam...nt