I watched a program on the Branch Davidians, "Witness to Waco", yesterday. There have been programs over the years trying to explain what happened at the Mount Carmel compound and who was at fault for what happened there. It brought back some bad memories. I worked at a local t.v. station as an air controller,,,doing what our star weatherman who led tours of school children around the station described as watching t.v. all day. I described myself as the dirty, rotten guy who put on the commercials, although it was much more than that. My work area had monitors of all the sources that went on the air, including network, commercials and special events. But, lets get back to the Davidians. The video you saw of the gun fight came from our station and it came at a cost. A cost to the reporter and photojournalist on the scene and the photojournalist who accidentally tipped off Mount Carmel. I knew all three of them. They were friends. The reporter and photog on the scene risked their lives as gunfire hit their mobile unit and hit near them. Their unit was used by the ATF to transport their wounded and dead officers. You would think that the great coverage they got on that day and the following coverage until the fire would get them some kind of award. But, that didn't happen. The photog got out of the business and became a bartender. The reporter couldn't get another job in t.v. and had to change careers. And the photog who tipped them off, one of my dearest friends, is still with the station, but not a day goes by that he n doesn't wonder "what if" he hadn't talked to that mailman on that lonely country road. Three good men whose lives changed drastically because of a man who thought he was God. Such a waste!