Anonymous Host

Steve Schneider filmed the injured Koresh seated on the floor with his back pressed against a wall.

He wore a white tank top and grey tracksuit pants.

His electric guitar was propped up next to him and children could be heard playing in the background.

Steve began by asking Koresh if there was anything he'd like to say.

Koresh beckoned his seven-year-old son, Cyrus, to sit down next to him.

Cyrus had shoulder-length blonde hair and waved at the camera with a shy smile.

One by one, Koresh had other children sit with him.

He introduced them and encouraged them to share some facts about themselves, sing their ABCs, and say hello to their Branch Davidian friends outside.

He also asked them questions about their love of God.

The FBI negotiators who subsequently received these tapes scoured them for intelligence on how everyone inside was doing.

They all looked clean, healthy and comfortable enough.

Koresh occasionally closed his eyes in apparent discomfort from his injuries but did not appear to be suffering.

The FBI knew the Branch Davidians were capable of holding up inside the compound for months.

For a long time, they'd been stockpiling thousands of military-style ready-to-eat meals and canned goods.

They also had their own well with an electric pump providing a limitless water supply that couldn't be shut off.

If the group had everything they needed to survive, it was growing increasingly difficult to find a way to draw them out.

The Branch Davidians remained concerned about the tanks surrounding the property and their inability to communicate with the media.

The next couple of days continued with both Koresh and Steve Schneider spending hours and hours talking with the FBI.

Steve voiced his concerns that the FBI might kill them all and burn down the entire compound.

Koresh mostly preached, though he also offered to send out another child if he could speak to Robert Rodriguez, the undercover ATF agent who'd infiltrated the Branch Davidians.