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The FBI filmed Kathy's emotional reunion with her three-year-old son and sent the tape into the compound, hopeful it might inspire others to surrender.

Another Branch Davidian left the same day, a 19-year-old Australian man named Oliver Gyrifus.

Steve Schneider informed negotiators that a few more were planning to leave the next day.

But later that night, siege commander Jeff Jamar ordered that the compound's electricity be switched off again to prove to the Branch Davidians that the FBI controlled their earthly lives, not David Koresh.

This time, the power wouldn't be turned back on again.

David Koresh and Steve Schneider were furious.

They told the FBI negotiators that turning off the power had been an act of bad faith.

Privately, the negotiators agreed with them.

it seemed highly unlikely that more Branch Davidians were going to leave.

Steve said that their people were freezing cold.

He again accused the government of wanting to kill them all and then burn the building down.

From the negotiators' perspectives, it felt as though whenever they were making incremental progress, the HRT took an aggressive approach that undermined their hard work.

As far as the HRT was concerned, the negotiators themselves seemed to have been taken hostage by the Branch Davidians.

Their progress seemed painfully slow to the tactical unit, who were accustomed to wrapping things up within a couple of days.

Described by an analyst who worked with the FBI as testosterone-driven, the HRT agents believed decisive action could likely draw the standoff to a close quite swiftly.

Frustration grew to such a point that one member of the HRT graffitied an outhouse they were using with the words, Sage is a Davidian, in reference to negotiator Byron Sage.

Although the power in the compound had been cut off, the phone line remained open and the negotiators continued trying different tactics.

They had Kathy Schroeder call in to speak to her fellow church members.

She reassured the branch Davidians that the FBI was treating her well and hadn't charged her with anything.

They'd only asked general questions and had been super.