Mark Lane is living history. Lane was present in Jonestown during the events of November 18, 1978, when more than 900 Peoples Temple members died in a murder-suicide by cyanide poisoning, and Congressman Leo Ryan and four others were murdered at a nearby airstrip.During the visit of Congressman Ryan, Lane helped represent the Temple with its other attorney, Charles R. Garry.Late in the afternoon of November 18, two men wielding rifles approached Lane and Garry and told them bluntly they were to be executed. While waiting for their execution Lane heard the cries of children and gunshots less than 200 yards from where he was. The long black night of murder at Jonestown had begun.
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