Who else – other than members of Peoples Temple – survived November 18?

There were 87 members of Peoples Temple who survived – their names are listed here, the circumstances of their survival are listed here – but there were 25 others connected in some way to the Temple who were in Guyana but who did not perish.

With a couple of exceptions, they comprised two groups which had traveled to Guyana in mid-November 1978 in conjunction with Leo Ryan’s fact-finding mission. Half of the people continued on with the congressman to Port Kaituma and Jonestown; the other half remained behind in Georgetown.

These survivors included:

Members of Leo Ryan’s congressional party

• Jackie Speier, Ryan legislative aide, severely wounded during the Port Kaituma attack;
• Jim Schollaert, staff member of House Foreign Affairs committee, remained in Georgetown

Members of the media

• Tim Reiterman, reporter for San Francisco Examiner, wounded at Port Kaituma
• Ron Javers, reporter for San Francisco Chronicle, wounded at Port Kaituma
• Charles Krause, reporter for Washington Post, wounded at Port Kaituma
• Steve Sung, NBC soundman, wounded at Port Kaituma
• Bob Flick, NBC producer, at Port Kaituma
• Gordon Lindsay, freelance reporter, in Georgetown after being denied entry into Jonestown on November 17

Members of Concerned Relatives

• Jim Cobb, former Temple member, at Port Kaituma
• Wayne Pietella, former Temple member, in Georgetown
• Grace Stoen, former Temple member, in Georgetown
• Tim Stoen, former Temple member, in Georgetown
• Bonnie Thielmann, former Temple member, in Georgetown
• Carol Boyd, relative of Houston family, at Port Kaituma
• Nadyne Houston, in Georgetown
• Sherwin Harris, father of Lianne Harris, in Georgetown
• Anthony Kataris, brother of Maria Katsaris, wounded at Port Kaituma
• Steven Kataris, father of Maria Katsaris, in Georgetown
• Beverly Oliver, mother of Jonestown residents, at Port Kaituma airstrip
• Howard Oliver, father of Jonestown residents, in Georgetown
• Mickey Touchette, relative of numerous Jonestown residents, in Georgetown

Others

• Neville Annibourne, Guyana Information Ministry who accompanied Ryan group to Jonestown, at Port Kaituma
• Richard Dwyer, American Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission, wounded at Port Kaituma
• Charles Garry, Temple attorney, escorted to East House in Jonestown during deaths, escaped into jungle
• Mark Lane, Temple attorney, escorted to East House in Jonestown during deaths, escaped into jungle