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TIL Kathy Schroeder, a survivor of the Waco tragedy, still identifies as a Branch Davidian, believes that she would still be at Mount Carmel if the siege hadn't happened, and is still convinced that David Koresh was "a prophet, the son of God, a manifestation of God."

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