Waco, Texas 1993
AP Photos of the Century
Area: Waco, Temple, Bryan
A ball of fire erupts from the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, April 19, 1993. Eighty-one Davidians, including leader David Koresh, perished as federal agents tried to drive them out of the compound. A few weeks earlier four agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms were slain in a shootout at the site.