Kit Swartz had spent night after the entire historic night in the Beijing Hotel . As troops arrived , she `` got everybody together and said , okay , this is it '' `` Bullets were whizzing overhead ... then they turned the lights off '' She and soundman Camerawoman Cynde Strand stayed in the square for night .
Camerawoman Cynde Strand had spent night after night in Tiananmen Square . As troops arrived , she `` got everybody together and said , okay , this is it '' `` Bullets were whizzing overhead ... then they turned the lights off '' She and soundman Kit Swartz stayed in the square for the entire historic night .