And these lepers says…Well, the Syrians had them besieged and they was starving them to death. Now, they said, “Why set we here until we die? Now, we got to do something. Now, let’s see, there’s only two roads.” One of them led in the city. They had three things they could do. They could go into the city when the gates opened again, or they could set where they were, or they could go down to the camp of the Syrians. Well, they said, “If we go into the city, there’s no food there, because the people are eating one another’s children. So there’s no food there. And if we sit here, we’re sure to die. So we only got one hope; that is, we’ll go down to the Syrians. If they kill us, we’re going to die anyhow. We’re—we’re going to die. So if we go down to the host of the Syrians, if they kill us we die anyhow. But if they save us, then we live.” Now, they only had one—one chance, and that was going down to the host of the Syrians.

Testimony, 1953-09-02, Chicago, IL, §83