... At about one o'clock at night, a police patrol car went along the neighboring street announcing that a convoy of tanks was approaching the tower. The people quickly surrounded the tower, holding hands to form a tight chain. Soon we heard the tank guns shooting at the tower from below. The tower's air-raid siren started shrilling. But the people weren't frightened. They began to chant: „Lithuania, Lithuania!" and held hands even tighter...
Lithuania, 1991.01.13 : documents, testimonies, comments. - Vilnius : State Publishing Center, 1992, p. 96.