As Bonomi points out, none of the writers claim to have been firsthand witnesses; they were more likely practicing politically motivated character assassination.

Dela Raza was a firsthand witness of the Filipino diaspora.

But on April 11, 2002, the filmmakers were firsthand witnesses to one of the shortest presidential overthrows in Latin American history.

Simon had heard this story, more or less, but it was exciting to hear it from a firsthand witness.

Soon we will be losing the last of these survivors-the firsthand witnesses to Adolf Hitler's inhumanity.

I had just begun teaching here, so I'm a firsthand witness.

Barrett, a cornerback on the right side, has been a firsthand witness to Mangini's ways.

Mr. Topping knows of this turn of events from firsthand witness.

As a patrol sergeant, he was a firsthand witness of the Dachau concentration camp.

After all, I was such evidence myself: a firsthand witness to everything that happened.