Kuziva kwake chiSwahili kunomubvumira kuita basa rinokosha mukutsigira mabasa muCongo
. Akapedza rinodokusvika hafu yegore mumashoko ake amene, "achimhanya-mhanya musango naSimba", mukati menguva iyo angadai akatambudzwa kusvikira kurufu kudai kuzivikanwa kwake kwechokwadi kwakanga kwawanwa. Apo vaSimba vakatora Stanleyville, Lunsford akaenda kunzvimbo yekugara uko Hanni Portet, Ursula Craig, naJeffy Craig vari kunovanda mushure mekurohwa neSabena Airlines uye anovadzivirira kubva kuvapanduki. Anova shamwari yakanaka yaJohn Oliver naJacques Portet somugumisiro. Mutungamiri Lyndon Johnson pachake akamushongedza nokuda kwebasa rake muCongo Crisis neSirivha Star (yechitatu yake).