"And all three of us were able to get out without even a shot being fired." "I told them to go, I threw a chair at the gunman and I headed for the door," he said. Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, who was one of the people taken hostage, told "CBS Mornings" that the situation seemed to be deteriorating near the end of the night, and he knew from attending security training sessions that "when your life is threatened, you need to do whatever you can to get to safety." Near the end of the more than 10-hour standoff, he threatened to kill the hostages when there had been no progress on Siddiqui's release - prompting authorities to approve the entrance of the FBI Hostage Rescue team. A law enforcement vehicle sits in front of the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue on Januin Colleyville, Texas, after a hostage standoff ended safely.Īkram appeared to become angrier as the night wore on, the conference notes said. The FBI said Sunday that during the hostage situation, the gunman "spoke repeatedly about a convicted terrorist who is serving an 86-year prison sentence in the United States on terrorism charges."Ī source close to the incident had previously told CBS News that the hostage-taker had asked for the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman serving an 86-year sentence in a federal prison in Texas for trying to kill U.S.
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