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involving a clerk that had been taken hostage in the early morning hours on a friday, that was unusual. a woman walks into the store and holds a large butcher knife near the throat of 56-year-old clerk delores brunson. she was working in the flower area at that time in the store. i think she was blowing up some balloons. and the girl just came in and grabbed the first person that she saw working, and my mother happened to be the unfortunate one. the hostage-taker, 34-year-old holly sefia, has been smoking crack cocaine and drinking alcohol. she demands to use a phone and calls family members to tell them she wants to die. brian wilson, now chief of police in nearby federal way, washington, responds to the incident. i think she knew that the actions that she was taking would produce a police response. she s clearly threatening the life of another, you know, innocent person. the hostage-taker calls police and local tv stations,

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