escaped. that was about 9 pm on sunday night. it s incredible that none of the four hostages were hurt, it beeps physically. they were traumatized by this. but none of them were physically hurt. and, yes rabbi cytron walker put out a pretty incredible statement as to why he thinks that is. it s specific in ways that knock you back. he said, quote, over the years my congregation and i have participated in multiple security courses from the colleyville police department, the fbi, the anti-defamation league, and the secure community network. we are live today because of their education. i encourage all jewish congregations, religious groups, schools, and others to participate in active shooter and security courses. on the one hand, practical advice in a practical explanation of what happened. but also just as sobering as can be. he then goes on in his
congregations, religious groups, schools and others to participate in active-shooter and security courses. is that what it has come to, they have to spend a big part of their time preparing for this? yes. i have done the same thing. and it s because of the training i had that i m alive. so, yes, it has come to that. all synagogues, and quite frankly, not just synagogues, all houses of worship. if we look at the landscape the past decade or so, we are talking about the sikh temple, a black church in charleston, a church in southerland, texas. they are no longer the sanctuaries we would hope they would be. that means all have to engage in these forms of practice to be pre prepared. god willing, they never have to use it. but if they do, they can call
welcome to you. in the past few minutes, the rabbi who was one of the hostages in this incident has released a statement. what has he said? , , , , said? yes, it s very interesting what he s said? yes, it s very interesting what he s got said? yes, it s very interesting what he s got to said? yes, it s very interesting what he s got to say. - said? yes, it s very interesting what he s got to say. this - said? yes, it s very interesting what he s got to say. this is i said? yes, it s very interesting i what he s got to say. this is rabbi charlie walker, one of the four people held hostage. three members of the conversation. congregation. he says, overthe years, my congregation and i have participated in multiple security courses from the colleyville police department. he says we are alive today because of that education, and i encourage alljewish congregations, religious groups, schools and others to participate in active shooter security courses. he goes on, in the last h
by this, but none of them were physically hurt. last night rabbi cytron-walker put out an incredible statement as to why he thinks that is. it s specific in ways that knocks you on your back. he said over the years my congregation and i have participated in multiple security courses from the colleyville police department, the fbi, the anti-defamation league, and the secure community network. we re alive today because of that education. i encourage all you wish congregations, religious schools, and others to participate in active shooter and security courses. on the one hand, practical advice and a practical explanation of what happened, but also just as sobering as can be he then goes on in his statement to detail his escape, how this thing ended. i could read it, but i think it s best heard from the rabbi himself. watch. the last hour or so of the
that the three remaining hostages inside were able to get out right about the same moment that that team moved in. and the rabbi, of course, giving an incredible amount of credit to the training both he and his congregation have received over the last several years from both the fbi and the colleyville police department. he shared this in a statement attesting to how much it helped during that moment of need saying, over the years my congregation and i have participated in multiple security courses from the colleyville police department, the fbi, the anti-defamation league and secure community network. we are alive today because of that education and the last hour of our hostage crisis the gunman became increasingly belligerent and threatening and without the instruction we received we would not have been prepared to act and flee when the situation presented itself. all of those hostages, chris, unharmed. all of them reunited with family over the weekend. we did hear from the family of