door. the hostage taker briefly appears, pointing his firearm in their direction. the fbi hostage rescue team surrounding the synagogue moves in. an explosive device detonates and gunfire rips through the air. the man in the blue shirt escaping from the synagogue is jeffrey cohen. nearly 11 hours earlier, cohen and rabbi charlie it icytron-wa had welcomed the stranger who held them hostage to the service. right before the service began and i got in, the rabbi pointed this guy out to me and i went over to say hello and welcome him. the rabbi says the hostage ordeal started shortly after the religious service started and was being live-streamed to congregants. it was during prayer while we were praying and my back was