turned to pour himself a soda, and that s the opening the rabbi needed. when i saw an opportunity where he wasn t in a good position, i made sure that the two gentlemen who were still with me, that they were that they were ready to go. the exit wasn t too far away. i told them to go. i threw a chair at the gunman, and i headed for the door and all three of us were able to get out without even a shot being fired. i want to make it clear two things. we were not released. we were not rescued, okay? we escaped and we escaped because we kept presence of mind, because we made plans, because we strategically moved people. ed, hearing from two of the men who were held hostage, who are they saying about what the suspect said about his motivations? reporter: well, you know, what they did say, especially jeffrey cohen who was interviewed by wolf blitzer on
at which point i glared at him, raised up in my seat. i may have shaked my head. and i mouthed no. when i saw an opportunity where he wasn t in a good position, i asked made sure that the two gentlemen who were still with me, that they were that they were ready to go, that the exit wasn t too far away. i told them to go. i threw a chair at the gunman. and i headed for the door. and all three of us were able to get out without even a shot being fired. i want to make it clear, two things, we were not released. we were not rescued. okay, we escaped, and we escaped because we kept presence of mind, because we made plans, because we strategically moved people. just imagine, imagine that. local law enforcement is being urged to reevaluate security for
synagogue. i want you to listen to the rabbi charlie walker talking about what happened right before they were able to bolt. the last hour or so of the standoff he wasn t getting what he wanted. i made sure the gentlemen with me were ready to go and the exit wasn t too far away. i told them to go. i threw a chair at the gunman and headed for the door and all three of us were able to get out without even a shot being fired. shortly after they escaped, the fbi rushed in and came face-to-face with the suspect that died during that encounter. joining me is andrew mccabe and jonathan the ceo and anti defamation league. thank you both so much.
there was a tense ten hour stand off. as an fbi swat team moved in, the 44 year old spoke to his family back home. his words were recorded as he became increasingly desperate. these pictures show several hostages running for their lives. within minutes, malik faisal akram was shot dead. the rabbi here described their ordeal. it didn t look good, it didn t sound good. we were very. we were terrified. and when i saw an opportunity, where he wasn t in a good position, i made sure that the two gentlemen who were still with me, that they were ready to go, the exit wasn t too far away. i told them to go, i threw
standoff, he wasn t getting what he wanted. he was getting it didn t look good. it didn t sound good. we were very we were terrified. and when i saw an opportunity where he wasn t in a good position, i asked made sure the two gentlemen who were still with me that they were ready to go. the exit wasn t too far away. i told them to go. i threw a chair at the gunman, and i headed for the door. and all three of us were able to get out without even shot being fired. joining us now is george salim. he s senior vice president at the anti-defamation league. he focuses on national security and programs like the one that