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Position in the office ready to fire. greg parker takes it from there. >> i was in awe of the way they handled it and the patience they showed because there are tried and proven methods of how to get the best possible result and that was constantly being relayed to us. >> reporter: but their patience ran out with the echo of a single gunshot. >> we heard a shot, he confirmed hostage down, window two. six seconds later, we saw the special forces guys breach. it was pretty loud, pretty frightening...

>> we heard a shot. confirmed hostage down, window 2. six seconds later, we saw the special forces guys breach. it was pretty loud, pretty frightening. its like nothing ive ever seen before, ever. the moment he crossed the line of taking down a hostage, it was a forced action from police. in my mind and probably anyone elses seeing it, theyre not going to sit around and wait for another hostage to have the same fate. >> reporter: after all, greg parker saw on sydneys longest, darkest night, its ...

And especially after those guys escaped, he became agitated. grabbing the hostages and moving them and keeping them between the window and himself, it seemed. >> still, the entire focus of emergency services was obtaining a peaceful resolution. >> i was in awe of the way they handled it and the patience they showed because they were tried and proven methods of how to get the best possible result. and that was being relaid to us. >> but their patience ran out with the echo of a single gun shot. w...

Obviously there will be a full investigation into exactly what happened with the storming of the cafe but clearly from what we do know so far it appears there had been a shot fired, that there was a hostage down, and police felt they had no choice but to storm the cafe. if you come with me, the police officers themselves i was here a short time ago when two police officers came, tears in their eyes, arms around each other and each one wrote a note leaving a note remembering the victims. they had...